The ULTIMATE Desert Island Pedalboard! (w/Tim Lefebvre)

Curious about how effects pedals can improve your bass sound?
Prior to the pandemic, I sat down with Tim Lefebvre to discuss the effects that are pretty much mandatory for his pedalboard. In the process, the session stalwart - who played bass on David Bowie’s final album Blackstar - talked about how different octave and reverb effects can often spark the idea for a song, and which one pedal he simply couldn’t live without.
In today’s video, Tim Lefebvre shows off his ‘desert island’ pedalboard and demonstrates how each pedal contributes to his sound.
As always, see you in the shed…
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[@karlvanbeckum9029]

Tim LeFevbre and Doug Wimbush are my absolute favorite effects pedal using bassists. Original and on the cutting edge. Thanks, Scott!

[@oe3phen]

I met Tim after a pedal-heavy improv show at Trip in Santa Monica, and he was just so inspiring and kind. We chatted pedals/basses for a bit and I asked about the synth pedal (I did eventually pick up a Mothership II and it's so weird, but with some tinkering and attention to gain it just kills). Thanks for featuring him, I'm hoping to see him live again soon!

[@leeellis4820]

Tim is a real character. Amazing sounds.

[@gorillafunk725]

I have to say he has great taste in esoteric amplification. That combo he appears to be playing through is an Italian Elka RM 100 (100 wrms 8 Ohm class a/b goodness)twin input with 2 5 band graphic eq's. Its designed for organ with a KILLER JBL D130 clone hiding inside. I shit you not. It responds on bass to your fingers like its alive. How do I know? Its my main amp combo. Makes the Ampeg Rocket 115 I own sound like AM radio. If you see one for sale BUY IT! They are cheap as chips. Mine cost $100 Au!

[@ileutur6863]

That's a trick I also learned through buying up cheap amps and PA equipment. Full range amps and speakers make bass guitars sound amazing. Even just having different speaker sizes helps

[@garrettlowell7637]

These types of vids are always interesting and useful, mostly from a creative perspective. I like pedals from the small makers: Tsakalis is my current obsession.

[@klaus486]

Saw Tim with Krantz last night. He used many of these sounds. It was perhaps one of the greatest bass performances I’ve ever witnessed! Pick, fingers, brain, soul. Outstanding!

[@DennisLarsTorrent]

I love his approach. He’s exactly how I think and play bass.

[@ileutur6863]

I find it funny how so many bass players are still against using pedals, considering they are so much more powerful for us than they are for guitar. Musicians and their superstitions

[@villusive]

got me man 😂

[@unknownmusicman]

I mostly practice with amplitube and tonex, but the plethora of effects available made me start tinkering with different combinations of effects. It's wild how you can transform an electric bass with just a few pedals

[@markinthemix6055]

I love this. I’m a crazy fan of Tim

[@flyfreeandsoar7505]

The sound at 4:10 is phenomenal

[@MadeOnTape]

Ian is correct: I know zero bassists who don’t love or respect Tim. His playing with Wayne Krantz inspired me to move to NYC from Detroit.

[@rhimiles]

My background is in film scoring, but it's never occurred to me to try a bass score. But those final moments really sparked something for me!!

[@michaelrogers9029]

Somebody get this man a straplock!

[@irapelletier5506]

Fantastic video!

[@thomasfaraone4213]

Hell yeah, I love me some Tim

[@coconacht2822]

he's my spirit animal, this is what exactly i wanna do on a guitar store before purchasing a pedal

[@jw112mail]

Lefebvre is my spirit animal

[@baileywatts1304]

I always feel like I gotta take everyone else's pedals into consideration. Feel out where everybody fits together. I've just had a bad time at a show once where I had a chorus on and the lead guitarist had his own and our pedals weren't really synced up so it made us sound like everybody is out of tune.

[@adammono1839]

I don't think Scott is having a nice time! super cool effects. Tim is the man!

[@joconnorwi]

Thank You

[@devinebass]

👊🏻

[@nunofernandes4501]

On a desert island I'd rather have some tools to build a shed, some food and fresh water. But the pedal board is cool.

[@xdoctorblindx]

Clever comment. Congratulations.

