Wowwwwwwwww. I’m honestly so stoked right now and grateful for the kind words. Means a lot. Thank you so much Scott and Ian. 🙏🏽 Still on a high from this 🥲
Im so glad the Arkham Oracle is mentioned - ive used one for a couple of years and the tube warmth it provides is exceptional. It is a solid company providing not just great products but stellar customer service. I do believe its a James tone stack - you had the right word Scott, Baxandahl eq. A shout out for Celebrity pedals too. Happy Holidays to Scott and Ian and everyone else for that matter.
I think a video of Ian just doing Helix stomp stuff and showing his thinking behind making the sounds (especially the synths) - obviously not expecting all the plugins to be free now, but I think it's nice to learn a little more about it.
They have done something like that already! Scott shows him a few songs and Ian has to make helix patches resembling those songs. It's not really in-depth, but it does show the way Ian thinks about this stuff.
I’d pay for a video like that. I’d be even more excited if he would do the same for a Quad Cortex, just to have a little diversity. I know he really likes the HX but I have a QC and I’d like to see what he’d do with it.
Yes you definitely did it lol. You two completely made me go down the pedal effects rabbit hole this entire year and I ultimately ended up getting a Line 6 HX Stomp, Origin Effects Cali76 and a Sushi Box FX (quick shout out!) Neptunium which was based on the Nobelium preamp which in turn was based on the Noble DI, and just a tad more affordable lol. This is pretty much everything I'll ever need for quite a while I think. Thank you for all the bass effects GAS for the last 12 months and happy new year!
Have to say I am with Ian, the HX Stomp has been fantastic. I use the midi with a tablet to have the patches and snapshots change automatically on song change. Merry Christmas to all, and happy and peaceful new year.
I know the SVT version of the bassrig gets all the love. but i too have been getting some absolutely magical live tone out of the black panel version. Great choice Scott!
Panda Audio Future Impact V4 - came to it because I needed the Muse sounds and then discovered that it's got teally great sounding chorus, octaver, auto wah... just everything. You guys CRUSH EVERYTHING! 😊
@@rome8180 Yes. you can use it for everything. Mics, synths, etc... It was on sale for $336.75 when I got it. Not sure if you can still get it at that price.
Sushibox for me in 2024. Great sounding tube pedal, great guy, great service.
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Doom 2 'version' in the stomps is in Legacy Distortion category - Bronze Master (and that's based on the bassmaster we see in the background of Ian's cam)
Scott, I know you're a humble soul, but you owe it to yourself. You're an amazing bass player, certainly an influence on my end. That opening riff was so fluid. You're a master of your craft. You too Ian. Happy Holidays guys
Thanks guys, always a fun hangout ! Would love to know how the bridge pickup on the Yamaha sounds, Jaco style. Wishing everyone at SBL a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !
My current is Boss TU-2 -> Keeley Bassist Comp -> Beetronics Royal Jelly -> Ampeg SGT-DI. Works well for what I'm doing (Santana tribute & Psyche/Jam). A few years ago when I was playing punk rock/metal I had a Darkglass Alpha/Omega instead of the SGT-DI and had Fuzzrocious Grey Stache for the super fuzz stuff but almost never turned it on... It was mainly my 'feedback pedal'. The Royal Jelly though is the most musical fuzz I've ever heard. It's not super rowdy, but it sounds fantastic.
Bass - HxStomp - SansAmp | its way more than I'll ever need but enough that I'll play with things for days that I'll never use and learn while I'm doing it.
Similar types of pedals on my board. Compressor is the Dark Glass Hyperluminal, rather than the Cali, because I love the SYM mode, but like having the flexibility of also having the 76 and SSL Bus comp voicings too. I use the Ampeg PF-20T amp head as my B-15ish clean/tube D.I. in the studio. I use Red Panda Tensor for looping. For drive, I use Dark Glass Alpha Omega & Joyo Double Thruster (B3k-ish), or sometimes TC Magus Pro RAT-type, set to Fat Rat mode. Similar on the fuzz front, Way Huge Swollen Pickle (or sometimes EHX Green Russian). Octave pedal is the KMA Devices Queequeg 2, which is sort of in the ballpark of the Boss. No delay or reverb.
