scole
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Haven't really been a pedalboard guy but...I have built two in the last year. First was my "praise & worshjp" or Strymon board to be able to noodle around with the ambient / shimmer kind of tones. The second board is all Andy Wood's fault for the EVH Wet/Dry/Wet board which I decided to build and follow through with the 3 Roland Micro Cube option for output (I don't play out and kinda tight for space).
Both boards have a signal chain of bottom row to top and from right to left (though the Nux Looper is at the end of the Strymon board). It's all fun but wanting to switch between the two was kind of a drag so I got creative. Both boards each have the same power supply (a Lekato) so I built a small switch box with a 3-way switch so I could easily power whichever board I wanted. I had to think out the next step but it wasn't too bad. I built another box that could handle power to the Micro Cubes. Obviously the EVH W/D/W board uses all three Cubes but the Strymon board only needs two of them.
I built a second box which I could chose between two sets of DC input and then route those DC outputs to the approriate Cube amps. Lastly, I needed a stereo A/B switch and for that, I ordered one from Saturnworks (last pedal on the bottom row of EVH board at far left). So, to use either board, I first select which amps I want to power (#1), power up that board (#2), and then make sure the audio switcher is on the appropriate outputs (#3). When the EVH board is on, all three Cubes are on, if the Strymon board is on, only the two red Cubes are on.
Both boards have a signal chain of bottom row to top and from right to left (though the Nux Looper is at the end of the Strymon board). It's all fun but wanting to switch between the two was kind of a drag so I got creative. Both boards each have the same power supply (a Lekato) so I built a small switch box with a 3-way switch so I could easily power whichever board I wanted. I had to think out the next step but it wasn't too bad. I built another box that could handle power to the Micro Cubes. Obviously the EVH W/D/W board uses all three Cubes but the Strymon board only needs two of them.
I built a second box which I could chose between two sets of DC input and then route those DC outputs to the approriate Cube amps. Lastly, I needed a stereo A/B switch and for that, I ordered one from Saturnworks (last pedal on the bottom row of EVH board at far left). So, to use either board, I first select which amps I want to power (#1), power up that board (#2), and then make sure the audio switcher is on the appropriate outputs (#3). When the EVH board is on, all three Cubes are on, if the Strymon board is on, only the two red Cubes are on.
