Thanks! I’ve taken a look at it could be in contention.
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Yeah, I guess I am just too stuck in my way of doing things, and couldn’t “see” the other ways… (I.e., couldn’t see the woods because of all the trees!)
I always plug my bass into my amp, and have the entire pedal board going through the effects loop. There are of course more common ways to do signal chains 
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Your one step ahead of me then @joergkutter
Up until buying the Sansamp I plugged my bass into my amp 
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actually it depends what you have on your pedalboard 
but if you have at least one distorsion/overdrive, you really should put it before the preamp
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You are right (of course ), but I guess I am the total opposite of you - no distortion, only modulation on my pedal board (and a tuner and a booster) 
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I’m not surprised at all 
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I know
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I bought these low profile cables from Amazon, and they worked out really well on my pedalboard. They are more flexible than the ones I was previously using, and really do save some space when the jacks are on the side.
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Hi all!
I have a side-question: does anybody use a larger pedalboard just for commodity sake?
Examples:
- Having both the TRS cables rolled up inside the pedalboard, always connected to the input and the output of the chain, and ready to be unfold and plugged to the bass and the cab respectively
- Same for the balanced cable from the DI-Box: ready to be unfold and plugged into the soundcard when at home
- Having the power cable always attached and ready to be plugged into the wall
- Having an extra multi-socket extension cord rolled up, so that you can provide power also to your amp and/or band mates near you on stage / rehearsal room
- etc.
I think I would love to grab one single flycase and go, knowing that all my extra-accessories are always there in one single place. Yeah, aiming at the total-lazy-bassist perfection here
Thanks for any thought on this - still a total newbie here, and currently sporting only one Zoom B2 Four multiFX, without any pedalboard, but very interested in this topic!
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You could check this thread for inspiration:
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I have a big (er) pedalboard and case. The Pedaltrain Classic 2. You could fit a couple cables in the case but it’s already pretty snug to keep anything from jostling around.
When you get to that point, you’re going to want a gig bag for stuff like extra cables, extra batteries, emergency food, etc.
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I have one pedal, and it’s the Carl Martin Bass Drive Preamp, which I got from GAK for £129.
I have a MarkBass Ninja combo, which is 500w via two 10-inch speakers. It’s amazing. Punchy and very light (I can pick it up with one finger), it’s tonally ultra-transparent, to the point of being cold. With so much headroom, I never get close to running the volume anywhere near full.
The Carl Martin pedal has a tube valve, and it adds that lovely, warm, saturated sound to an otherwise sterile setup. My ear is rooted in the late 60s/early 70s, and the pedal gives that grit and overdrive from that time without losing the bottom end (the bane of digital overdrive/fuzz pedals).
I have the “Gain” set to no more than 9 a.m., and that’s enough for me. If you crank it further, you can get full-on fuzz. I don’t want that; I want some grit and presence.
The controls are very intuitive and easy to use. Carl Martin pedals also have a deserved reputation for build quality. And the valve glows a lovely Satanic red when on - bonus!
I play two Fender Jazzes (one MIA, one CIJ), both pickups fully open, and roll on/roll off the tone knob, depending on the song. I don’t touch the tones on the pedal.
It’s close to having an SVT without the weight, cost and maintenance.
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I love Carl Martin pedals. Their opto-comp was my favorite compressor pedal I listened to.
Nice buy! I almost bought a Carl Martin bass chorus.
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I am interested to hear about any decent pitch shift pedals.
I have to one on the Zoom I also got a Chinese one (Mooer) I think.
I really only use them to shift down a semitone at this point either because our group is playing something (Cold Gin, New Year’s Eve) and we choose to tune down (we don’t always) or if I am practising on YouTube and don’t want to tune down for one song.
The trouble with both of these is that there is a bit of modulation which I don’t really want and am unsure how to cure.
Is this a thing for all pitch shifts and should I just tune down?
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No, it’s a quirk with some - which doesn’t mean it is bad. For example, the Boss OC-2 Octaver (specifically the OC-2 and not later ones) has a cult following (including me) simply due to its funky glitchiness and modulated sound.
The ones I use in software have no artifacting until you go WAY off the beaten path.
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Ah, it’s a feature, not a bug.
I shall embrace the warble
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Check out the OC-2 too, it’s a love/hate thing
Glorious glitchy synthy goodness I tell you.
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I’ll watch that tonite.
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Soooooooo good. Absolutely not a clean bass tone or even close.
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