Bass pedalboard I put together on a voodoo labs small dingbat board consists of Boss TU-3, EBS Multicomp, Walrus SLO driving a Two Notes Revolt bass DI/amp sim. It sounds clean & articulate no matter whether it's used with a P bass, J bass or acoustic fretless. And it carries easy.
My two pedals of the year are both Behringer, which I think really get slept on because they are Behringer. We needed a powered DI to keep at church, so I grabbed a Behringer V-Tone BDI21, it's an original SansAmp clone, and I'm BLOWN away by how good it sounds. Super quiet, great warm overdrive that I can keep subtle. Fantastic value for $30. The second is the Behringer Ultimate Octaver UO300, which is an OC2 clone, with a few slight modifications to add a switch for a suboctave range. It doesn't sound exact, but it tracks bass better. Again, stupid good deal for $30. Why pay $300-500 for some of the OC2 clones out there when you can pay $30? So what if it says Behringer on it, we should be well past worrying what others think about the gear we play. Plus it's a huge flex to sound amazing on cheap gear.
I've started doing the same thing with the fuzz side of the Pork and Pickle--gain at minimum. I like it so much that I found a Russian Pickle used--it doesn't even need the clean blend!
Dear SBL , I don't know if anyone is aware of him but there was a bass player by the name of juan Nelson he played with Ben Harper's band it would be amazing if the team looked into him an did a video on him he's definitely a legend and there's a few things he dose that I believe are critical for bass player one being vocalizing his lines,literally singing the lines behind playing them. Love the channel an the content is inspiring
This is great stuff. I’m just getting back into playing bass. New rig (Genzler head/cab - may see about a Barefaced Super Compact), new bass (Stambaugh custom headless 5) and my Helix (full floorboard). May end up selling it for a smaller board of an HX Stomp and pedals, but that’s down the road. Very much enjoying and appreciating your experience and opinions because you’re simply giving information about what you actually use (same as Janek Gwizdala)! I’ll also be grabbing a couple of his books and will probably need to do a course or two with SBL!
I’d actually love a video on pedal lines and where to put what. Like is compression put at the start of the chain or end? And other pedal positions would be great in a chain.
Same, love my stomp but the Blumes is incredible. Always on in centre toggle position with the gain at 11am as a clean boost, then either position 1 or 3 for some incredible dirt tones. It’s never coming off my board.
Cali76CB, Way Huge Pork and Pickle and Shift Line Olympic are my must have "always on" pedals. MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe is another go to sound. Quality content fellas. Keep it up!
I’ve been watching your channel a long time & love your content Scott. Now that you have co-hosts, it would be nice if you posted the guest or co-host’s name on the screen, so we know who they are. Thanks.
Great video, if potentially dangerous to my GAS. I've accumulated a number of other pedals over the last year or two. The current set-up consists of "cheating" and using the built-in compressor on my amp (although I have an MXR compressor which sounds pretty good), then noise gate, Darkglass alpha-omicron (a lot more versatile than many people realise, thanks in large part to the blend control), MXR bass chorus, and a Morley Power Fuzz wah (a real step up from the standard cry-baby I used to deploy, with two fuzz options as well as the wah effect). I have a couple of other overdrive/distortion pedals which are mostly good but not as versatile as the Darkglass, and others I muck around with at home include an OC-5 (lovely pedal, just don't need it for the current material). Re: Origin Effects, I keep wondering about the Bassrig Super Vintage, but it feels like a lot of "cheese" for something I may or may not use . . .
