4 Bass Pedals Every BASS PLAYER Should OWN
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- Have you ever wondered what bass pedals you need to get? This video helps answer that question!
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Bass effects was not a huge priority for me when I first started playing bass, but now that I've been a touring musician for some years I have learned that they make a big difference if you get the right ones.
Today's video goes over the fundamentals of when it comes to choosing your first bass pedals. Making the right choice on what type of pedal you get makes the biggest difference on how it effects your bass tone.
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Video Chapters
00:00 | Start of video
01:08 | Pedal #1
02:52 | Pedal #2
03:56 | Pedal #3
05:52 | Pedal #4
08:45 | Pedalboard & Wireless Power
10:24 | Pedal Routing (which order)
11:44 | Radial Bass Bone DI DEMO
11:59 | Acapulco Gold DEMO
12:16 | The Warden DEMO
12:35 | Radial Bass Bone Overdrive DEMO
12:53 | Last Tip
Let me know in the comments what your favorite pedals are that you like to use on bass?
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Thanks for a really informative video. The rechargeable power supply just moved to top of my stuff I need list for this weekend. Really enjoyed listening to your playing, very tight. Good channel, subbed.
Great video. The one thing I’d add is a volume pedal. I do a lot of pit work and and it comes in handy both with upright and electric. Raise the volume for the pizz sections and lower it for the arco stuff. Plus, something ALWAYS goes wonky with the sound. You can quickly adjust the volume in the pit and the sound person can do the in house stuff.
Brother Travis, your lessons and info are priceless. Thanks for all you do for the bass community.
One question, what IEM do you like and use ? I need some with a nice, clear low end response that you don't mind wearing during a long set. Not using amps much these days.
I’ve actually been looking at the Peterson strobostomp as a tuner pedal. It’s got a huge screen and seems to be the most accurate and precise. For a DI, I’m looking at the Tech 21 VT bass DI. Versatile tones and you can get that SVT cab sound. For distortion, I’d get a darkglass alpha/omega or micro tubes BK7. Darkglass also makes a compressor.
Bro you got the best channel, Always just straight to the point and down to earth with the most informative and helpful advice. Thanks a bunch!
1. Sadowsky Bass Preamp/DI
2. Polytune 2
3. Origin Effects Cali76 Compressor
4. BBE Sonic Stomp
5. Holy Grail Nano Reverb
😎👊🏽
Nice setup. Here's mine:
1) Poly Tune
2) MXR Compressor
3) Berhinger Octaver
4) Hall of Fame Reverb
5) Boss 7 band bass eq
6) Sans Amp (out/DI)
1) Bass G&L L-2000
2) EHX Synth
3) Dunlop mini wah
4) MXR compresaor
5) Darkglass Vintage Deluxe V2 DI. 🤘🏽
Clip tuner
1 Polytune
2 keeley compressor pro
3 xotic bass bb preamp
4 xotic bass rc booster
5 boss ceb3
At the moment
The BB is actually a distorsion rather than a preamp.
I am in the market for a proper preamp/di but I can't make up my mind.
I play in a metal/hardcore/industrial/etc Band:
Polytune3 (With bonafide buffer)
KMA - Tyler, one side Gurus- Ninja and Plasma pedal and the other side Darkgkass - Hyperluminal
EQD- Afterneath
And at the end DSM & H - bass simplifier.
I like the sansAmp DI. Powered from the XLR, battery or DC supply. It also has overdrive and a blend knob from clean to full on OD, 3 band EQ, mid scoop adjustment and rumble filter. Currently i have the paradriver version but they have a bass driver and a few other models. This DI a tuner and the DI going to a channel on my mixer that has a compressor works well for me.
Great video, these would also be my 4 pedals if I had to pick only 4. That BassBone DI also looks insane. The only thing I would say is I prefer using the tuner last in the chain, it makes it really easy to troubleshoot if you are not getting any sound out of your amp. If your tuner is receiving your signal, you know the issue is after the pedalboard, but if your tuner does not pick up your signal it is most likely an issue with your board. Obviously if your board is set up correctly this shouldn't happen but I'm not immune to sound issues haha
I use the following pedals in this order. Like having the compressor last after I've sculpted my sounds. Having the preamp up front allows me to get more dynamic range out of the octave, overdrive and chorus pedals. Playing a Fender Custom Shop Precision or a Fender American Elite Jazz.
