Your "Always-on" pedal

[Driven Crane]

I have NO always on pedals. But i often use my Rusty Box to emphasise my mids/treble even more with my delays. It makes a strong attack.

 

[mattbass6945]

Loving these suggestions! I love my Beta LM308, but I'm using it with a little more gain and looking for a always on lesser gain pedal .

 

[grimjim]

darkglass alpha/omega and an MXR 10 band eq.

 

[Krisfield]

MXR Micro Amp, Keeley Compressor Pro, VT Bass, Q/Strip

 

[Bassmike62]

My current pedals are always on, except for the bass distortion which is on 40-50 % of the time.

 

[cataract]

Definitely my Rusty Box.

 

[Grahams Groove]

I just got this thing on Friday, and I've been putting it through its paces all weekend.

Their Photon Death Ray comp has seen some mentions on TB, but this guy has flown a bit under the radar. I like my always on grit to bring a tiny bit of bite/crunch/hair without breaking up on the E string. This thing can definitely do just that, and has varying levels of transparency. I need some more time this upcoming week before I decide if it stays or goes, but so far I'm really liking it on all 3 of my basses. I'll do a thorough review in the coming weeks, once I've had more time to pick it apart...

 

[Al Kraft]

Frequently on: HPF-Pre Series 3.

 

[Embra]

One the metro24 board, Cali76 CB and a Q\strip (first and last); on the nano board, Opti-Fet and Studio One (also first and last) and a Secret Preamp too (so basically 3 out of the 4 pedals on that board are always on, the 4th is a 385 overdrive).

 

[javi_bassist]

TC Electronic Hypergravity compressor and my Aguilar Tone Hammer. Because of the distortions I have on my board, I can include the Boss NS2 Noise Supressor.

 

[theunknowndude]

Cog mini 66 - provides a fat low end overdrive with the clean blended in, and boss ceb3 - set with the filter level to full cut, just adds a nice shimmer to the d and g strings when playing up high or the “pop” when slapping.

 

[mouthmw]

EBS Multicomp, tubesim mode. Slight compression (don't want my dynamics touched too much), just a bit of coloring (slightly fatter tone), seems to balance things just a bit.

 

[dave_bass5]

Cali 76 CB and Tech 21 Q/strip on all the time. Pork Loin on and off as needed.

 

[Xandrell]

Strymon OB-1 Compressor

 

[nshuman]

Most pedals are always on, their circuit is just bypassed when not in use...

 

[Jakeman]

Radial Bassbone -> Pigtronix Philosopher Bass -> Darkglass VMT -> Darkglass B3K

 

[afroman]

I got two.

1. Demeter Compulator compressor
2. Xotic bass RC booster

They have been "my sound" for years.

 

[Matt Dean]

My DSM Noismaker OmniCabSim is always on.

 

[songwriter21]

I always have the eq section on, from the Darkglass pedal...awesome piece (as are the other two pedals).

 

[jpTron]

Whichever preamp pedal I'm using that day. Could be the RB, the B7Ku or the VT Bass.