How to Build a Pro-level Bass Pedalboard

Today, I'm building a bass pedalboard for my good friend Robert Williams! Since starting the channel, I've received a lot of questions in regards to bass pedalboards, and how they differ from guitar pedalboards. In today's episode, I'm showing you how I built this pro-level bass rig, and defining the key differences between bass and guitar pedalboards.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction
01:08 The Holy Trinity of Tone
02:26 Pedalboard Layout
03:26 Power Cabling
04:25 Signal Cabling
05:13 Buffering Your Bass Pedalboard
09:00 Pedalboard Reveal
10:26 Signal Path
11:52 Pedalboard Demo
14:31 Conclusion

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[joshuafairburn]

I've been playing bass for about 6 years, therefore I have been waiting for this video for about 6 years.

[mikeblaszczak]

This is an excellent video about how to build pedal boards for people who already know how to build pedal boards.

[zoltanrenaldi]

Great to see bass pedal build! more of bass contents please if there is any other😁

[ZRobertson]

I feel like you made this one just for me... Can't wait to watch it!

[Am-zbry]

The worst bass tone ever heard. Not speaking about the way he played. Next time I suggest you hire a bassist to play the demo.

[nicgplaysthebass]

Builds a pedalboard with 9 pedals and only uses the DI Preamp pedal for the Demo 😂. Solid work 🙄

[michael_caz_nyc]

So glad I saw this. I just bought a Bass, and I'm currently gathering pedals, for my (5) Pedal Bass Rig.

[manny]

Board looked cool. Lotta pedals I'd love to try. But the demo he basically used the same 2 tones the whole time.
Like build whatever pedal board you want, but that is a lot of board for not doing a lot.
Just from a gigging perspective, it's a lot of extra points of failure for little/no reason.

[Ultrauraken]

I was waiting THAT precise video since the beginning thank you

[jeremybianco]

See this is why I just bought a quad cortex off of reverb. 1500 us dollars and I have infinite possibilities. No more paying 400+ for a single pedal when they are literally captured and downloadable for free.

[seankent]

Excellent video, Mason!! Thanks for sharing a bass-specific build with us!!

[sheagallagherify]

I'm doing a complete rebuild of my pedal board right now. This has made me completely re think and also just get the basics right. Thanks for such a clear and concise video format and the description is gold dust. ❤️

[guitarjoe]

Get a Sansamp and a clip on tuner for the headstock. Throw them in your gig bag and never, ever buy another piece of bass gear again

[ileutur]

Cool video, but I'm surprised you didn't touch on the subject of splitting your signal. Us bass players benefit a lot from signal splitting, because we can use it to blend in our cleans with whatever effect we have on. I found that the blend of a mic'd cab with a DI out straight into the board sounds amazing

[devinm]

really awesome build...however the demo sounded more lackluster then what my buddy gets through his peterson tuner into a compressor running right into his garage sale hartke 3500 he got for $80. i was expecting alot more in the demo. im sure someone else could make use of all of that in a real creative way, but the demo was lacking in showing that.

[regortex]

What’s with the demo? Weedy thin bass tone with no effects applied, are you serious?

[sharky]

After 3 years of playing bass, I barely started learning about bass gear and I have no idea what half of the things he said meant 😂

[legitimatefrenzy]

I was hoping for more tips for making a bass rig less about all the expensive pro audio connectors kinda ate up a lot of time. Id be interested in seeing tips for using pedals to effect bass not drastically

[wattson]

Great video for the build. The demo was disappointing though. All of those pedals just to sound like a slightly more compressed and EQ-ed clean tone.

[stephaneboile]

I’m so curious to know differences between building bass rig and guitar rig. I’m a bass and guitar player with near 100 pedals and change my pedalboard almost 3 times a month (yes with good power supplies, buffer in and out😉) and with a dry/wet stereo reverb/wet stereo chorus-delay. So a 5 inputs rig for sounding best imho. Can’t wait for another excellent videos of the Rig Doctor😄