1. Tuner
2. Ampeg preamp
3. Octave pedal - Foxrox Octron 3
4. MXR Bass Overdrive
5. MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe
6. MXR Compressor
Really cool video. I have had a similar journey in my playing carrier and I have arrived at a similar place, but my peddles are differt.
I have a Ampeg Scrambler DI and I love it. It gives me the Ampeg sound I like. The scrambler switch is quite nice and I don't need a distortion for what I play. I also have a flanger and a reverb pedal and I love how my set-up sounds.
For my style of metal, rock, and blues, my set-up is great for me.
Just like you said man, try things out. I have had bass wahs, DS-1 distortion, bass EQ, and a few other things. Some guitar pedals sound great, while others not so much. But don't be afraid to experiment!
Loved the video and your energy/enthusiasm Travis. Could you hear an improvement in noise/fuller tone with a battery powered supply? Using the 529i to play outdoors with headphones would be cool.
Thanks, man! I do mostly CCM. My only pedal is a multi-chorus pedal, which I've never actually used during a service. The DI pedal sounds cool. I definitely need to check that out. The Acapulco Gold pedal is funky; I don't know when I might use it, but part of me really wants it.
Great video! Glad that you recommend a good DI first 👍
That Acapulco Gold was gnarly! In a good way! I am kind of partial to the Rat circuit on bass and am experimenting with different clones of that circuit. I really like fuzz but it isn’t the most appropriate for Sunday’s.
I mean, fuzz and a lowpass with a bunch of reverb is such a cool thing
For me, the SansAmp Bassdriver DI is the best pedal I have ever bought.
Same here! Own for 20 years now and use it as my always on preamp. Still live the FOH gets that signal via XLR out and every engi is giving me positive feedback.
I'm building my bass pedalboard from more than two years, and this is my ideal setup:
The main signal > KMA Audio Frequency Splitter > Darkglass Hyper Luminal Compressor - BOSS OC2 (low end side) > Darkglass Microtubes - BOSS NS2 Noise Suppresor (high end side) > MXR 108EQ (both sides, thanks to the dual output)
This is great! I've played with flangers on bass before and those sound amazing
When it come's to compressors, I've a BBE Opto Stomp om my board which is great for just even out the sound. It's subtle and fat. And my Boss BC-1X is the compressor for slap (bright sounding and control over atack and release).
Quote of the Day: "Dude! ...it's sick!" Mr. Dykes you hit it out of the park, every time! I'm grateful to be able to see such a cool Bassist. Thank you for everything you share!
Great video, surprised none of the Darkglass pedals made it. The Photon can really help streamline your pedal board and is incredibly versatile.
I'm using a X Ultra. It's a compressor, DI AND Distortion. It does the 3 functions he just mentioned except tuner.
I just started my pedal board too. My first one is the boss GEB-7 (bass eq) that i bought last year. Then last May i bought my boss LMB-3 (bass limiter enhancer. Then just last week i got my zoom MS-60b multi stomp. My next target would be a bass d.i
I used to use pedals, but not all I need is the Line 6 Stomp. It can run all of these pedals and more at the same time, and it's easy to use, and easy to take with you. It's amazing!
Good presentation my man ; what do you suggest for country base
I just bought my first pedal today and I’m pretty happy I chose the compressor. Next one I’ll get the distortion
Thinking of getting a Warden pedal. Can you do a pedal break down on how you like to use it? Liked & subscribed 👍 ✌️ ☮️
Great video. For distortion, i use a tube screamer, just subtle. Chorus is awesome too.
That's actually a great idea, because it is very subtle; even with guitar.
best expanation Ive heard on Peddles- nice job
Hi! Very nice video. Can i ask how you set the warden?
Thanks Phil!
Every pedal is great! You just need to set it up properly according to yout needs! I have used tons of pedals over the years and now, I only have a tuner, a compressor an EQ and a DI, that´s it. Great video!
Have you tried the Ampeg SGT-DI? Fantastic box!
