I tend to use a fair a mount of different configurations, depending on what I'm working on.  For most of the studio work that I've provided examples of in the Audio section (i.e.Carol Barbieri Group,The Xperiment), I usually just use a 5-string or 6-string fretted bass and go direct into the console with no additional effects or signal processing other than what the engineer provides.  For recordings which I produce in my home studio, I go direct into a Lexicon digital audio interface and process the signal from plug-ins, or I may use my pedal-board chain for certain things and then process the signal further with plug-ins.  For live acoustic stuff, I either use a Michael Kelley acoustic bass and go direct into the board with a BBE Sonic Stomp (their pedal version of the Sonic Maximizer) and a Boss TU-2 tuner, or nothing at all (very rarely nothing at all).   But sometimes I'll use my entire effects chain.  With Diplomanics, I primarily use the Michael Kelly 5-string into the Sonic Stomp, Tu-2 and a Presonus Blue Tube DP Preamp, and then into the board.  On the Yurasis Dragon studio recordings, I used a combination of direct to the console and through some sort of bass rig (not mine) on the Airtight Garage sessions, and for the Greg Frey sessions, I miked a bass rig with no effects and Greg processed the bass track using plug-ins.  The following is a description of my live electric rig, including the basses I tend to rely on most for live shows:

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Effects/Pedals (in the order they are configured in the effects chain):