Worship Bass Pedalboards

[MovingPitchers]

I tried out a super dumb'ed down setup:

Fender P ---> TU-2 ---> Sansamp Bass Driver ---> Rumble 100

It sounded fantastic. I really don't see the need for anything else other than for colour and flavour which, let's be honest, in a worship setting, is rarely ever needed from a bass.

I still want a BMS but the church I currently serve at, I think the BMS will be more of a hinderance than an asset atm.

 

[SteveC]

I tried out a super dumb'ed down setup:

Fender P ---> TU-2 ---> Sansamp Bass Driver ---> Rumble 100

It sounded fantastic. I really don't see the need for anything else other than for colour and flavour which, let's be honest, in a worship setting, is rarely ever needed from a bass.

I still want a BMS but the church I currently serve at, I think the BMS will be more of a hinderance than an asset atm.

Nothing "dumb'ed down" about that.
P-bass - Classic.
TU-2 - Classic.
SansAmp - Classic.
Rumble - becoming a classic?

 

[MovingPitchers]

Nothing "dumb'ed down" about that.
P-bass - Classic.
TU-2 - Classic.
SansAmp - Classic.
Rumble - becoming a classic?

Seeing a lot more churches that use amps gravitate towards the Rumble series. It's super light, has XLR connectivity, has an overdrive channel, and pretty affordable! What's not to love?

We use the Rumble 100 but might upgrade to a 500 if we really wanted to but we shall see. The 100 is more than enough power in our small building.

 

[ItsmeSantiago]

I tried out a super dumb'ed down setup:

Fender P ---> TU-2 ---> Sansamp Bass Driver ---> Rumble 100

It sounded fantastic. I really don't see the need for anything else other than for colour and flavour which, let's be honest, in a worship setting, is rarely ever needed from a bass.

I still want a BMS but the church I currently serve at, I think the BMS will be more of a hinderance than an asset atm.

This has been my basic setup for everything for the past 7 years. I have a big board that I used to take to the multi sites and I could replicate pads there, but they streamlined things and it basically just became tuner>DI. As fun as the big board is, the P into FOH renders fantastic results every time.

 

[MovingPitchers]

This has been my basic setup for everything for the past 7 years. I have a big board that I used to take to the multi sites and I could replicate pads there, but they streamlined things and it basically just became tuner>DI. As fun as the big board is, the P into FOH renders fantastic results every time.

FOH most likely enjoys a clean signal overall; easier to work with than a giant pedalboard with a bunch of stuff

I try not to fall for the whole pedalboard craze but I'd be silly to not admit I want a BMS but I don't NEED one given the current church I'm at is small and the room isn't well sound-padded.

 

[ItsmeSantiago]

FOH most likely enjoys a clean signal overall; easier to work with than a giant pedalboard with a bunch of stuff

I try not to fall for the whole pedalboard craze but I'd be silly to not admit I want a BMS but I don't NEED one given the current church I'm at is small and the room isn't well sound-padded.

I think it’s cool that there’s a bunch of DI boxes with dual outputs in case someone does want to run a clean channel separate from the effects for that reason. My friend who does FOH at both church and the local 300 cap venue likes the two channel bass signal for when someone decides to bring pedals

 

[Ejek]

Hi All - I'm looking to put a CAPO in my worship board, and am not sure which edition to choose. I posted a question in the pedals forum, but have had no answers. Maybe someone watching this thread my be willing to chime in with your opinion. If you were to put a CAPO on your board, would you choose the regular edition or the Tim Lefebvre version?

 

[AObando2002]

FOH most likely enjoys a clean signal overall; easier to work with than a giant pedalboard with a bunch of stuff

I try not to fall for the whole pedalboard craze but I'd be silly to not admit I want a BMS but I don't NEED one given the current church I'm at is small and the room isn't well sound-padded.

I get that. It may make sense in your case, but I view it like this:

1. I buy the gear I want and want to try. Doesn't matter if I'm playing for a church of 200 ppl (which sometimes I do for a few friends when they need me to fill in) or my home church of nearly 7,500. I will buy and carry what I want. Before me, no bass player there had a pedalboard. After I started to rotate on bass, two other bass players started to use pedals. Even the church got a bass pedalboard. Their old pedalboard was a straight DI.

