Bass Pedalboard Demo

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9 жыл бұрын

Hey everyone! A ton of people have asked me to demo my pedalboard in the past year, but I just wanted to make sure my setup was complete before I made this video. As you can see there really isn't any room for me to expand on my board anymore, so I decided it was time to show you guys my board. Please feel free to ask questions, comments, or suggestions about my board. Enjoy! Here is my setup in order:
BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner - 0:16
MXR M87 Bass Compressor - 0:58
DigiTech XBW Bass Synth Wah - 2:23
Source Audio Soundblox Multiwave Bass Distortion - 3:29
Source Audio SA115 Hot Hand 3 - 4:07
Aguilar AGRO Bass Overdrive - 5:34
Way Huge Green Rhino MkII Overdrive - 8:01
MXR M84 Bass Fuzz Deluxe - 9:14
BOSS PS-6 Harmonist Pitch Shifter Pedal - 10:50
Tech 21 Sansamp 3-Channel Programmable Bass Driver DI - 14:02
Behringer Noise Reducer NR300 - 17:24
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply - 18:33
Gear:
Fender Deluxe Active P Bass Special
Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 Interface
Garageband 10
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@haolekoa737 3 жыл бұрын

The Boss OC-3 octave is an excellent bass pedal... It's polyphonic, tracks really well, and has a dedicated bass input. My favorite part is, you can dial in the range. I set mine so that only the B & E strings (5 stringer, here) will trigger it, leaving the high notes clean & giving the low notes some boom. Great for reggae, funk, or any time you want booming, in-your-face bass. Edit: Noticed quite a few of the "don't need pedals/picks are bad" crowd putting you down in the comments... Remember, kids, putting someone down for playing "wrong" (ie differently) is a sure sign of insecurity. Do what YOU like. Don't listen to the "purists," they're too busy kissing up to Davie 504 & sounding like everyone else to have fun (or say anything worthwhile). The electric bass is less than 100 years old, let's find out what it CAN do, rather than arbitrarily decide what everyone else shouldn't. Holy crap, my edit turned out longer than my original comment... Great video, keep up the sonic experimentation!

@mattfrischman2508 Жыл бұрын

Total noob question- I use an Ampeg PF500, it has inputs for an FX loop. When I gig, if I wanted to go DI- would I just plug into my pedalboard and then go DI from the amp? Or would I want a separate DI box on the board that would do to the PA mixer from there? Also- should I use the FX loop for the board? Sorry if this is too general just no clue

@Farewelltokingz Жыл бұрын

@@mattfrischman2508Separate DI is way lighter than using amp. Lots of generic ones out there from radial that work great and aren’t a ton of money

@moidage 8 жыл бұрын

One of the best bass pedal board demos i've seen - thanks. Great playing too BTW

@blurrg1 7 жыл бұрын

Seriously thank you for the explanation of each one. It really helps. You have some sick pedals gives me an idea what I wanna use on my Bass 👍

@axelytreberg5427 4 жыл бұрын

Man those deluxe P basses always sound killer with the PJ combo. Great demo!

@bradenbookout2396 4 жыл бұрын

TC makes a noise gate that you can customize certain frequencies to be suppressed more than others, it’s called the Sentry. Absolutely love it

@MyBrighterHero1 9 жыл бұрын

More power to you, Chris! Been a fan ever since discovering your covers here on KZfaq. So glad too that you explained how some pedals work which got me scratching my head the first time I heard about it. :)

@winstontk 2 жыл бұрын

This is a really cool demo of some great sounding pedals. Nicely done, sir. Thanks for this.

@jml19221 3 жыл бұрын

Actually your bass by itself without any effects, sounds awesome.

@fit4loss 5 жыл бұрын

Your understanding of how compressors work is astounding.

@freeelectron8261 6 жыл бұрын

Love the Aguilar Agro bass distortion. Really good vid. Thanks Chris!

@alroy43 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I have been playing my bass naked for a while now. I was looking to dress it up with some effect pedals. The only things I was looking at was compression and chorus. But now seeing some of these possibilities I have some new ideas. I have a way huge swollen pickle for my guitar I will have to give it a try.

@jaminjef 4 жыл бұрын

Compression and chorus are the 2 I use the most. I also have a distortion which isn't very good for most music i do. I have a octave effect too, but it burns through batteries too fast.

