So once again I redid the gig board. Lots of space for my size 12 to get in there.
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Pedal Breeders' BIG Board Club Part II: Biggins'
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May as well post my board here, for prosperity:
Man I love seeing your set up. Looks fun.May as well post my board here, for prosperity:
Beautiful!
Pure self-interest compels me to remind you that I have a variable input buffer for sale in the classifieds. Flexibility!
Seriously though, I would probably use the VIB if I were OK with having loops and such, with a more complex board because it is a great, flexible buffer, and would be great in complex setups. But I'm trying to keep things as simple as I can for ease of use on gigs. After this weekend's gigs, I have decided not to put the Sputnik on the board, but just the B:Assmaster, and possibly the TAFM. The Sputnik is at its best soloed, IMO. I like the B:Assmaster and even the TAFM a little better in the mix. I'm not going to sell the Sputnik, but I do think it will end up in the pedals drawer if I end up having to take the PP2 off my add-on board to help power the larger board I'll be building in a few weeks.
This is why we can't have nice things. I go out of town for the weekend and the thread apparently gets broken, lost, and then found.
Of course, I was indirectly partially responsible for helping to set the events in motion . . .
Yeah, not a good move on my part.
Is that a Dargie 1 or 2? I had one of the original Dargie 'rays and it was one of the sweetest colors I've ever seen on a bass. Beautiful!!
Yeah that thing looks sick. I can't get that spectrum analyzer out of my mind. That would be so cool on the front of my board. "Hey look at me". Haha
I was loving the spectrum analyzer on the stage this weekend. The inputs were a little finicky but once I got it set up right, it looked incredible on the darkened stage. I LOVE the old-school LEDs. They are NOS Fairchild bar graphs he got off ebay. It's really too bad that those aren't made any more and he will have to go with red and blue for the production models, because the old school ones look amazing and are just the right brightness.
Good to see everyone again!
I saw one somewhere that had a blueish/purpleish color. Is want that one, being as how I like purple.
Oh oh. Idea. How about let's show our purple pedals? I like purple.
Oh oh. Idea. How about let's show our purple pedals? I like purple.
Besides that Manta, I have a Fifth Gear with a swirl paint job.
May as well post my board here, for prosperity:
Awesome collection!!
Sooooo hows that Civil War clone? Looks like you have the distortion knob up quite a bit.
This may be blasphemy, but @nshuman & @DirtyDuke have you tried the orange pre on guitar as well? I can't look at that pedal and not want it. If it sounds good on both I'm sure it's exactly what I want...
It is easily one of the best muffs I have tried, real quiet. I usually run muffs with high dist/sustain. It is crazy, crazy, crazy smooth/creamy.
Right now, it's in the top three of all the muffs I have tried (in no particular order): SFX Micro Fuzz (Coloursound Bass Fuzz, still counts as a muff right?), SGFX Imperial, and JohnK Civil War.
@nshuman - I have been thinking more and more about this idea of a pre with an effects loop so you can put whatever overdrive you want pre/post the EQ and I think it's an absolute winner. We have to do that.
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Sure, we could even have a volume boost that could be set to pre or post loop. That way you could boost it coming in or out before or after the eq. Getting a switcehable pre/post eq would be cool too. And, then, having a blend on the effects loop would be killer.
It could be based on Frank's ibuff circuit with that little transformer to isolate the two outputs and provide ground lift.
I just like the idea of being able to always keep the same nice preamp but be able to feed it any dirt flavour. Heck, VT fans could even feed it a VT-Bass pedal.
So I am having a bunch of trouble figuring the best way to buffer and then debuffer and the rebuffer.
When I think about it, the pedals that I have with buffers are:
- Johnk Cornish Ss2b
- Boss OC-2, CE-3, LS-2
- Decibel 11 Pedal Palette
- One Control Mosquite Blender
- Mufx Octave Divider
- Sfx MicroThumpinator
And then I have 3 buffer busters.
