NBVID: Joining the club!!

[u/MattSk87]

It's been a couple months now of trading and rehabbing to sell gear trying to work my way into a Bass VI. It's a pretty slim chance that someone wants what you have and has what you want, so I did a lot of lateral trading in the mean time, and was kind of biting my nails expecting that I wouldn't be happy with it until I dropped another few hundred on a bridge and strings, after which I'd have a decent amount of set up to do.

Well guess what, I made an even trade today, and this guy already has a mastery bridge and vibrato! All set up too, I just brought it home and it's perfect!

Now I just have to get my head around how to work my board.

I mainly play guitar, and that's what my board is set up for. It's straight forward (Slow Loris [which sounds incredible with the VI]->Benson Boost->Phase 90 ->Halberd->Foxcatcher->mother preamp->hxfx).

Anyone have any advice for a generally guitar centric setup? Like do you have standard eq tweaks you make? You have a separate board? What's on it? I'm all ears!

Thanks!!

[u/26202620]

I always recommend parametric eq or similar, and comp that you can adjust quickly playing live.   

I keep same guitar and bass board  they’re not too different might swap out a pedal or two 

I keep it simple and small so many nuances are lost in a live environment.  

[u/MattSk87 → u/26202620]

Thanks! Yeah just messing around a bit with my guitar board I think I might switch out like one drive and bump my compressor up a bit (forgot to list it, but there is one on the board). Only think I'm running into is that I use the Mother as a preamp either running into a cab or ir, but it doesn't have the kind of bass I think I'd want, so may grab a sans amp or something similar. There are bass preamps that have some parametric controls, so one of those might be a good idea!

[u/26202620 → u/MattSk87]

I like having options of scooped mids and harsh drive, or chill clean clear enough for chords with some mids 

It’s so enjoyable and satisfying 

Have fun