Pedal Board - David Jones

David Jones runs a fairly straightforward pedal board for his bass rig.  His signal chain is as follows:


ESP-LTD B-5E bass

Line 6 Relay G30 Digital Wireless

Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner

MXR M87 Bass Compressor

Mesa/Boogie Subway DI bass preamp pedal

     Dry preamp signal to a Way Huge Pork & Pickle
     Wet preamp signal to a Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus

Wet signal (Boss CEB-3 Bass Stereo Chorus) and dry signal (Way Huge Pork & Pickle) are recombined and balanced using a Radial Mix-Blender Dual Instrument Buffer, Mixer, and FX Loop Interface.


The heart of his rig is his Mesa/Boogie Subway DI bass preamp pedal.  With the Mesa/Boogie he is able dial in a wide range of tones for SHED's needs.  With pre and post outputs David has several options for his signal chain and utilizes both the wet and dry options both separately as well as parallel (but not in series) which helps him to keep his sound as clean as possible.  

For the most part David uses effects rather sparingly.  His approach is that effects should provide complimentary interest to the pre-existing backbone of fundamental tone which is provided by the Mesa/Boogie Subway Bass DI.  Clearly though, the astute observer will note, most of David's drive comes from the 1968 Dodge Dart mounted on the pedal board.