I like using the comp too add a little bit of breakup 🫰 Compressor always on since 2010, started with a Keely C4 then when I tried a Cali 76, never went back. I have an old 3 knobby compact comp. Need to check out the bass version
I'm all in on line 6 too. Stomp is still too "self contained" for me though. Got the HX One this year. That capo shifter and pitch mod ? Incredible bass tracking. All the guitar boys keep complaining about the one effect at a time "limitation" (stop piling up pedals and learn to play to ya instrument buddy!) and so I got it very cheap too - bwahaha! Also in the Line 6 stable, the Pod express Black... On Bass VI? Djent city. On bass, from a parallel clean, or octave up signal out of my POG? Darkglass who? Full on modern metal and Royal Blood tones direct from my pedalboard to the PA and a bunch of wet effects too. So cheap its a steal. I don't work for line 6 btw i swear 😂
FARM spirit animal is my pedal of the year. its an awesome bass drive loosely based on a 250, that i leave always on. it just adds such great color and just enough grit, and stacks unbelievably well with other dirt. my current rig is similar to IMA's in that i run the spirit animal, a stomp and a canvas di
This is coming at a good time. I'm downsizing from a 410, 118, and a big rack to a combo amp and a floor controller. I'm thinking about a Mark Bass 210. I'd like to try a Darkglass as well. My main bass is a Kiesel Zeus 6. I still use my Carvin 5 string J bass and my Epiphone P bass for specific things. For a controller I'm just not sure what to get. Fractal, Neutral DSP, Zoom. Just a lot of choices and I want to get it right the first time.
I sold my comp and switched to a Zvex Super Duper 2-in-1 booster. Björn Juhl (BJFE) circuit design MIJ Animals Pedals Surfing Polar Bear bass OD. Death By Audio Reverberation Machine, Keeley Omni reverb, and a Spaceman Equinox shelving EQ clone.
Hey Scott, Is that p-bass pick up original? Looks like a newer model. I love the sound of it. And I love the bridge pickup mixed with it. I agree that the bridge is blah by itself. Anyways you guys are awesome.
I find it so weird that people don't think delays on bass sound good. I've always found it inspiring. Slapback reverb on a low setting can sound pretty great too.
I tried so hard to make music with a delay, bought 2 different pedals including a Strymon Timeline, but I just couldn't justify it, and used it only an intro riff to 1 song. So I traded it for an HXStomp. Don't use that anymore as well, as it sounds thing, and I hate the interface, it's too damned small and hard to read for me.
We need some love for European pedal manufacturers! CMC audio make a great overdrive for bass! JPTR FX make a great reel saturator! Analog music company make an MS20 filter pedal! Guitar sound systems make amazing power amps. Shift line make a tube pre amp that sounds great and have a bunch of very interesting pedals. Also free IR’s Rheingold make very nice high-end pre amps, DI’s and a tube amp!
I've been resisting buying the Micro Pog because I felt I should get the "full" Pog with all the features. But maybe that's overkill for bass? And the POG 3 is insanely expensive for an EHX pedal. I mean, at $645 new, I feel like the HX Stomp would be a far better use of my money. I already have the OC-5, but I love octave pedals and the Pog seems to have a super unique sound I'm looking for. So maybe the Micro Pog is the way to go? But even that's $250 new, which feels like overkill for a pedal with three knobs. The OC-5 is $150.
Do you think there's a difference between the blade pickups versus the separate pole piece pickups on the late-80s versus early-80s BBs? I have an early-80s BB3000S, but I can't get it to sound quite that milky...sounds incredible
Noble is undoubtedly a fantastic preamp, but the Caveman BP1 is a more affordable option. Particularly the compact version that takes up less room on a pedal board, it is fantastic. Just so you know, I own two of them and have no affiliation whatsoever with Caveman.
Haha - the switch that does nothing! I call at a placebo switch. We had one while editing (video) and used it when the producer would say, "something didn't look right in that dissolve". I'd lean over, flip the switch connected to nothing except a little red light, hit preview again and he'd go, "oh that looks better", lol.
I only need compression and DI/Drive so I've been eyeing up a Origin Effects Cali76-TX Limiting Amplifier but can't justify its 1k price haha, its transformer sounds incredible but its really only needed for recording which me or another engineer will put on an actual 1176 if needed. Maybe when I'm old and have more disposable income I'll get one just for fun. I've listened to the small one, but it doesn't have the same coloration. Maybe it's just placebo with me thinking the bigger one sounds better I'm between a Ashdown pro DI and Sansamp for the DI, idk ill probably end up getting a Sansamp cause its cheaper and the difference is mostly visual to me. I think the Ashdown has more 'mojo'
I couldn't figure out how to email you so I decided to try this. Could you do a review of an Atlansia Stealth. It seems that very few people know what they are. I picked up an early one a few months ago and I really like it. I would like to get a professional opinion and lesson on it from someone that I trust and respect. It seems high end Japanese bases are overlooked. Thanks.