Have the Stomp XL and the Radial Bass Bone preamp and the Ditto Plus also use Runway audio cables, a game changer
Only need one pedal. There are many great Bass multi-effects pedals. I like my bass to have some light chorus or/and reverb.
1. Di with preamp: i use a Behringer BDI21 Bass Preamp Di. This is an excellent
2. Tuner: Agree that a tuner is a great pedal. Tuning and muting
3. Compressor: often work more like a boost
4. Distortion: I find often distortion/overdrive i s too much on bass. Bass is part of the rhythm.
For me, the Sansamp ParaDriver is my go to forever always bass pedal. DI for life
Hi Travis.,.. have you ever done a video about how you shoot and edit your videos ?
Great video- makes me happier about my Tech21 DP 3X, which has tuner, compression, distortion, preamp, and DI all in one awesome small package. Only thing I need is that battery pack!
That’s dope! I used to have a Tech 21 fly rig for my first pedal and it worked out really well for me for a while.
I just have 3 pedals
1. Tc polytune (there is buffer in it) is absolute precise tuner
2. Mxr di + (there is distortion in it that you can control it by blend knob)
3. Mooer ensemble queen (there are 4 knob or controls : level (vol), tone, depth and rate
keeley modded boss ds-1 into a sansamp bass di is a lovely sound, and then i stack a dod extreme distortion between those, and it's the best heavy sound i've ever had...
He said “eew it sounds like a guitar” I’m lowkey offended as a Guitar 🎸 play😅😅😅
Me too 😂
As a bass player, yall should 😤😂
good :3
I play bass and guitar, but I want my bass to sound like a bass and my guitar to sound like a guitar 😂😂😂
As a guitar player that dumps everything under 120hz, I approve of this. 👍
I have a sure wireless unit.
Preamp for base compressor chorus, wapetal active envelope. Which is the best way to land these what goes first and what goes Last Can you please help me out?
Hey Travis!
Question : is there such a thing as a sustain pedal for bass guitar? I am a beginner asking.
for the DI i swear by my MXR M80 di+, i've used a Peterson HD tuner for years but recently switched to the Peterson mini, for effects I used the Zoom MS-60B for years but a year or so ago I added the Headrush MX5 to my board, it's a small board easy and lightweight to bring around for practice or gigs,
the MXR DI is a relatively cheap DI but it punches way above its price tag, it's just a really good pedal
Tuner, Compressor, Octaver (not absolut necessary, just to keep a big fat sub bass low end alive), EQ Pedal (used as a Booster to release the beast) and a DI with distortion.
Agree with the compressor.
However, you don't need a tuner pedal when you have a clip tuner already. I would skip the distortion pedal as well in the beginning.
But just a question, is a DI pedal necessary when your bass amp already has a DI out?
Travis your just different man, but when we going to get that video on how you made your bass from bass mods
been dying to get one like yours.
You're the first channel that mentions a DI pedal. I like your take on it. My amp has a DI out that I usually send straight to three sound board. It has the option for pre or post eq as well. Do you (or does anyone) have an opinion on that vs a discrete one?
I've never needed to use a DI pedal either. My amp has a di output too and it sounds great when sent to the PA. Most DI pedals are just a preamp section in the form of a pedal and only do what your amp is doing anyway. Personally I think that a DI pedal is only necessary if you are running with just in ears and no amp.
Quite a lot of amps also have compression built in (some good some bit so good) so with a half decent amp you've eliminated 2 off those pedals.
@@alihaggis78 exactly, my ampeg had the comp too
1. JHS Little Black Buffer #1
2. Peterson Strobostomp tuner
3. Darkglass Hyperluminal compressor
4. Crybaby wah --> can't say i use it much
5. Darkglass Alpha Omega distortion
6. Eventide Blackhole reverb --> a little goes a long way
7. JHS Little Black Buffer #2
8. SansAmp Bass Driver v2
-- Powered with a Zuma Strymon, mounted underneath board
-- One bass to rule them all: Spector NS-5
Should I use the power supply even though I have enough power on the stage?