@Jacob-wb1kv 4 жыл бұрын

@@jaminjef get a power supply

@jaminjef 4 жыл бұрын

I could do that. I just don't like adding more wire clutter on stage. I might look into the all in one pedals like roland or zoom.

@ernieD 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jacob-wb1kv I added a Joyo rechargeable power supply to my 6 pedal board. Holds a charge for a couple weeks. Just charge it at home btw gigs. Or even while in use. Few different brands out there.

@ACDC392333 4 жыл бұрын

Things for a newbie to bass pedals that'll make you seem like an expert: Keeley Bass Compressor, MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe, Mini POG, and just find a distortion or fuzz that suits your tastes. I personally don't love the swollen pickle as much as the wren and cuff pickle pie.

@pillepalle3614 5 жыл бұрын

Out of those, the chromatic tuner sounded best.

@LaurenceCampos 5 жыл бұрын

Your correct and the mxr compressor and the rest i dont know...hahha

@JoeyDamocles 4 жыл бұрын

No love for the noise reducer?

@isaacchura141 4 жыл бұрын

Maaan this gave me a good chuckle. Thanks... And agreed.

@BloodLionFace 4 жыл бұрын

Where are your videos?

@davidvdg2850 4 жыл бұрын

That was a bit judgmental on a subject that’s very subjective! I have the SansAmp & love it. I also liked the harmonizer. Thanks for the run-through of the board!

@jamesw9111 2 жыл бұрын

I've been trying to find this video for so long. I watched it a few years back and remember how amazing your tone was!! Just ordered the Sansamp, Thanks for making me spend £220!!😂😂

@2confrontational 9 жыл бұрын

oh man! great demo, killer tone! you have really good taste in pedals and... just made me discover the Soundblox... DAMN. I thought I was done with gear and... there ya go! rock on Chris, happy new year!!!

@chriscalamia6218 9 жыл бұрын

Dude I'm so stoked you came out with this. Now I know which pedals to get :D thanks!!!

@biskitbass 9 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed your video, thanks for that. Some great sounds you've got there and the Sansamp really makes a huge difference! I've just bough the Aguilar Tonehammer preamp/DI and I'm really happy with the difference it makes to my own tone. Next I'm hoping to add some more pedals to build my options. Thanks for sharing :-)

@TheCrimson1391 3 жыл бұрын

You caught me by surprise when you busted out Chapter Four during the harmonist demo. Freakin sick man! I havent heard that song in years

@Gonboo 2 жыл бұрын

The sansamp is the secret sauce that makes your tone really shines.

@gilbertpohantube 4 жыл бұрын

This video just make me more way feel blessed, coz I just finally got my new sansamp programmable bass driver di, yahoo! Cant wait to get thoose other pedals. Sick pedals set!!

@joejeffery8581 3 жыл бұрын

2:00 "it's also really good for, uh, slapping, which I don't do..." 2:06 [pretty good...] 6:44 [kills it...] Nice demo - thanks. Enjoyed the walk through of the Harmonist especially. Nice comparative run down of all the pedals with the Sans Amp too.

@D71219ONE 3 жыл бұрын

Right?!? 😂

@SgtZaqq 9 жыл бұрын

Great pedalboard! Aguilar Agro amazed me, sounds pretty nice. Reminds me of Sansamp overdriven tones.

@DefenderoftheFather 8 жыл бұрын

Man, you've got one helluva tone bank on this board!

@freeelectron8261 4 жыл бұрын

I like the boss harmonist in chorus and pitch dive modes. Thanks Chris!

@anthonymitrow476 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and informative. Those combos.. crazy good

@FreeTheInternets 9 жыл бұрын

Nice demo. Lots of tones that suit a bass player perfectly.

@F3502000 3 жыл бұрын

You covered a lot of ground very well. You have several pedals I'm looking at buying and your demo of them makes me want to pursue purchacing them. Overall a great video man!! ✌😎🤘

@vassili87 5 жыл бұрын

The best bass pedal board video I've seen so far!

@joshuahulka643 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this video a lot! Also I was not expecting to hear old school A7X, but it made the video even better LOL

@michelcyrulin9383 4 жыл бұрын

Yeahh men! When i heard him playing waking the fallen stuff i was like: mennn this dudes amazing, cmon mennn a nice set of pedals and also plays a7x, hes amazing

@jeremychamplin1078 4 жыл бұрын

Never thought of putting the Sansamp towards the end of my chain. Great idea!

