The Bassist's Effects Line Up

[exin]

okay, i'm getting more and more interested in effects pedals. So here's the catch for this post.

1. What kind of effects do you prefer/have (brand and effect) and why?

2. how would you line up your effects pedal and why?

I'll start first.

I have a BOSS LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer and a BOSS CE-2B Bass Chorus pedal.

I use my Limiter for slapping when i'm trying to regulate my volume and playing. The Chorus pedal is for chords i'm playing and it has a nice emulation for a fretless sound.

For me .. i'll limit my chorus .. if you know what i mean .. that means, my chorus pedal is after my bass and my limiter is at the last.

What about other SOFTies?

[jbarker]

In this order:

Ehx White Finger Compressor: considering selling it; I think an MXR Super Comp might suit me better for slapping. Also frees up a spot on my power strip if I do.

Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive: adds... sparkle (duh), gives it that little bit of grit that I like

Boss PH-3: phaser, I don't set it to be very deep though. But when used with the other gain stages can make the bass chug very well might take this out. Cutting down my board...

Boss OD-3: prefer this to the ODB-3... more natural, even response and smoother gain structure. No buzzsaw-like OD when you keep the tone knob below 12o'clock for bass. But I'm selling this and getting myself a Randolfed Keeleyfied Boss BD-2. More news as that comes!

Sansamp Bass Driver DI: Overall EQ/additional grit section. Helps to restore some of the lows that the OD-3 can take away, very good at what it does but I'm swapping it out for an Aguilar DB924 outboard preamp when I get a replacement bass in.

Line 6 Echo Park: Add the chugga+phaser to this and you get a very big sound!

Of course none of this matters if you're playing at Baybeats because it's almost as if the FOH engineer had a low-pass filter just after the C; everything else didn't seem as huge. Oh well :/

[jimz]

[jbarker]

Eh.. smaller a bit la... 900pixels or something. Damn big pic

How is that SB7? I've been looking for a fuzzy synth sound (not a funky filter effect!) but I haven't found it yet. Haven't found a filter I've liked either :/

[3notesAbar]

DI/preamp: Sansamp Bass Driver and BBE DI-100x.

Efx: Zvex Woolly Mammoth and MXR Phase 90.

I usually use the Bass Driver together with my P bass, and also J basses in rock gigs. I favor the BBE with my mellow MIJ Jazz. All in all, the sansamp to me is more useful, while the BBE is a more of a 'tone fetish'.

I bought the Woolly Mammoth from a good friend on a whim when i was doing 'Hysteria' by Muse, at one point of time quite frequently. I never came close to the sound Chris Wolstenholme got with his Akai Deep Impact and other pedals, but it was a pretty good sound on its own. Tonnes of bottom, headroom, and 3000hrs of battery life for a sleepyhead like me.

MXR phase 90 is for fun really. But i think i could use it here and there for melodies and weird parts, or even solos if the time calls for it.[/u]

[jbarker]

Eh... cannot talk about Akai pedals... mad GAS for them sia. been looking for Deep Impact and Unibass but no luck

[exin]

Do you make your own pedal boards? If so how do you make them and what kind of case do you use to cover them and carry them around?

For BOSS pedals they said they have to use only the BOSS adaptors sold. Is there other adaptors that i can use?

[jbarker]

Get a 1spot + daisy chain. I got my board from a friend, you can try getting one from mrmisse if he has any in stock. There's nothing stopping you from going to Ikea though

[jony]

They can run on OneSpot adaptors.

[jimz]

Originally Posted by superkicky

Eh... cannot talk about Akai pedals... mad GAS for them sia. been looking for Deep Impact and Unibass but no luck

Haha...Sorry bro...Will try to resize once I get someone who know photoshop...

The SB7 has the tone and sound effects I wanted but it will sound totally different on different amps. Everytime I gig I will need to readjust the frequency to get back the sound I want.