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A multi FX like a Zoom or a Stomp will easily do the job, if however like me you don't get on with them, I use just a couple of my fav pedals that'll do the job for the gig. Always a comp (that does my tone shaping), an FX or two, then a radial sb2 passive DI. The nearest I've got to multi FX is the TC Plethora X as it feels more like pedals. If I'm not doing FX, then I've started using my behringer xr18 stage box. It might be a digital mixer but it's got a huge amount of tone shaping plus classic outboard emulations and an XLR out for FoH. And they've come down in price so way cheaper than a stomp for instance (although it's doing a different job). Then when you're not using it for gigs it can your home studio interface. Small and light as well.

I’ve used an HX Stomp for ages. Just need that and a couple of leads. I recently bought a NUX MG30 as a backup and I like it so much I’m gravitating towards using that instead of the Stomp. Remember you will need to be able to hear yourself somehow if you have no amp. Relying on hearing FOH doesn’t really work. Sometimes a monitor will be provided but worth ‘spec’ing in’ an in ear (IEM) setup too. There’s lots in the IEM Bible thread about that.

Being relatively new to this depping lark, one thing I have noticed is that I have spent more time learning the actual bass part to the songs, rather than working out my own versions which I do with my main band. I have always been someone who thinks that a covers band (but not a tribute act) should be bringing something new to the set in terms of arrangements so that there is an identity to the band regardless of the actual songs played. To me this includes tempo, instruments, solos, fills etc and I try to personalise the bass lines within the context of the song. I think that in some ways this has made me a little lazy in terms of learning parts as I can always use my philosophy to fudge over difficult bits. But over the last couple of months I've done a lot more depping and I've made a point of learning the original parts, as regardless of the way the band plays the song, the original version provides a good starting point and usually a reference should things go wrong. In preparing for dep gigs, I think I've become a better bass player and certainly my self confidence in being able to play the proper parts has increased. That in turn has given me the confidence to take on the depping roles.

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I use a Zoom MS-60B+, the successor to my MS-60B. I do intend to get the HX Stomp sorted but that needs an external PSU, I power the Zoom with rechargeable batteries that last four or five hours.

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That's Quishquosh drivers. Totally oblivious to their surroundings. Juke drivers aren't quite as bad.

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Just remembered, I was YouTube hopping yesterday and saw the Flamma FB200 demoed, that would do the job very well and for not much money either.

Personally I use a pre-amp pedal as part of my DI chain. My current choice is an Ampeg SCRDI but, of course, it's down to taste. I like to have the option of a compressor and tuner and recently I've been using a noise gate. All of these come from a Zoom MS60b and the reality is that I could use it to give me an acceptable rehearsal pre-amp patch too. The beauty of that pedal is that if you or some one else suggests using chorus/octave/other on a song, you can easily call up something to try it out on the fly. I originally bought my MS60b so I could do just that with the intention of using a dedicated pedal for the final board. However, through all the iterations of my board, the MS60b has rarely been off it.

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Thanks for all the replies. Will be investigating the labellas.

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Depends on your situation. You could literally go DI straight into the FOH. Turn up to a gig with a bass and lead, get a clip on tuner for a tenner and your pretty much sorted. If you want a bit of tone sculpting plus a tuner, then you're spoilt for choice. I'm an HX stomp man, but I also happily use a 10 year old Zoom MS60b for basic needs. Pretty much anything these days will do a decent job. Don't discount something without an XLR out, that seems to be a deal breaker for some when it's really not.

Something like the Tech21 Fly Rig would do it.