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Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:50 pm
by zRobertez
What's yalls reasoning behind these?
I don't know why I didn't start with an awesome drive and a good tremolo and reverb with any delay, really. That's all I need to get going. That's mah core! But now I don't have a tremolo or verb. So I guess four is my minimum but I like to have a lot of options.
but I have a physical board to keep them on so at least there are limits.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:57 pm
by sylnau
Rob Fossil wrote:I like to keep things fairly simple and try not to throw every pedal I own onto my boards.
Bass board = 5 - Pedal Tuner, Octave, Dirt, Modulation, Reverb or Delay
Guitar Board = 8 - Pedal Tuner, Octave Down, Dirt (x2), Modulation (x2), Delay, Reverb
I like that guitar board configuration.
What is the octave pedal you're using?
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:35 pm
by rfurtkamp
zRobertez wrote:What's yalls reasoning behind these?
I like the combinations of various fuzz/drive pedals (sometimes 3-4 at once) plus a pre-delay before the signal gets split between the rack or Space Echo and the two amps.
It lets me share dirt for most things but play with the dirty/not dirty stereo combo as well, and have something that lets the guitar synth work since I rarely run it through external dirt (but will use the guitar only out through it regularly).
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:38 pm
by Achtane
I have 9 pedals and they're all on there with the board divided into two sections. Will add a simple tiny splitter but that doesn't really count. Also need a tuner.
I would "realistically" be fine with 3: Big Spider, Team Awesome, and Disaster Transport Jr. I have two superfluous pedals but they're DIY and selling them without 'em being in 100% shape with pretty guts and stuff wouldn't feel right. They stay for the fun but really aren't necessary.
My main thing is dirt and delay, and I like stacking fuzzes. Everything else is secondary.
I really like smaller boards, like 5 pedals or something. The relative simplicity is kinda refreshing.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:07 pm
by Bassus Sanguinis
let's see...
18 pedals total, before the rack reverb. For bass/ pedalcore madness. Lots of crazy fuzz, some modulation pedals and shit, a reverb & delay, a looper, two channel switching/routing/boost pedals, and a tuner.
It's far too many for me to carry around easily, sure, but it's just about enough for the madness. The abundance inspires me, when improvising. And I'm always thinking about how I should add something crazy in there for a nasty surprise.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:19 pm
by greyscales
The number of pedals I use depends on how big my board is and what power supply I feel like using.
Currently with a PT-Mini, it's down to about 5 or 6. With a PT-Pro, I'll stick as many as my power supplies can handle.
Overall I have about 20-30 pedals.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:28 pm
by Ghost Hip
Any more than five or six and I'm on the floor not playing songs anymore. In other words, to keep my song writing productive I have to have five or less with a pre-amp.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:05 pm
by sonidero
I have 69 pedals right now... I use however many I need at the time... Always at least 3 dirt and 2 delay and I'm OK...
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:10 pm
by sylnau
sonidero wrote:I have 69 pedals right now... I use however many I need at the time... Always at least 3 dirt and 2 delay and I'm OK...
Dude.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:20 pm
by zRobertez
rfurtkamp wrote:It lets me share dirt for most things but play with the dirty/not dirty stereo combo as well
That's always real fun. And even mixing in other effects but keeping the chains separate.
PumpkinPieces wrote:Any more than five or six and I'm on the floor not playing songs anymore. In other words, to keep my song writing productive I have to have five or less with a pre-amp.
Even with just one or two, I'm always moving things around with my feet.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:30 pm
by snipelfritz
Well first I have a 12 band and a noise gate in my amp loop so not counting those...
1 wah
4 dirt
1 boost
1 modulation
1 delay
1 reverb
1 trem
And amp footswitch.
Wouldn't want much more than this unless I had some sort of looper or something to make things easier.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:40 pm
by stillborn
~4. tuner, distortion, fuzz, reverb.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:56 pm
by sylnau
^ 4 tuner
(just kidding)
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:14 pm
by Casavettes
13 currently, have one more on the way that I'll probably squeeze on there. I would like to at some point simplify things but for now.. I'm just havin fun man.
Re: How many pedals do you have/like for a board?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:50 pm
by DarkAxel
have 8 in total, all aboard
if i had more, i presume they'd be on the board as well... i don't buy pedals that i don't use
i have something more planned till the end of this year, i'd not mind another delay and a new wah, a standalone ring mod and a octaver and an envelope filter... and also i could use a looper and a tuner... but none of those is REALLY essential