Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!

[Dowi]

Latest Incarnation:

With so much cool stuff I would probably end up just looking for the strangest sounds and not composing anything at all.

[elevenstrings]

Are they Barefootbuttons?

Yep.

With so much cool stuff I would probably end up just looking for the strangest sounds and not composing anything at all.

You can compose lots of music with only strange sounds.

[gnomethrone]

Oh man. I came here to post my little board and end up after the don mega of ILF pedalboards.
Here's how I party these days. Keepin' it simple.

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joyo tuner > RV-3 > OCD > DOD 250 > Quantum Leap > Brassmaster clone
I made the board out of some scrap wood. Everything's velcro mounted.
Really stoked to have my favorite pedals on something that fits in a backpack.

[11A]

^That's my kinda board, nice and comfy!

Missing my b:assmaster right now, I imagine you can get some fucked up sounds with it last in the chain? Never tried that

[gnomethrone]

Thanks

Missing my b:assmaster right now, I imagine you can get some fucked up sounds with it last in the chain? Never tried that

Yeah it's gets wild. Modulated delay into it makes lo-fi sci - fi. Feed it both dirt pedals and a rolled off guitar tone knob and you get screaming sustained octave.
Everything on + my amps tremolo = levitation

[fcknoise]

I really like that mini board! Maybe I shouldn't get a pt-nano/metro. Maybe a plank will be sufficient?

[lost in music]

I love small, simple boards, especially ones that look well thought-out and useful, like gnomethrone's. I tend to keep my pedal collection between 3 and 6 at a time, but I'm not always good at coming up with an efficient collection.

[gnomethrone]

Maybe I shouldn't get a pt-nano/metro.

Total cost of my new "custom" board: $4 for the can of all-in-one stain and sealer I used to finish it.

[fcknoise]

Maybe I shouldn't get a pt-nano/metro.

Total cost of my new "custom" board: $4 for the can of all-in-one stain and sealer I used to finish it.

What do you use in terms of moving it around? Found an appropriate case or something?

[hbombgraphics]

Maybe I shouldn't get a pt-nano/metro.

Total cost of my new "custom" board: $4 for the can of all-in-one stain and sealer I used to finish it.

What do you use in terms of moving it around? Found an appropriate case or something?

I thought he said a back pack,

I have one board at home I made to fit perfectly in the laptop section of my backpack, it is the best.

[fcknoise]

Maybe I shouldn't get a pt-nano/metro.

Total cost of my new "custom" board: $4 for the can of all-in-one stain and sealer I used to finish it.

What do you use in terms of moving it around? Found an appropriate case or something?

I thought he said a back pack,

I have one board at home I made to fit perfectly in the laptop section of my backpack, it is the best.

Haha, yup, I see it now. I think with such a small thing moving it around is the easiest bit anyway

[gnomethrone]

I'm going to look at thrift stores for a cheap case that would fit. Having my cables and board strapped to my back makes life easier but it would be nice to have a little more protection for certain situations.

[Willem]

just shuffled the pedal order. I swapped the iRig Stomp off and use now the LS-2 as looper for the procession and can easily solve the volume loss problem when I run it 100% wet (my favorite setting). I maked place for the new upcoming pedal under the Moby Dick. There's also enough space for the Tonal Recall.

[frigid midget]

Mah board is a fucking joke atm
Tore it apart for a overhaul but quickly realised I'm in dire need of some new shit. Bare with me plse, even though this might not be the right place for a pedal crisis, I'd still appreciate some advice/recommendations/insights from my fellow peddle geeks...

These didn't make the cut:



The ODB-3 and Fabtone both behave deliciously disgusting, but the whole high gain buzzsaw thing just doesn't stay fun and usefull for a long time
The a/b box will still be used now and than, I just don't need it permanently on my already tiny board.
The Digiverb is my buddy's. Fucking hate it, the level pot works like a blend control, killing your dry signal completely when it's turned all the way clockwise

And about to go to another home: Wren&Cuff Mercy Phuk, the Stone Deaf PDF-1, EQD Afterneath (in favor of an Avalanche Run).

So what I'm left with:



D&S: Oldie but a goodie. By far my favorite muff so far, and that's saying a lot. It lacks a led and dc bus though, and in bypass it bleeds off treble like a mother :s
Hotcake: Really nice at low and medium gain settings, kinda dark and muddy and meh at higher gain settings.
Mastotron: Has one or two awesome settings, but it feels stupid to keep it around just for that. There's gotto be something out there that can do a similar thing AND more, right? :ifk: Right now there's a bit of overlap with the FZ-2, which has been my favorite superfuzz-esque pedal forever btw. Also, horizontal peds are a nightmare for small boards.
Freeze: I don't use it enough to justify keeping it on a small board where every inch counts. Especially since this stupid pedlol apparantly needs a seperate shitty unregulated psu to not hiss, and I can barely fit just my main power supply underneath the boards :s
ES-2: Still an awesome bang for the buck analog delay imo, but the tap tempo is as inaccurate as it gets, and the shitty build quality is starting to piss me off. This is my second one, the first one died after a whopping two days
I couldn't care less about the silly modulation on it, the fader is flimsy and will NOT last long if I keep rocking it with my foot, the knobs are litterally falling apart,...

Apart from the annoying switch and dc input, the FX20 is actually okay. It's like a slightly upgraded small stone, not more not less. All I need from a phaser
Wish I could fit a Small Clone inthere too. The tiny ones don't have to mojo of the big vintage style ones, and neither have an actual depth control.

Srry, /rant

[OddKnowledge]

Also, horizontal peds are a nightmare for small boards.

Quoted for truth.


Keep the FZ-2 (and maybe the D&S) and sell the others. You don't seem to really get along completely with most of them. Replace them with dirt that's more to your liking and size/shape requirements and delay that isn't problematic.
What sounds do you want? What do you play?