If you were going to build a compact Bass pedalboard?

[LukeFRC]

Some kind of tech 21 bass fly rig pedal would probably be a good solution?

Tuner > Oc2/octamiser > drive of some kind (tonehammer or whatever your denomination prefers) > tc spectracomp > nobelium

For bass it’s different to guitar effects - it’s less obvious what’s good from bad…. it really is best to keep it simple - even something like compression would be best left to the pa desk unless the players have a good handle on what they are doing.

Honestly tuner to nobelium would be put a smile on my face if it was waiting for me when I got to church!

 

[LukeFRC]

With added shoutout to PedalPCB frequency interchange pedal - that’s nice (but again at our church it’s all iem and ampless so you don’t need it!

 

[andare]

My bare minimum is a tuner and my precious Finally v3 with a 12AX7 with the HPF on by our friend @vigilante398

But for color I throw in a phaser and a chorus because I play in a cover band and my Nano+ has two empty slots

 

[LukeFRC]

To use an example using two Japanese traditions …

Bass players tend to approach a pedalboard like bonsai - trying things, thinking deeply and at each stage asking “can I cut this back, can I simplify” leading to restrained thought through minimal pedalboards.

Guitar players however are more like that other great Japanese traditions- Pokémon

 

[swelchy]

They probably don’t play the kind of music I do, but Chuck’s bass Klon or an OCD for drive.

And shimmer reverb because church

I've built three of chucks bass klons for bass friends and all of them absolutely love it on bass as an always on..... That's definitely the drive I will build for them.. Not sure what I should build for a compressor so it doesnt cut off any frequencies for them though.

 

[swelchy]

With added shoutout to PedalPCB frequency interchange pedal - that’s nice (but again at our church it’s all iem and ampless so you don’t need it!

We are full noiseless stage with IEMS as well.... I have been playing modelers for years but recently bought a Hotrod Deluxe III and have been using that mic'd up in an isolation cabinet back stage on a long cable run.. I'm actually digging the amp a lot.. responds to pedals and volume changes much better than tonex and hx stomp..... The bass players are currently plugging into a tech 21 fly rig... it's been on the fritz a few times lately and I'm inclined to build something nice so they aren't flustered first thing in morning with equipment issues... As far a music type we are on the modern end of music content and rock out pretty hard... some insanely good musicians in our rotation... like really really good. Three of the people that sing have all made it really far on idol and the voice...