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Worship Bass Pedalboards
- Thread starter Cshanks5
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Im open to offers, especially from fellow worship bassists.
I've never played the Bass Station, so I don't know much about the differences.
I'm currently playing a Sub Phatty at church. I'm just more familiar with it and more comfortable playing it even though the Sub25 has some advantages.
I played for a bit using just pedals to get the synth tones. Lots of good options available.
I have not used the MXR Bass Synth at church yet but at home using multitracks to play along with Bethel songs I am more than happy with using the MXR as a replacement for the EHX BMS. Preset #4 is close and I tweaked it to be more Bethel-like. And the Tony Levin octaver preset #5 has replaced my octave pedal. My tentative fall pedal line up:With all the synth talk... I contacted my sales rep that I buy most of my gear from... He quoted a pretty good deal... so I ordered the "MXR Bass Synth".
He told me that they are out of stock, and the target arrival is early September... but there's a good chance it will arrive this month. I don't mind waiting anyway... since I'm not in any hurry to use it live.
Now that I'm waiting, and watching more demo's... I'm thinking of keeping my EHX BMS on my pedalboard. I haven't seem any demo's where this pedal can replace that big tone the BMS gives you on certain CCM songs. I've only found vids on synth tones that work well with gospel style music... which I wouldn't use a BMS for. Now I'm thinking of replacing one of my other pedals.... Subsonic??? HX Stomp???
Thoughts?
Pulp N Peel is a very cool compressor. I love it. DI, as well. This replaces my Empress and/or Cali76.
BassRig '64 is a great Fender amp replacing my Tone Hammer for now. I just dig the authentic bass guitar sound from the '64 BassRig (no cab sim).
The Fuzzistor (placeholder) is really the Broughton Calamity, my favorite drive/fuzz after trying many. Replacing the Kilt.
MXR Bass Synth is replacing the octave pedal and BMS.
I'm eager to hear how other worship boards embrace the MXR Bass Synth as the months go by.
That was very helpful... appreciate the info and the reply!!!
Your pedalboard sounds awesome... but for some reason, I feel like you'll have more pedalboard changes in the near future...
We had both kinds of Redding summer weather: very hot and super hot.
Shasta County has some beautiful areas but we didn't enjoy them because there were wildfires nearby unfortunately. Also, the agenda of the event was so intense that we were ready to rest at the end of the day
The quest to simplify to the best 18" board essentials continues...... I'm just happy that a smaller EHX BMS replacement has finally come along.That was very helpful... appreciate the info and the reply!!!
Your pedalboard sounds awesome... but for some reason, I feel like you'll have more pedalboard changes in the near future...
That BassRig spot on my board -- I can swap out the BassRig '64 with the BassRig SV or the Tone Hammer in that same spot week to week.
The Pulp N Peel is an intriguing pedal. I like the blend option. Tone is nice. The XLR is nice, although I usually have my compressor at the beginning of my chain.
Yes. Lots of output gain on tap to feed FOH. The more I fiddle with the Pulp N Peel the more I like it. It works really well with a pick..... the pick compression just sounds nice. Yesterday I was tweaking the PNP drive level and using the blend knob and got myself to the point that the PNP may be my always on low gain drive and skip the BassRig or Tone Hammer altogether. What!!?
I tend to like end of chain compression, like an overall signal leveling amplifier or mastering device. Either way can work great!
How does it feel as far quality? Does it feel cheap? Plasticky? Obviously won't feel as nice as a Moog 37, but is it super noticeable.
It's a solid plastic shell that doesn't deform easily. It's light, portable. The knobs are sturdy. It can be powered by USB or the supplied adapter. The keys feel great - velocity-sensitive with aftertouch. (They seem the same as on my 37-key Novation Ultranova.)
I no longer have one but I used it as a general-purpose monosynth for leads, not really for basslines.
If you've got a nice controller keyboard and are willing to use a laptop on stage, recently GForce Software (one of the premier synth instrument plugin devs) came out with an official emulation of the Bass Station II for £99.99 - it was half-price at launch in February and I'm sure will drop again come Black Friday.
“It’s a mighty emulation of an emulation of an emulation”: GForce Novation Bass Station review
Fancy some 16-voice 303 acid lines? Of course you do
Word of caution regarding the classifieds today... Lots of stuff being posted by what appear to be several necro'd accounts that are IMO most likely hacked.
I brought my suspicion to the awareness of TB Admin, but I have no intention of investigating them further as I have in times past, but thought I'd mention it.
Be well my friends
I brought my suspicion to the awareness of TB Admin, but I have no intention of investigating them further as I have in times past, but thought I'd mention it.
Be well my friends
Thanks for posting this!Word of caution regarding the classifieds today... Lots of stuff being posted by what appear to be several necro'd accounts that are IMO most likely hacked.
I brought my suspicion to the awareness of TB Admin, but I have no intention of investigating them further as I have in times past, but thought I'd mention it.
Be well my friends
a lot of weird stuff happening on here lately. Long timers being banned, accounts being hacked…Word of caution regarding the classifieds today... Lots of stuff being posted by what appear to be several necro'd accounts that are IMO most likely hacked.
I brought my suspicion to the awareness of TB Admin, but I have no intention of investigating them further as I have in times past, but thought I'd mention it.
Be well my friends
wow. The only recent closed account I know of was a new user who wrongly called himself a Commercial account and was posting oddball images and giving weird advice and offering misunderstandings about voltage and wattage.
Well that is quite the interesting tidbit... The other accounts I'm aware of that have been recently suspended/banned have been long time Commercial users, beloved by many.
At any rate, there have been warnings given in other threads by Admin for these sorts of discussions, so it's probably best we drop the topic if we don't want to wind up on the naughty list ourselves.
I really loved the Pulp N Peel when I had it. And the combination of Bassrig + Pulp N Peel is really awesome. I may copy it...
Good review of the Pulp N Peel, persuaded me to try it. Got latest V 4.5 from Amazon with free return. But I'm keeping it.
JHS Pulp 'N Peel v4 Compressor Review
JHS has produced the fourth version of their Pulp 'N' Peel and that's the version I was sent to test. JHS managed to cram a lot into this pedal including a buffer with switch, a drive circuit with control, and XLR out. After using it for a few days now, I can see this being a compelling option...
www.compressorpedalreviews.com
Good review of the Pulp N Peel, persuaded me to try it. Got latest V 4.5 from Amazon with free return. But I'm keeping it.
JHS Pulp 'N Peel v4 Compressor Review
JHS has produced the fourth version of their Pulp 'N' Peel and that's the version I was sent to test. JHS managed to cram a lot into this pedal including a buffer with switch, a drive circuit with control, and XLR out. After using it for a few days now, I can see this being a compelling option...
Can you compare the flavor of the Drive to any other drive you've played?