@Akshatakrurjee 10 ай бұрын

Great video bruv, gold for a budding bassist and I am sure for advance players as well 🤘 Really helpful for me as I am in the process of building my pedal board Keep bringing more such videos

@chugmonkey666 3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't going to watch the whole video. I stayed and watched the whole video. Nice board sounds, man.

@AlpakaPunch 9 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you posted this. I don't own any bass pedals and wasn't sure about the synth pedal but I'm pretty sure a synth, overdrive and that sansamp is all I need now. Awesome video.

@AlpakaPunch 9 жыл бұрын

***** holy hell that's an honor! Thank you so much! You're actually the reason I started doing covers!

@CiaranWard 9 жыл бұрын

Loving the Green Rhino. Might have to invest sometime soon. And I'm mighty jealous of your pedalboard dude haha

@CiaranWard 8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Khalife They're both wicked pedals, just way out of my price range at the moment haha. Have you tried the Green Rhino with a guitar? If so, how does it sound?

@efortunato8483 8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Khalife thanks for take time to make the video. bro how did you install the behringer pedal on the pedal board?, it have a black flexible base, how did you install the velcro on the behringer noise reduction pedal? please, thanks by your help. Im preparing my own pedalboard and I have behringer pedals too.

@2024istheyearofblessing 5 жыл бұрын

Its been 2 years. You still play the bass?

@danadane2501 2 жыл бұрын

Usually when I see a million pedals my expectations aren't very high. However. All this stuff sounds surprisingly excellent. As of now all I want is a.) mounted tuner b.) Compressor c.) Chorus. However after watching this that bass synthesizer would sound incredible for some of the bass lines I play and continue to learn. Long winded way of saying well played sir.

@mjf712000 8 жыл бұрын

Nice video, thanks for taking the time. Saves me the the time of going to the music store and bugging the staff to try pedals, making noise for hours while I decide.

@auxpower13 5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, infor and playing. I am going to get the hot hand and play around with my harmonist and some other pedals! Great playing!

@davidvdg2850 4 жыл бұрын

Looking at Sweetwater, the only a Harmonist I see is the four-knob version. I’d like to find an 8 knob. I’d sell my Aquilar TLC in a heartbeat

@LoganCartwright 8 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris Very well organized & helpful presentation. Thank you.

@KiRiMa64 4 жыл бұрын

That Sans Amp; gonna have to check into that in the future! Nice pedal board set up bro!👍

@Kylemast 5 жыл бұрын

Bass big muff does what you were describing with the bass fuzz deluxe. Flip the bass muff to the dry setting, the volume knob then becomes a blend knob between dry and wet

@MainAccount500 3 жыл бұрын

That harmonizer pedal when it drops the beat..🔥

@owlsonik37 3 жыл бұрын

I just plugged my bass into my rhino last night just to see what it sounded like and, it sounded amazing, going on my bass pedal board now.

@Racosz 4 жыл бұрын

That Aguilar Agro is a beast. Nice pedalboard and review.

@mcd5778 2 жыл бұрын

Cool board! I have the MXR Fuzz as well. Thanks for sharing!

@guitar_man_15 8 жыл бұрын

Tap Out (Strokes)! 😱 Awesome cover man! I did not know you were KZfaq famous. 😅😜

@kwaapie 9 жыл бұрын

NICE TONE WITH THE AGRO AND GREEN RHINO! WOW!

@freeelectron8261 6 жыл бұрын

Digging the Tech 21 Sans Amp, and in combo with other fx. It really brings out the tone.

@lemonpay4354 5 жыл бұрын

great man!!!!!!!! congratulations!!!!amazing setup!!

@chriscuthbertson 3 жыл бұрын

The Digitech is one of the best bass pedals ever made.

@juanescobar6086 Жыл бұрын

Digitech makes some of the best pedals period, they’re so Underrated and unknown considering their technology’s abilities

@MrCarameloso Жыл бұрын

De acuerdo contigo ese pedal aún lo conservo y es de mis favoritos, con el tiempo he visto que su precio a aumentado más del doble de lo que costaba. 😮

@Farewelltokingz Жыл бұрын

@@juanescobar6086yeah but now because of JHS, they all have risen in price

@freeelectron8261 4 жыл бұрын

Sans Amp really improves the bass sound.

