The Pedal Board Thread

[Coyote]

If you get invited just to drive over and jam, which 2 or 3 pedals is yer choice?

Phase 90, flanger & Echo Park.


OR

Ibanez compressor II, bad monkey, & Echo Park.

Either combo will do.

[GAR]

Mine would be a distortion, a wah, and a compressor. And maybe the flange, but I haven't played in a decade anything that would feature a flange. Or a phase!

[jhale667]

I like how you take a day or two to answer your own alias' question...

[Diamondjimi]

Ok, here's my current configuration...



Signal chain:
Ernie Ball volume> sends 1 signal to Boss tuner 1 to chain..
> Dunlop Univibe
> Danelectro Cool Cat chorus
> EH Small Stone Phase Shifter
> Boss BF-3 Stereo Flanger (set for "Cradle will Rock" type sweep,used more as a noise effect)
> Ibanez Weeping Demon Wah
> Danelectro "Chilli Dog" Octave pedal
> BBE Sonic Stomp ( def. helps to clarify signal post pedal tone sucking)
All powered by Voodoo Lab Pedal Power II plus

Digital rack mounted stuff controlled by early Rocktron Midi Mate

Rack consists of:
>Tech 21 PSA 1 Preamp
>Rocktron Hush Super C (stereo)
>Digitech DSP-256
>Marshall EL34 50/50 Dual MonoBloc Power Amp (Run in stereo)
Into
>Late 60's Marshall slant with vintage Celestion 25w "Greenbacks"
>Late 60's Hiwatt straight cab loaded with vintage Hiwatt British Fane speakers
> +2 90's Marshall straight cab loaded with Celestion G12T-75 speakers

The shit is heavy, especially at the end of a gig night. But I've been lugging the bastards around for over 25 years, I still couldn't see myself shluffing around gigging with a combo and 1 cable.(Although some nights I wish I did ). Call me old school, but I'm set in my ways and I'd def. miss my wall of sound

[GAR]

What was the problem with the monobloc after all or did you not fix it yet?

[jhale667]

I've officially outgrown my current board...I'm seriously G.A.S.'ing for an MXR Carbon Copy delay (tried my buddy's and they're awesome) and I have no room for it, even though I've still got two more outs (at least, I think) on my Voodoo Lab Pedal Power.


Was looking around at a couple of manufacturers, and the top two at the moment from what I'm seeing seem to be NYC Pedalboards and Pedaltrain.

..:: NYC Pedalboards - custom pedalboard solutions - call 1-888-935-5526 ::..


The NYC is the less expensive of the two, but the standard offering is the furry, plush covering over wood - which I'm reading (and have seen personally elsewhere) is a magnet for dirt and pet hair. Maybe not...



But since I occasionally do fly-out gigs (and the goal is to do more), might be worth it to drop an extra $100 for the Pedaltrain - different construction - the board itself is welded lightweight aluminum bars...the weight advantage would definitely be cool schlepping to gigs..

Pedaltrain Pro



but it comes in an ATA-approved flight case!

[GAR]

My SKB-15 is not ATA but it will fit in my overhead this weekend to San Antonio just nicely.

[jhale667]

My SKB-15 is not ATA but it will fit in my overhead this weekend to San Antonio just nicely.

You're probably referring to the PS-15 if we're talkin' pedal boards, since the SKB-15 is a guitar case that's too big for an overhead...?
I fly with my guitar in a gig bag as a carry-on...would check the ATA (or the NYC for that matter)


And btw, the SKB pedalboard is cheesy and amateurish - like your Charvette....:tongue0011: Their guitar cases aren't bad...

I actually toured briefly as a tech with a pro who used one - to save on baggage fees, and it was pretty much the laughing stock of the crew in every city they played in..."He's seriously using an SKB?" The gig bag for it got shredded to shit, too, and the power connections were gimpy...

[GAR]

Yes, PS15 I have two. I didn't like it at first but as a gift, chose to start using it out of gratuity but then found favor with it and find the flap keeps the dust off it.

I only need the wah for what I do anyway, my amp is my sound.

[jhale667]

They're not especially durable...

I ended up expanding my pedals from just a wah when I started doing more varied cover-band gigs: Chorus, Rotovibe, stuff like that comes in handy..plus I like doing my own echoes, since there's no sound man at most of the mid-size to smaller LA bars, and wouldn't trust 'em to do 'em right anyway...

Most of my stuff is running in my loop, there only a tuner, a boost and the wah in front of my amp to preserve the tone...

[Blackflag]

It's not as if they're getting a lot of abuse in the cabin. Checking them in is when you need protection.

Did you hear about the guy who checked a fancy...can't remember if it was a Gibson or Martin - $3500. It was in a flight case, but he saw them out the window just throwing it around. They destroyed it, and he had to fight with them for a year (and get a national news story to embarass them) to get them to pay for it.

I won't even check my fucking clothes on a plane, because they'll lost them. I would never check a guitar.

[GAR]

That's the guy on Youtube!

I have a power supply, a wah, flanger and a small switchboard. If it weren't post 9-11 I would just throw a wah in the suitcase.

But it's a really nice, vintage and modded wah. I'd feel bad if some big fat stupid Mexican kid in his teens wanted to toy with my patience over whether it is a suspicious item, when I'm on a schedule. Kitting them all together kinda makes it fucking obvious, and fits overhead nicely.

[Blackflag]

Like I would spend big bucks on a case. Treat your shit right and you don't have to, Hale.

[GAR]

He'd rather go thru baggage claim with a case weighing 30x times the contents to protect.

I can see that thing now, smashing it's corners into all the Samsonites in its way as it flys down the chute.

[jhale667]

Like I would spend big bucks on a case. Treat your shit right and you don't have to, Hale.

Yeah, either of you - do even a summer tour and then try to tell me that shit. Dumbasses.

And since you claim not to be able to post a picture Bfag...can you even figure out how to run a pedalboard? Seems like a signal chain would be beyond you.