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Worship Bass Pedalboards
- Thread starter Cshanks5
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Thank you very much!
The Jellyfish was a really nice pedal. I found for my taste I preferred having a separate knob to blend my clean signal in with. The drive knob on the Jellyfish inherently added in your clean signal as you turned it clockwise, but you didn't have any control over it beyond that.
Ultimately I found the Rattler more flexible, while still really liking it's low gain tone.
Makes sense I think. I have wanted one for a while- as a tribute to a lost loved one who LOVED Jellyfish and Moose. Lol. I tried the Glaciers on that board, it is phenomenal but I needed more drive. But since the Bass the World YT and others have hyped the Fish, I have been even more inclined to try one. Was super grumpy that the ONE day I didn't check the Classifieds, you had sold one lol. Then I got mystical and thought, "Lord, was that you?" LOL
Anyway, keep rocking and posting TBers. I, for one, appreciated it when I was playing regularly and am encouraged while in between church groups right now!
Dang I wish I had known you were looking! To be fair I don't think it is a pedal that would disappoint. I felt it was a bit more of a one trick pony, but it did low gain very well.
Hope you get to playing on stage again soon. I too am kind of in limbo, so I feel that!
Got my new board in a couple of weeks ago:
Creation Music Custom 18
Pedal lineup has been pretty static lately:
Shure GLXD16+ > Lehle Mono Volume > 3 Leaf Doom 2 > 3 Leaf Octabvre MK 3.33 > Doc Lloyd DLA-2A > Jad Freer Capo
Creation Music Custom 18
- 18" x 12.5" board
- Black Tweed carry case with 8" vertical clearance for board + DLA-2A
- Crushed Velvet lining
Pedal lineup has been pretty static lately:
Shure GLXD16+ > Lehle Mono Volume > 3 Leaf Doom 2 > 3 Leaf Octabvre MK 3.33 > Doc Lloyd DLA-2A > Jad Freer Capo
First that looks amazing. I wish I could stick with pedals long enough to get a more serious board made.
But I'm always curious how bass players use volume pedals when you also have a muted tuner with the gldx.
Do you leave room to use it as a boost? Do you find yourself adjusting it a lot during service?
We play songs with a lot of dynamics and I have several basses with single coils and dual volumes. No matter how well I shield the basses, I still get a lot of hum if the volumes aren't matched. It's easier to run the dual volumes of my basses on full and pull the volume back slightly on a single pedal than to try to match the volumes on two knobs live.
Maybe unconventional, but works for me.
The Lehle also has a clean boost knob that I can use to match the output level of multiple basses so my effects and FOH are getting a consistent signal level.
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I'm down sizing Pic 1 is the old board, Pic 2 is the new. A couple of reasons for the pedal elimination. The Capo is a game changer, and really covers a vast majority of my tonal and overdrive needs. The MXR is GREAT bass synth, maybe the most practical one I've ever tried. I still hung on to the Groove Regulator because it tracks better. I'm going to try to make the Darkglass Ultra Vintage work but it may go too.
Have a few things I'm thinking of moving out if you guys are interested would give any of the regulars here great deal
Jptr bass jive (1st batch that doesn't have the always on mode, it only works in bypass mode like a regular pedal)
JHS Kilt v2 with pedalnetics mini switch
Aguilar Tone Hammer V2
Ehx bass clone
Sushibox underground accelerator
Broughton Subsonic
Jptr bass jive (1st batch that doesn't have the always on mode, it only works in bypass mode like a regular pedal)
JHS Kilt v2 with pedalnetics mini switch
Aguilar Tone Hammer V2
Ehx bass clone
Sushibox underground accelerator
Broughton Subsonic
Our church held our annual night of worship this past weekend. It was amazing and I'm happy to be a part of it. Ableton did its Ableton thing and some tracks were a little jacked! Lol
Served at the mothership campus for the second time this month. Modest pedal board and I do enjoy the Origin Effects organics.
Also attached a Bass POV pic.
Also attached a Bass POV pic.
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Compressor update: Having been throughly delighted with the JHS Pulp and Peel, I learned that the smaller/cheaper JHS Whitey Tighty uses the same FET compressor circuit but removes the buffered input, DI out and dirt circuit. I got one on Reverb for $90 and really like it. I'm usually more of a pedal cork sniffer, but this little JHS is just as good as the Origin Cali76 FET device. At least for my needs. I plan to run it right after my buffered tuner and use the output gain to run the rest of the signal chain a bit hot. 50% Blend in a heavier compression setting and get a nice punch. Quiet, too. YMMV.
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How did I miss this one. Every once in a while they unintentionally make something great for bass like the Kilt.
Side note: I love their YouTube channel and Josh's monthly demos of all the new pedals released by other makers.
The miniremote sold for the JHS but custom with a different setting: Momentary Normally Open.
MiniRemote - Pedalnetics
A small, male-pigtale-wired, SPST footswitch! Pickout your options below, or scroll down for more information about our MiniRemote
pedalnetics.com
No. You're not crazy.
Over a year ago I committed to 4 bangers and sold all my 5 strings in an effort to give 4's a try since that's what you see all the "big dogs" (think bethel/elevation/etc) using. I always thought that 4 strings had that classic and cool look and those cats have a different playing style/approach.
What I learned is… I'm not them, even though I play those songs. But I play those songs every week, in a different church, with different singers and players and in different keys and we don't have all the different instruments and synths going on to fill sonic space. After 6 months or so, one of my 4 strings was converted to BEAD because of this. But it doesn't feel quite right to me, I miss the G string even if I rarely play it and the wider neck… it's a feel thing! I recently bought another 5 and it was instantly like being home again.
There's no right or wrong way to do it… horses for courses, YMMV, my 2 cents.
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I been using my sadowsky modern 5 with just the khan for the last couple sets and no ones complained. Quite the opposite, actually.
I think we get bored after a while and after hearing/playing the same thing over and over again, we like going to the other extreme for a period of time. It's refreshing.
I struggle a bit with the 4/5 question. I played 5's for a long time. The last couple years I have been loving my P with flats. So did the band. They say they "feel" it more. I have a couple 5's that I really love. I also love my pair of P's. And I have a jazz with custom wound pickups. P's and J are passive.
I love them all and feel at home on all of them. I try to rotate or if the songs call for something particular I'll bring a certain bass. Nice to have choices and be privileged to have them.
I love them all and feel at home on all of them. I try to rotate or if the songs call for something particular I'll bring a certain bass. Nice to have choices and be privileged to have them.
