Gear needed for ampless

[Jack]

I should have quoted the post, sorry all. 

[FretsOnFire]

Doesn't warrant a new thread so I'll ask here but does anyone know what lead I'd need to connect the zoom b3 to my Markbass Traveler 102p?

 

I'm guessing it would be through the XLR but there are so many options of leads I don't want to purchase one to find it's the wrong one 

[Dad3353]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think that you can connect those two together. The Zoom is an Fx, with no amp, and the Markbass is a cab, that needs to be driven by an amp. The connectors on the cab are SpeakOns, used for connecting amps to cabs; the Zoom has no such functionality. You will need an amp of some sort, preferably one with a SpeakOn output connector, to enable use of a simple double-ended SpeakOn lead between amp and cab. The Zoom would be plugged into the input of said amp. Hope this helps, and apologies if I'm wrong. 

[FretsOnFire]

So I connect direct to my tc bh250?

[Dad3353]

Yes. The bass is plugged into the Zoom, which is plugged into the TC, both with standard mono 1/4" jack leads. The TC is connected to the Markbass cab using a standard SpeakOn speaker cable. Does that help..? 

[warwickhunt]

2 minutes ago, FretsOnFire said:

So I connect direct to my tc bh250?

 

Bass > pedal (via 1/4" guitar lead) / pedal >  input on TC amp (1/4" guitar lead) / Tc Amp > cab (via Speakon).

 

If the TC amp has an effects loop you can take a 1/4" cable out of the amp to the pedal and then the output of the pedal (1/4" lead again) to the return of the FX loop.  'Sometimes' one sounds/works better than the other.

[FretsOnFire]

All sorted now thanks for your help guys 

[SteveXFR]

I like my Two Notes Revolt for this. Its a three channel, valve driven preamp pedal plus its got an effects loop so you can set it up with your effects before or after the preamp and the three channels give clean, dirty or really dirty options.