Post Your Pedalboard - Part I

[uly_]

im gonna be that guy and ask, the 105q i assume are the wah pedals right, whats the point of two?

Something started by Tim Commerford of Audioslave. You have three signal-lines:

• Clean
• Mild overdrive
• Heavy overdrive

Basically it's just so that you can use wah on both the mild and heavy overdrive signals at the same time. Making the wah-sound very growly/aggressive.

 

[Higgie]

hahaha, nope, 4 presets just ain't enough for me, plus you can get some amazing sounds using 2 different effects at once.

Very true. I used to want 2 original Marshall Guv'Nors because I thought it did light grit and heavy dist really well. But I found some better pedals, lol.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

solarpanelasses: How does the OD-20 work for you.

One of my first posts (back when I was known as IcedEarthWOM) was askin' 'bout it!

Still kinda interested...could you post some samples????

 

[Grind It Out]

Something started by Tim Commerford of Audioslave. You have three signal-lines:

• Clean
• Mild overdrive
• Heavy overdrive

Basically it's just so that you can use wah on both the mild and heavy overdrive signals at the same time. Making the wah-sound very growly/aggressive.

pretty much dead on...not only do u keep a clean bottom end and ur multiple layers of grit (i use the 2nd amp for my main distortion tone, and the 3rd - the guvnor - to add something a bit more over the top), the dual wah system allows for a much mroe intense sound on top of ur clean channel...thanks to the controls on the 105Qs, i can tune the wahs slightly different and get a bit more treble focus in one while having a more midrangey focus in another...my original setup when i had jsut one wah was a mesa boogie bottle rocket o/d into the 105Q and jsut the one amp...it was allright, but since moving to a multiple signal setup, ive been able to get a not only a more intense wah sound, but still have a lot of solid bass under it...thanks obviously go to timmy c for the inspiration...if u have the money and time to do so, going for a tiered amp system, at least in my experience, is the best way to get the most out of ur distortion...the sounds coming out of the distorted amps alone in my setup don't really have a terrible amount of bass retention (almost like a detuned guitar), but having that clean amp is the key

 

[solarpanelasses]

solarpanelasses: How does the OD-20 work for you.

One of my first posts (back when I was known as IcedEarthWOM) was askin' 'bout it!

Still kinda interested...could you post some samples????

I like the OD-20 a lot, But the only distortions that I find get good sound for bass are the fuzzes, and theres 3 of em. For guitar it would be amazing, theres so many great distortions on it. The controls let you do a lot more than the distortions theyre modeled after. But for bass the fuzzes are the only ones that dont sound too flat, and theyre not as full and handle the bottom end as well as a woolly mammoth or a black cat fuzz octave. but if you use it with one of those you can get some extreme great sounding fuzz, ill let you know when i do some samples of it.

 

[excane]

finally got a picture of this thing...after all the changes ive made to it, i have simplified it into just the essentials...

Warwick Thumb BO 5 -> Boss TU-2 (will be upgraded to a peterson strobostomp when i can afford it) -> splitter...

Clean out -> patcher -> amp (with an EHX black finger in the fx loop)
OD 1 out -> modded brassmaster clone -> 105Q wah -> patcher -> amp
OD 2 out -> aphex punch factory -> guvnor -> 105Q wah -> patcher -> amp

Thats my main board...the board for my other band will be posted next week as i assemble it

Dude, what happened to the Big D and hematoma?

 

[BassIsFun17]

Amp <-Hartke Bass Attack <-MXR M-80 <-Boss GEB-7 <-Boss ODB-3 <-Boss LMB-3 <-Dunlop 105Q <-Boss TU-2 <-Bass.

 

[Grind It Out]

Dude, what happened to the Big D and hematoma?

Don't get me wrong, i LOVE my hematoma...its jsut not used in that setup...i needed a MUCH more aggressive sound

I use the hematoma in my other band...i only use one amp so i needed an overdrive that held all the low end...i still have my big d lying around, but i dont find much use for it while i have the hematoma - i just like the sound of the hematoma better...the setup for that band is as follows:

Spector legend 4 -> boss tu-2 -> boss cs-2 -> digitech bass squeeze -> HBE Hematoma -> Roland AP-2 -> GK backline 210

thinking of adding a delay in there somewhere, but that wouldnt be for a while

 

[BassIsFun17]

finally got a picture of this thing...after all the changes ive made to it, i have simplified it into just the essentials...

Warwick Thumb BO 5 -> Boss TU-2 (will be upgraded to a peterson strobostomp when i can afford it) -> splitter...