Theoretically you can get all these cool pedal sounds (or close to it) from the HX stomp??? I'm thinking versatility (bang4bucks yaknow) - might be best option for me right now. I only want to go into *limited* debt..
TC Electronic 2290-P is easily the pedal of the year for me, even though it was released at the end of 2023. Works on every instrument. Does delay, chorus, phaser, flanger... Uses the software from the original rack mount unit. My latest buy was an oldie: The Ampeg SGT-DI. A game changer for me. Just give me a decent monitor to plug in to and I'm good to go. Fat and flexible😉 🎄✌✌🌲
Would love to get your opinion on the Line 6 POD Express Bass. As a users of the HX Stomp on the channel, I know this is a downgrade for you, but for someone that is on an extremely tight budget, the POD Express seems to provide same level of quality sounds, with a very limited library. I got the Express and a 2-button foot switch to complement, but I do not gig, so the sounds are fine for me. I wasn't one for running a lot of effects on bass, just a little Distortion and maybe a Wah. With this pedal I am exploring effects on bass a lot more and I do not have to carry much around.
Wowwwwwwwww. I’m honestly so stoked right now and grateful for the kind words. Means a lot. Thank you so much Scott and Ian. 🙏🏽 Still on a high from this 🥲
Hell yeah you’re the best! Super happy for you!!
Yeeees! It makes me so happy to see this beautiful shoutout for such a glorious and hard-working human being as yourself! 🧡
Your advice on your videos are GOLDEN! Just the advice aspiring bassist need to hear
@@EfrainV00 🙏🏽
Insta-subscribed! :)
Im so glad the Arkham Oracle is mentioned - ive used one for a couple of years and the tube warmth it provides is exceptional. It is a solid company providing not just great products but stellar customer service. I do believe its a James tone stack - you had the right word Scott, Baxandahl eq.
A shout out for Celebrity pedals too. Happy Holidays to Scott and Ian and everyone else for that matter.
I think a video of Ian just doing Helix stomp stuff and showing his thinking behind making the sounds (especially the synths) - obviously not expecting all the plugins to be free now, but I think it's nice to learn a little more about it.
They have done something like that already! Scott shows him a few songs and Ian has to make helix patches resembling those songs. It's not really in-depth, but it does show the way Ian thinks about this stuff.
@@amsknirb Those are good but was really thinking something slightly more in-depth, the 2 minute limit makes it a little bare.
Agreed with u sir!
@@musematt I'm always in for something more in-depth!
I’d pay for a video like that. I’d be even more excited if he would do the same for a Quad Cortex, just to have a little diversity. I know he really likes the HX but I have a QC and I’d like to see what he’d do with it.
I LOVE the celebrity pedals Taylor Shift. Great OC-2 clone and what a conversation starter when Taylor's eyes start glowing red!
Yes you definitely did it lol. You two completely made me go down the pedal effects rabbit hole this entire year and I ultimately ended up getting a Line 6 HX Stomp, Origin Effects Cali76 and a Sushi Box FX (quick shout out!) Neptunium which was based on the Nobelium preamp which in turn was based on the Noble DI, and just a tad more affordable lol. This is pretty much everything I'll ever need for quite a while I think. Thank you for all the bass effects GAS for the last 12 months and happy new year!
GREAT show guys!! I've been following you for a few years now and looking into the Academy straightaway.
Scott your playing is on fire - in the 10/12 years I've been watching, I think this is the best you've ever sounded
Have to say I am with Ian, the HX Stomp has been fantastic. I use the midi with a tablet to have the patches and snapshots change automatically on song change.
Merry Christmas to all, and happy and peaceful new year.
I know the SVT version of the bassrig gets all the love. but i too have been getting some absolutely magical live tone out of the black panel version. Great choice Scott!
Merry bass -mass and wish you all nice days.
