@@markharrison1884 From Andertons I would go for the Trutone CS6(£129 atm). If that breaks your budget I'd go for the Tone City Sub 1(£75 atm). You'd at least want to try to get a switch-style power supply(SMPS) as the linear style uses magnets to convert power.
@@markharrison1884 Check out Harley Benton ISO series from Thomann. I have it on my PB, 0 noise, powering HX Stomp and few other things. Cheap and well made.
I agree. I switched from a daisy chain to a proper power supply when I showed up to practice and one of my new pedals was making so much noise I had to remove it from the chain. Added a real power supply and there was 0 noise. Daisy chains are a horrible idea if you have more than a couple pedals.
At that budget I'd just be tempted to go the extra £30 and get something like a TC Plethora or maybe a Bass Fly Rig. You'd get way better build quality, much smaller size, more fx and less faff. That said, your beginner with limited funds would probably not buy everything all at once.
I don't think I've ever made a pedal board that was not modified as my needs changed. Most times I've just bought the basic to get the sound I wanted, then added as the need arose. Another informative video from the bass boys. Good job. 👍
How bout the "intermediate " Level board ?? ...quality power ,isolation ,Sansamp DI , a Dimension C , you can keep the big muff on there , ,that thing is awesome . I would NOT really be into high end ,cuz that's all over the internet anyway ,and to expensive :-) Thanks guys .
Maybe throw in Behringer Ultra Octaver. I bought one while it was on mega sale and I was very impressed as to how well it tracked with bass. Not bad for less than 25 quid.
I bought that for $14 at Sweetwater too. I also got the CS400 in the video and a SF300 fuzz for $14 a piece. I'm not in love with the compressor yet. It amplifies a lot of hiss to wear I have to turn the presence down on my amp. The BDI21 is good, and it's made far better with the "FrankenP" mod to eliminate the filters. Overall though, the best Behringer pedal I have tried is the DR600 reverb for $25.
Greetings from Dallas, Texas! Always enjoy Anderton’s YT content; especially the affordable gear reviews. This is the first bass pedal video I’ve seen anywhere, super interesting. Thanks!
That Bass preamp/DI is a great choice it really earns its keep when going direct. The guitar version is awesome as well, the V-Tone. It's basically a SansAmp. The Dr. J Sparrow is another good affordable Bass DI/Pre.
Nicely under budget and you could add some reverb/ delay with the extra cash.👍 Would like to see what you make of the zoom multi-stomp stuff. Bit old now but essentially a pedal board in one box. Presets look a bit fiddly to set up but i imagine great for a one sto(m)p shop once figured out.
Sssshhhh don't ever tell anyone this, but all the zooms from B1ON/G1ON, multistomp and above share effects, you can pick and choose from all zooms effects and reload/ reconfigure any of these units via usb. They also accept midi program change messages via usb. None of which is advertised by zoom, if you tell anyone, I'll kill you.
@@bassedtaz Nice! Thanks, good to know. I've got a cdr70 but haven't done anything other than reverb with it. Seems like they're incredibly versatile for the money!👍
guys, I dont know what you were hearing, but in my highly dialed in EQ headphones (noting that I am also half deaf), the Behringer BDI21 added a high end squeel along with the depth of bass... That pedal defeats itself and ruins the recorded audio terribly.
Think that was because the cheap daisy chain power supply they chose was overloaded. Behringer stuff is cheaply constructed but they generally sound excellent.
I put a "budget" effects chain together for my kid recently. For a few more bucks, you can put together a pretty badass practice/ budget board, that will work fine in a jam band. Everything listed below is the cheapest I could find, that still works satisfactorily. When it gets to the octave pedal, it's the cheapest I could find WITH AN UP-OCTAVER. (Optional) Behringer Wireless $69 Behringer Tuner $35 Behringer Compressor/ Limiter $29 Behringer EQ $29 Into EHX Switchblade + Line Selector $56.30 Channel B out: Straight to straight to Fifine 4 Channel Line Mixer $26.99 Channel A out (line selector) to Donner Octave Pedal $55.99 Behringer OD/Distortion $29 Behringer Noise Reducer $29 Into line mixer Line mixer out to Behringer Chorus $29 EHX volume/ Expression pedal $60.80 Total, w/o Wireless system= $380.08
@@davidburnsmusicI used to have a daisy chain on my 5 pedal pedalboard. It worked fine, but all of the pedals were analog too. The only reason I got a power supply was because I was tired of connecting it and unconnecting it 😂
Can anyone tell me why compressors are run before pedals ? I was under the assumption you want all the effects and distortion before the compression , so the compressor will smooth all those tones out at the very end .
