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Post Your Pedalboard - Part II
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All right... it's about time that I posted my board again! Now that I have a great digital camera, I can take shots of all of my stuff.
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The signal chain is as follows:
BASS => Planet Waves CT-04 Chromatic Tuner => EHX Bass Micro Synthesizer => EHX Little Big Muff => Morley Dual Bass Wah => Aphex Punch Factory => EHX Stereo Clone Theory => AMP
That Dual Bass Wah won't be staying there long, though. It's a great pedal, but I'm more fond of the raw roar of the Power Wah. I'm going to be swapping my Power Wah back in its place, and I'm going to be selling the Dual Bass Wah fairly soon
iv been noticing LBMs on boards ever since i got one.. how do i join the fan club?
i think the BMX is upside down cuz if it wasnt then his tuner would get in the way of the power switch
Yeah. I plan on buying a Planet Waves cable kit this afternoon to resolve that.
Even then, it might stay upside-down for now. I still need to get a hold of the footswitch for my GK 2001RB, so it can go on the board. As soon as GK gets one in stock, I'll be re-arranging my pedals again to accomodate the footswitch. I already figured out how it would fit using MS Visio.
iv been noticing LBMs on boards ever since i got one.. how do i join the fan club?
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That's the other reason. I didn't feel like shattering my tuner display
Yeah. I plan on buying a Planet Waves cable kit this afternoon to resolve that.
Even then, it might stay upside-down for now. I still need to get a hold of the footswitch for my GK 2001RB, so it can go on the board. As soon as GK gets one in stock, I'll be re-arranging my pedals again to accomodate the footswitch. I already figured out how it would fit using MS Visio.
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That's the other reason. I didn't feel like shattering my tuner display
i have that planet waves kit, its pretty badass, but not enough plugs for the amound of cable they give you, something like 10' of cable and 5 pairs of connectors.
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heh, especially with such a pricey tuner. i use the tuner on my digitech xp-100 whammy-wah
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Actually, it's pretty cool. I also think that using the "blue" channel makes for a really cool, moderately-overdriven sound. It actually is very much in the vein of power-tube overdrive as opposed to preamp tube overdrive, IMO. One caveat, there is a slight delay in the sound when coming out of bypass mode. This can be annoying if you need an immediate switch in of the overdriven sound. I'll never get rid of the V-Twin, however, as it can be a great tool in the studio.
Well... I had no problem selling my Morley Dual Bass Wah for what I'd bought it for... and it's only been a day 
Anyhow... I bought a Planet Waves cable kit, and redid the board. There's no wah on it for now because my brother's borrowing my Power Wah (he really likes the Morley sound too, after listening to some Steve Vai). I actually might decide to keep it off the board, since it would only be used for rare moments in the future anyway. But I'm definitely not getting rid of my Power Wah!
Anyhow... the finished pedalboard:
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All my changes have made it neat and tidy. Plus, the angle shot is cool
The signal chain is otherwise the same, minus the wah: BASS => Planet Waves CT-04 Chromatic Tuner => EHX Bass Micro Synthesizer => EHX Little Big Muff => Aphex Punch Factory => EHX Stereo Clone Theory => AMP
Anyhow... I bought a Planet Waves cable kit, and redid the board. There's no wah on it for now because my brother's borrowing my Power Wah (he really likes the Morley sound too, after listening to some Steve Vai). I actually might decide to keep it off the board, since it would only be used for rare moments in the future anyway. But I'm definitely not getting rid of my Power Wah!
Anyhow... the finished pedalboard:
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All my changes have made it neat and tidy. Plus, the angle shot is cool
The signal chain is otherwise the same, minus the wah: BASS => Planet Waves CT-04 Chromatic Tuner => EHX Bass Micro Synthesizer => EHX Little Big Muff => Aphex Punch Factory => EHX Stereo Clone Theory => AMP
A few, actually. One minor reason was because I didn't want the chorus to be affected by compression at this particular stage (although it's really a negligible thing, based on the tests I've done).
The two main reasons, however, are because of the Clone Theory's stereo outputs, and the Aphex output design. Stereo outputs are an advantage if I do a dual rig setup (I haven't yet, but it's a nice option), and the Aphex output jack is not secured to the chassis. It's a flaw in the design, IMO... the only thing holding that jack to the pedal is the PCB, and since I'm accident-prone, I'd rather not chance my Punch Factory getting ruined if an instrument cable gets yanked out. Having it inside the chain prevents this
Those two main reasons, I definitely understand. I think the first reason was just a justification for not having the compressor last.
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Updated! Much as I liked the POG, it was huge, and all I ever used was the octave down on occasion. Got rid of the Equalizer too... didn't have a purpose anymore. No board yet, still too busy swapping things here and there to set anything up.
Was playing with the fuzz's and Od's when this was taken, still not sure on the final order, still swapping things around.
Was playing with the fuzz's and Od's when this was taken, still not sure on the final order, still swapping things around.
Updated! Much as I liked the POG, it was huge, and all I ever used was the octave down on occasion. Got rid of the Equalizer too... didn't have a purpose anymore. No board yet, still too busy swapping things here and there to set anything up.
Was playing with the fuzz's and Od's when this was taken, still not sure on the final order, still swapping things around.
Wow! how's the machine work with the wolly mammoth? I'm so badly gasing for a machine, please tell me it's horrible so i can save some ££££!
Wow! how's the machine work with the wolly mammoth? I'm so badly gasing for a machine, please tell me it's horrible so i can save some ££££!
I didn't think much of it when I tried one but it's designed as a stacking pedal to be used with other pedals which for the price of it seems a bit silly, but yeah personally I didn't think it was anything special on it's own, but does yield some interesting effects when stacked
Yeah, Tayste summed it up, except that I liked it enough to trade some stuff for it. It pushes other pedals into over the top crazyness... but that can be tough to control, and I could see it being tought to fit into most styles of music. Its something you need lots of time to play with though, for only three knobs it takes some fidling to get it right.
Definately try it first, and on your rig... I dunno... its not some miracle magic tone machine... and with the mammoth, theres lots of setting on the two that give WAY too much noise... pops and crackles and such.
Definately try it first, and on your rig... I dunno... its not some miracle magic tone machine... and with the mammoth, theres lots of setting on the two that give WAY too much noise... pops and crackles and such.
Here it is currently. I need to do a bunch of resoldering and recabling and repositioning, but i'm too apathetic as of now.
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