At last I have a semblance of a bass effects pedal rig to use for recording and bigger live gigs. After much procrastination about whether to build my own wooden pedal board with custom power supply - using something like the BBE Supa-charger; I decided to buy a Stagefive Pro Pedalboard. These are virtually impossible to get in Australia for anything near what is a reasonable cost to beat making your own board.
With a lot of recording work to go for our new Stellas Kitchen EP it was back to Harpoon Studios to record bass for our track "Satellite". Having learned a fair bit from the our last session for "Steal Your Mind" we were able to reduce tone set up brain damage. Although true to form by the end of the session I wasn't so sure what my name was. I think maybe it was Jon's "accidental" feedback spikes into my cans which was most responsible. So the bass set up for this song..
So it begins, my foray into proper effects pedal land. Where better to start than with your guitar tuner. On the advice of the gherkin gobbling guitar guru I went for the Korg Pitchblack chromatic guitar tuner. This pedal has an all aluminum casing, which means its tough. It has a nice large LED display which lights up pretty well even in daylight conditions. Its also true bypass, has 4 different tuning modes and so I'm told is much more accurate than the BOSS tuners most people (losers) use.
Its now my turn in the studio to put down the bass parts for "Steal Your Mind". We're recording our 2nd EP at Stellas Kitchen and Steal Your Mind is probably going to be the lead track. Recording for me is a love hate type of thing. Every musician has their insecurities and doubts about their ability and for me its recording which is where these feelings surface the most. For bass every pop or string clack in your playing stays forever on the track.
True to form, adding bass effects to my bass experience has also been an arse about process. I really wasn't sure what sounds I wanted or had any idea what was good. I only had a vague idea about what the good bassists used or what effects were being used on records. I came across the Zoom B2.1u multi-effects bass pedal.
So it begins, my foray into proper effects pedal land. Where better to start than with your guitar tuner. On the advice of the gherkin gobbling guitar guru I went for the Korg Pitchblack chromatic guitar tuner. This pedal has an all aluminum casing, which means its tough. It has a nice large LED display which lights up pretty well even in daylight conditions. Its also true bypass, has 4 different tuning modes and so I'm told is much more accurate than the BOSS tuners most people (losers) use. 
Its now my turn in the studio to put down the bass parts for "Steal Your Mind". We're recording our 2nd EP at Stellas Kitchen and Steal Your Mind is probably going to be the lead track. Recording for me is a love hate type of thing. Every musician has their insecurities and doubts about their ability and for me its recording which is where these feelings surface the most. For bass every pop or string clack in your playing stays forever on the track. 