[@nunofernandes4501]

@@kevinmichael9482 and maybe a volley ball too.

[@kevinmichael9482]

@@nunofernandes4501 Yes, the woods are lonely, especially at night.

[@2mrwario]

I'll see you in the shed!

[@EricRunquistBass]

How can you just hold that gibson les paul signature bass and not play it for us?!? Those basses sound so nice! Would love to hear yours Ian.

[@markchip1]

A lot of those distorted sounds early in the video really reminded me of Felix Papallrdi's tone with Mountain in the '70's album, The Road Goes Ever On (especially on that version of Nantucket Sleighride) - that takes me so far back!! But I'm sorry, the sounds after about halfway were just horrendous NOISES!!

[@seanarooni]

i think they'd work in context. transitions and intros for example.

[@desirelogo2745]

Interesting 🥰✊🏼

[@stuartholme4457]

Delay first, reverb second in the chain... he's definitely doing things differently!

[@Reprodestruxion]

Interview Doug Wimbush, Juan Alderete and Tony Levin

[@j.a.b.s292]

Sup. Bro. I would like to request a video tutorial of on how to play bass Cha cha , rumba, waltz and other genre of that kind of playing. Hoping that you'll noticed this. Thank you in advance :)

[@matthewcurtiss7557]

Damn I need an OC2

[@Mark-db1ok]

Interesting but who's going to play bass with all this noise going on? (* Just my opinion)

[@doug5yuiop]

Nice. Emerson Lake and Palmer but on bass instead of keys?

[@BenCDaugherty]

Dude you are so right actually!

[@LordEradicus]

Jeez, all I've got is one pedal for a little reverb that I use only once in a blue moon. The only other effect I got is feedback from a 35-year old second-hand bass amp...😁

[@JosephGallagher]

"I don't know how I come up with this stuff" i think I might, Tim...

[@johnl.6930]

Try to hear that sound you want and track it down with gear. Adding incrementally helps. One pedal at a time. Thanks for this! Tim is a composer of sounds unimaginable for us mortals! And then he lays it down for TTB and Black Crowes!✌️❤️

[@hamsandwichson]

10:30 Conky 2000 ready to assist you pe pe peewee!

[@stuartholme4457]

Rudder!!

[@kevmac1230]

I own all kinds of pedals and they can be lots of fun.But I really don't know what I'm doing with them outside of the more common variety.I wish there were lessons for learning to use them creatively.I realize one must experiment but it'd be great to have someone to guide me through it.

[@geraldfriend256]

Should be all kinds of forums on pedals out there. Just think about what sounds you are after.

[@bluesmanshoes]

learn from synth/keys people

[@Apopheniomind]

Where is the Pick Scott:🤯

[@h3iberg456]

Scott, Check the Joe Dart 2! With love, me (not spam, nor bait)

[@vicopujia]

This guy it's a time traveler from the psychodelics era 🔥🔥

[@swiftymcgarnagle4567]

These are the pedals he should have used on Juans channel...who's also a pedal junkie....Scotts too straight edge for this crazy shit

[@gimmeagig]

Aparently Tim is able to get work with those sounds. I would lose gigs that way.

[@OskarSvan]

cul

[@gerdbass2144]

Reminds me of the 70s when I experimented with analogue synthesizers and spent hours and days to create sounds. It never came to me thou to try a bass as the source. why should I with all the handling limitations it has. just watch poor Tim and imagine he has to do all that on a stage! Horrible! If you need synth sounds use a synth. To just experiment I have a Boss G10B multi effects processor which offers loads of virtual pedals, free positioning and all modulators and filters for a lifetime of experimentation. AND all these are PROGRAMMABLE so I actually can load them live with a click!

[@jasonkirk1313]

Scott doesn’t look that amused. Neither am I really. Bass player or noise maker?

[@noobymcgee5000]

Hey bud. Your email newsletter is by far the worst spam in my inbox. It's relentless. I've tried to unsub and flag it as spam multiple times.

[@jeffthemarshall]

Alone on a desert island is the only place most of those pedals would be acceptable… especially for bass.

[@xdoctorblindx]

If you don't think Tim knows bass tone, then you don't know bass.

[@ileutur6863]

I'm happy that most sane musicians have moved out of that mindset