Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:55 pm
oh yah. and all you dirty mother touchers with a GoatKeeper? JEALOUS.
Looks so bare at the moment
got a lot coming in though so it should beef up soon 
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Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:24 am
Looks so bare at the moment
got a lot coming in though so it should beef up soon Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:33 am
Heavy_Soul wrote:
Looks so bare at the moment
SG. Fuzz. Delay.
APPROVED
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:35 pm
Heavy_Soul wrote:Looks so bare at the moment
I'm realizing that as I improve as a guitarist, I don't have to have 4 ft^2 of pedals. I can appreciate simplicity.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I'm going to have fewer than 3 dirt boxes or just 1 delay.
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:59 pm
julius_deane wrote:Heavy_Soul wrote:Looks so bare at the moment
I'm realizing that as I improve as a guitarist, I don't have to have 4 ft^2 of pedals. I can appreciate simplicity.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I'm going to have fewer than 3 dirt boxes or just 1 delay.
I noticed recently that the more I practice and improve the more mild my actual pedal settings get, still running 18 on my board but the settings are starting to change, getting more out of my hands lately which is good.
Don't have the gain dimed on everything any more. Migh tbe a sign of maturity might mean I am old and boring.
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:01 pm
I agree with the last 3 posts 100%
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:01 pm
hbombgraphics wrote:I noticed recently that the more I practice and improve the more mild my actual pedal settings get, still running 18 on my board but the settings are starting to change, getting more out of my hands lately which is good.
Don't have the gain dimed on everything any more. Migh tbe a sign of maturity might mean I am old and boring.
Could be you're hearing my subtle differences and nuances in the tone of those pedals as you learn them, what they're capable of, and discover what you want to hear and play.
I was a "dime everything" guy too. Most metal distortions sound terrible if you go 100% gain, treble, bass (EQ) knobs. Heck, most overdrives sound terrible if you dime them without paying attention to the pedals after it, overall gain, how it interacts with your amp..
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:05 pm
mathias wrote:hbombgraphics wrote:I noticed recently that the more I practice and improve the more mild my actual pedal settings get, still running 18 on my board but the settings are starting to change, getting more out of my hands lately which is good.
Don't have the gain dimed on everything any more. Migh tbe a sign of maturity might mean I am old and boring.
Could be you're hearing my subtle differences and nuances in the tone of those pedals as you learn them, what they're capable of, and discover what you want to hear and play.
I was a "dime everything" guy too. Most metal distortions sound terrible if you go 100% gain, treble, bass (EQ) knobs. Heck, most overdrives sound terrible if you dime them without paying attention to the pedals after it, overall gain, how it interacts with your amp..
I think an amp change has helped a ton, now using a valve Junior for practice instead of a crate power block (which was way to loud for anything useful) It breaks up naturally at a reasonably low volume so I don't have to get all my gain from pedals. Also: I think I have forsaken metal pedals entirely, trying to sell them all now!!
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:07 pm
hbombgraphics wrote:I think an amp change has helped a ton, now using a valve Junior for practice instead of a crate power block (which was way to loud for anything useful) It breaks up naturally at a reasonably low volume so I don't have to get all my gain from pedals. Also: I think I have forsaken metal pedals entirely, trying to sell them all now!!
I wish I'd found that the Valve Junior broke up at a reasonable low volume. I had one, nearly got me evicted when we moved into our new apartment last fall. Had to sell it.
Looking for a new amp, myself. 
Edit: But I do have a broken Valve JR that I use as a speaker cab with a tiny solid state amp. Those Weber speakers are a-maz-ing! Super jazzy tone.
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:10 pm
Reasonable as compared to the powerblock or my 70's plush head, still pretty loud I guess, fortunately as long as the baby isn't napping I can push it a little bit.
Plus it loves pedals, so I love it!
Some of those heads with the 1/2 watt setting looking pretty interesting.
Plus it loves pedals, so I love it!
Some of those heads with the 1/2 watt setting looking pretty interesting.
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:14 pm
I've found that scale of amp wattage -> loudness is definitely log, so 1/2 watt isn't that much quieter than 5 watts. Human ear can only hear 3dB changes as it is, and that is right around a difference in 3dB IIRC.
In any case, I'm pretty much destined to play into headphones for the rest of my lease. I don't have a practice space where I can crank it
In any case, I'm pretty much destined to play into headphones for the rest of my lease. I don't have a practice space where I can crank it
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:21 pm
Sorry dude that is sad, You could build an ISO Box!!!
We used to have one made of old box springs in a practice space we used.
3db that's it?
That seems crazy, I am not questioning it but it seems crazy.
Yeah I think Eurotubes had something on their sight about the difference DBwise between 50 watt and 100 watt amps,
It's nowhere near as large as you would think.
We used to have one made of old box springs in a practice space we used.
3db that's it?
That seems crazy, I am not questioning it but it seems crazy.
Yeah I think Eurotubes had something on their sight about the difference DBwise between 50 watt and 100 watt amps,
It's nowhere near as large as you would think.
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:23 pm
hbombgraphics wrote:Sorry dude that is sad, You could build an ISO Box!!!
Yeah I think Eurotubes had something on their sight about the difference DBwise between 50 watt and 100 watt amps,
It's nowhere near as large as you would think.
The relationship between power output and speaker loudness or volume is not linear or straight (+10 watts does not equal +10 dB). For example, if you compare the maximum volume of a 50-watt amplifier with a 100-watt amplifier the difference is only 3 dB, barely greater than the ability of the human ear to hear the difference. It would take an amplifier with 10 times more power (500 watts!) to be perceived as being twice as loud (a +10 dB increase).
source: http://stereos.about.com/od/stereoscience/a/jargon1.htm
disclaimer: I dislike About.com but that's a decent enough reference.
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:25 pm
Then there's the science of room acoustics, material attenuation, etc.. and my walls to the next apartment are thin sheetrock, while the floor and ceiling at 15" of concrete. So the sound reflected nicely right into the neighbor's bedroom, and he or she apparently complained.
Re: Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:32 pm
Yeah I don't miss sharing walls, thanks for the science too, that's great info.
Kindof makes a 120 watt head useless.
Kindof makes a 120 watt head useless.