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[GrooveWarrior]

I'm a newb to the pedal world, after 20 years of playing without them.

I'm using an OC-3 with great success in several of our tunes. I have the following pedals on the way:

Line 6 Space Chorus (a friend gave it to me)
Boss LS-2
Bassballs (not the nano. The chrome one)
Bass Big Muff

Here's what I'm thinking:
Run the OC-3 on one of the LS-2 loops by itself, since I use it frequently.
Put the BBM and Bassballs in the other loop. I have heard that people like to put a distortion/fuzz in front of the bassballs.
Chorus after the LS-2 pedal in case I want it. I'm not sure I'm even going to use this thing.

Does anyone see problems with this setup?
Should I be able to power all of those with the LS-2?
Any suggestions for the signal chain?

I'm also getting a Pedaltrain Jr.

Discuss . . .

[Jared Lash]

I don't see any problems with what you're proposing, though obviously you'll need to play around with the pedals when they show up to make sure that's the order YOU like best.

If I may ask, why do you want to use the LS-2? It's a really useful pedal for a lot of things, but I'm curious as to your intended use. Are you going to set it up to switch between loops A & B or do you want them on together with the ability to blend A & B?

I don't know if it will be able to power all the other pedals (it has a max of 200 or 300 mA but I have no idea what kind of draw the others have) but I think investing in a 1spot (or Pedal Power if you want to go deluxe) is a better plan.

[GrooveWarrior]

Originally Posted by TheBigO

I don't see any problems with what you're proposing, though obviously you'll need to play around with the pedals when they show up to make sure that's the order YOU like best.

If I may ask, why do you want to use the LS-2? It's a really useful pedal for a lot of things, but I'm curious as to your intended use. Are you going to set it up to switch between loops A & B or do you want them on together with the ability to blend A & B?

I don't know if it will be able to power all the other pedals (it has a max of 200 or 300 mA but I have no idea what kind of draw the others have) but I think investing in a 1spot (or Pedal Power if you want to go deluxe) is a better plan.

I was looking at using the LS-2 to switch between the different pedal loops. I thought it would be an interesting pedal to have to switch, blend, and power other pedals. I thought it would be good to set the pedals up between songs and then just stomp one pedal during the song.

I'd love any tips or tricks with the LS-2.

[Jared Lash]

While you certainly can power other pedals with it, I never thought it was all that useful for that purpose. Again, if you're going to daisy chain anyway, you might as well use a 1spot. Just my opinion.

But otherwise the LS-2 can be used for a multitude of things. My old guitar player would often use it as an amp switcher. I've used it in the way that you're proposing, to switch loops, but before I got my Barge VFB-2 (and later VB-jr) I used the LS-2 as a clean blend. If you set it to blend loops A and B and only have pedals in one loop, it will blend your clean signal with the effects. The only time I blended A & B with pedals in both loops was when I had two different envelope filters and wanted to try for a Bootsy kind of sound.

The only problem I see with your setup is that you won't really be able to use your octaver with your fuzz and filter. Yes, you can blend the two loops, but it won't sound the same as the OC-3 running into the Bassballs which is a cool sound.

But again, you just have to experiment and find what you like best.

[GrooveWarrior]

So, if I just put everything in one loop I can blend it?

What if I had the octave in one loop, and everything else in another loop, can I run, say, Loop A into Loop B, and, thus, combine all the effects again?

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by GrooveWarrior

So, if I just put everything in one loop I can blend it?

Yes. This would blend your clean signal with your effects and you can choose how much of each you want (50/50, 70/30 etc) by adjusting the levels.

Originally Posted by GrooveWarrior

What if I had the octave in one loop, and everything else in another loop, can I run, say, Loop A into Loop B, and, thus, combine all the effects again?

Yes and no. The loops don't run into one another in series, they are set up in parallel. So the octaved signal wouldn't run through the Bassballs etc. The signal would be split with a designated amount running through the octaver and the rest running through the other loop. Then those two signals are blended together.

I hope that makes sense. The point is that if they are in separate loops, the octavered signal won't go through the Bassballs and vice versa. If you want the effects in series, they either need to be in the same loop or one of them would have to be before or after the LS-2 and thus out of its loops altogether.