You should explain the difference between a preamp and a DI
I agree with having compression for most, but not everyone, and a DI. I would skip the tuner pedal when first building your board. I would add a good chorus like a Boss CEB-3 and add an Octave, but that's me. You'll save $25 or more by buying a cheap clip on tuner and spend the money saved on a better DI. My personal 4 almost always on a gig are a Cali 76, Sansamp Bass DI V2, Boss CEB-3 and Boss OC-2. I do have GAS, so I do incorporate other pedals on my board, including a tuner, and several distortion/OD/Fuzz and modulation pedals, but I suggest the other types first. My philosophy is buy once, cry once. Buy a good quality pedal you'll use and will last. You can work around the tuner and the DI's drive can help with distortion until you can afford a Dist/OD/Fuzz pedal. If you learn how to play evenly, you may be able to wait on a compressor. If you're muting your axe and tuning in the middle of a song, you may want to rethink that. Learn to play your part on other strings, or bend a note, don't just drop out of a song to tune. My 2 cents, you all get to make your own choices.
This advice is all right on. Only as someone else said, the Sansamp DI is the industry standard.
Been using the ac on bass for years. Pretty fuzzy but it retains quite a bit of low end (more low mids tho) without doing a dry blend. It’s great if the bass needs to blend in with guitar walls. For everything else I’d rather just use a sans amp or drive an amp a bit but it is really a great bass “fuzz”. Get a gate though.
Also I should mention the pedal is very reactive to what you put into it, so yea there’s just a master output on the pedal, but the real controls are the tone and volume control on the instrument.
I use it on one of my videos I think. With a crybaby bass wah. Paradiddle groove.
He's my essential list: 1. Tuner, 2. Compressor, 3. Preamp/DI. That's it. A bass player really doesn't need more than that, although you can certainly have more than that, if you like. And frankly, only a tuner is truly necessary, in most cases, and that doesn't even have to be a pedal. What do I actually use? Tuner, acoustic resonance enhancer (I play a piezo-equipped bass), compressor, boost, preamp/DI, and reverb.
🤔Having played at many major Jazz Festivals and music Festivals around the World I only occasionly used a DOD envelope filter and a good Bass! The Tuner is the only one you NEED!😉😁
Is a preamp necessary for an active bass?
Would you recommend a drum machine to practice playing bass with….
Sonicake Boom Ave: compressor, fuzz, octaver, preamp and DI all in one $100 box that is built like a tank and draws 60mA tops, so you can power literally everything off a power bank. That and a tuner and you are set.
My blues band pedalboard is literally a wall wart into a TC PolyTune and the Sonicake Boom Ave powered with the 9V aux out of the pedal, XLR out into the PA. An entire rig literally in the pocket of your gig bag, for the cost of 1.5 tanks of gas.
What is a bass DI? What does it do?
1. Radial JDI Jensen Passive DI
2. Hudson Broadcast 24V Preamp
3. Union Tube and Transistor LAB Compressor
4. SolidgoldFX DLX LM308 Distortion/Boost
What about buffers? Is there “tone-suck” like there is with guitar and guitar pedals?
I'll stand with my peterson strobo stomp hd/LE it's so accurate perfect for intonation set up. Even my peterson strobo clip HD showed me my old korg pitchblack tuner wasn't that accurate
Omg I wish I knew about this pedalboard before I bought mine. Though for $30 it was a good investment.
I see that more and more, and honestly the DI part is on the sound engineer territory, it's part of his personal choice, same as what type of mic's he will choose for the drums. You wouldn't like that if he would come up to you and impose a pedal on your rig. One of the first use of a DI and people often forget about it, it's meant to isolate the musician gear and the PA or recording system to protect the equipment. With years they became more and more refine with buit-in preamps and OD, but keep in mind that maybe the sound engineer will probably put another DI on your rig even if you have one. I would suggest to just talk to him and ask him if he would consider using yours.
Do you have a lesson on the number system ?
I was not ready for that Acapulco Gold to come in, sounded like a meme 😂
Acapulco gold is aimed at guitar, and indeed a bit over the top for bass. I am more into fuzz or overdrive.
Dios te bendiga siempre. Saludos desde España
I only have 1
Darkglass x ultra
Most versitile tone I've ever gotten
I'm old skool why do I have to have a DI? my tone is great explain in detail
It's like an all out engineering session with these gadgets lol
Noble preamp DI is top favorite in CCM but for that price can’t beat a HX Stomp XL (or Helix LT) with bass IRs and digital compressors, overdrives and envelope filters
I've wanted to try the Noble DI for so long now. I've never thought about using an HX Stomp. I'm gonna have to try that out.
