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Interesting comment!.. over the years I have tried many different ways of pedal order.. it does tend to be subjective despite the various standard defaults.. for quite a while I went: envelope>compressor>octaver>dirt> chorus .. thinking that the envelope filter needed to do its thing before taming it with compression.. I've gone back to compressor first recently, I have it set pretty mild.. the signal into the Octaver is stable.. envelope after seems to work well.. I rarely use the B3K & RC booster at the same time but now you have mentioned it I will try swapping them around!.. my thoughts were dirt sound then plus with a boost.. dirt into filter, for me is too aggressive.. but I have an add on board, that I use for more experimental situations.. with another envelope filter after a colorsound fuzz & Ibanez phathed overdrive!.... Some different sounds there!

It can be both!.. I use it as a clean treble boost for slap moments but it has a gain control that can give it drive..

Latest small board version.. I tried to skimp on sound quality because I needed to fit many on a small board.. I had a mooer envelope filter, which isn't bad.. but just had one sound that took constant vigilance to dial in right! Adding the early Xmas prezzie to me! ...EBS IQ blue label has completed this set up 😊....small but perfectly formed!

I have one.. love it!

My favourites so far. Kimbara fuzz box (fuzz face clone) Colorsound tonebender (adapted by an electronics genius, that I was in a band with, to be massively bass friendly!) Ibanez PD7 phat-hed overdrive (noisy but very versatile) ...Microtubes B3K..my current weapon of choice!... Love it!

Brilliant!.. this has been very entertaining!.. & also informative!.. thanks to all... Bass players are a wise and humourous, essential part of society.. I love this place! 🤘😎

Recently bought an Ernie Ball microfiber cloth and on the back there is a warning saying that it may cause cancer and 'reproductive harm' ... WTF!!! Is California particularly hypersensitive to whatever chemicals are used to make a guitar cloth!?.. or should we all be worried!? Why are there chemical used in the process of cloth making that could cause these kind of harms??

So... I've honed it down to suit most situations.. pedalboard mini is my mostly live board .. pedaltrain 1 can be added to enhance the situation for more 'fringe' projects! .. (maybe I would shift the chorus to be before the delay but actually, it works great as it is, don't think I will have all on at the same time!? ... or maybe!!? 🤔🤡😬😉😊

Trace Elliott elf is surprising punchy, very usable ...& tiny!

I really like the SP comp... it's transparent but warm.. I only have it in subtle.. but it does the job! 🙂

Not a clone no... (Or maybe it is!) I was used to using the ebs octabass, which I loved.. & that is a formidable octaver.. oc2 has great tone but have to be careful with tracking.. especially going lower.. the octabass was much more stable, slightly different vibe but worked for me.. markbass raw series octaver, was a bit of a risk.. I wanted something familiar but with a smaller footprint..so bought it because of the online promo, which sounded good.. now, after a couple of years of live use, I can say that I really like it. slightly different again, but very stable and it works for me for what I need.. tiny footprint.. quite versatile for a 2 knob pedal! 🙂.. warm too.. which was what I liked about oc2! Markbass raw octaver Oc2 clone shootout!

Here I go again!.. but I am actually really happy with this set up . Needing a small footprint board for live work.. I struggled to find tiny envelope followers, compressors, octavers.. really like the xotic sp comp, does everything I need it to.. I've gone back to boss bass chorus & dod envelope filter.. they just work for me.. amazing what you can fit on a pedaltrain mini!

Not talking about the obvious here..Jaco, Stanley, Marcus etc.. but who flicked your bass switch.....that isn't so we'll known? For me.. Lemmy Lothar Meid Percy Jones Mike Howlett Meshell Ndegeocello Pino Palladino Bernard Edwards Aron Hodek Ellen Alaverdyan Philippe Bussonnet... yes I know Pino is well known... But I first heard him with Gary Newman..blew me away! Bernard also. . so appreciate his ways since Chic go out with that guy who overplays on everything!

I don't know why.. but I love looking at peoples pedals!.. some of the boards on here are fabulous! ...I have owned a lot of pedals over the years & had some rediculous massive boards in the past that were, to be honest, more than required for the job in hand! But I love it!... Here is my simple small current set up.. again (prolly posted before!) With all the lights on!

Get a hip-shot d- tuner to easily manage E to D on 4th string...

Board is Pedal train mini... I really like the MB octaver.. used the EBS octaver for many years before.. which is a great pedal but not really noticed much difference in the swap over.. had to dial back the octave a tad.. on the MB

my latest board.. when we were still in the world of 'gig'... (Tax return 2019-2020 was weird to do... a different world back then!!) I needed a small footprint board.. to keep things simple... But it had to do a fair bit! Chorus, distortion, treble boost, octaver, compression, envelope, tuner...

Probably my favourite bass.... It does it all......