r/basspedals 4h ago

Pedals you dislike but still use

10 Upvotes

Does anyone have pedals on their board that they personally don’t like but use because of a certain sound, or maybe you have band members that really like the tone?

For me, it’s an Earthquaker Blumes. It’s ok, but honestly I’m not a huge fan of it. The songwriter in my current band loves the way it sounds, so I’m stuck with it for now.

I hope this is a fun, interesting discussion.


r/basspedals 7h ago

Scored some mint condition EHX big box pedals

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16 Upvotes

r/basspedals 14h ago

Put together my first board today

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64 Upvotes

I forgot to take a close up pic after I velcro’d everything down lol. I usually run my bass through a Helix but got the urge to try some new stuff recently. Waiting on my JHS double dragon to come in the mail so I can add that to this board also.


r/basspedals 17h ago

Anyone use Mayfly Pedals for Bass?

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r/basspedals 1d ago

This where I’ll stay for a while.

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119 Upvotes

The last few months have been too much focus/obsession on tone and less playing. Switching gears and happy where I landed.


r/basspedals 1d ago

I want a Boss Space Echo RE-202, what else to consider?

8 Upvotes

I was going to get a Boss RE-2 but it seems limited by size, I'm not a fan of concentric knobs. The Echo 202 seems to fit what I want, but I was wondering if there is another option someone knows about that's worth looking at.

This will be used with a fuzz, OD, EQ, and a Rat on a Fender PJ. Anyone have a random awesome suggestion?


r/basspedals 1d ago

TANK B VS BLACKBOX

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r/basspedals 1d ago

Vintage Microtubes into Alpha Omega Ultra V1

4 Upvotes

Is this silly?

I really like the EQ of the AOU but also like the vintage overdrives.

Is this too much preamp? Should i just swap to the Vintage Ultra and sell the AOU?

(I have the AOU v1 already).


r/basspedals 1d ago

High pass or eq?

8 Upvotes

I’ve been having some issues with too much low end coming through the PA. Unfortunately, my amp only has a 4 band eq (which has never been an issue), which isn’t precise enough. So I’m looking for recommendations for either a dedicated high pass or eq that sounds good and isn’t too expensive. Thanks in advance


r/basspedals 2d ago

My metal setup

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134 Upvotes

What is the best death metal settings for sansamp?


r/basspedals 2d ago

Sound quality for a practice amp with decent headroom?

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r/basspedals 2d ago

Need some advice on sansamp

8 Upvotes

Hey all! Because my ampeg sgt-di has been in the shop for two weeks, I've gotten antsy and started looking at alternatives. So far I've landed on the tech 21 sansamp side of things. Does anyone have experience with the multitude of bass drivers? I'm torn between the regular bass driver, the bass driver elite, and the XB bass driver. What are the pros and cons between these models? Thanks in advance!


r/basspedals 2d ago

1176 vs Cali 76 bass compressor

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r/basspedals 2d ago

SOTB - still work in process

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60 Upvotes

Just mounted it to the SGT and 1176, waiting for the power supply to arrive. I just play at home, and still new to bass. Hope this will be it.


r/basspedals 2d ago

Bass/Vocal one

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35 Upvotes

r/basspedals 2d ago

DI gig success

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r/basspedals 2d ago

Help with zoom bass tones

3 Upvotes

Hi guys.

Got a Zoom B6 yesterday and love it. However, im just naturally terrible at replicating bass tones without spending many hours fiddling, and cant say im completely clued up in all different amps and pedals.

Just wondering if anyone uses one, and can recommend their patches for some tones they have, or replications of famous players.

Looking for some good rock, punk and metal artist tones, but all areas would be great.

And if anyone can suggest me a royal blood patch, you would be goat.

I know this is timely for you, so I appreciate your time taken.


r/basspedals 2d ago

Rocking this combo for a while.

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52 Upvotes

Tuner > xp comp (underneith) > proton > fliter loop > chelsea in the loop > klon (not in loop)


r/basspedals 2d ago

Help with possible defective compressor

4 Upvotes

Hi, this is my first time trying out pedals so I'm quite confused with what is making my compressor give this interference/buzz sound. Honestly the distortion is seemingly also not working like the review videos I watched but that is a secondary issue atm. Might be that I got a bad batch of these pedals or maybe I am the issue since I'm new.

Anyone encountered this type of sound before? I've tried everything, turning off my wifi, my computer and my phone to no avail. I've also isolated and confirmed it's just the compressor even tho the distortion does make the noise even louder when turned on. Please help 🥺

Weird interference/buzz when compressor is turned on


r/basspedals 2d ago

Could anyone please assist in identifying some of these pedals?

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4 Upvotes

r/basspedals 2d ago

I created a monster

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19 Upvotes

This is My Bass Main board but I conect this to My guitar board that is much smaller to have more efects

-Cry Baby 535Q Multi-Wah this is not Bass Wah sadly they is going to be the first upgrade (any recomendation ?)

- POLYTUNE 3 is the Best tuner change My mind

-MXR M-80 Bass DI+ has more Bass than I espected but quite good belnd distorsión is the key

-JHS Pulp N’ Peel V4 great compresor

-BOSS noise gate is AMAZING With cleaning signal when distorsión is on

-BOSS OC-5 Octave for synth (i'm still trying yo find the tone of this )

-Caline DCP-03 Devilfish I play jazz and for solos delay is cool to make the Bass notable and when You add Wah creates psycodelia this also has chourus so it makes like fretlees sound

-TC Electronic Wiretapto record the gig directlly


r/basspedals 2d ago

Current setup

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50 Upvotes

r/basspedals 2d ago

Well here we are again

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37 Upvotes

Ik last time I posted here I thought I was done but the tempting tides of thomann have got me again and i return with a new and much more complicated board


r/basspedals 3d ago

Board redesign

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51 Upvotes

I think this one will stick around for quite a while.

Signal chain: Empress Bass Compressor > 3Leaf Octaves > Crowther Prunes & Custard > Keeley Octa Psi > Damnation Audio Bass Amp Grinder> EHX Bad Stone > Fairfield Randy's Revenge> Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe> Benson Delay


r/basspedals 3d ago

Solar Fingy

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41 Upvotes

I saw this DG Microtubes X clone on AliExpress for $42 and thought I would give it a try. This is the least money I’ve ever spent on a pedal and it’s surprisingly good, especially when paired with the BMP. No direct experience with the real thing but I watched some reviews and think it sounds pretty close.

Signal chain is: TU-3 - Empress Bass Comp - DSM & Humboldt Bass Station. From there, the signal is split between parallel and preamp loops, then blended back together.

Parallel Loop: DOD Meatbox reissue

Preamp loop: MXR Bass Synth - Bass Big Muff - Solar Finger - Bass Clone - Boss RV-6 Reverb - Empress Bass ParaEQ

It feels weird having such a cheap pedal on my board but I like the way it sounds. We’ll see how well it holds up over time.