James Freeman
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@Whizzinby Do you like the BP-1W and how are you using it?
I also get stuck on the tremolo setting a lot! Though lately I’ve been moving my Light pedal from the fx loop to before the amp and blasting away on the freaky modes with lots of fuzz/dist/gain. Soooo much fun just cranking out weird noises with this pedal!Light Pedal
Total dice throw. I wanted to add a real spring reverb pedal since I have all the other reverb variants covered elsewhere. I landed on this since the SurfyBear stuff wouldn’t fit with the real estate I had open. Base spring reverb sounds good. All the clank and jangle. I throw on some trem with it and it’s full on burning man acid trip vibes. The sweep mode is really cool too, to get some extra movement. I don’t know if I can get high enough to use some of the more esoteric modes, but soon? I’m only scratching the surface with it, but I think it will survive the gauntlet.
The board is spectacular.
Now, let's get practical, can you lift that thing off the ground?![]()
I also get stuck on the tremolo setting a lot! Though lately I’ve been moving my Light pedal from the fx loop to before the amp and blasting away on the freaky modes with lots of fuzz/dist/gain. Soooo much fun just cranking out weird noises with this pedal!
Now, let's get practical, can you lift that thing off the ground?![]()
But… the labels on the switcher are crooked.![]()
Great looking board
Are you using the Flip Flop mode on your Quartermaster 10 ?
Wow. Killer board! I know full well how much work those are to plan and build. Well done!
That's a very cool board. I really like thr strymon deco and wish I'd never sold mine. Do you still use your vp4 or are you mostly using single pedals at the minute?
Approaching “final” form after some messing about this evening:
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Added a little side board to host the Whammy and a “demo” loop for when I want to try a new drive or fuzz. It’s easy to remove from the main board when I’m not in whammy spazz mode. Which leaves the main board compact for fly dates.
I need to reprogram the Atom for some of the newer pedal movement, but otherwise I’m nearing the finish line for now.
Outs
Lost + Found. I just couldn’t gel with it. There were a couple cool algos like the grain tumbler, and the degradation on the tape delay, but the overall vibe of the pedal just didn’t do it for me. Some of the algos work in symmetry together, but some of the core algos I just wouldn’t ever turn to in isolation. I went ahead and sold while the market was still hot.
Ins
Reverse Mode C. I kind of dig CB delays and this one is pretty awesome so far. Have had it for a couple days now and I dig just using the standard delay, but crushing it with their modulation options. Really cool experimenting with the mod types and the offset parameter. The reverse delay is solid. I’m not a huge fan of the octave up bleep bleep bloop shit, but the sequencer believe it or not had some fairly nice subtle bird chirp effects if you leave it fairly close to defaults.
Epiphanies
- Finding out the pedals you really dig. I think I could reduce this board to just the BP1, Shallow Water, Thermae, DC2 and Cloudburst and be completely content.
- I have more fun playing a pedalboard into a combo than anything else in my rig. There is something really fun about sitting down in front of a pedal board and twisting dials, and tapping on stuff. I think if I ever downsized, (insert eye roll meme) it would be to just a pedal board and a combo amp.
Just friggin awesome. Well done!!Approaching “final” form after some messing about this evening:
View attachment 53304
Added a little side board to host the Whammy and a “demo” loop for when I want to try a new drive or fuzz. It’s easy to remove from the main board when I’m not in whammy spazz mode. Which leaves the main board compact for fly dates.
I need to reprogram the Atom for some of the newer pedal movement, but otherwise I’m nearing the finish line for now.
Outs
Lost + Found. I just couldn’t gel with it. There were a couple cool algos like the grain tumbler, and the degradation on the tape delay, but the overall vibe of the pedal just didn’t do it for me. Some of the algos work in symmetry together, but some of the core algos I just wouldn’t ever turn to in isolation. I went ahead and sold while the market was still hot.
Ins
Reverse Mode C. I kind of dig CB delays and this one is pretty awesome so far. Have had it for a couple days now and I dig just using the standard delay, but crushing it with their modulation options. Really cool experimenting with the mod types and the offset parameter. The reverse delay is solid. I’m not a huge fan of the octave up bleep bleep bloop shit, but the sequencer believe it or not had some fairly nice subtle bird chirp effects if you leave it fairly close to defaults.
Epiphanies
- Finding out the pedals you really dig. I think I could reduce this board to just the BP1, Shallow Water, Thermae, DC2 and Cloudburst and be completely content.
- I have more fun playing a pedalboard into a combo than anything else in my rig. There is something really fun about sitting down in front of a pedal board and twisting dials, and tapping on stuff. I think if I ever downsized, (insert eye roll meme) it would be to just a pedal board and a combo amp.