Mandatory pedals for bass!

[bass_reaper]

just thinking, which pedals do we NEED to have for a solid and clear tone? and for the occasional od/distortion?

[trevorus]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

Tuner. A bass modded or model of a Big Muff is great on bass.

[everdrone]

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I dig my tech 21 vt bass pedal for dirt

my dirt from my gallien head is not so great

[B2D]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

I've always wanted to build up a bass rig. To start, I'd have a tuner, a good compressor (Barber Tone Press comes to mind), a TRex Bass Juice for OD, and one of those little purple MXR envelope filters.

[PFDarkside]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

Sounds great, B2D.

However, I think a good amp and possibly a compressor is all I'd really need.

I've heard a few live rigs with just a SansAmp and they sounded great...

[ehdwuld]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

Compressor , Noise Gate and some folks like a bit of Chorus

*(Sent from my durned phone!)*

[bass_reaper]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

so a compressor, a dirt pedal and a noise gate will do?
what about eq?

[everdrone]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

I don't think you need both a compressor and a dirt pedal. its nice to have both, but not mandatory. what style do you play? if you need cleans or play slapbass ya choose the compressor over a dirt pedal. my tech 21 mimics characteristics of a tube amp which is pretty cool.



some of my amps have good EQs so I do not feel it is mandatory, but they are nice for fine tuning in a band setting.

[bass_reaper]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

I mostly play metal and rock. though a dirt pedal is nice, a compressor really improves my tone since I don't have a good bass.
also my amp's eq is pretty good but I'm setting up for usability anywhere

[everdrone]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

most bass players dont use any pedals

they tune once before they play, and then just plug in to the amp

I love using my pedal tuner, my vtbass, decimator gstring noisegate for heavy music! not necessary though. for heavy rock a lot of times they just step on the pedal to stop the noise instead of using a noisegate.

[bass_reaper]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

hmm ok. is this chain ok? bass>compressor>od/dist>noisegate>eq>amp

[bass_reaper]

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or should I drop the eq? (for both clean and dirt)

[everdrone]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

theres no right answer, but I am a tweaker so ya for me more options are better

I would prolly never use the compressor though since distortion is compression, in a general sense. I have both but dont like using them together. when I mix songs I use compression plugin after I record the bassline.

[bass_reaper]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

^ thanks for the advice
and what about the chain?

[bass_reaper]

Re: Mandatory pedals for bass!

will this be enough or do I need more pedals?