If you could only have 1, which?

[jar546]

Ask yourself this question. If you were to go on the road for a year and were only allowed to take one pedal with your. Which one is the most important and practical one that you would choose? Multi-effects pedals included. Give brand, model, etc. This is a question only you could answer.

 

[timmy5strings]

I believe that would be my tuner , aside from that I really don't use one. If I was forced to, it would be a flanger though.

 

[bovinehost]

A pedal?

Like guitar players use?

 

[RitchieDarling]

EBMM volume pedal....

 

[MrMusashi]

id take a korg dt-10 tuner

MrM

 

[bassmonkey]

Hmmm. Strange question. I don't use pedals.

However, if we are into the fantasy realm of me going on tour for a year, then I would have the bass spot with Jamiroquai, so I'd have to take a Boss ME-8B or 6B.

 

[adouglas]

The only pedal I personally need is some sort of overdrive so I can play lead guitar hooks when I have to. Bouncing around at the moment looking for the right answer. I've tried a few overdrives, and have gotten good results, but I'm still experimenting. The issue is twofold...first, I hate anything that sucks tone when shut off (which is 95 percent of the time) and second, I want to keep the amount of crap I carry to an absolute minimum.

But that's just me.

If I *had* to choose just one gadget for some unspecified need, no question:

One of the Line6 Live pedals.

The current flavor, the x3, appears to do what they should have done a long time ago...eliminate the difference between the BassPODxt and the guitar version.

For quite a while I used a guitar PODxtLive with the bass expansion pack to get "my" tone with my decidedly unusual amp setup, and it served me very well. Since upgrading my amp rig, I no longer need it and have moved on in the interests of simplicity.

For the vast majority of us mere mortals, the Line6 gear sounds great, has a very deep feature set and is actually logical in its interface design (read: it's the only piece of gear of this kind that I've ever been able to figure out front-to-back and inside out). You'll get purists who point out (accurately) that it's a simulation, not the real thing...you'll never get real tube tone out of it...but seriously, most of us don't get that discerning.

If you go with a Line6 product, make sure to pop for the carrying bag.

 

[Frankie5Angels]

I thought you were going to say which one bass would we choose. That would be a better thread.

In case anyone wants to start one, here's my answer: the Big Poppa Bongo (that would be my 4H).

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

I would probably go with the Korg DT-10 tuner pedal too.

If that is not "effect" enough to qualify, I would probably say a compressor (Aphex Punch Factory) or a distortion/overdrive (SansAmp Bass Driver DI).

 

[bassborja]

I choose the Sans Amp Programmable Bass Driver DI, is the best overdrive for me and doesn't ruin the beautiful tone of my Bongo.

 

[Psycho Ward]

Rose petals, I like to sleep naked on them. Want pictures?

 

[silverburst]

Rose petals, I like to sleep naked on them. Want pictures?

Save that for Christmas, if you don't mind.

I'd take a Boss tuner pedal.

 

[martin shane]

aside from a strobo stomp it would have to be a fulltone bass drive .

 

[Kristopher]

Aside from my tuner I would also bring my Fulltone bass drive pedal. Just bought it, haven't had much time playing it, but it's the only pedal I'm interested in using at the moment.

If the question was which bass instead of which pedal, it'd be my Sterling HS, although I'd probably swap the maple neck with the one on my rosewood Sterling, but that's only if I were put in the dire-est of situations.

 

[Aussie Mark]

I choose the Sans Amp Programmable Bass Driver DI, is the best overdrive for me and doesn't ruin the beautiful tone of my Bongo.

Plus, if your amp craps out you can use the Sansamp as a DI.

 

[MMTODD]

No pedal for me. I'd take my Radial J48 DI for sure.

 

[shamus63]

id take a korg dt-10 tuner

MrM

Ditto.

 

[Stoo]

I'd feel comfortable anywhere with my Sterling piezo H and (once in a great while,) an envelope filter (Currently a Rocktron Heart-Attack.)

Best Wishes

 

[Caca de Kick]

I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my (ashdown) envelope filter...

The one effect pedal I use the most is my wah, so that would be it.

Nope I can't say a tuner pedal, because if this was a fantasy tour, I'd have a roadie tuning my stuff for me.

 

[syciprider]

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