So my thought was run:
Bass -> Loopy* -> Mosquite Blender** -> One Control White Loop*** -> Decibel 11**** -> LS-2*****
* Loopy Loop 1: Big Muffs and Tonebender
loopy Loop 2: Octaves with buffered bypass. So first buffer(s)
** Mosquite Blender: BUFFER BUSTER -> Fuzz Loop
*** One Control White Loop:
- Green Loop: Moogerfoogers
- Red Loop: BUFFER BUSTER -> Spaceman Loop -> Kallas SS2B BUFFER
**** Decibel 11 Pedal Palette: run with Buffers and run a BUFFER BUSTER in the dirt thread.
Does anyone know where the buffer would be in the Mosquite Blender? Is the whole loop buffered or is it only on output?
When I think about it, the pedals that I have with buffers are:
- Johnk Cornish Ss2b
- Boss OC-2, CE-3, LS-2
- Decibel 11 Pedal Palette
- One Control Mosquite Blender
- Mufx Octave Divider
- Sfx MicroThumpinator
And then I have 3 buffer busters.
So my thought was run:
Bass -> Loopy* -> Mosquite Blender** -> One Control White Loop*** -> Decibel 11**** -> LS-2*****
* Loopy Loop 1: Big Muffs and Tonebender
loopy Loop 2: Octaves with buffered bypass. So first buffer(s)
** Mosquite Blender: BUFFER BUSTER -> Fuzz Loop
*** One Control White Loop:
- Green Loop: Moogerfoogers
- Red Loop: BUFFER BUSTER -> Spaceman Loop -> Kallas SS2B BUFFER
**** Decibel 11 Pedal Palette: run with Buffers and run a BUFFER BUSTER in the dirt thread.
Does anyone know where the buffer would be in the Mosquite Blender? Is the whole loop buffered or is it only on output?
First of all, should I buffer? Should I unbuffer? I have no idea
Sounds good. Sorry I have no idea about the mosquite blender. But I am also trying to figure out the whole buffer/unbuffer placement thing....
My plan is to have a fuzz loop that is unbuffered, then all my fuzzes that don't like buffers, then a buffer after. I have a small this1smine buffer (I know) that will go under my board.
But I never really paid a lot of attention to buffered/ true bypass before, guess its time to learn
OK, so as promised, a small update to the board...BTW the outdoor gig went OK yesterday, the sound was good, and I guess they could hear us on the other side of the park, normally I'd be happy about that, but considering I played pretty much horrible, all my clams could be heard on the other side of the park as well...
OK, board updates!
The Saturnworks blender & Ultimate Drive are off.
The HOF mini found a new home, just wasn't using reverb all that much.
The Fdeck HPF3 has been moved “downstairs”...and I've tried to clean up the wiring mess down there too...kinda
The VT Bass is on!
I was using the blended UD as my low gain overdrive, but now that I've had a few hours with the VT Bass...I wish I had bought one sooner, I'm so stoked with how it sounds, I'm hoping my search for a light OD is done....
The Blower Box is still serving me well as my face melter distortion, it sounds sooo cool when I run it in into my Phase 90! drool
Now I still need to look into a nice fuzz...I'm really interested in the Blakemore Dues Ex Machina, might be my next purchase.
Uggg, I just noticed my board is on the same page as nshuman's board....that's a tough act to follow!
OK, board updates!
The Saturnworks blender & Ultimate Drive are off.
The HOF mini found a new home, just wasn't using reverb all that much.
The Fdeck HPF3 has been moved “downstairs”...and I've tried to clean up the wiring mess down there too...kinda
The VT Bass is on!
I was using the blended UD as my low gain overdrive, but now that I've had a few hours with the VT Bass...I wish I had bought one sooner, I'm so stoked with how it sounds, I'm hoping my search for a light OD is done....
The Blower Box is still serving me well as my face melter distortion, it sounds sooo cool when I run it in into my Phase 90! drool
Now I still need to look into a nice fuzz...I'm really interested in the Blakemore Dues Ex Machina, might be my next purchase.
Uggg, I just noticed my board is on the same page as nshuman's board....that's a tough act to follow!
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