I've been reading around this recently and my understanding is: theres no set rule. You might want more expression out of your FX before compressing it so the compressor would go after the FX. Conversely, you might want a more regulated level going in to your FX therefore compress it first.
Great affordaboard! I have the Bass Big Muff and love it, but tend to rotate it with the [cheaper] EHX Bass Soul Food (which maybe gets used slightly more often, actually.)
I have the Bass Big Muff but I split the Dry out into a separate amp (I got the Darkglass AO 500W head and it's awesome). Wet out from the Big Muff into a Sansamp and a second power amp. Best of both worlds.
FX are very subjective. Great example of what a budget board could sound like. Sound & function should always trump brand name & cost. Just because something costs $$$$ doesn't necessarily mean it's better.
I bought that Behringer compressor. Unpackaged it, hooked it up and it wouldn't turn on. Broken right out of the box. Second time i've been burned by behringer garbage. The few dollars you'll save by cheaping out isn't worth the aggrevation of dealing with cheap, low quality gear.
Recently bough a BDI21 and it's incredible for the money. Yeah you get a bit more features and a metal case with MXR's Bass DI but it costs *five* times more. Have to admit it feels weird to run it with other pedals that cost even more than MXR though haha
I gigged with BDI for many years. Broke first one, bought another. I switched to Sansamp programmable just because you can save three different settings. Tone wise, I dont think it was much of an upgrade.
I keep a Behringer BDI 21 as a backup in my gog bag. Sounds really good in a pinch. People worry about it being made of plastic, but I have had mine for over 20 years. $29 to save a few gigs over the years and go to jams or save space when you have to without an amp and go straight through the mixer.
First:I don't like ditsorted bass. not at the Ebass neither at the double bass.I played about 3 years. country cash, elvis...My pedal board included the bass preacher.I had to change the instrument between two songs. That meantPut the double bass in the double bass Stand, take the E Bass and play. Next song with double bass EQ on,because the double bass Pickup had a smaller input.I kept it as easy as possible.
Get a decent bass and a decent amp....don't worry about any pedals they'll only end up collecting dust in your closet.....Oh along with that decent bass and amp find a good drummer and a guitarist who sings and you'll have everything you need.
i think you can have the behringer pre amp and tuner as the most basic setup but i hope you make the most budget friendly bass rig with a multi effects included, for a more versatile sound (multi genre rig) along with other essential pedals.
pretty amazing sounds you get out of this board! the behringer pedals do the job I guess. everything you need to get started. nice entertaining project!
I know this videos old and prices have gone up since.. but ya save about 15 quid getting two landlord fx pedals and get that particular power supply and daisy chain free!
Not a fan of daisy chains, but everything else is on point. I saw a head to head demo of the Behringer DI vs SansAmp Bass DI and was surprised that in most cases I really couldn't tell the difference listening with my eyes closed. I started off with cheap Zoom multi-effects and now my board is around $1500 worth of pedals. Love you guys' demos! You two are great, but I do miss Rob and the Captain!
I love this video guys. Regarding the power supplier with splitter, I can't find on your website. I need to connect pre amp with compressor and I don't want to use the battery. Can you please send the link for the 5 splitter
This is a nice video and I get people are often on a budget but that power supply is absolutely garbage, if you have to cheap out on a power supply and can’t go isolated, at least get a filtered one
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Currently run with Iset Lemon Compressor, Boss MT-2 , and the CryBaby Bass Wah . I'll probably add a delay pedal and a fuzz pedal at some point. Should never have gotten rid of the Boss Fuzz pedal
Excellent episode. A Suggestion for a future one : compressor pedals. In addition to info on the ones you stock, maybe why you would use one; why not leave it to the sound engineer and anything else that you think is useful to tell us.
