Photo Evolution of a pedalboard.

[Nyarlathotep]

My "photo" evolution, as far as I can tell/remember:

TU-2 -> PW-10 -> MD-2 -> RV-5 (my guitar board, used on bass):

TU-2 -> NS-2 (EM -> CFH) -> PDDI:

TU-2 -> PDDI (small "band" board)
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PWtuner -> NS-2 (PF -> SD -> CFH -> EM -> PF) -> HGvol -> CEB-3 -> RV-5 -> DD-20 (my huge 2 board setup):

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Bass PODxt:

POD X3:

TU-2 -> Hematoma -> Attack Goat -> PH-3 (now):

(I totally just realized that the PH-3 is around the wrong way )

Actual pics of the "now" one:

Art Shot #1

Art Shot #2:

Ive since put some masking tape over the Goat's LED to prevent premature blindness

 

[SpankyPants]

Why do you keep distortion at the end of your chain? Fuzz should be first... before the Boss Buffer.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Damn! Forgot to mention that those were the major points in my boards evolution, and there were many points between them. Especially between the 1st three.

Why do you keep distortion at the end of your chain? Fuzz should be first... before the Boss Buffer.

Cus the fuzz has a blend. I basically use the hema to sculpt my tone, without adding much grit. I use the goat to add some mid to high harmonic fuzz tones, but utilize it's blend so as to not interfere with the juicy hematoma awesome pedal. I like the TU-2 in front so I dont have to worry 'bout the fuzz interfering with its tracking. AKA: CUS I WANNA!



Oh, and I found some awesome "trippy" settings on the PH-3, especially now that I've been recently focusing on a bassier stoner doom type sound. I found the PH used to be to "up front" when I had an exxcessive midrange sound on the hema. Now, with just the hema on (even with the boost on too), the PH is nice and backgroundish, and doesn't come too much up front unless I punch in the Goat.

 

[Jazzdogg]

Bass goes into the wah, auto Q, comp, Fulltone, phase90, tuner, out to amp. I am pretty picky about the order and have found this to work best for me. The comp doesnt squash the squelch of the wah and filter and doesnt mess with the oversrive tones either.

I got rid of the Q Tron because it had to have a comp after it to make it useable due to the volume spike, it was huge, and it only played nice when perfectly adjusted to each bass. I would have to reset ther sensitivity between passive, active basses and although it could sound great, the MXR just simply works better.

I could always find a reason to get a bigger board and more pedals but my theory was that if I forced myself to have a small board, I would only keep pedals on it that actually get used. We'll see how long I can stick to it! haha

Thank you, kind sir!

 

[SpankyPants]

Cus the fuzz has a blend. I basically use the hema to sculpt my tone, without adding much grit. I use the goat to add some mid to high harmonic fuzz tones, but utilize it's blend so as to not interfere with the juicy hematoma awesome pedal. I like the TU-2 in front so I dont have to worry 'bout the fuzz interfering with its tracking. AKA: CUS I WANNA!

I don't see how a fuzz blend has much to do with it. I think you might find that you get different, more natural (better, some may say) harmonic fuzz tones without a buffer in front of your fuzz. If the Hematoma is for tone shaping, it'd make more sense (to me) to put that towards the end.

And for the tuner, the fuzz won't interfere with the tracking. I tune all the time with effects on, and I've never, ever had tracking problems. If anything, the compression from the fuzz might even help the tuner track. But both of your fuzzes are TBP, so it shouldn't matter anyway if you're tuning in bypass. If you have both gain pedals on, you can mute the signal with the tuner at the end, but you'll still have all the hiss and stuff if you mute the tuner at the beginning of the chain.

It doesn't make sense to me, but it's really up to you. It's your signal chain after all.

 

[Crabby]

I remember Mr Tulips's English Muffin period well. Didn't you have dual Punch Factory's at one point as well?

 

[SpankyPants]

Yeah, check out is PW Tuner board. Both are in the loop.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

I don't see how a fuzz blend has much to do with it. I think you might find that you get different, more natural (better, some may say) harmonic fuzz tones without a buffer in front of your fuzz. If the Hematoma is for tone shaping, it'd make more sense (to me) to put that towards the end.

And for the tuner, the fuzz won't interfere with the tracking. I tune all the time with effects on, and I've never, ever had tracking problems. If anything, the compression from the fuzz might even help the tuner track. But both of your fuzzes are TBP, so it shouldn't matter anyway if you're tuning in bypass. If you have both gain pedals on, you can mute the signal with the tuner at the end, but you'll still have all the hiss and stuff if you mute the tuner at the beginning of the chain.

It doesn't make sense to me, but it's really up to you. It's your signal chain after all.

Hehe. Some points to consider. To clarify what I mean by "Tone Shaping", is that I use the Hema to make my bass sound more awesome. Unfortunatly, that awesome kills the high end on anything before it. Goat -> Hema just sounds wrong. So instead, I go Hema->Goat. I may change the tuner around maybe.

I remember Mr Tulips's English Muffin period well. Didn't you have dual Punch Factory's at one point as well?

Yeah, check out is PW Tuner board. Both are in the loop.

Man was that the shiz. I wouldn't do it again tho. Having them in the loop was OK, but because of the way the NS-2 works they didn't add any sustain to the signal. Stupid gate.

The dual comp this still looked cool tho