the swede
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SHOW OFF YOUR PEDALBOARD!
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dronerstone
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It was bound to happen...
metropolis_4
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dronerstone
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Haha, nice! Thanks, definitely not intended but now I can't unsee it.It’s like one of those “black & white with a pop of color” photos
Reminds me of those cheesy posters you could buy at hardware stores, usually b&w New York with a yellow taxi cab, or b&w London with a red omnibus or a red phone booth (like you posted).
Nice.
EOengineer
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I’d been meaning to get something like this set up for a while and finally dug into it a bit tonight. I had the extra board and cabling laying around, unfortunately short a second power supply. I need to get another CS6 to power it all.
Tele -> si fuzz face -> vibe -> analog delay -> crunchy superlead profile with the FF always on and just riding the guitar’s volume knob to control saturation. It’s a classic tone recipe and I’ll be damned if this chain isn't pulling it off way better than expected.
Tele -> si fuzz face -> vibe -> analog delay -> crunchy superlead profile with the FF always on and just riding the guitar’s volume knob to control saturation. It’s a classic tone recipe and I’ll be damned if this chain isn't pulling it off way better than expected.
Baba
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The AMP 1 isn’t actually securely attached yet, I’m just letting gravity and cables keep it on there, for now. I just got the AMP1’s magnets today, and I’m not sure if I’m going to use those or dual lock.
That’s a Mono small, and I have a Cioks Sol mounted underneath the board. I’ll add an underneath pic soon.
That’s a Mono small, and I have a Cioks Sol mounted underneath the board. I’ll add an underneath pic soon.
the swede
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Damn it.... i only got the harmonica when i visited the musician! I knew he was hiding something better in his damn bunker. You lucky sob. What did you bring to him?!? A old banjo from a mule camp i bet.....
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Nice and clean work, I like it.
What are the two squared black boxes? - one of them has a switch.
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The one on top is just a pass-thru so I don’t have to plug directly into the FM9’s jack; outside of wear and tear I loose about a foot of cable length due to the Input’s location on the board with everything on it.
The single footswitch is there just to activate the Lead scene because getting my foot from the FM9 over to the Whammy/Wah pedals wasn’t comfortable/effortless/lost my balance a couple times, so now there’s 2 different switches just for the Lead scenes, one on the FM9 and one off it.
If I can, I’ll program it as a momentary switch for various effects, but I’m not sure if I can utilize it for a dual-purpose thing, I need to program it still.
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Man, I busted all his violins and he still hooked me up!!! Then gave me a badass shotgun!
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Not yet a formal board, this is the layout I'm planning to use for a live solo set in early September.
The allotted time for me is 40 minutes, including greeting and introducing. Here's the likely set list:
Tired of Waiting for You, with an ad-lib section using a looper for a vamp on G5 to F6.
Beatles Suite (Yesterday, Free as a Bird, Blackbird, Lucy in the Sky, In My Life).
Killer Joe, with an ad-lib section using a looper for a vamp on C7 to Bb7.
And here's the pedals and their tentative uses:
EHX Attack Decay, for an ad-lib section on Tired of Waiting.
EHX POG2, for the ad-lib (and maybe melody) on Killer Joe.
DOD Rubberneck, for ambient intros, outros and/or transitions.
EHX SMMH, always on with short delay setting, almost like reverb.
EHX 720, for making vamps on the fly for the above ad-lib sections.
It's all powered by a 1Spot Pro. The guitar is a Gretsch "Super Axe" that has a built in compressor (always on) and a phaser (it actually sounds more like a vibe, which I'll likely use on Lucy in the Sky). The amp shown above is for practicing the set at home; on site I'll use the venue's Roland JC-120.
For now they're just wired up and powered to tweak the settings for each song. I don't have a case or board to mount them on, since I only play out with pedals a few times a year. And I actually enjoy designing a new array of pedals for each occasional live set. Usually, I'll set the pedals up on a small carpet that can be moved to the side of the stage. But this time I am looking at using something that would be quick and easy to have everything all wired up in a case with a cover, so I can open it up, plug it in and play, and then unplug, close it up, and quickly and easily get everything off the stage.
The event, at a local live house, has four acts sharing the same stage. I'm the opening act as a solo, followed by a duo, a trio, and a band. Before show time, there's an hour or so for setup and a brief sound check, but once things get rolling there'll only be a few minutes between acts for transitions.
I'm currently practicing my transitions within / between songs, and working out how and when to integrate the pedals. I'm also working on my Japanese, to greet the audience and introduce songs.
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That’s a GREAT way to practice! I had to re-teach myself that after not playing in a band for a while; I was programming presets/scenes (multiple effects turned on/off at once) for my band’s songs and not really paying attention to how much my feet would be at the pedalboard, after every practice now I’m coming home and figuring out a different way to do things because I never spent the time practicing all the switching before I got to practice and I almost fell over the first time going from one spot on my board to my wah pedal.
Sounds like a fun gig and I’m assuming you’re going to (or you’re already there?) Japan for it, that’s KILLER!
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Do all of you guys...
a) have the amp switch (channel/reverb/whatever) separate out of the picture?
b) control the amps settings/channels with a pedal on the board (VP4 can do that?)
c) don't use the amp switcher at all/your amp does not have switchable stuff (channels/reverb)
a) have the amp switch (channel/reverb/whatever) separate out of the picture?
b) control the amps settings/channels with a pedal on the board (VP4 can do that?)
c) don't use the amp switcher at all/your amp does not have switchable stuff (channels/reverb)
Jazz Padd
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It is, and what makes it a great way to practice is the connection to something practical, whether a gig, or open jam session, or something similar. Since I don't do these solo gigs very often, maybe twice a year, I developed a systematic work flow. First, I arrange the tunes, usually on an acoustic, and practice them until they are under my fingers. Then, I think about what pedals I might want to use and when, which is the phase that I just completed. The final phase is put the first two together, the tunes with the pedals, and practicing (or it's maybe more like rehearsing) the whole set with the songs and pedals and transitions. I don't do this full time, so it takes about a month for each phase.That’s a GREAT way to practice! I had to re-teach myself that after not playing in a band for a while; I was programming presets/scenes (multiple effects turned on/off at once) for my band’s songs and not really paying attention to how much my feet would be at the pedalboard, after every practice now I’m coming home and figuring out a different way to do things because I never spent the time practicing all the switching before I got to practice and I almost fell over the first time going from one spot on my board to my wah pedal.
Sounds like a fun gig and I’m assuming you’re going to (or you’re already there?) Japan for it, that’s KILLER!
Yes, I'm living in Japan, and this event is at a local venue that I play at regularly, mostly open jazz jam sessions, but once in a while I get invited to participate in a performance event. Keeps me on my toes, practicing, with the performance or participation or whatever, being the primary motivation.
Thanks for replying, and wishing you all the best in your practicing!
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Depends on the board. Presently I'm using a Voodoo Labs Control Switcher on one board, and a Suhr MicroMIDI control for amp channel switching duties. Both devices are MIDI controlled.
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a) I have the amp ch switch integrated in the pedalboard, the pedal is custom made and change channel + has an eq and volume control that are active on ch1 only. (This is really user/amp case specific)
b) when I use the helix in 4cm with the head I switch channels via helix
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dronerstone
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I mostly use single-channel amps. If I play a multi-channel amp, I stick to one channel and work from there - preferably big fat low-mids with slight breakup.
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FM9 is handling my channel switching via MIDI, if the amp didn't have MIDI I'd have one of @gearJunkie's options.
