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6:30 I don't have a cab anymore for stage. Just my pedal board with DI and my in-ear monitor.
If you use plenty of pedals. You won’t be able to capture that via di. So mic that cab!
Tuners…I would skip the pedal tuner and just get a rack tuner. More worth your money and saves space on the floor/board
never been a fan of heavy distortion on bass .. i love a good "edge" growl though , like what geezer butler gets on his tone. wqhere the bass has just an edge of distortion on it that retains 100% of the low end in a manner that the bass sounds like a low growl. i used to get this edge easy on my GKL amp , but i've reccently switched to a fender rumble map and it's harder to create that sound on it. but i love the fender amp''s cleaner sound better than the GK's clean sound. i still ahve the gk but it needs some work as it geting crackling and poping on some of it;'s knobs and switches.
what chord and distortion pedals do you use
Real answer…none
If it must only be 5 then I’ll drop the preamp pedal and add a reverb one.
Lol bassist spend money on pedals only to be run DI lol
The flakes in your hair or flat shake it off that's a fact
As someone who just started playing bass and wondering what effects to look for this was a very helpful video thank you!
You don't need a compressor.
Chorus is essential if you want to nail the sound of a lot of 80's Post-punk, Alternative, and Goth bands. And, you're right, mixed with distortion, it's a beautiful thing!
I remember watching this video years ago. I came back to it because its very very relevant now. I currently plug straight into a bass amp at a church and i felt off for a while – especially sustain and tone consistency. Thank you. Btw, i freaking love how you make your videos. The editing, humor, your personality, the structure, how the hell do you not have 1m subs yet?? Great job either way
Rack > Pedals
if i was going to add a multi effects pedal , where would i put that in line ?
I’ve always loved chorus on bass, it’s such a cool sound and definitely gives you that classic Peter Hook/Duff McKagan/Peter Steele/Tony Levin (mixed with an octave pedal) tone and it’s awesome. I use it a lot on my guitar but will also throw it onto my bass when I want to add a bit of colour to my sound
Yes the earth is round. Like a panake
Good pedal video.
Compressors are impossible to demo on YouTube because the platform compresses all videos. The non compresses tone becomes compressed!
You don’t know what haven’t experienced?
Ehm… you can use a clip tuner with the volume all down
I've been paying guitar since 1994 and only recently (about 2 years ago) started to play bass for fun after a friend give me a Maison P-bass from the 80's! The Bass was a mess, super dirty, rust, broken pickguard and pots, wires riped and all. I fixed it all and kept it!
I actually got in 2 bands a few months ago and decided it was time to get some gear. What gear?! Well. I obviously already had a tuner and an Overdrive that actually sounds good with bass also (Bad Monkey) but i just bought 3 used pedals and it's exactly what you talked about in the video!
I Got a Tech 21 Compressor that i leave on ALL the time, A Chorus that i also have on most of the time (with very low effect volume) and i got a Sans amp clone. The Behringer one!
I actually have the Pre amp ALWAYS on also because i'm not even using a Bass amp. And to be honest i'm NOT gonna buy one. ever!
The Sans amp is at the end of the pedal chain and it has a D.I. out to front of house and the output goes to a Rack with P.A. EQ and Power amp and then into two old school p.a. 1×15 cabs. The whole rig is taller than me!
If this ever gets more serious i would go into in ears. I'm never gonna buy any Bass amp thats guaranteed! lol
I also like to use a Phaser a few times on the Bass. The good thing is that i have everything in the same board for guitar and bass. I obvioulsy don't need the bass compressor on the guitar as well as i dont use my Decimator Noise gate on the bass. And i rarely use the delay but all my guitar pedals are ok for bass. Except for the Dunlop wah obviously!