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I started the year with two basses and I'm down to one. I would say "just", but Valkyrie is awesome. I have bought equipment but not directly bass gear and only due to needing it for recording purposes. Actually, I'm not sure those midi cables will be necessary now, but they could still be useful.

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I went amp-less about 12 years ago due to necessity, and it's mostly been fine. I like just being able to walk in with my bass and pedalboard and go.

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On 14/10/2022 at 16:55, krispn said:

Don’t allow other people’s pedalboard OCD to alter your set up 😀

Ha! You think this is OCD?! You haven't seen OCD - this is just liking an orderly pedalboard.

On 12/10/2022 at 14:08, Vin Venal said:

Pedalboard update.

 

Signal splitting shenanigans - into the EQ and back for clean low end, mixed with the RAT to taste for my main overdrive/distortion tone.

 

Into the 850 fuzz for DOOM.

 

Then the chorus and delay in the FX loop.

 

The behringer will be replaced with a boss GEB7 when I can afford/find a cheap used one.

 

The 850 fuzz is in danger of being replaced with a different mini big muff type thing at some point - can be hard to dial in a tone for bass on the ibanez.

 

I play my Precision through this into a Darkglass head which provides my "clean" tone, which also has some hair on it using the built in VMT circuit.

 

It sounds frankly insane for not very much money.

Might I suggest EBS flat patch cables to help tidy everything up into a smaller footprint? This should allow for at least some of your effects to be in more of an orderly set-up.  If possible, I'd suggest pulling the three mini-pedals to the front and pushing the EQ to the back in case any of those aren't always on effects.

I'm looking to connect my drum machine to my DAW via midi, the drum machine (Behringer RD-6 is midi compatible, but it turns out my audio interface (Komplete Audio 2) isn't. Do I have any other midi options barring getting my hands on an audio interface with in-built midi connectivity? Thanks.

12 hours ago, Tim2291 said:

I'm not gonna make any friends saying this... but Rickenbackers are truly hideous! At a retail price of £5499 for this 90th anniversary 4005XC I would be getting a doctor to check for signs of insanity if I saw someone buy one!

That looks deeply unpleasant, as does that price tag.

36 minutes ago, 0175westwood29 said:

 

nice to tidy things a bit the oc5 is already been switched out for a burning sunn from ground fx 

That - that's a whole lot!

50 minutes ago, pigface said:

I hate to say this, as so many members love them, but Rickenbacker basses are IMO seriously ugly. Strange, really, as some of their guitars are fine to behold.

I came here specifically to say Rickenbackers are ugly. They just are horrible looking things. Almost anything by BC Rich too.

Schecter have a good selection of thin neck 5s. Could be worth a look.

9 hours ago, asingardenof said:

I have a collection of Ernie Ball patch cables just waiting to be used, and one of those daisy chain power supplies, so I think I'm sorted on that front for a bit. I think I can do without the others for now at least though XD

I have heard reports that daisy chaining can bring unwanted noise to a signal chain after a point so it's maybe not a long-term solution - but if it works for now, that's the most important thing. The same with patch cables. For years I used standard style cables until I needed to position my pedals closer together and then flat cables made the most sense to me.

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12 hours ago, rushbo said:

 

Stick a chorus pedal on there, unfollow this forum, then just walk away.  You'll save loads of money. Pedal acquisition is a very slippery slope - you start off by buying a cheap Flanger "to see what it sounds like" but before too long, you end up selling all your kids' shoes on FaceBook Marketplace to fund the purchase of some boutique pedal that will "take your playing to the next level," which turns out to be just a Tube Screamer in a different box. A bargain at £275. 

 

 

Chorus is a good call, as are EBS flat patch cables to keep everything neat and tidy. You'll probably want to invest in a power supply too at some point, if you haven't already.

Oh, and a Metal Zone, and a Gonkulator. Everyone has at least one of those on their boards. Honest truth.

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9 hours ago, BigRedX said:

At least the Boss pedals are ergonomically sound and don't look as though they have been designed by a 5-year old from both an aesthetic and practical PoV.

I don't know which company you have a beef against, or maybe it's just my pedalboard you feel affronted by, but if it's the former then that's between you and them and if it's the latter then please recognise that no one's forcing you play or even like my pedalboard. If you don't like Korg, Wampler, EHX, MXR and Tech 21 that's absolutely fine. A line-up of Boss pedals would look great and presumably sound great too but to this particular autistic person, a Boss pedal would look out of place on *my* board and that would affect how much I'd want to play it - which I recognise would be a negative. So please, cool it.

10 hours ago, 2elliot said:

I had the Boss Flanger BF3 but sold it pretty quickly.  When in use it drowned everything out and made the sound really thin. I now use an MXR Flanger, the big grey one. It's excellent.

I'm surprised at that from Boss, they sound like they'd be super reliable judging by their popularity. But hey, I like EHX and not everyone gets on with them and that's fine.

14 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

How versatile do you need it to be? Are you bothered if it’s analogue or digital? Do you need presets? Are you on a tight budget? 

Great question. It doesn't need presets, it doesn't really matter whether it's analogue or digital. I'd be using it as an occasional effect rather than an always on effect, and I'd be using it for the classic wooshing sound. Budget isn't a significant issue as I can just save up for it. It does need not to be huge, so standard pedal size or smaller is for the best. Thanks.

21 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

No you was not saying that, but it does limit your options, and potentially might very well be at the expense of the absolute perfect effect for you from a tone perspective.

 

But of course that depends on how specific you are in your taste from a sound perspective, if you just want a generic good sounding effect, and not the one absolutely perfect for you, then of course it wouldn't really limit your options.

 

But that was kind of my point, beside most of all just being humorous and not too dead serious about it.

I think you were reading too much into my initial statement, but that's okay. The digital medium can be hard to navigate.

Look, there's nothing wrong with having any Boss pedal on your board (even a Metal Zone, if that's what you want), and perhaps we should all of us divorce our pedal choices completely from the design of the casing (or the graphic atop the casing), but given the number of people showing off their very pretty basses on here or awesome pedalboards, one must assume aesthetics does play a part for a lot of people. Not more than sound, absolutely not, but it's not for no reason that EQD, Walrus Audio etc. spend time on making their pedals look amazing. It's also not without reason that so many of us chose basses that visually appeal to us. To be clear, I wasn't saying I was wanting to sacrifice tone for appearance, not at all - I want both and so I came and asked for recommendations from people who would hopefully know. 

5 hours ago, Velarian said:

What make is your chorus? Perhaps the same manufacturer’s flanger will be suitable for bass and will match the aesthetic?

EHX, so I am considering the Neo Mistress - which would actually fit the space available.

I'm considering adding a flanger to my pedalboard, and I could get a Boss BF-3 for cheap off of a friend, I'm a little weird about the aesthetic of having a Boss-style enclosure on a board that isn't entirely in that aesthetic. So, with that in mind, could the good folks here please recommend me a good flanger pedal for bass, please? I already have a chorus I love so I don't need something that does both.

Whilst I'm very much a fan of the EHX Bass Clone and it gives me the chorus sound I absolutely love, the TC Corona or the Mooer Ensemble Queen might suit you more.

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