Clean out -> patcher -> amp (with an EHX black finger in the fx loop)
OD 1 out -> modded brassmaster clone -> 105Q wah -> patcher -> amp
OD 2 out -> aphex punch factory -> guvnor -> 105Q wah -> patcher -> amp



Thats my main board...the board for my other band will be posted next week as i assemble it

very cool,

i would do the dual wah but i dont use my wah enough to do buy another, but yea very nice setup.

 

[Grind It Out]

not the BEST way to record, and its really the only thing i have available to me right now, but at least i can give u guys SOME idea of how my 3 amp/2 wah setup sounds...this was recorded just now on the mic on my laptop using three 20watt practice amps (no black finger compressor in the clean amp)

A quick example of all 3 layers of sound - Intro to Audioslave "Gasoline"
...then an example using the dual wah setup - Intro to Audioslave "Set It Off"

Its not the best, but its something

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[bassman314]

I haven't justified the cost of a THIRD amp yet *L*

I run 2 amps right now, and love having the clean signal to hold the low end, while adding grit, wah and whatever else to the second amp.

 

[JacksonsMen]

gah, i would love to just have one decent power amp....let alone THREE!..........anyone want to trade something good for a Hartke no one?

 

[crapusername]

surely it must be possible to create the tiered distortion setup with a switching system that will put the two layered dirty sounds on top of the clean sound, and into one amp?
perhaps a blendable looper?

 

[Grind It Out]

surely it must be possible to create the tiered distortion setup with a switching system that will put the two layered dirty sounds on top of the clean sound, and into one amp?
perhaps a blendable looper?

That's definitely possible, but i like having different amps for each channel so i can fine tune the sound jsut right...the eq i use for my clean amp is NOT what i use for my distorted ones...i also use a 15" speaker for the cleans and 10"s for to distorted signals...but yeh, u could definitely used blending/looping options to make a similar setup

 

[Lyle Caldwell]

My bass "pedalboard" is just a Bass PODxt Live.

But here's my guitar pedalboard:

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[Petary791]

My bass "pedalboard" is just a Bass PODxt Live.

But here's my guitar pedalboard:

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Hello John Petrucci!

 

[Grind It Out]

Hello John Petrucci!

now now...hes not QUITE john petrucci...petrucci has those steel boxes on either side of his board that r the secret to his sound ... or just to put his feet on so he can rest his guitar on his knee...or is that what he WANTS u to think

 

[Lyle Caldwell]

Far from it! <g>

I'm more in the Andy Summers camp.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Figured I might as well post an update on my rig and include sound samples as well.

I decided to hook up the English Muff'n though the BDDI, but this time with blend on full. All I can say is
It Works out better than I hoped, (and again,) the EHX is my fuzz of choice. The direct sound is great (even w/o the added tubyness) and the PDDI adds a kind-of "darkness" to the EM's natural bright sound. I even had to turn the bass on the EM down otherwise it sounded boomy.
All in all, I'd describe the sound as somewhere between screaming fuzz and OD grit.

Anyway, here is a pic (you can see the settings):

and here are the samples:
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For now, I've set aside the wah and the noise suppressor. I found I don't use the wah as much as I feel would be necessary to permanately include it in my playing. Even with the PDDI nicely thickening up my tone it still sounds like there's something "missing". I do admit that's probably cus of the way I want to use it (on all the time/used "like a switchless"). If I could find a switchless wah that 1) has no delay when switching off, and 2) I could rest my foot on w/o turning it on, then I'd grab it right now.

Sadly the Weeping Demon's switchless mode had the 1st but not the 2nd , so when the side mounted footswitch busted I returned it.

The other reason that I don't include the wah on the board is that it creates so much noise! It's the only reason I even need the NS-2! This is also why the NS is not on the board as well. Alone (because it's set clean) the PDDI is silent as a ghost, and so is the EM when played through the PDDI. In the other samples I posted, when the mid and high's are cranked the noise is quite noticable, but with the PDDI's cutting of everything above approx. 6KHz noise doesn't even enter the eqation ! It also helps that I've got the tone control on the bass completely off.

Anyway, just thought I'd show myself again as a "post you pedalboard hoe", and give an update+samples. Hope you guys approve

Oh, and the TU-2 (tuner) is out of the chain cus I wanted to use the parallel out on the DI. It was feeling left out

 

[HELLonWHEELS]

im gonna be that guy and ask, the 105q i assume are the wah pedals right, whats the point of two?

with the 105q you can change the frequincies of the wah. So.... to get the best possible sound you would set one pedal for the high frequencies and the other for the lows. So you can get twice the range