Amazing pedals. I would take them all.😊🎉
Panda Audio Future Impact V4 - came to it because I needed the Muse sounds and then discovered that it's got teally great sounding chorus, octaver, auto wah... just everything. You guys CRUSH EVERYTHING! 😊
Shout out to the JHS Color Box V2 10 Year anniversary pedal.
I really want one, but it's pricey. I do like that you can run a microphone through it though. Essentially functions as a cheaper Neve preamp.
@@rome8180 Yes. you can use it for everything. Mics, synths, etc... It was on sale for $336.75 when I got it. Not sure if you can still get it at that price.
Sushibox for me in 2024. Great sounding tube pedal, great guy, great service.
Doom 2 'version' in the stomps is in Legacy Distortion category - Bronze Master (and that's based on the bassmaster we see in the background of Ian's cam)
Thank you so much for making this video. You guys are amazing.
Appreciate that!
you guys are really great! please never stop uploading shorts and videos
Scott, I know you're a humble soul, but you owe it to yourself. You're an amazing bass player, certainly an influence on my end. That opening riff was so fluid. You're a master of your craft. You too Ian. Happy Holidays guys
I bought my first ever compressor a while back. Empress bass compressor. I absolutely love it and don't know why i didn't do it years ago!
Thanks guys, always a fun hangout ! Would love to know how the bridge pickup on the Yamaha sounds, Jaco style. Wishing everyone at SBL a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !
My current is Boss TU-2 -> Keeley Bassist Comp -> Beetronics Royal Jelly -> Ampeg SGT-DI. Works well for what I'm doing (Santana tribute & Psyche/Jam). A few years ago when I was playing punk rock/metal I had a Darkglass Alpha/Omega instead of the SGT-DI and had Fuzzrocious Grey Stache for the super fuzz stuff but almost never turned it on... It was mainly my 'feedback pedal'. The Royal Jelly though is the most musical fuzz I've ever heard. It's not super rowdy, but it sounds fantastic.
Bass -> Volume -> Helix Stomp -> Reddi DI
Volume pedal’s tuner output to the tuner pedal
Bass - HxStomp - SansAmp | its way more than I'll ever need but enough that I'll play with things for days that I'll never use and learn while I'm doing it.
Similar types of pedals on my board. Compressor is the Dark Glass Hyperluminal, rather than the Cali, because I love the SYM mode, but like having the flexibility of also having the 76 and SSL Bus comp voicings too. I use the Ampeg PF-20T amp head as my B-15ish clean/tube D.I. in the studio. I use Red Panda Tensor for looping. For drive, I use Dark Glass Alpha Omega & Joyo Double Thruster (B3k-ish), or sometimes TC Magus Pro RAT-type, set to Fat Rat mode. Similar on the fuzz front, Way Huge Swollen Pickle (or sometimes EHX Green Russian). Octave pedal is the KMA Devices Queequeg 2, which is sort of in the ballpark of the Boss. No delay or reverb.
Bass pedalboard I put together on a voodoo labs small dingbat board consists of Boss TU-3, EBS Multicomp, Walrus SLO driving a Two Notes Revolt bass DI/amp sim. It sounds clean & articulate no matter whether it's used with a P bass, J bass or acoustic fretless. And it carries easy.
My two pedals of the year are both Behringer, which I think really get slept on because they are Behringer. We needed a powered DI to keep at church, so I grabbed a Behringer V-Tone BDI21, it's an original SansAmp clone, and I'm BLOWN away by how good it sounds. Super quiet, great warm overdrive that I can keep subtle. Fantastic value for $30.
The second is the Behringer Ultimate Octaver UO300, which is an OC2 clone, with a few slight modifications to add a switch for a suboctave range. It doesn't sound exact, but it tracks bass better. Again, stupid good deal for $30.
Why pay $300-500 for some of the OC2 clones out there when you can pay $30? So what if it says Behringer on it, we should be well past worrying what others think about the gear we play. Plus it's a huge flex to sound amazing on cheap gear.
I got a cheap bass and my first two pedals last month. Boss Bluesdriver and Caline Mariana Modulated Reverb. Very fun.
Ian is such a sound geek! I love it! 😮
We love seeing Ian geek out over sounds too!!
