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A Tale of Two Boards

I've been experimenting with tremolo for dub and while it's hard to dial in the right setting, I think it's a great tool.

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I went for more of an electronic sound there and went
MXR BOD -> FX25 -> Duncan Shape Shifter

Definitely a cool sound, but very much electronica and not dub. I love the idea of doing live electronica but the band I had for that fell apart and so I have to reign in those tendencies somewhat. Like I said, I can probably get into "Super Ape Inna Jungle" sound territory without any protest, but my bandmates would rather swing more towards rock than electronica. As much as I love tremolo, it isn't the right tool for this job.

So, instead I've got another dirt pedal for when we want to change gears and throw in some hard rock. I'm still waiting on that pedal to finish my dub board, but I'm as happy with it as I've ever been with any pedalboard. I'll take a picture next week when the last piece arrives and I get it all wired up.

Now I just need to finish my "utility board".

Right now I've got:

Korg Pitchblack
Boss OC-2 (switching between boards until Mario builds my octaver)
Chunk Brown Dog
Chunk 00Funk
Empress Tremolo
AKAI Deep Impact

The rest of my pedals are likely being sold with the proceeds going to finish the utility board. I've got a 2nd PT-2 and PP2+ so I figure I can easily add three (or maybe four) more pedals.

This board is for funk, rock, my RHCP cover band, my jazz pop trio and my fretless/acoustic guitar project so I'm not sure what else to add to finish it. Either a chorus or flanger for the fretless for sure. But beyond that?