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planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:34 am
by waltdogg
so i'm pretty happy with my pedal board for guitar, probably wouldn't change a thing, but i find it excessive for playing bass. i was thinking about getting a pedaltrain nano again, using a fuck or mini, a tuner pedal, and...
what else. i'm happy with the tone of all three of my basses as is; so i don't see the need for an eq pedal. i finally figured out how to use my pf-500 without putting its preamp into cardiac arrest (by backing the gain knob way off), however that means i will be relying entirely on the fuck/mini for my dirt. i don't know about having a compressor or extra dirt pedal for gain staging would be useful or useless since i rely on my playing for dynamics, not my pedals or amp when it comes to playing bass.
what i'm asking is, what other useful pedals should i consider for my new, compact pedal board for bass. it's gonna be simple. really only looking to add maybe one more pedal. hopefully something i already own or can get easily and don't have to get a duplicate of that's already on my guitar board *cough* fairfield accountant *cough ct5 *cough* (i'm NOT tearing each board apart as the need arises, gotta have both rigs ready to go at any time).
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:12 am
by ognoy
If I was going to build a simple bass board it would probably look like:
Tuner >
Low gain overdrive >
Fuzz/Dist for balls >
BitQuest(or similar small multi FX) for delay/verb/other FX that I might need once in a while.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:56 am
by JonnyAngle
things that you're missing out on:
Envelope filter (need the funk?)
Lp filter (wub wubs)
Delay (slap back for solo parts)
Reverb (great to fill it out)
I'm a bass player and here's my board:
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Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:41 am
by waltdogg
i'm a very straightforward player. things like an envelope filter, etc i just have no need for.
though i could always buy another ct5 and cover my delay, bit slicing, and looping all in one pedal... i do love using the looper to make
noise between songs.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:52 am
by BoatRich
JonnyAngle wrote:things that you're missing out on:
Envelope filter (need the funk?)
Lp filter (wub wubs)
Delay (slap back for solo parts)
Reverb (great to fill it out)
I'm a bass player and here's my board:
PB 08-15-17.JPG
My board for bass is the same idea, Bifet, tuner, delay, Bitquest.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:32 pm
by BossMann73
Keep it super simple. Despite all these guys with thier huge boards over at TB, I can pretty much guarantee you that no one in the audience gives a shit about a bassist with a million pedals on their board. And no one wants to hear some wanker with his 5 envelope filters into a bass synth into a HPF/LPF with expression pedal input into a modulated reverb into a modulated delay. Bass should keep the lows intact and the fundamental pulse of the song pumping. Anything that gets in the way of that is for insecure losers, so many of which are represented over at TB. Buy one dirt, one fuzz and a Valeton coral mod for the .001 percent of the time you need a phaser/flanger/chorus/trem/echo etc.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:46 pm
by Chankgeez
BossMann73 wrote:Keep it super simple. Despite all these guys with thier huge boards over at TB, I can pretty much guarantee you that no one in the audience gives a shit about a bassist with a million pedals on their board. And no one wants to hear some wanker with his 5 envelope filters into a bass synth into a HPF/LPF with expression pedal input into a modulated reverb into a modulated delay. Bass should keep the lows intact and the fundamental pulse of the song pumping. Anything that gets in the way of that is for insecure losers, so many of which are represented over at TB. Buy one dirt, one fuzz and a Valeton coral mod for the .001 percent of the time you need a phaser/flanger/chorus/trem/echo etc.
Why do so many of your posts contain an attack on someone?
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:52 pm
by actual
BossMann73 wrote:I have a tiny little mind. I also like to call other people insecure, cause I am in fact, myself, very insecure.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:20 pm
by waltdogg
actually. for once i agree with bossman.
vidret, i don't actually play my ct5. i just use it for noise between songs.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:22 pm
by actual
The bass guitar can be used to create any sounds you feel like and play whatever part of a song you want it to. The other bull is super close minded and conservative.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:23 pm
by waltdogg
that's you. and i am me. so... apples to oranges.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:28 pm
by BossMann73
waltdogg wrote:actually. for once i agree with bossman.
As they say here in the Bronx, "Thanks Dogg!"
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:41 pm
by Mudfuzz
It really doesn't matter. The idea of open or closed minded when it comes to the tools you work with is stupid on both sides.
Get get what you need to do the job you need. If you need a lot of sounds because that is what is required for what you are playing. do that.
If all you need is a fucking chord. do that.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:53 pm
by actual
Mudfuzz wrote:It really doesn't matter. The idea of open or closed minded when it comes to the tools you work with is stupid on both sides.
Get get what you need to do the job you need. If you need a lot of sounds because that is what is required for what you are playing. do that.
If all you need is a fucking chord. do that.
It's not the tools, it's the application of the tools and the hating on people who aren't stuck in the past.
Re: planning a small pedal board for bass
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 4:10 pm
by Chankgeez
It's not the size of the tool, but the motion of the commotion.
I agree with the BossMann to some extent as well, but not his unprovoked insults.