Downsizing your pedalboard

[ratman]

I'd have to say my COG Knightfall66 (because it the mutts) and my Zoom MS60B (because it's so versatile).

[thebassist]

[quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1417361975' post='2619546']
Only two? That would be hard ... not counting a tuner, and not cheating with a multieffect I think maybe I'd go with a VT Bass DI (which in a way is a multi with dirt, EQ and DI) and maybe a chorus or phaser. I'm glad I don't have choose though.

Edit: BTW, I have a similar picture I took only a few days ago ...
[/quote]

Hahaha that is awesome!!!!

[thebassist]

And I'd keep two DD-7s if I had to downsize

[Kev]

VT Bass DI and Darkglass B7K.

Dirt is the only real sound I would ever want. As others above, octaves you can recreate, I have a Wal so if I'm clever and can get wah-type tones fiddling the filters, delay I could do if I repeated notes steadily reducing my attack, reverb if I played in a cave, chorus if I plugged in a mic and sung the same note I play, tremolo do the same but nervously....

[Cameronj279]

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1417816618' post='2624375']

tremolo do the same but nervously....

[/quote]



If I were to use only 2 pedals it'd have to be my MXR Compressor and Darkglass B3K (although this will be getting upgraded to a B7K at some point)

[Salt on your Bass?]

ooof, I actually don't have many pedals - 5 I total excl. tuner. but use them kinda equally. Reckon I'd go for a fuzz and a wah.... :/

[GazWills]

[quote name='BeardyBob' timestamp='1417689810' post='2623013']
I use a tuner & sansamp. I'd rather use a tuner & nice head, but I wasted a lot of money on effects. F*ck you effects. 98% of the time no-punter knows what the bass is anyway. 98% of the time they do, no bugger can hear the difference. I hate effects more than I hate my own life. Perhaps this pirate will make it all better
[/quote]

post of the year

I would say BB preamp and W&C tall font russian fuzz if it had to be two, but I've grown pretty dependant on my OC-2 as well, so I'm going to stick to those 3, I can live without my chorus pedal...

[Guest FretNoMore]

While it may actually be somewhat true that "no punter" and "no bugger" may understand what bass is about or hear much difference with effects or not I must say that is largely irrelevant to me. The audience is of course important but I use my effects and play music as much or even more for my own enjoyment, and I do enjoy the effects and I do hear a difference.

Edited December 6, 2014 by FretNoMore

[GazWills]

I was more amused by the 'f*** you effects' element of the post - i too have wasted a lot of money on pedals over the years, to end up with just a handful that I like!!

Edited December 6, 2014 by GazWills

[chrismuzz]

If I had to downsize, I'd keep my Aguilar TLC compressor, and Darkglass B3k... Unless using a multi effects like the Zoom B3 counts as one pedal?? If so I'd sacrifice the Aguilar

[ezbass]

Chorus & octave.

[Guest BeardyBob]

[quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1417859022' post='2624566']
While it may actually be somewhat true that "no punter" and "no bugger" may understand what bass is about or hear much difference with effects or not I must say that is largely irrelevant to me. The audience is of course important but I use my effects and play music as much or even more for my own enjoyment, and I do enjoy the effects and I do hear a difference.
[/quote]

boy, bet you're a treat in bed

[Guest FretNoMore]

[quote name='BeardyBob' timestamp='1417905646' post='2625078']


boy, bet you're a treat in bed
[/quote]

I'm flattered by your interest, but I'm not into guys, sorry.

Edited December 7, 2014 by FretNoMore

[Roland Rock]

My board only has two effects pedals: the Xero LPF and Subterrenea synth fuzz/octave. I do have some other boxes which help control the parameters of them though - expression pedal, LFO, bypass looper. Can I keep them?

[Tuco]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1417938633' post='2625194']
My board only has two effects pedals: the Xero LPF and Subterrenea synth fuzz/octave. I do have some other boxes which help control the parameters of them though - expression pedal, LFO, bypass looper. Can I keep them?
[/quote]
No, you can only keep 2 pedals.

..so you have to give the broadcast and EP3 to me

[Britsie]

Moog MF103 Phaser (I like phasers) placed in the effectsloop of my Foxrox Octron2 Octaver.
It is a bit cheating because the Octron2 can do octaves down and up. With the octave up it sounds pretty dirty. The octave up going into the phaser sounds quiet different from the phaser soloed.
So I can cover (different flavors of) phaser, octave and dirt with just 2 pedals. (my pedalboard actualy has more pedals...)

[JimBobTTD]

I only have a compressor and a tuner…so I would add a chorus!

[Highfox]

Main stay for me is a Comp, OD and Envelope filter, if I had to lose one it would be the OD.

[DiMarco]

OK. Ended up with just three fx pedals. Two really won't cut it. Still happy with the small footprint board.

Edited December 22, 2014 by DiMarco

[Bo0tsy]

Hang on a minute - you've changed the rules! there's the rest of us trying to desperately come up with an almost impossible choice of somehow trying to pick just two pedals and there you go and come up with three! In that case I definitely need all eleven pedals that are currently on my board!

[DiMarco]

Well technically the wowee wah is sitting next to the board, not on it...
ok ok I FAILED.

[tauzero]

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1417344938' post='2619260']
[b]If you had to downsize and could (besides your tuner) only use, say, max. two effect pedals... Which ones would you keep?[/b]
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Zoom B3 and Zoom MS60-B.

[marcblum]

I don't get the point. Why reducing the pedalboard for the sake of [i]reducing the pedalboard[/i]?

I experience times, where effects keep a'changin, and then there are times,of stability. So what?

If an effect isn't used, I remove it.

Just to not torture my bandmates too much, I restrict pedal change to 1 per rehearsal.

[vailbass]

the tuner and........that's it :-)