Your "MUST HAVE" Pedal?

[BaltBass5]

I don't know if this has been covered recently, but with the amount of pedals coming out daily I wanted to hear everyone's pick for the ONE pedal that they can't live without. Don't list 2 or 5, etc... Just the ONE pedal that you consider your Holy Grail.

For me it is the Keeley Bassist Compressor

 

[Flatbass]

Is this allowed?

Bass Guitar: VT Bass
Fretless BG: Boss DD-7 (used as a short reverb)
Double Bass: MXR 10-band EQ (always on)
Guitar: Boss DD-7 (provided the amp has distortion)

Most requested pedal in commercial/'bass-player-for-hire' gigs: Boss OC-2.

 

[PunkRocker33133]

Boss RV3, I have yet to hear a more useful reverb, and the delay sits perfectly in the mix. I play tube amps and I play loud so dirt is really easy to come by, good sounding bass delay and such, not so much

 

[thabassmon]

Eventide H9 max

 

[bassmusic17]

Mesa Bottle Rocket.

 

[Dave W]

Barbershop

 

[MGR]

Idiotbox Static Fuzz

 

[Dark Barn]

My one right now is the D*A*M Ezekiel. Think I might try to rustle up a good clone cause it's so freaking big. But I'll still keep the OG.

 

[Jared Lash]

My one never sell pedal is the IE Xerograph. I use it as a static LPF for dub, as an envelope filter for funk and as a swept filter for electronica etc.

The pedal I use the most is probably my 3 Leaf Enabler for most of my at home practice and sometimes as a preamp/DI live.

The two pedals I'd use at a gig if I could only take one would either be an OC-2 or my custom Foundry overdrive from johnk_10 depending on the music.

 

[tlaubs]

Probably my boss OC-2, but the IE SubT may take that honor because I can get close to the same sound and a host of others as well

 

[Snowglo]

Tough call between my DHA VT1 and B7k, so I will have to pick my MS-60b just because it can cover dang near everything.

 

[KickingBass]

You may not agree with this but my Sansamp

 

[Yango]

Demeter Comp-1 Compulator compressor pedal.

 

[Bo0tsy]

Torn between my Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer and the Mu Tron 3x, maybe the OS for sheer flexibility.

 

[dave64o]

I've only recently started trying out pedals so my collection of eight total pedals (not counting a tuner and a wireless) is nothing compared to what most of you guys have. So it would be hard for me to say there's one Holy Grail out there that I have to get and will keep forever. However, I'm finding that, for me so far, a compressor seems to be the most useful and most effective type of pedal when it comes to improving my sound. I happen to have two right now and am alternating between them to see if one becomes a clear winner or if I end up keeping both for their different qualities (if you're curious, I have a Wampler Ego and an MXR Bass Compressor).

But the short answer a compressor.

 

[SirMjac28]

Cali 76

 

[Barbaric.Eric]

Boss TU-2


Sorry... I'm being a smartass. Let's make it the MXR El Grande Bass Fuzz instead, it's cheap but I love it!

 

[Slough Feg Bass]

Tonehammer

 

[BigBigGuy44]

Zoom B3

It's like having 3,000 pedals in one!

 

[Lonnybass]

3Leaf Enabler.