I plan to get buried underneath my pedals, one day, when in my hybris I build a pedalboard too big to carry its own weight.
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I plan to get buried underneath my pedals, one day, when in my hybris I build a pedalboard too big to carry its own weight.
I played a festival gig a few years ago that was fully backlined with VERY tight changeovers between bands. We showed up with guitars in hand and that was it. Imagine our surprise and disappointment when the band before us insisted on using all their own amps and started setting them up in front of the backline that was provided, causing the sound techs to have to re-mic everything. Then the guitar player showed up with his pedalboard which legit had to be carried by two people.
Needless to say their tear-down ate into our set time and we were furious.
Imagine that - what used to drive me nuts about that sort of scenario is that the organizers ALWAYS take it out on the bands that follow the "idiots". Just once, it would be nice to hear a stage manager say - "No, you were told how this was going to work. Play or don't play." Or - "Sure, we can do that... but we're cutting your set in half because of the extra setup/tear down time we'll need... you selfish ****s." But no, the next band always gets it in the arse.
I'm super happy with my board now. Thanks to some folks here with their advice on the MXR until one day when a Broughctave comes my way. Rewired everything and ready for the first gig in forever in 2 weeks. Also the LED dampers are perfect however the small ones don't fit over the SS or Josh wah, no biggie.
If you do a search here, probably been asked and answered a million times. The quick: SV-Pre is a pedal that emulates the SVT tone stack. P-15 is an all tube preamp that is basically the tone stack of a B-15. Similar DNA, totally different though. The P-15 is all that and a bag of chips and there's a reason it's $690.
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Yep. As awesome as absolutely everything Josh makes is, the "lunchbox pre's," as they are affectionately known, are in a different league. I've never sounded as good as I do after adding an SSDI to my signal chain.
Neat, and tidy, not excessive, and well thought out. What my board should look like, but doesn't. Kudos.
Thanks, it's been a journey as we all know. Been a struggle with this board, it's a metro 20 but the DC brick didn't fit underneath with straight cables out so had to get right angle to right angle, need a couple more for my OCD.
Loving everything on here now, Broughton tonal bliss!
Lowendtech
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Pffft. Amateur hour. Remind me to show you what's left of the ligaments on my right foot some day.
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
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snowcone
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dayumn. I didn’t know that you could store that much energy over 10 days. Berserkers.
the last pic reminds me of Al Pacino in Scarface. Lol.
snowcone
and the release
dayumn. I didn’t know that you could store that much energy over 10 days. Berserkers.
the last pic reminds me of Al Pacino in Scarface. Lol.
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Yes I saw that they emulate different Ampeg amps, I was just thinking if the SV-pre can cop a tube sound, and it's in a smaller form factor, and cheaper too, maybe it was an overall better choice for gigging?
However, I'm assuming that the P15, being tube driven, sounds better. So far I really like the tone I'm getting from it. But, if the SV-pre sounded anywhere close to actual tube tone, it would make for a practical alternative for a gigging muscian.
SSDI = Fender voice, with Treble-Mid-Bass tone stack.
P15 = Ampeg voice, based on the preamp of the B15. Baxendall Treble-Bass tone stack. Also uses a 6SL7 tube instead of a 12AX7, as most of the classic B15 circuits did.
I’m very happy with my P15. I don’t have a SSDI, but the way some people talk about them I’ve almost bought one a few times.
Even though I honestly like the SSDI for what it does, to everything I put in front of it, I have more fun with the P15 and its amazing vintage feel, you won't get out of 85% of all the other b15 modeled preamps. As stated above the tone stacks are totally different, P15 will have a smooth clean-broken up vintage tone, and the SSDI is amazingly clear and punchy with loads of headroom. P15 is a staple for Broughton, something that helped him get on the map in this rat race, several variations have come out but generally all sound the same. The SSDI is relatively new, and don't let the Fender tone stack swerve the idea of what it can do, I mostly run mine flat and anything I put in front of it simply sounds amazing, honestly for every type of music, the SSDI would probably be best out of the two for studio use, as something like a Fliptop into the SSDI can be vintage, it's pretty hard to get SS sounds out of a P15. Get them both -
Anything Josh has created using a JFET gain stage sounds very similar to a tube drive, more so than say a sansamp circuit, SVPre can be a little more tricky dialing in compared to a Fliptop for sensitivity but once you figure out your bass output and pedal gain it sounds great
