The Confessions Thread

[skullservant]

Yeah, I dunno. Because I love the sounds that come out of the one I'm using now that takes up 5 feet of space in the corner of the living room. But there is just something super elegant and refreshing to me about plugging into 2-4 pedals and just going.

[dubkitty]

eventually i'll wind up with a Big Sick Pedalboard and a safe 'n' sane Island Of Misfit Toys board. i really need to consolidate the fuzz section...six fuzzes and a boost is a bit much space-wise. and the option of going back to a simple three- or four-pedal setup for simplicity's sake is appealing. i thought about effects way less and played more when all i had was the D+ and Fender amp reverb/tremolo.

[alexa.]

minimalism ftw. I want a fuzz, drive/boost, flanger, analog delay and a rusty (or perhaps that new SUNN preamp?)

[skullservant]

Tonight I set up a board with delay -> verb -> distortion -> Rusty and jammed on it for a good 35 minutes. Totally happy

[D.o.S.]

My "pedalboard" is two pedals.


and I love it.


(but I do have an island of misfit toys.)

[bigchiefbc]

I'm still not getting it.

But I've never understood minimalism in any of it's forms.

[mathias]

eventually i'll wind up with a Big Sick Pedalboard and a safe 'n' sane Island Of Misfit Toys board. i really need to consolidate the fuzz section...six fuzzes and a boost is a bit much space-wise. and the option of going back to a simple three- or four-pedal setup for simplicity's sake is appealing. i thought about effects way less and played more when all i had was the D+ and Fender amp reverb/tremolo.

I'm going best-of-both-worlds.. I've got the nano board that goes to/from work with me and then the big bad board at home with all the toys on it..

[D.o.S.]

I'm still not getting it.

But I've never understood minimalism in any of it's forms.

Maybe form follows function?

[snipelfritz]

I'm still not getting it.

But I've never understood minimalism in any of it's forms.

It's like running or being a vegan. It serves no legitimate purpose, but just makes people feel superior to others.

[behndy]

HOW CAN YOU TELL IF SOMEONE'S A VEGAN? JUST WAIT FOR 4 MINUTES. THEY'LL TELL YOU.

[IEatCats]

I've been thinking of trading off my arbiter for a delay. It just doesn't get as much use now as it does when I bought it. It sounds like a Muff to me, and I'm just not a huge fan of the tone anymore.

[MEC]

It's like running or being a vegan. It serves no legitimate purpose, but just makes people feel superior to others.

What if you're running from something that is trying to kill you?
What if you're not OK with animals suffering for your enjoyment?

Both of those seem like fairly legitimate purposes.

[snipelfritz]

It's like running or being a vegan. It serves no legitimate purpose, but just makes people feel superior to others.

What if you're running from something that is trying to kill you?
What if you're not OK with animals suffering for your enjoyment?

Both of those seem like fairly legitimate purposes.

Running for exercise was implied (although not well).
Not all animal by-products are attained through suffering.
And it was a joke

Not all vegans are snooty or misguided, but after considerable thought, study and research, the phrase "animal rights" still just seems silly when one isn't subject to pathos appeals based on specific incidents.

[foomanfat]

Confession: sleeping nude in the winter months is great.

[snipelfritz]

Sleeping nude anytime is great.