I've started doing the same thing with the fuzz side of the Pork and Pickle--gain at minimum. I like it so much that I found a Russian Pickle used--it doesn't even need the clean blend!
Dear SBL , I don't know if anyone is aware of him but there was a bass player by the name of juan Nelson he played with Ben Harper's band it would be amazing if the team looked into him an did a video on him he's definitely a legend and there's a few things he dose that I believe are critical for bass player one being vocalizing his lines,literally singing the lines behind playing them. Love the channel an the content is inspiring
I love Tube Screamers on bass. I rock a clone by EQD. The Plumes is great.
That 29 pedal reminds me of my Sonic Stomp - very subtle, but adds (back?) some liveliness / brilliance...
This is great stuff. I’m just getting back into playing bass. New rig (Genzler head/cab - may see about a Barefaced Super Compact), new bass (Stambaugh custom headless 5) and my Helix (full floorboard). May end up selling it for a smaller board of an HX Stomp and pedals, but that’s down the road. Very much enjoying and appreciating your experience and opinions because you’re simply giving information about what you actually use (same as Janek Gwizdala)! I’ll also be grabbing a couple of his books and will probably need to do a course or two with SBL!
Darkglass Luminal Booster Ultra 💥
I’d actually love a video on pedal lines and where to put what. Like is compression put at the start of the chain or end? And other pedal positions would be great in a chain.
origins halcion gold sounds great!
yes, you did it! I just got new needs...
Although I jumped head first into the Hx Stomp train this year, my pedal of the year is the EQD Blumes!
Same, love my stomp but the Blumes is incredible. Always on in centre toggle position with the gain at 11am as a clean boost, then either position 1 or 3 for some incredible dirt tones. It’s never coming off my board.
That's great!
Would you care sharing how the Doom 2 is set up to get to that synthy sound?
I would like to see you guys play around with the neural quad cortex or at least what's your opinion on that
I use two octaves, OC-2, and 3Leaf Audio they fill each other sounds.
XLR caps - something I didn't know I needed before! Ian's bougieness is a blessing and a curse! 😜
Ahhhh the Yamaha BB! Guns blazingg
Cali76CB, Way Huge Pork and Pickle and Shift Line Olympic are my must have "always on" pedals. MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe is another go to sound. Quality content fellas. Keep it up!
Great choices there!!
I’ve been watching your channel a long time & love your content Scott. Now that you have co-hosts, it would be nice if you posted the guest or co-host’s name on the screen, so we know who they are. Thanks.
still using my MXR DynaComp and have the updated SuperComp that my brother gifted me now too...
my pick for 2024 is the Blumes from earthquacker device and the Funkmachine from Seamoon FX.
I got myself a me90b. Up until now very happy with it!
Great video, if potentially dangerous to my GAS.
I've accumulated a number of other pedals over the last year or two. The current set-up consists of "cheating" and using the built-in compressor on my amp (although I have an MXR compressor which sounds pretty good), then noise gate, Darkglass alpha-omicron (a lot more versatile than many people realise, thanks in large part to the blend control), MXR bass chorus, and a Morley Power Fuzz wah (a real step up from the standard cry-baby I used to deploy, with two fuzz options as well as the wah effect). I have a couple of other overdrive/distortion pedals which are mostly good but not as versatile as the Darkglass, and others I muck around with at home include an OC-5 (lovely pedal, just don't need it for the current material).
Re: Origin Effects, I keep wondering about the Bassrig Super Vintage, but it feels like a lot of "cheese" for something I may or may not use . . .
I’m running compression through a muff pedal then the pork and pickle set on OD. Makes for the sickest distortion tones IMHO
I´ve watched the whole thing, staring at the brassmaster. That´s like, my new year pedal GAS resolution of the last decade!!!
I like using the comp too add a little bit of breakup 🫰 Compressor always on since 2010, started with a Keely C4 then when I tried a Cali 76, never went back. I have an old 3 knobby compact comp. Need to check out the bass version
I'm all in on line 6 too. Stomp is still too "self contained" for me though.
Got the HX One this year. That capo shifter and pitch mod ? Incredible bass tracking. All the guitar boys keep complaining about the one effect at a time "limitation" (stop piling up pedals and learn to play to ya instrument buddy!) and so I got it very cheap too - bwahaha!
