Post your pedal board - Basschat style!!

[krispn]

17 minutes ago, YellowLedBetterBass said:

I put this massive board together out of all of the bits I actually use during an average rehearsal. Covers everything I need.

 

I've got it set up so in A/B mode it swaps between a slightly driven SVT and a very distorted SVT. Then for stomp box mode I've got it loaded with a Darkglass Microtubes capture and a Sansamp Bass Driver capture, and I'll test those two captures out and go with whatever I prefer on the day.

 

My setup doesn't need to be any more complex than that.

 
Tidy but I’d be afraid of losing it down the back of the car seat. 

[nilorius]

3 hours ago, YellowLedBetterBass said:

I put this massive board together out of all of the bits I actually use during an average rehearsal. Covers everything I need.

 

I've got it set up so in A/B mode it swaps between a slightly driven SVT and a very distorted SVT. Then for stomp box mode I've got it loaded with a Darkglass Microtubes capture and a Sansamp Bass Driver capture, and I'll test those two captures out and go with whatever I prefer on the day.

 

My setup doesn't need to be any more complex than that.

Money must be funny in a reach mans world.😍

[stewblack]

Just picked up the Joyo Flanger from BC.

Now I only need the Pipe Bomb compressor and the Ocho octave pedal to complete the set. 

Shame they don't do an LS2 clone but I have no idea how they could bring that off in such a tiny form.

Wonderful pedals the Ironman series. Really good quality sounds, superb construction and a great design.

[PaulThePlug]

^ Likes the 'lil Iron Men

Phaser after Delay so the repeats move...

Got the Looper, on my Sons board.

Edited July 8 by PaulThePlug

[Ed_S]

We're missing a guitarist for a little while, but got offered a gig that we didn't want to turn down so decided to fly missing-man. We've done it before and it's generally been fine but I've definitely felt the lack of the rhythm guitar during the lead solo sections, so wanted to try and 'thicken' the bass tone a bit this time. I had an unused corner of one of my boards so decided to try a cheap octave-up, and am happy to report that it's actually doing what I hoped it might. Placing it after a bit of gentle overdrive seems to have brought the whole sound together and gives a suggestion of extra guitar without making the bass sound too iffy on its own, meaning I should be able to just leave it on.

 

[Al Krow]

1 hour ago, Ed_S said:

We're missing a guitarist for a little while, but got offered a gig that we didn't want to turn down so decided to fly missing-man. We've done it before and it's generally been fine but I've definitely felt the lack of the rhythm guitar during the lead solo sections, so wanted to try and 'thicken' the bass tone a bit this time. I had an unused corner of one of my boards so decided to try a cheap octave-up, and am happy to report that it's actually doing what I hoped it might. Placing it after a bit of gentle overdrive seems to have brought the whole sound together and gives a suggestion of extra guitar without making the bass sound too iffy on its own, meaning I should be able to just leave it on.

 

 

Nice fix to being a bandmate down! Almost the equivalent of having an 8 string bass to hand without having to master 8 string bass technique - which is defo trickier than a guitarist switching to a 12 string!

[danbowskill]

Always regretted selling my Fuzzmo years ago. Just got one today from our parish.

Damn it's as beautiful sounding as I remember.

 

[ordep]

Nano pedals on a nano board

[Bagman]

A lot of EQ options here - trying this FKT Audio pedal with different basses 

[Bagman]

this needs a tidy up but sort of getting there 

 

the Vitoos PSU was a great buy , the Walrus Tuner is good and the Free The Tone pedals really are the business 

[Chadu25]

Built this last night and slept late just playing it. Sounds glorious! MXR bass synth in the fx loop. Using a Mono Lite Pedal board
 

[0175westwood29]

[Sibob]

On 10/07/2025 at 22:25, danbowskill said:

Always regretted selling my Fuzzmo years ago. Just got one today from our parish.

Damn it's as beautiful sounding as I remember.

 

Horray for Barbra Streisand ☺️

 

Si

[obbm]

My work here is done - for now.  Having considered putting an HX Stomp on my board I finally opted for an HX One on the basis that I rarely use effects and then only one at a time. Also swapped out the Mooer baby tuner for a Boss TU-2.  It all runs from a battery.