Yes. They're so much fun! I love playing around with my distortions and overdrives to make the most obscene/unusable tones I can get and then try to use them. A fun challenge when noodling at home.
Same here. 40+ years of bass and live gigs, no fancy fx. Passive bass, tuner, compressor and straight to good ol' SVT or Ashdown. Never needed anything more and I don't think I ever will. I leave that 747 dashboard to my guitar player.
@@arsenije_wav8620 What about piano players, violin players, classical guitar players, do they ever get bored with the natural sound of their instrument ? I have tone and volume pots, I have EQ pots on my amps, and obviously my playing. One finger, two, three, a pick, how hard I pluck, closer to the neck, closer to the bridge. I can alter the color of my sound aplenty without changing my overall sound, and that is the way I want it...
@@chrisstargazer6529 I’m with you. My 1983 Aria Pro 11 goes straight into an Ashdown mini stack (EQ mostly flat). No effects in between, and that’s how I like it. I confess that I use a tuner, but it’s a small Snark that clips onto my bass’s headstock. I’ve never yearned for any effect other than the natural sound of my bass. Horses for courses, I suppose. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I bought a B-stock Headrush Gigboard for £349 from Andertons. I keep wondering, since I only use one patch, with my core tone plus three effects, would I be better off with a dedicated pedal board? I think this answers my question! The Headrush sounds better, is more convenient, and does a lot more should I ever need to.
Muchas gracias Andertons! En muchos eventos no contamos con amplificador de bajo, por lo que tenía que ir directo al mixer. El Behringer BDI salvó muchos conciertos gracias a que hacía un acople de inpedancia (como cualquier caja directa) y me ofrecía una simulación de cabina y un drive bastante decentes. Ya no es mi preamp/DI de cabecera, pero es un pedal que aprecio mucho y sobretodo por su bajo costo, lo recomiendo sin dudarlo.
I have had that Behringer DI/Amp modeller for years and never let me down and with great drive tone through my Mark and Eden bass amps.Retired it for a Sansamp but it’s there as a back up.
I didn't like the Behringer compressor at all and actually passed it off to my band's guitarist, because it sounded great for his guitar frequencies...but I swear by the Behringer bass EQ pedal. I'd get the EQ, ditch the chorus and preamp pedals (if you have an amp), and use that money for the MXR dynacomp instead of the Behringer. So far I've got that EQ and the Behringer tuner and bass overdrive pedals and they're great. The dynacomp is probably next for me and then the big muff.
I thought the same about the Behringer compressor, I play in with an Alpha Omega and the compressor sucked all the low end out. I now use a TC Electronic Forcefield and it's amazing.
If you're thinking this way, you may as well have multiple channels. Most basic is one clean bottom end channel and one "guitar channel" with your fuzz and drives. Because if you play the genres of music that would fuzz a bass, then you also need ODs and distortions right? And they need wet dry blend too, so put em all on the "guitar channel" just straight through, and have a normal, clean, comped or whatever bass channel.
@@AndrewStonerock You have a helix. You have unimaginable capabilities, use them. My rig is centred around the X3 live, but I've milked it for every possible advantage I can get. So you've got same ins and outs as me, but way more processing power, you can do bigass complex multi channel parallel stereo madness, all in the helix. Then you can put stuff on the front end, or in the loop. I split before even going in to the line 6, so its two separate ins, and I can 'stereo' them right up front with a slight delay, a stereo chorus, or double tracker type effects, as well as comps, eqs, octaves even harmonizer and send that (now 'widened') signal into the line 6, then go bannanas in there, a stereo loop on either channel....Its mind bogglingly fun.
@@bassedtaz i primarily a guitarist. ive played guitar for 20 years. bass to me just needs to sit around the guitar and fill out the lows. so i just made a patch to do that. i did however make my own IRs for it, and they are pretty much ket to making the thing sound as big as it should.
