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Your "Always-on" pedal

Empress Compressor --> Line6 M5 noise gate --> Darkglass B7K are on 98% of the time when I'm playing bass. (First two are on 95% of the time when playing guitar.)
 
Empress Compressor --> Line6 M5 noise gate --> Darkglass B7K are on 98% of the time when I'm playing bass. (First two are on 95% of the time when playing guitar.)

Had ankle surgery on Thursday so I'm very limited in my ability to carry things and manipulate a pedal board. So this is the mini-board I threw together for tomorrow.
 
When the board's out to play, I loves me Lehle 1 at 3 SGoS into me Mad Professor Forest Green comp - almost invariably always on - and me Klon KTR always clean, always on; two Lehle D-loop NGoS always on but not always in the chain, and a Boss DD3, often on, off 'n' on, then into a Lehle Dual SGoS running two amps, switchable from both to one or the other, and each then into separate Avalon U5s and then into a desk etc. >

Without the board, I just run an EBS microbass II into the Lehle Dual NGoS >etc. Excellent and always on - the microbass II is wickedly versatile. Master Volume, Effects loop, OD, EQ, Boost, Tube Sim and on and on…