 

 

 

[Chienmortbb]

9 minutes ago, obbm said:

My work here is done - for now.  Having considered putting an HX Stomp on my board I finally opted for an HX One on the basis that I rarely use effects and then only one at a time. Also swapped out the Mooer baby tuner for a Boss TU-2.  It all runs from a battery.

 

 

 

Do you have any problems with noise? I often find that using a digital pedal on that same supply as analogue pedals can induce noise on the power lines. 

[obbm]

5 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

Do you have any problems with noise? I often find that using a digital pedal on that same supply as analogue pedals can induce noise on the power lines. 

Not had a chance to check it out fully yet but I'll report back if anything untoward occurs.

[Chienmortbb]

I have had real trouble with a TC Mic Mechanic alongside a Zoom B2 Four, On the same power lines there is a high pitched wine (Chateau Neuf Du Pape?).

 

I had the same problem with the B1 Four and the Mic Mechanic. I must get the 'scope out and see whether the Mic Mechanic puts noise  the powerline.

[JPJ]

On 22/06/2025 at 20:00, JPJ said:

So decision made, I’ve gone for simplicity. My doubling gig has become a full on acoustic gig (with PA support of course) so I’ve decided to go with two boards as the combined board was starting to look like I might be over compensating for something.

This will be the electric bass board and has only what I need to make my beautiful basses sound more beautiful. 
The Capo and the Empress are recent purchases but boy are they good/worth the money in my book.

So this board saved our gig on Sunday when my Ashdown Head of Doom decided it had retired along with Black Sabbath. I’m really getting to grips with the Capo now, for me, the secret is in the blend control 😎

[obbm]

7 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

I have had real trouble with a TC Mic Mechanic alongside a Zoom B2 Four, On the same power lines there is a high pitched wine (Chateau Neuf Du Pape?).

 

I had the same problem with the B1 Four and the Mic Mechanic. I must get the 'scope out and see whether the Mic Mechanic puts noise  the powerline.

Actually I used the board as is last night at rehearsal.  I was not aware of any noise and no-one else mentioned anything although it was in true bypass all evening.

[Chadu25]

Nano board, main bass and micro board. This is my 2025 core setup for live, recording and tone exploration. 

 

Also sharing some of the tracks I’ve recorded:

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

Chad

 

[bnt]

I had another look at my Little Board, after my previous post here, and basically redid it entirely. I wasn't quite happy with the Harley Benton PowerPlant Tuner before I managed to damage it, and it wasn't quite right afterwards. So I got a better PSU with all-isolated outputs and tried again: 

 

• Peterson StroboStomp Mini tuner - still the best tuner I've ever owned
• Orange KongPressor is back, because I had the space, and with a doubler cable it's getting 18V.
• Boss OC-5. I still have the MXR Bass Octave Deluxe, on my big board this time. The OC-5 is here because I'm experimenting with octave up for a pseudo 8-string tone, with some nice results so far. It's not a "hi-fi" octave up in isolation, but it blends well with direct tone. 
• Mosky Silver Horse dual mode "Klone": the effect I want from it seems to change every time I use it, which is not the pedal's fault. It can give just a clean boost, a little more hair, or quite a bit of grind with the treble down to tame the fizz. 
• JHS 3 Series Phaser: I had a problem with the switch last year that mysteriously fixed itself: if it goes again, I have a couple of dead pedals that can donate a switch. It's definitely a keeper for the sound quality.
• Ly-Rock "Simplifier" clone. I know, should have gotten the original DSM&H Simplifier, and I am considering the new Sub-Atomic pedal version. The cab sim is subtle but with some careful listening it does make a difference. 

The PSU is a mains-powered Harley Benton PowerPlant Junior, on sale at a very nice price. It has 5 isolated outputs, but you can see six pedals and the KongPressor is using two outputs for 18V. So I did have to use a splitter, which is not ideal. I got a little hum when using that with the Phaser, so the splitter now powers the tuner, the Klone and the preamp. There's still a very slight hum with the tuner in tuner/mute mode, but none in normal operation. 

