If you play guitar as well I can certainly see why the QC (or Helix device) would be on top of your list.
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Worship Bass Pedalboards
- Thread starter Cshanks5
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Splitting my board into two mini boards
Cali76 + Stomp + Tone Hammer for most things worship or effects driven bass stuff.
Union Lab Comp + DCX + Neptunium for a more pure bass tone for acoustic or low key sets where I’m playing flatwound bass.
Almost ready to ditch the stomp. Just need to find the right chorus pedal.
Cali76 + Stomp + Tone Hammer for most things worship or effects driven bass stuff.
Union Lab Comp + DCX + Neptunium for a more pure bass tone for acoustic or low key sets where I’m playing flatwound bass.
Almost ready to ditch the stomp. Just need to find the right chorus pedal.
Excellent plan! For flat wounds, the DCX sounds really nice in OD mode with low drive, like 9am. Saw this on a Phillip Conrad video and loved the tone.
That pure tone acoustic board must sound amazing!
What chorus pedals have you tried so far?
Julia and Julianna - tone and volume suck on bass, no output control to compensate
Boss ceb 3 - I like it but it’s too subtle. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if it’s even on.
Really want something with crossover switch or control, top jacks and a soft switch.
Jam waterfall is the closest but side jacks. I’m might just deal with it.
That’s strange. Of all the chorus pedals I’ve tried, there was either a small volume drop or it was equal except for the Julia. It actually kicked up the volume just a tad. It was strange.
I had a Julia laying around and I actually did not like it on bass. I found a CE-5 on FB for $50 and it's way better. It allows for the modulated highs/lows to be brought back in or cut. Julia immediately come off the board.
The Julia sounded different from any chorus pedal I've ever been around. With some settings you could get close to a more traditional chorus, but not all the way. It did not sound bad, just different. I moved on from it because it didn't really fit in with stuff I play, but I could see its appeal.
Yeah, it's a good pedal, just didn't vibe with it on bass. It was too warm and like someone else said, is it even on? lol
This morning, nothing else to do, I started reading this thread from its 2011 start. 1) Very interesting the pedals that were popular back then. 2) Pedals in worship were not that widely used. 3) The Tone Hammer DI with AGS was in use but gain levels were much lower than typical today. 4) Several current active members were active back then, like 14 years ago. Very cool.
Here is my board at the moment. I'm still in the rebuilding process, but I have to have something for services. So, I put this together. The chorus is just there for this Sunday. It will be replaced. I'm not sure what will go there. I'm still considering a compressor. Or maybe an Empress EQ. The 66 is currently my 2nd drive stage. I'm not sure that is the best pedal for that role, but it's the best one I have at the moment. I'm considering a Rat style pedal for that spot. Big Booty Judy, Tremond, etc. I still need to clean up underneath the board. And I really dislike that my Noble has some weird residue on it. It was like that when I got it. I may put a sticker over it one day. I'm open to sticker suggestions...
I flipped the T-16 the other way so I don't step on the knobs when stomping on the Lightspeed.
Overall I'm pretty happy with this board. It's not finished, but this configuration gives me almost everything that I was using in the Stomp. The Stomp is much more versatile and has a ton of options, but I wasn't really using the versatility.
I played around in Pedal Playground as one does. If I decide to go with the compressor, I might be able to squeeze this together:
I could switch out the EQ for an octave....So many options.
I flipped the T-16 the other way so I don't step on the knobs when stomping on the Lightspeed.
Overall I'm pretty happy with this board. It's not finished, but this configuration gives me almost everything that I was using in the Stomp. The Stomp is much more versatile and has a ton of options, but I wasn't really using the versatility.
I played around in Pedal Playground as one does. If I decide to go with the compressor, I might be able to squeeze this together:
I could switch out the EQ for an octave....So many options.
I'll have to do that one day. It would be interesting.
I looked back at a few random pages. Things have certainly changed over 14 years.
Was pleased to try this iteration of Church pedalboard #2 out this morning (as well as Thursday evening).
Very satisfied with how the Octabvre Mk II, Doom2 OG, and Subsonic (separate or mixed) contributed to the various songs (the Capo & Tone Hammer provided the "cleanish" tone).
Songs included:
Glorious Day
Name Above All Names
Breakthrough
Fear is not My Future
Another bass player said the bass sounded great!
Very satisfied with how the Octabvre Mk II, Doom2 OG, and Subsonic (separate or mixed) contributed to the various songs (the Capo & Tone Hammer provided the "cleanish" tone).
Songs included:
Glorious Day
Name Above All Names
Breakthrough
Fear is not My Future
Another bass player said the bass sounded great!
Two octaves, nice. Can you tell us how you use each one?
One for true subby synthy goodness and the other for blended down tuning or just a little thickening up.
I made one last minute change to my board on Saturday evening. The DCX stacks really nicely with the Lightspeed. So, I switched out the 66 for the DCX.
I will probably take the T-16 off the board. It fits there nicely, but I'd prefer to have more space to stomp on the LS.
The chorus will come off, but I don't know what's going there yet. I wouldn't mind trying to fit a BMS on there.
I will probably take the T-16 off the board. It fits there nicely, but I'd prefer to have more space to stomp on the LS.
The chorus will come off, but I don't know what's going there yet. I wouldn't mind trying to fit a BMS on there.