@4deuce31 6 жыл бұрын

Finally a bass vid with a new set of strings on the bass. Now I'll get a compression pedal to go along with my sweet sounding MXR M80. Those are the only 2 pedals I'd ever need. The M80 on it's own is amazing but a compressor would make a huge difference because I'm a rock player and I use a pick most of the time. Try an M80 with the gain set to zero and blend around 2 o'clock. It'll keep the clean bass notes with a little grind separate and behind it. Sounds awesome. Not sure why I stay away from the sansamp. I've used one recording and loved it. After this vid though, I might need to add it. Thanks, very good vid.

@nimrodescojedo1408 3 жыл бұрын

Great demo for the bass pedals you have demo, dude. You really rock it out, man! Thanks for the demo, dude. Man, I hope I could buy a simple bass pedal, which is a fender downtown express bass pedal, built with conpressor, overdrive and equalizer. Truth is I live in Philippines and I couldn't buy one because some guitar stores who sells are expensive. But anyway, keep it up, man. 😊

@hydrodragonn7385 3 жыл бұрын

Such a thick tone, so good

@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 4 жыл бұрын

Woah, that Sound Blox unit is badass. Need to get one of those. And I have those same socks.

@samhardingmusic 8 жыл бұрын

Great board! Well presented too - subbed. :)

@alanGaMeRhorror 9 жыл бұрын

Omg! This is amazing :D Thanks for make this video, now i want at least one of these :3, i hope one day i can play just like you. :'D Sorry for my english. Saludos from Mexico :D

@budaroddy 7 жыл бұрын

awesome demo bro i think i like more the sound with the compression , thumbs up you have a great gear

@Nabbehh 8 жыл бұрын

Omfg when you started playing Chapter four. I haven't heard that song in years

@webbdean3132 7 жыл бұрын

That Bass Synth Pedal is Fire! I'm sure if I like it with the Sans Pedal though.

@webbdean3132 7 жыл бұрын

*not sure

@phantomtoast5747 8 жыл бұрын

You've got some awesome pedals there. I love the MXR compressor and the Harmonist. I'd say that there's a much better noise gate than the Behringer one, the BOSS NS-2 I have it, it's amazing - you can get one for £65 or so

@victorwaterfall1457 4 жыл бұрын

12:01 Dude... Sell one of your overdrives to buy a good cables... You'll hear an instant difference in clarity.

@emmettmascha1414 4 жыл бұрын

thats what i was thinking

@ACDC392333 4 жыл бұрын

What cables do you recommend? Monster?

@ACDC392333 4 жыл бұрын

@לילה טוב What about Hosa

@sdejesus13 3 жыл бұрын

Check out Monoprice online for premium cables at discount prices. Seriously, they have good stuff cheap!

@andybuhaltor6725 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome sounds ...nice bass work

@rickyboorman3924 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds amazing! 👍🏻

@ethanlancaster76 5 жыл бұрын

You really should put your overdrive, distortion or anything that adds gain in the front of the chain and then the compressor and lastly any type of modulation effects you’re using. It really does make a difference in the tone, frequencies and the modulation and pitch bending effects are not being corrupted by the excessive gain when they’re used together. Just a little something that I learned from someone else along the way and it’s pretty standard practice so I’m not trying to take credit for the knowledge, or be a know it all, rather just passing it along in hopes that it will be useful for you as well. Great video and demonstration! I have 5 of those exact pedals on my board and I would recommend them to anyone in a second 👌

@hannahraja2962 9 жыл бұрын

Great video as always. :)

@SuperBuzd 5 жыл бұрын

great demo! the socks make it so warm :)

@maibeid5112 8 жыл бұрын

That green rhino sounds so good with my god is the sun

@NameLess-ks4fi 4 жыл бұрын

Some good sounds man!

@arnavvasa1590 3 жыл бұрын

I have 2 favorite pedals, the mxr bass fuzz deluxe and the harmonist. Great Hysteria tone and Don’t Stop Believin’ tone. I love the songs Hysteria and Don’t Stop Believin’. Hysteria: 9:49 Don’t Stop Believin’: 12:43

@paulrainey4990 8 жыл бұрын

Some great tones and nice chops. The Green Rhino is the big stand out to me. I know everyone has different tastes, but It impresses me more than the Pork Loin.

@dav2593 5 жыл бұрын

How much for just the board mate? Where’s your hardcase like?

