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I tried Flats on two basses and just didn’t get on with the smooth finish in regards to my plucking hand and the different sound / tone On a PBass for rock I find Roundwounds in the main just sound better even though Steve Harris plays flats on his PBass !! I love the fresh chime of new roundwounds and the rougher string feel just suits my rough old hands !!

Just resurrecting this old thread about the MXR M81 Im liking mine a lot and I have two drive pedals running as a light drive ( nearly clean ) after the M81 Anyone tried putting drive before the M81 and what did it sound like ? The reason I ask is access to the DI connection is restricted with a pedal after the M81

The vital point too about playing live / gigging is to remember you are part of the booked entertainment !!! Staring at the floor or fretboard all night doesn’t make for a good visual performance. It must sound right but look right too in keeping with the band style etc

Why not try a preamp pedal instead ? I’ve recently purchased the MXR M81 and it’s superb in front of an amp.

I found that, but could minimise it by turning back the compression which also seemed to add drive as you turned it up. A very nice amp and easy to get a good tone

Yes for sure .. both the TC pedals work well even with minimal drive. The advantage of the CTM100 head is I can hit the input with extra signal and it adds to a lovely tube warmth and drive. With extra EQ points too it all seems to open up more tones. The MXR M81 preamp is amazing and works very well in a simple format

That’s true and using a full fat valve amp I get input compression the harder I hit the input ! Definitely couldn’t hear or see any real advantage using a compressor live. Perhaps in a studio maybe ?

Well after trying three compressors and not liking the results at all I’ve changed back to using the MXR m81 pre amp and added some pedals after for various volume boosts and further EQ options Ampeg Opto Comp - did a decent job but added a warm high end cut off Keeley Bass Limiter - superb but I didn’t feel it was doing much MXR M87 compressor- also nice but just couldn’t dial in a sound that didn’t kill my dynamics I now have a board as below giving me Clean Preamp ( MXR is superb ) Spark Booster ( adds a lift and hits my CTM100 input a little harder MoJoMoJo ( adds more grunt and deep low end tone ) They all play nicely together and each one in turn improves the sound which was naturally my aim I must stop now and be content with the result !!

My simple pedalboard but it does what I need very well

The MXR bass preamp proved to be a great success at last gig Gave me so much more EQ adjustment with my CTM100 Excellent pedal and quiet in operation

Orange LBT is indeed a great amp Very loud 500w and in my opinion a nicer tone compared to the Terror series

Ashdown ABM600 and your search is over

I had it then sold it !! Happier with the CTM100 though

My first bass too except mine was black

Recently looked at basic pre amp pedals to run in front of my CTM100 to give me more EQ choices. Tried the Ampeg Classic Preamp pedal which is low cost and sounded nice but very noisy so back it went Next in is the MXR Bass PreAmp and although you can buy it’s big brother with drive ( which I don’t need ) I went for the simpler model yet it still has a DI out if needed The pedal is super quiet with very well thought out EQ points for Bass Mids and Treble. Mids have a sweepable frequency control too. Input and output controls for totally clean EQ Very nice sounding and does the job very well I like it 👍

I guess up front or in front if you need to step on a pedal or two mid song but I find in front of amp when the only pedal I step on is the tuner and that is before sets

I went through the strap lock saga originally using the old Schaller then the new Today I use either the Fender black rubber strap locks or orange Basschat ones and strap is left on the bass Perfect solution and low cost

Silly question perhaps but I put mine in front of my speaker cab as most pedals are always on As a guitarist of course it was up front near the stage monitors Where do you park your pedal board and why ?

While I’m waiting for my Pedaltrain and MXR Compressor to arrive my current set of pedals TC Polytune 3 then MXR Bass Pre Amp then SparkBooster I will stick the MXR compressor before the Preamp pedal I can achieve better EQ ( CTM100 is basic and passive ) with the MXR preamp ( very quiet ) and the SparkBooster is always on but I back off on my bass guitar volume to clean it up and crank it up again when guitarist plays a solo Work in progress

I have found a compressor helps and boosting the 1k / 1.2k frequency to add more note attack helps a lot

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Guitarists tend to use the FX loop as they are using the amps overdrive Modulation and delays sound better after overdrive / distortion hence the FX loop use For bass amps I don’t think it makes that much difference unless you’re bypassing the Pre amp etc

I tried the Ampeg Classic Pre Amp and found it a noisy pedal which is a shame as the full fat version sounds amazing