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OldManMusic
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You'll love the VT. Worth the wait.
Caca de Kick
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To me 200-300 is alot of money for only 1....you can buy well more than 2 pedals with that! 4 if you look for good used ones, that way if you find ones that aren't your "thing", you don't take a depreciation loss selling them off.
For me it would be wah and distortion. (in that order)
For me it would be wah and distortion. (in that order)
MattOfSweden
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Good call on going with the VT Deluxe, it's a great piece of gear.
Grga
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Save your bucks for a Bongo, a lot of pedals just steal good bass sounds. For beeing the fundament of a classic rock band no effect is needed. For solo stuff und crazy things I use from time to time a delay, reverb and wah. No compressor for a live gig, the pure bass sound is better for my ears, for recording it's different thing.
mfallmann
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since i have a compressor in my amp head, I'd revert to using my EXAR Moby Dick chorus, only ...
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oli@bass
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I think if I could only have one, it would be an octaver..... or a multi-effect box 
strummer
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Just one box, well to me it's easy, a good compressor.
spaceman
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There is a single pedal option for this, of course, the Morley distortion-wah.
Morley Pedals - Distortion/Wah/Volume (PDW-2)
I have an older one of these (I wanted to sound like John Wetton in Crimson)- but it broke a couple of times. And it made the tone awful when switched off.
But maybe the newer version is better?
smallequestrian
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Pedals that "steal good tone" are for the most part user error. This is to general of a statement.
Pedals, just like a bass, an amp or a pic, are just another tool that can be used or abused.
Grga
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OK, let me correct it and say "for my ears". I did not mean the volume pedals of EB
In a period I did experiment a lot with pedals, different effects from different brands.. in the end "for my ears" the pure bass sound is always better for my needs and the needs of the band. It took a time for me to understand that a bass is not a guitar.. and since I have this understanding (for me, please feel free to see it in other ways) I have no use of an effect pedal anymore.. except a tuner.
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mfallmann
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Grga
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oh yeah.. funny things can happen.. I just had to laugh thinking about an issue.. my tuner was not at 440 Hz and I made all the other band members crazy .. so in the end we all played at 444 Hz, I still have to say sorry.. I claimed that my tuner was right and all the others would have a problem
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The VT Bass Deluxe showed up on my doorstep yesterday, and my first impression is WOW. Very cool pedal. I'm digging the predefined settings, although I can tell I'll need to tweak them. I was surprised at the major volume difference between each one, I'll need to make some adjustments. It was a bit late, so I couldn't really turn it up. I'll mess around again tonight, then tomorrow at band rehearsal.
I ran it first through the main input, then tried the effects return jack. Didn't notice much difference either way, but again, this was at low volume.
Thanks all for your recommendations!
I ran it first through the main input, then tried the effects return jack. Didn't notice much difference either way, but again, this was at low volume.
Thanks all for your recommendations!
I have a large pedal board, but without question the one pedal that is the only one needed is an envelope filter.
Great effect, wonderful on solos, plus adds funk and fun to any groove. Fun fun fun!
Lots of choices of filters out there, but my favorite is the 3-Leaf Groove Regulator envelope filter. More expensive than some, but extremely musical, easy to use, and has the best sound out of any I have tried.
Great effect, wonderful on solos, plus adds funk and fun to any groove. Fun fun fun!
Lots of choices of filters out there, but my favorite is the 3-Leaf Groove Regulator envelope filter. More expensive than some, but extremely musical, easy to use, and has the best sound out of any I have tried.
Smallmouth_Bass
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I don't really have any pedal I couldn't live without, but my main permanent mini-board has a SansAmp PBDDI and a pedal tuner.
I also have a bunch of others that come out occasionally for fun jams, but rarely with the main band. They include: the Red Ripper (fuzz +), an octaver, a chorus, a phaser, various distortions, a compressor, a reverb, a digital delay and an envelope filter. They're all fun in moderation.
I also have a bunch of others that come out occasionally for fun jams, but rarely with the main band. They include: the Red Ripper (fuzz +), an octaver, a chorus, a phaser, various distortions, a compressor, a reverb, a digital delay and an envelope filter. They're all fun in moderation.
cyoungnashville
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ohh man...... only ONE PEDAL????? well if i had to narrow it down to just one, its a tossup between steelguitar-eliminator, or my cave passive supergrunt. ok.... hands down im going with the supergrunt. to my ears it sounds like an ampeg in a more musical way than the vtbass (which i used for a very long time), and doesnt need batteries, but still has an on/off l.e.d. (i love this thing!).
Aussie Mark
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Glad you like yours too Craig. For such a simple pedal I love the way it can make any solid state amp sound like a tube amp - without batteries or power
Powman
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My pedal board got larger recently but for good reason. Here is the chain:
At the point of the Big Muff Pi, the signal gets split into a dry and effected signal. The effected signal goes into the Markbass head. I use the Big Muff very sparingly, so this pedal is mostly acting as a splitter (Y).
The dry signal from the Big Muff Pi goes onto a further journey:
The purpose for the last chain is to massage the signal so I can hear better playing live. The EQ'ing I need to do to get the correct cues to monitor myself while playing live sounds like caca poop to everyone else. In a nutshell I need to have more harmonics since the cochlear implant does not convey the fundamental frequency very well.
So basically by splitting the signal, the stage and audience gets what it needs and I get what I need. If I just used the line out from the Markbass, I could not do two different EQ's and sound quality and nobody would be happy.
I know I have extreme needs due to my disability, but I think this kind of setup might be quite useful to anyone using a wireless monitoring system.
- Bass
- Tuner
- Big Muff Pi
At the point of the Big Muff Pi, the signal gets split into a dry and effected signal. The effected signal goes into the Markbass head. I use the Big Muff very sparingly, so this pedal is mostly acting as a splitter (Y).
The dry signal from the Big Muff Pi goes onto a further journey:
- Dry Big Muff Pi
- EQ Pedal
- Bass Limiter
- Sans Amp DI
- Wireless transmitter
- Wireless receivers on Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid
- My biological head
The purpose for the last chain is to massage the signal so I can hear better playing live. The EQ'ing I need to do to get the correct cues to monitor myself while playing live sounds like caca poop to everyone else. In a nutshell I need to have more harmonics since the cochlear implant does not convey the fundamental frequency very well.
So basically by splitting the signal, the stage and audience gets what it needs and I get what I need. If I just used the line out from the Markbass, I could not do two different EQ's and sound quality and nobody would be happy.
I know I have extreme needs due to my disability, but I think this kind of setup might be quite useful to anyone using a wireless monitoring system.
