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[dronerstone]

Unpopular opinion, I'm using the EHX Ripped Speaker as a gate.

I run gain at zero, volume/tone set to "neutral", then adjust bias knob until it starts gating, and run it in a loop switcher after all my drives.

It was a happy accident that led me there. The best discovery I made in a few years, tbh.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Unpopular opinion, I'm using the EHX Ripped Speaker as a gate.

I run gain at zero, volume/tone set to "neutral", then adjust bias knob until it starts gating, and run it in a loop switcher after all my drives.

It was a happy accident that led me there. The best discovery I made in a few years, tbh.

How in the world did you come to this thought process?

 

[dronerstone]

How in the world did you come to this thought process?

I literally have no idea.

Happened when I was stacking fuzz and I discovered the Ripped Speaker is awesome as a slightly-farty boost and can make any drive pedal you run into it a gated one.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I literally have no idea.

Happened when I was stacking fuzz and I discovered the Ripped Speaker is awesome as a slightly-farty boost and can make any drive pedal you run into it a gated one.

Probably sound cool on the right things!

 

[dronerstone]

Probably sound cool on the right things!

It's perfect for doom/stoner/garage stuff, especially when you're as obsessive as me regarding noise.

Zero noise there. ZERO.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Latest board iteration

Power supply on lower tier under the deck and FM. I decided to go crazy on ToneLok pedals so I have the infamous CF7 chorus and the DE7 coming this week. The delay will go in the Micro Amp's place, Micro Amp to the Phaser's place and then put the phaser and chorus where the tuner and wah are. The wah, tuner and a 2 button Mesa footswitch will go on a small satellite sidecar. Again; this would all be moot if Nux would listen and build the Bumblebee XL!

 

[metropolis_4]

Latest board iteration
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Power supply on lower tier under the deck and FM. I decided to go crazy on ToneLok pedals so I have the infamous CF7 chorus and the DE7 coming this week. The delay will go in the Micro Amp's place, Micro Amp to the Phaser's place and then put the phaser and chorus where the tuner and wah are. The wah, tuner and a 2 button Mesa footswitch will go on a small satellite sidecar. Again; this would all be moot if Nux would listen and build the Bumblebee XL!

That’s a big change from the last iteration! What got you on the ToneLok train?

 

[JiveTurkey]

That’s a big change from the last iteration! What got you on the ToneLok train?

I still have the full pile of stereo board pedals. I just boiled it down to a smaller board for a single amp setup.

The FM3 is in this rig for amp modeling. It would work for post fx like verb and delay if needed with a real amp but I'd probably just put the SD3 back on instead. The ToneLok stuff is a nostalgic thing. The EVH phaser is great for that thing but the ToneLok one is great for Incubus style bubbly sounding modulation stuff. The Chorus is a Wes Borland fave for weird sounds and the DE7 is another delay pedal option. The set we having been working in is nu metal so these sounds fit right into that style like peanut butter and jelly