Also in the Line 6 stable, the Pod express Black... On Bass VI? Djent city. On bass, from a parallel clean, or octave up signal out of my POG? Darkglass who? Full on modern metal and Royal Blood tones direct from my pedalboard to the PA and a bunch of wet effects too. So cheap its a steal.
I don't work for line 6 btw i swear 😂
FARM spirit animal is my pedal of the year. its an awesome bass drive loosely based on a 250, that i leave always on. it just adds such great color and just enough grit, and stacks unbelievably well with other dirt. my current rig is similar to IMA's in that i run the spirit animal, a stomp and a canvas di
This is coming at a good time. I'm downsizing from a 410, 118, and a big rack to a combo amp and a floor controller. I'm thinking about a Mark Bass 210. I'd like to try a Darkglass as well. My main bass is a Kiesel Zeus 6. I still use my Carvin 5 string J bass and my Epiphone P bass for specific things. For a controller I'm just not sure what to get. Fractal, Neutral DSP, Zoom. Just a lot of choices and I want to get it right the first time.
The pedal-of-the-year for me, though is (without a doubt!) the SushiBox FX Grand Slampegg. Holy cow, that one is just GREAT!
Pork & Pickle rules for sure!
Thanks for the video!
👍👍👍
SushiBox Neptunium and Grand Slampegg
Broughton Helion and Messenger Jr.
I sold my comp and switched to a Zvex Super Duper 2-in-1 booster. Björn Juhl (BJFE) circuit design MIJ Animals Pedals Surfing Polar Bear bass OD. Death By Audio Reverberation Machine, Keeley Omni reverb, and a Spaceman Equinox shelving EQ clone.
Hey Scott,
Is that p-bass pick up original? Looks like a newer model. I love the sound of it. And I love the bridge pickup mixed with it. I agree that the bridge is blah by itself. Anyways you guys are awesome.
Great video! However, I would like you to tell more about which brand and type of strings you use on the bass as strings are a big part of the sound.
The doom 2 is such a beast
I find it so weird that people don't think delays on bass sound good. I've always found it inspiring. Slapback reverb on a low setting can sound pretty great too.
I tried so hard to make music with a delay, bought 2 different pedals including a Strymon Timeline, but I just couldn't justify it, and used it only an intro riff to 1 song. So I traded it for an HXStomp. Don't use that anymore as well, as it sounds thing, and I hate the interface, it's too damned small and hard to read for me.
What a fun video!
hey guys.. great stuff. i sold my cali76 compact bass cos i love the stack version..
For what it's worth, I can hear the improvement with the 29 Pedals EUNA over this stream . Thanks for the tip
Tech 21 XB Bass Driver is incredible.
Celebrity Pedals Hocktave Pedal for the win.
25:41 Ian’s echo sound…. Could have sworn that he was playing Autobahn by Kraftwerk!!
Not sure if you have one of these, but the Digitech Bass Multichorus teams up great with a Pog.
I love the Emma Electronics pedals, Thanks for a great Pod, off to Check out Celebrity pedals now )
We need some love for European pedal manufacturers!
CMC audio make a great overdrive for bass!
JPTR FX make a great reel saturator!
Analog music company make an MS20 filter pedal!
Guitar sound systems make amazing power amps.
Shift line make a tube pre amp that sounds great and have a bunch of very interesting pedals. Also free IR’s
Rheingold make very nice high-end pre amps, DI’s and a tube amp!
I got around to picking up an Origin Effeggs Super Vintage and I'm in love.
🧡🧡🧡
28:55 "bass players do not use klones" I have two klone buffers as preamps in my bass. Voiced slightly different for each pickup.
The EBS valve drive DI is awesome and has a 100 ohm output impedance
I would appreciate you guys to have a look at the approach that Georgia South from Nova Twins is taking on Effects… Absolutely stunning
Right on time of course
Off topic but you guys should play some of the song off the greatest showman!! They have some crazy bass lines!
When going ampless live would you recommend using a pre amp Di pedal with or without a cab sim?
