I'm pretty active as a bass player. I expect to be again. Did 60+ gigs on top of sound dates last year. That was down from the previous years... I play in a variety band. Deep book as we have been together 10 years.
The EQ is there to restore body lost, or to add body when necessary to synth or distortion patches. I like a little mild grind now and again. It also makes up for basic tonal differences between my active 5 string and passive 4.
With the on-board limiter ahead of the synth and tuner. It replaced my old EQ1, poly tun mini and stop compressor. My old Eq 1 itself replaced a very gucci HPF/LPF pedal.
My pedals live in the efx loop of a Radial Bassbone. All are midi capable and I use a stomp controller to trigger patches. I've been a fan of a source Audio a long time. Putting a stereo parametric 10 band eq in a pedal is remarkable even for them.
development shot, pre eq2
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