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Post Your Pedalboard: Part 10, X Rated!

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#323
rustynuts said:
Aha! There it is! One crappy little cell phone pic of a bunch of wires!

:D

(Just giving you a hard time....How do you like the B:Assmaster/Blowtorch combo?)
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Agreed, the wires do look a little out of control in this picture. I can assure you, though, that my board is really neat and tidy :D

As for the B:Assmaster and the Blowtorch, I use them for very different sounds. The B:Assmaster is for all out, over the top fuzz, while I use the Blowtorch for a (comparatively) subtler effect, just giving the bass a little more texture and at the same time mid-range presence. It is a little bit extravagant to keep 'em both on the board, but I can get myself to get rid of either one.
 
#325
dancehallclasher said:
I'd think twice on that, I hear some people do not like the change to the sound... I thought about having mine modded but I figure if I want a "hi-fi" sounding pedal, I'll buy a new one. The CE-2 is full of vintage goodness and they're getting rare.

Nice board btw.
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Thanks for the compliment and advice. I have been debating on the Keeley mod for a long time and sometimes I want to do it and sometimes I don't want to mess with my CE-2. I was thinking of getting another and trying it out to I can see if I like it. My biggest reason is the headroom. I am using an 18V preamp and have to watch my levels because sometimes it will distort the signal when it goes through the CE-2. The Keeley site says "Power supply filter modded so that standard power supplies work better. Higher voltage leads to better headroom"
So I don't know......:hmm:
 
#326
I just got a new EBS MultiComp from The Perfect Bass the other day. (For the record, I tried ordering an "in stock" MultiComp from a popular large online retailer. After not seeing anything for a week I called the 1-800 and was told "Oh, that's on backorder...." I cancelled that order & called Brandt @ TPB. Great service and better pricing with the TB discount!!!)

Apparently, the new EBS Multicomp is now true bypass. I'm no electronics engineer, but I've observed that:
a) the bypass works far better than my buffered Octabass (no slight "delay" when switching)
b) pedal still passes signal in bypass even without power (not definitive evidence, but helpful)
c) the footswitch itself has 12 lugs (2 parallel rows of 6) and it looks like the circuit board traces do connect directly from the input jack to switch to output jack

The active/passive switch has also been changed:
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I have been reading & re-reading compressor reviews for months (especially Bongomania's great reviews) trying to decide on a compressor. I had tried an Emma T-Morg but it was way too noisy for serious studio work. I am really happy with the MultiComp, however. It's dead-silent even with the compression cranked! I like having multiple modes - The Multi-Band setting works great for slap-pop work & by switching over to Tube-Sim I get a nice, fat sound perfect for chording - double stop maneuvers. What a great pedal! The internal high and low freq threshold trim pots are great for fine-tuning the Multi-Band mode. (I like a bit more compression on the treble than on the bass frequencies...)

Anyhow, I haven't been using my chorus very much, so I've relegated it to "auxiliary" status. I keep it in the bag if I need it, along with some other less-often used effects.

I added the compressor & put my old ODB-3 back on as well. I know everyone hates the ODB-3, but I actually get some use out of it. Running the Fulltone Bass-Drive (mildly overdriven) into the ODB-3 sounds amazing! (It really does, I swear! :))

Here's the latest incarnation:
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And with my favorite 2 "Auxiliary" pedals connected to my outboard TB loop:
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Main board flow is:
Bass>Birdsong B-Box (not pictured & generally only used in the studio)>Barge GLZ-1 (Variable Buffer)>Xotic RC Booster(for quick level & eq changes)>EBS Valve Drive(my "holy grail" of tone)>Loop Master strip:
tuner out>Boss TU-15
mater bypass (to engage multiple loops simultaneously)
loop 1>older EBS Octabass
loop 2>EBS MultiComp
loop 3>Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet>Boss ODB-3
loop 4>HAZ Mu-Tron III+
loop 4> external loop with one or more: Moog BassMURF, Fulltone Choralflange, BOSS SYB-3 synth, BOSS DD-3 delay, Stamps Drive-O-Matic, Mesa V-Twin, SansAmp BDDI, Frantone Thunderhead, or whatever I can beg borrow & steal that day...
 
#327
Really like the set-up you've got there. ^^^^^^

I'm adapting the Aux loop into my board, such a great idea to keep the essentials on your main board and add whats need to a second with the Aux loop depending on the gig.
 
#328
I took pictures while I was building this, but I've lost them. From an old suitcase I got off of craig's list. The side opposing the pedals is foam.

Layout is in progress, this is how I like it right now though.

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bass --> Roland GK-3B MIDI Pickup --> Roland GR-20->DD-6 --> Bassballs --> DieselDawg --> 506II (use for tuner/mute and sometimes flanger/phaser) --> Whammy IV --> Jamman
 
#329
scotch said:
Here's the latest incarnation:

Main board flow is:
Bass>Birdsong B-Box (not pictured & generally only used in the studio)>Barge GLZ-1 (Variable Buffer)>Xotic RC Booster(for quick level & eq changes)>EBS Valve Drive(my "holy grail" of tone)>Loop Master strip:
tuner out>Boss TU-15
mater bypass (to engage multiple loops simultaneously)
loop 1>older EBS Octabass
loop 2>EBS MultiComp
loop 3>Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet>Boss ODB-3
loop 4>HAZ Mu-Tron III+
loop 4> external loop with one or more: Moog BassMURF, Fulltone Choralflange, BOSS SYB-3 synth, BOSS DD-3 delay, Stamps Drive-O-Matic, Mesa V-Twin, SansAmp BDDI, or whatever I can beg borrow & steal that day...
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Scotch,
very cool and personally dangerous to me(you've got some gear on there I didn't know existed!).

You use the Valve drive as an "always on" sound, or do you bring it in and out? I'm a sucker for keeping a tube running in the chain somewhere, too. Just seems to gel things together.
Shawn
 
#330
ssommer said:
Scotch,
very cool and personally dangerous to me(you've got some gear on there I didn't know existed!).

You use the Valve drive as an "always on" sound, or do you bring it in and out? I'm a sucker for keeping a tube running in the chain somewhere, too. Just seems to gel things together.
Shawn
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Thanks, man!

The Valve Drive is almost always on. I like just a little bit of grit to my tone. Sometimes I bypass it on a ballad or something uber-pop.

I almost always use tube-amps, but the Valve Drive still brings something unique to the equation. I replaced the stock tube with a Tung-Sol and I've been in love ever since! The Valve Drive w/ Tung-Sol sounds almost "Neve-esque" in the high end while providing a huge, but still controlled, bottom end.

Throw in the range of clean to overdrive to fuzz & I cannot say enough about this pedal! I even sold my LA-610 in favor of the Valve Drive pedal! (definitely not the conventional approach.... but it really works great for me)
 
#336
The Hummingbird is a percussive tremolo. It has a hard chop and sounds like the frickin' hammer of DOOM!

It is bad a$$!

It does lose some high end, though. But in a "warm" kinda' way. V.2 is out now and I might upgrade for the faster speed to get some ring mod type sounds out of it.

Check out Earthquaker Devices! Some pretty cool stuff there.
 
#337
Mr. Pickles said:
Rusty,

Well...okay- as long as we can link up in real time via ethernet, or something. What do you think the latency will be?

;)
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Shouldn't be too bad....I'll keep the cable length to a minimum on this end!

PunkRocker33133 said:
What does the Humming Bird do? Also pics when I get back to my Mom's house.
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The Hummingbird is a percussive trem pedal by Earthquake Devices. Pretty cool unit.

Edit: I'm too slow! The Picklemeister beat me to it.....
 
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