I've been resisting buying the Micro Pog because I felt I should get the "full" Pog with all the features. But maybe that's overkill for bass? And the POG 3 is insanely expensive for an EHX pedal. I mean, at $645 new, I feel like the HX Stomp would be a far better use of my money. I already have the OC-5, but I love octave pedals and the Pog seems to have a super unique sound I'm looking for. So maybe the Micro Pog is the way to go? But even that's $250 new, which feels like overkill for a pedal with three knobs. The OC-5 is $150.
line 6 pod express bass !!
Do you think there's a difference between the blade pickups versus the separate pole piece pickups on the late-80s versus early-80s BBs? I have an early-80s BB3000S, but I can't get it to sound quite that milky...sounds incredible
Doom2 FTW.
Noble is undoubtedly a fantastic preamp, but the Caveman BP1 is a more affordable option. Particularly the compact version that takes up less room on a pedal board, it is fantastic. Just so you know, I own two of them and have no affiliation whatsoever with Caveman.
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Haha - the switch that does nothing! I call at a placebo switch. We had one while editing (video) and used it when the producer would say, "something didn't look right in that dissolve". I'd lean over, flip the switch connected to nothing except a little red light, hit preview again and he'd go, "oh that looks better", lol.
What about Quadro cortex/nano cortex?
Great 🎉,,i love it
Anyone know what strings Scott is running on the Yamaha?
I was gonna ask that too...loved to know
Dunlop flats 👍🏼
@@IanMartinAllison Thank you!
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I also love the Boss PS3 (PS2 and PS5) to experiment
Ian, Do you use the HX tuner or just a clip-on when performing live?
HX tuner!
JHS Pulp n' Peel, DSM & Humbolt Simplifier Bass Station 2
I just got the MXR six band eq. It's like a swiss army knife for bass!
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Where do you sell your hx stomp presets?
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@@devinebassThank you! I bought “EVERYTHING”.
@ianmartinallison I'd love to hear what you think of the regal bass DI on the HX in comparison to the Noble DI
I only need compression and DI/Drive so I've been eyeing up a Origin Effects Cali76-TX Limiting Amplifier but can't justify its 1k price haha, its transformer sounds incredible but its really only needed for recording which me or another engineer will put on an actual 1176 if needed. Maybe when I'm old and have more disposable income I'll get one just for fun. I've listened to the small one, but it doesn't have the same coloration. Maybe it's just placebo with me thinking the bigger one sounds better
I'm between a Ashdown pro DI and Sansamp for the DI, idk ill probably end up getting a Sansamp cause its cheaper and the difference is mostly visual to me. I think the Ashdown has more 'mojo'
I couldn't figure out how to email you so I decided to try this. Could you do a review of an Atlansia Stealth. It seems that very few people know what they are. I picked up an early one a few months ago and I really like it. I would like to get a professional opinion and lesson on it from someone that I trust and respect. It seems high end Japanese bases are overlooked. Thanks.
Do you really need a DI on 2:47 your fly-board with the HX Stomp? The output can be set to Low Z, balanced.......
Theoretically you can get all these cool pedal sounds (or close to it) from the HX stomp??? I'm thinking versatility (bang4bucks yaknow) - might be best option for me right now. I only want to go into *limited* debt..
TC Electronic 2290-P is easily the pedal of the year for me,
even though it was released at the end of 2023.
Works on every instrument. Does delay, chorus, phaser, flanger...
Uses the software from the original rack mount unit.
My latest buy was an oldie: The Ampeg SGT-DI.
A game changer for me. Just give me a decent monitor
to plug in to and I'm good to go. Fat and flexible😉
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what would you call that thing to stop confusion with the xlr on the Capo?
Would love to get your opinion on the Line 6 POD Express Bass. As a users of the HX Stomp on the channel, I know this is a downgrade for you, but for someone that is on an extremely tight budget, the POD Express seems to provide same level of quality sounds, with a very limited library. I got the Express and a 2-button foot switch to complement, but I do not gig, so the sounds are fine for me. I wasn't one for running a lot of effects on bass, just a little Distortion and maybe a Wah. With this pedal I am exploring effects on bass a lot more and I do not have to carry much around.
7:29 been there... done that