2. I will use what's appropriate, when it's appropriate. I won't bust out the Big Booty Judy or BMS if the song or moment doesn't call for it. I would only engage if the band is just as amped up as me. Depends on who the drummer is, guitar players are. If they're giving something to play with, then I will engage the heavier stuff. Octaves, fuzzes, synth, whatever.

3. I like what I like and I always try to do my own thing. I just picked up bass about 15 months ago. My guitar pedalboard is about twice the size and way more expensive. That being said, when I decided to play some bass, a pedalboard was absolutely going to be a part of the equation. Sounds and being experimental is part of the fun for me. Tone chasing, pedal/gear acquisition is a hobby all on its own for me. If I had to play straight clean bass, I just wouldn't play. Straight up. Same with guitar, I have zero desire or willingness to play acoustic. I have and I will if I have to. I've recorded acoustic on albums. Acoustic versions of albums.

My .02

 

[AObando2002]

Hi All - I'm looking to put a CAPO in my worship board, and am not sure which edition to choose. I posted a question in the pedals forum, but have had no answers. Maybe someone watching this thread my be willing to chime in with your opinion. If you were to put a CAPO on your board, would you choose the regular edition or the Tim Lefebvre version?

From them directly:

"So how is it different than the regular Capo?

At the expense of leaving the original Capo’s “B-side” preamp out of the TL edition, now the pedals patched in the LOOP PRE are activated by the LOOP footswitch and present at the LOOP OUT D.I., while the original “A-side” preamp (now labeled just PREAMP), and pedals patched in the POST LOOP, are present at the PREAMP OUT D.I.

The TIM switch changes the routing operation from “original” (loop pre goes into the preamp) to “Tim Mode” (loop pre alternates with the preamp)."

Depends on how you want to route things. A side is identical.

 

[TaySte_2000]

Hi All - I'm looking to put a CAPO in my worship board, and am not sure which edition to choose. I posted a question in the pedals forum, but have had no answers. Maybe someone watching this thread my be willing to chime in with your opinion. If you were to put a CAPO on your board, would you choose the regular edition or the Tim Lefebvre version?

You have an answer but I’m not sure it’s the one you want

 

[projectapollo]

My final Sunday service until September.

- Tried the DCX Bass + RNDI in place of the Mantle with very good results. Used the DCX as a UA610 final preamp with Origin's suggested "direct to console" settings. Great core tone using a passive Lull P5 with the IMA La Bella strings (thank you @rcmbass for the steer).

- The THDI/AGS was used for the high energy opener and a couple of driving sections. It's a lovely first level drive "pedal".

- The JHS Double Dragon was used as a big moment second level drive with a touch of +1 octave and no sub octave. In this set-up it can replace a RAT or Kilt device. Very versatile pedal. Interestingly, the +1 octave has no tracking limitations and worked well on 5-string low notes. The +1 octave has a baked in driven tone that works nicely on bass.

- Used the Moog on Who Else.

 

[wolffire99]

No pedals for me this week leading on piano but our bass player was direct into an RNDI and I’m a little frustrated with how good it sounded lol. Should be back on bass next week.

 

[wolffire99]

My final Sunday service until September.

- Tried the DCX Bass + RNDI in place of the Mantle with very good results. Used the DCX as a UA610 final preamp with Origin's suggested "direct to console" settings. Great core tone using a passive Lull P5 with the IMA La Bella strings (thank you @rcmbass for the steer).

- The THDI/AGS was used for the high energy opener and a couple of driving sections. It's a lovely first level drive "pedal".

- The JHS Double Dragon was used as a big moment second level drive with a touch of +1 octave and no sub octave. In this set-up it can replace a RAT or Kilt device. Very versatile pedal. Interestingly, the +1 octave has no tracking limitations and worked well on 5-string low notes. The +1 octave has a baked in driven tone that works nicely on bass.

- Used the Moog on Who Else.