[krispn]

My preamp appeared to stop working ahead of Friday nights gig but my trusty old basswitch has came to the rescue. I must have this pedal for 11yrs or more. 

 

Quick rewire this morning and the board sounds great for both IEM/FOH testing with headphones and into the amp. 

Added a Genzler 4OTF Classic bass for an always on sound to warm up the clean preamp which hits my two LBA 2020s transformers hidden underneath before the input stage on the Basswitch. 

 

The Dual Band comp is in the always on serial loop of the Basswitch before DI’ing this combined drive and comp sound out to the Cab M+. Sound great! The line out hits the remaining pedals before running into a Thumpinator hidden underneath the other side of the board before going to the amp. 

 

Pork and Pickle is more recent anddition and gain staging with the 4OTF just to the amp does exactly what I enjoy and wanted them to do. Adding a nice oomph on stage for me and the drummer but the FOH/IEM remains ‘clean’ and punchy. I’ve gotten compliments by sound techs before running this combination as it doesn’t mess with the FOH sound they’re trying to get right and they can give me a sign if I need to turn down the amp to get the balance right out front. 

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by krispn

[nilorius]

2 hours ago, krispn said:

My preamp appeared to stop working ahead of Friday nights gig but my trusty old basswitch has came to the rescue. I must have this pedal for 11yrs or more. 

 

Quick rewire this morning and the board sounds great for both IEM/FOH testing with headphones and into the amp. 

Added a Genzler 4OTF Classic bass for an always on sound to warm up the clean preamp which hits my two LBA 2020s transformers hidden underneath before the input stage on the Basswitch. 

 

The Dual Band comp is in the always on serial loop of the Basswitch before DI’ing this combined drive and comp sound out to the Cab M+. Sound great! The line out hits the remaining pedals before running into a Thumpinator hidden underneath the other side of the board before going to the amp. 

 

Pork and Pickle is more recent anddition and gain staging with the 4OTF just to the amp does exactly what I enjoy and wanted them to do. Adding a nice oomph on stage for me and the drummer but the FOH/IEM remains ‘clean’ and punchy. I’ve gotten compliments by sound techs before running this combination as it doesn’t mess with the FOH sound they’re trying to get right and they can give me a sign if I need to turn down the amp to get the balance right out front. 

 

 

What exactly does "Funkulator" on Your board ???

[krispn]

Great question. It’s basically a pre defined eq cut at 800Hz which simultaneously maintains bass and treble at a consistent volume as the cut gets more pronounced across the sweep of the knob. Imagine a bass and treble boost only eq on an active bass which also adds that 800Hz mid cut too for  slap tone but all mapped to one knob. 
 

At lower levels the cut is less evident but can liven up the tone. It’s looks a bit one dimensional on the surface but in conjunction with a drive pedal you can think of it as adding a second eq voicing. I can have a nice drive tone and then engage the Funkulator and immediately get a more scooped voicing which might be preferable on some tunes. 
 

I’ve said in a post about the Funkulator in another thread it’s really quite useful and can enhance a jazz bass’ natural voice, add a

new voicing to a drive pedals as well as tighten up finger style at lower settings. 

Edited 4 hours ago by krispn

[nilorius]

2 hours ago, krispn said:

Great question. It’s basically a pre defined eq cut at 800Hz which simultaneously maintains bass and treble at a consistent volume as the cut gets more pronounced across the sweep of the knob. Imagine a bass and treble boost only eq on an active bass which also adds that 800Hz mid cut too for  slap tone but all mapped to one knob. 
 

At lower levels the cut is less evident but can liven up the tone. It’s looks a bit one dimensional on the surface but in conjunction with a drive pedal you can think of it as adding a second eq voicing. I can have a nice drive tone and then engage the Funkulator and immediately get a more scooped voicing which might be preferable on some tunes. 
 

I’ve said in a post about the Funkulator in another thread it’s really quite useful and can enhance a jazz bass’ natural voice, add a

new voicing to a drive pedals as well as tighten up finger style at lower settings. 

Thanks !!!