@mgibuk 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video this. I got a sansamp after I was lucky enough to have a chat with Craig from Sick of it All about his tone a few years back and it's an amazing piece of kit. On the behringer, I took a chance on one of their tuning pedals a while ago and had the same issues with build quality, the 1st one was DOA and the 2nd the cables wouldn't stay in, they're horrendous.

@pensnut08 3 жыл бұрын

You have a really good tone!

@diegocamassa1033 2 жыл бұрын

Thx good review, great job, Chris!

@Xianpaul0523 3 жыл бұрын

Tuner, aguilar, samsamp, and compressor sounds legit and good. Nevermind the other pedals.

@RitchieRosson 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you Chris.

@mikaelhauk 2 жыл бұрын

That Green Rhino is a beast!

@ArsenicAl23 8 жыл бұрын

great demo!

@keyikush 5 жыл бұрын

The aguilar + DI sounds cool. Just like the alpha omega by darkglass electronic

@ShortBusJazzels 9 жыл бұрын

That bass synth is pretty sweet. Might consider adding it to my rack haha.

@christophercook8869 4 жыл бұрын

great demo. great bass sound.

@nathanmccook133 5 жыл бұрын

To get a really good muse bass tone use the bass muff with the synth should get what u were trying to get

@joshmcdzz6925 Жыл бұрын

You don't slap but that brief little slap you did makes a whole lot of impression.. Fender has the best slap tone..I really loved the slap/pop tone of your bass. And you grooved it..

@jasonstansell8090 5 жыл бұрын

Great video dude!!!!!!

@samuelmerrin9109 4 жыл бұрын

My first pedal is coming tomorrow, it's a Russian big muff pi (the electro-harmonix one) can't wait.

@chefhumpty6126 4 жыл бұрын

Be careful, you’re going into a hole you will not be able to escape. Since it’s been a time, is it any good?

@gabrielvelloso9834 3 жыл бұрын

So, 1 year later. I assume you have like 15 pedals now...

@BonezBass93021 9 жыл бұрын

Great set!

@LeoMilani7 9 жыл бұрын

Loved your main preset on the sansamp (middle one)! What were the settings?

@Bl4k3. 7 жыл бұрын

looooove that hamonist pedal :0 such a cool sound

@HereIsLukebass 18 күн бұрын

such a great video thx a lot

@karlvanbeckum9029 4 жыл бұрын

Nice demo!

@floridmonkey2723 7 жыл бұрын

WOW, the green rhino sounds really fucking great.

@cincocharms1233 4 жыл бұрын

Great demo! Very cool sounds, but I really wonder how useful all of this will be when playing out. I'll take the tuner, Tech 21 and the compressor. The other stuff is cool, but not very useful- for me.

@metalzizar 8 жыл бұрын

I'd suggest you get a better noise reducer. I got one like yours for my relatively small chain, and the decay knob (I mean, the function) stopped working after a couple weeks, so it cut the signal quite faster than I like. Hopefully I could somehow compensate that loss with the sustain of the compressor, which at the moment is also a Behringer. Really loving that MXR, tho. And I know that feel when talking about the SansAmp, I wanted one of those, but I heard very good references of the Hartke Bass Attack, and it fitted my budget, so... yeah, I know what you're talking about hahaha. That's a gorgeous pedalboard!

@guitarandbass1995 8 жыл бұрын

Cool board. I'm currently building mine up. Going for that muse sound. 2 big muffs, octave and all that fun stuff. If you want to retain the low end with the drive pedals I'd recommend getting a Boss LS-2 :)

@anthonymitrow476 6 жыл бұрын

Got a video?

@jkees6751 4 жыл бұрын

I've used the Samsamp for the last 10 years, I'm happy with it. It's nice having the 3 presets. Only thing I don't like is that it doesn't have a Mid control.

@MyBassistChris 4 жыл бұрын

JKees yes the sansamp is a game changer! The sansamp V2 has a mid control but they haven’t made a programmable version of it yet. If they do make one I would seriously consider it but it seems like they are pushing the artist signature sansamps

@piemvanberg1850 6 жыл бұрын

The Tech 21 sansamp is also my favorite pedal on my board and always with me wherever I play. You have it at the end of the signal chain. Does it work better there than if you'd put at the beginning?

@lubalubahop 3 жыл бұрын

The noise gate should be around the remaining effects using the send/return effects loop so that its threshold could be kept the same regardless the activated effects. The shown setup requires a different threshold according to the activated effects.

@Rooster50525 Жыл бұрын

You do you tough guy...