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Just get Darkglass ADAM or ФOTON and you have it all in one box (+ cabsim + soundcard + aux i/o for practice)
when you use guitar distortion in a single chain dont you loose bottom end? because there in no blend wet/dry?
Yeah, I would rather take one specialised for bass for that exact reason. The boss bass overdrive for example has all the versatility, since you can blend the mix and also control treble, bass and gain level. Way more control, if you just want subtle distortion.
I have 3 out of 4, I'm quite proud of myself 😊
Same here! 😁 All I have left is to get is the DI pedal.
I wouldn't necessarily use the word NEED, but I would definitely enjoy playing music a lot less with no effects
You don’t really need any of them. Unless you need to spend money. I plug in and go. Never had any complaints in nearly 40 years of gigs. Sound man can and usually puts compression on the bass at the board.
Distortion pedal, Check! (Darkglass Microtubes X)
Compressor pedal, Check! (MXR Dyna Comp Bass)
Tuner pedal, Check! (Peterson Strobe tuner pedal)
DI pedal, missing (still looking for one)
next i'd add a phase 90 or an envelope filter and maybe an oc-2
Is Bass DI another term for bass preamp?
no
i have a cheap tubescreamer clone does that count
I stay with the GK Plex !🔥🔥
Little army swiss box
Covers all four of the use cases he mentions and adds a few amp simulation options. Love it.
I have a rule for every band I’ve been in. EVERY stringed player HAS TO HAVE a tuner, typically the same brand for consistency.
They can be off. A good ear beats a tuner
I’d add an EQ pedal to the list as well to turn on/off almost like you have a second channel.
1. Accelerator pedal
2. Brake pedal
3. Clutch pedal (preferably, but I could live without it)
After watching this, Im so thankful that the first pedal i ever own is GK Plex
One thing that you really need to know about using guitar pedals, or even some bass effects, is that they can suck some of the primary bass frequencies out of your tone. I very much appreciate the bass pedals that offer a mix of pre and post signals so that you can get the effect mixed with your primary tone and save your low end (I use this especially with fuzz - which, very lightly applied and mixed, is my favorite distortion for my bass to spice up the higher harmonics..).
Ebs microbass 3?
passive di. and a boss eq 200.
Pedals that run on 9, or 18 volts AC, will light up, but otherwise not function, on DC power. Plugging AC into DC pedals will likely fry those units!
Also, DO NOT ASSUME that your sound engineer knows what he/she is doing, especially with upright, and accoustic basses!
I drug my doghouse into a pit, for a musical, and the engineer tried to make it sound like an electric bass! I've had issues at blues festivals, and even a jazz gig, so always check out the house mix, or at least have someone you trust listening...
My only thing is how to go wireless with a transmitter and my pedals ?!?!? Please help
That's easy the same way u ran a cable put one end in your instrument the other in the 1st pedal of your chain
"No stems, no seeds that you don't need...Acapulco Gold is badass weed!" - Cheech and Chong - 1973
No volume pedal?
Why you need a DI pedal?
I would be very cautious using guitar pedals on bass, especially if you tune down or play a five-string, as guitar effects often filter out low-frequency bands. You can get around this by running simultaneous wet and dry signals, but not everyone wants to complicate their setup.
I ran into this problem too. What I did was get an EQ pedal and put at the end of my chain and boost the 100 and 200 levels. I learned this for another bass player.
@@aliasgamer7878 Yeah, dude, 100hz is not low enough for bass.
For you pedals need
Errrr , can't you just use the amp settings?
What’s a di pedal do?
you ever play with a drummer that's just ... too precise? Technically correct, but lacks flavor... that's what it's like running a dry signal without a hair of dirt :p. Like you said, has a time and a place, but its not the daily :P
Your battery is still running when jack is plugged into guitar.
“If you have a tuner and you can just click it off and just unplug it, it won’t use that battery for long.”
Oh, you want crazy distortion?
A tube screamer in front of a 6505, take the preamp out into a mesa stereo power amp and run it to two SVT 8x10 cabs lol
/JK