You had the DCX eq cranked! I could see that sounding good though if the house is eq’ing their end well. I usually have bass at 2 o’clock and treble at 10-11.

 

[wolffire99]

Didn’t play bass today but had some fun messing around with Octabvre pedal. Side note. Seeing Kings Kaleidoscope in Phoenix in a few weeks. Can’t wait!

 

[projectapollo]

You had the DCX eq cranked! I could see that sounding good though if the house is eq’ing their end well. I usually have bass at 2 o’clock and treble at 10-11.

I went with Origin suggested settings for direct to console. FOH liked it during line checks, IEMs sounded good. So, I stuck with it. (FOH uses the Waves R Bass plug-in on the bass channel, as well.) The DCX, like the Mantle, seems to have EQ that works across the full range of the controls. Most other preamps sound extreme at extreme settings. I recall the Trickfish Minnow having similar useable controls.

 

[AObando2002]

My final Sunday service until September.

- Tried the DCX Bass + RNDI in place of the Mantle with very good results. Used the DCX as a UA610 final preamp with Origin's suggested "direct to console" settings. Great core tone using a passive Lull P5 with the IMA La Bella strings (thank you @rcmbass for the steer).

- The THDI/AGS was used for the high energy opener and a couple of driving sections. It's a lovely first level drive "pedal".

- The JHS Double Dragon was used as a big moment second level drive with a touch of +1 octave and no sub octave. In this set-up it can replace a RAT or Kilt device. Very versatile pedal. Interestingly, the +1 octave has no tracking limitations and worked well on 5-string low notes. The +1 octave has a baked in driven tone that works nicely on bass.

- Used the Moog on Who Else.

So interesting, I never thought about the running the TH or main Pre into the DCX.

 

[micahwc]

Anyone used the new Mesa Subway+ DI? Thoughts?

 

[AObando2002]

Anyone used the new Mesa Subway+ DI? Thoughts?

Really wanted to like it but it was a hard pass for me. Terrible at taking pedals. It would clip horribly no matter how I would gain stage. The guys at the mesa boogie thread love it. By itself, it was pretty good, but definitely too much tweaking for my liking.

 

[Maxi Funkl]

Really wanted to like it but it was a hard pass for me. Terrible at taking pedals. It would clip horribly no matter how I would gain stage. The guys at the mesa boogie thread love it. By itself, it was pretty good, but definitely too much tweaking for my liking.

I completely had the opposite experience. NO clipping at all with it taking pedals. I used it with 12 pedals feeding into it no issues whatsoever. Octave, Filters, dirt, modulation, tone enhancers. With the Deep switch engaged no need to engage the LowRider. But to each their own. Took me just a matter of seconds to find a usable tone and a just a matter of minutes to find multiple usable tones. Basses used Stingray Special 4HH, 5H, Sire V7, PJ IV, MIJ GEDDY. Pre-amp ran it 18v Cioks. I highly recommend the pedal.

 

[AObando2002]

I completely had the opposite experience. NO clipping at all with it taking pedals. I used it with 12 pedals feeding into it no issues whatsoever. Octave, Filters, dirt, modulation, tone enhancers. With the Deep switch engaged no need to engage the LowRider. But to each their own. Took me just a matter of seconds to find a usable tone and a just a matter of minutes to find multiple usable tones. Basses used Stingray Special 4HH, 5H, Sire V7, PJ IV, MIJ GEDDY. Pre-amp ran it 18v Cioks. I highly recommend the pedal.

Maybe I got a faulty one, because I ran several tests. Virtually the same settings and my Tone Hammer, Darkglass Infinity, Mother Preamp, Quad Cortex did not clip. I was running at 18V. I always run for higher voltage. I tried with my Dingwalls (passive and active) and Charvel PJ. Absolutely garbage in my opinion. I posted about this on the Subway thread and I think someone from Mesa is on that. They were blaming voltage, cables, gain staging. Which can be true, but I ran through a gamut of tests and I've been gain staging for over 25 years as a guitar player. I think I got the gist of it. I have other preamps I could've tried, but after 4 hours, I gave up.