SHOW OFF YOUR PEDALBOARD!
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It's a beast.
Sascha Franck
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Would defenitely put the PSU underneath. The space between the pedals is fine IMO.
Personally, I need some space for live usage anyway. Had a neatly organized and very tight board many moons ago (unfortunately I can't find even just one pic), people were wow-ing and all that - but it simply sucked for live so it only survived for a few weeks until I had to remove pretty much 1/3 of the pedals to make "operating room". Ever since, I don't care about supertight pedal arrangements anymore.
PSUs need to go below, though.
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Got a Novo 32 so I can be excessive and put all my pedals on 
BahamaDada
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I am finished at the moment. A DD is not in the budget right now and I don't want anything else than a Boss footswitch.
newpedals
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Boss fangirl here. I agree. Boss footswitches are so cool.
BahamaDada
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I like...
...That the footswitches are all the same height for the normal pedals. Often a manucaturer has several different "designs" and even heights for compact pedals.
... you can trigger the switch from every angle without danger of turning a pot with your feet.
... you can trigger 2 at once quite easily if you put them close together
What I dislike about newer Boss pedals:
The black base plates don't hold on to velcro good.
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The boss RE-202 is practically the core of my sound I love it so much 
newpedals
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My first board was made by a friend's dad. He had mounted the pedals using zip ties.
My recent board is also basically a small plank of wood. I found replacement base plates online. Someone on this forum had also posted about them. My chain is TU-3 > Charlie Brown > SD-1.
dronerstone
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What're you gonna do when your main pedalboard seems truly "done" for now?
Yes. You get bored and build another, just for the sake of it.
Here's a quick and dirty "old-school QOTSA" board I threw together this week using "leftovers" from the pedal closet.
It might lead to a wah purchase at some point, but thankfully I'm not in a hurry.
Chain:
Q-Zone > Red Rooster clone > Fat Boost > Ultimate Octave > SD-1 > Superfuzz > Skeleton Key > Pitch Fork > DVP-1 > Ana Echo > SFT (18V)
Palmer Pedalbay 40, with a Harley Benton Iso 8 PSU
Yes. You get bored and build another, just for the sake of it.
Here's a quick and dirty "old-school QOTSA" board I threw together this week using "leftovers" from the pedal closet.
It might lead to a wah purchase at some point, but thankfully I'm not in a hurry.
Chain:
Q-Zone > Red Rooster clone > Fat Boost > Ultimate Octave > SD-1 > Superfuzz > Skeleton Key > Pitch Fork > DVP-1 > Ana Echo > SFT (18V)
Palmer Pedalbay 40, with a Harley Benton Iso 8 PSU
BahamaDada
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Why the CB into the SD1? Is the CB better in an "edgy" amp, what the SD1 should simulate?
newpedals
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I tried it the other way round, but it sounds and feels better to my ears this way. There must be some technical reason for it which I don't know.
BahamaDada
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Zodiac
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Ok, so today I changed my board around.
Considered getting a 2 tier board, but thought I'd see if my current board could be made to work better for me first.
I put the PSU underneath with all the power cables. This freed up a lot of space on top. I like to spread the pedals so I don't catch adjacent pedals with my big feet. I added a couple of mini pedals I had lying around, an acoustic simulator and a Dumbler o/d. Was difficult trying to hide all the patch cables, but as the board is a home board I can live with it.
Everything working ok, I'm happy with it............ for now
Considered getting a 2 tier board, but thought I'd see if my current board could be made to work better for me first.
I put the PSU underneath with all the power cables. This freed up a lot of space on top. I like to spread the pedals so I don't catch adjacent pedals with my big feet. I added a couple of mini pedals I had lying around, an acoustic simulator and a Dumbler o/d. Was difficult trying to hide all the patch cables, but as the board is a home board I can live with it.
Everything working ok, I'm happy with it............ for now
iaresee
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I love single-manufacturer boards like this. Looks great!
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He explains it well. I've always preferred OD after Distortion. Normally I'd use a TS9 or Green Rhino MK4 for something like that. A fuzz can be interesting and useful into an OD too. No rules for any of this stuff though, best to use our ears.
newpedals
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Spaced Out Ace
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I received my second Boss GT-1000 Core for my office rig board, as well as the Morningstar MC8, so I will need to take new pics. I will likely move one of my Mission Engineering expression pedals to my office rig board, and may get a second one down the line to replace it on my main board. I hope to spend some time today to update my Boss GT-1000 Core, load some presets on it, dial in some of the amp models and overdrives on the GT-1000 Core, and setup the Morningstar MC8 to control it.
