• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join freeLog in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

PYPB 44: ...like Tetris with boxes, wires and cables

New Looping/Ambient Board...

IMG_1708.jpg

Here's a lowdown of the signal chain:

1.) Sonic Research ST-300 Tuner
2.) Walrus Audio Transit 3-Channel Loop Controller
a.) LOOP 1: Diamond Bass Comp >> One Control Crimson Red Bass Preamp
b.) LOOP 2: Darkglass Vintage Microtubes >> EQD Afterneath
c.) LOOP 3: Moog MF-104M Analog Delay Moogerfooger
3.) Pigtronix Infinity Looper

Notes:
1.) The Whirlwind direct box is a placeholder for a forthcoming Radial ProDI Passive Direct Box.
2.) The board itself was built by West Coast Pedalboards. I found it on reserve, bought it, and let it sit for a year while I acquired the necessary pieces.
3.) I can coax some beastly sounds from this setup with both my Lakland basses and my Warr Guitar.
4.) Everything is connected with EBS Flat Cables.
5.) Two of the pedals (the Moog MF-104M and the Pigtronix Infinity) have MIDI capabilities. I hope to connect the whole kit and caboodle to my Dave Smith Instruments Tempest once I have time to dedicate to learning another drum machine.
6.) The whole thing is powered by a CIOKS Schizophrenic (using lots of splitter flex cables). I mounted it to the bottom of the board using a T-Rex Engineering Power Supply Bracket.

IMG_1707.jpg


I'll be playing a jazzy/ambient set at my friend's wedding during the cocktail hour. He wanted something "out there," so this is perfect!

Any feedback is welcome!

Best,
~Nick "Klaus" G.
 
Recent_Pedalboard.jpg


Signal Chain:
  1. Invalid Link Removed
  2. Iron Ether Subterranea , Personal YT Demo
  3. Boss LS 2 for Clean Blending the 2 dirt pedals (Brown Rabbit and Big Green) that are in series in Loop A.
  4. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
  5. Arc Effects Big Green (Green Russian Big Muff clone with the very usable mid switch)
  6. A clone of the Human Gear Animato built by JohnK with Tilt Control for adding some lowend back
  7. Invalid Link Removed
    The Lowpass Filter of Xerograph Deluxe is controlled by the Moog EP-2 Expression Pedal,
  8. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Boss TU-2 Tuner in the Parallel Out of the VT Bass Deluxe

Powered by Cioks Power Supply, Cables by Georg L
 
F14E471C-0441-4ACB-90C2-318F377ABA2D.jpg


Pedalboard (Pedaltrain PT-GRANDE)

TWA Great Divide 2.0
Way Huge Pork Loin (JohnK cap mod, etched Acid Splash Designs)
Zvex Fat Fuzz Factory
Zvex Mastotron
Way Huge Swollen Pickle: Dirty Donnie Edition
McSpunkle Gnomeratron VTF
Sovtek Death Star Muff (Guttermouth: feedback switch, gate, bias. Acid Splash Design: mids, hi and lo clipping, Tonebender switch, stock/LED switch, rehoused and etched)
Source Audio Manta
WMD Geiger Counter
Fuzzrocious Terrordactyl 2.0
Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer
Panda Audio Future Impact I
Boss SY-300 Guitar Synthesizer
3-Leaf Audio Groove Regulator
Dunlop 105Q Bass Wah
EHX Bass Micro Synth XO "MST3K etch"
Eventide H9 MAX
3-Leaf Audio Proton
EHX Freeze ( soft click switch, blue LED, remote switch, etched by Acid Splash Designs)
Eventide H9 MAX
Eventide H9 MAX
DOD Meatbox Subsynth
MXR Bass Compressor

Controllers
Source Audio Reflex (DMC-4D, SY-300, Geiger Counter)
DMC-4D (3 Eventide H9 MAX)
Source Audio HH3 (Manta)
Heet Sounds EBOW
 
Ended up moving back to the bigger PT-2 board since I missed my EBS Stanley Clarke Bass Wah... I'm really happy with this format, especially since I have big feet! I was able to mount my Seymour Duncan Studio Bass Compressor under the board pretty neatly, and I replaced my Korg Pitchblack with a TC Electronic Polytune 2 just to save a tiny bit of space. I needed a second tuner anyways for my second board, so it wasn't a total waste of $$$ ;)

The Meatbox and Bass Clone are seeing some heavy action nowadays, best purchases of 2016 by far.

pRWGz4S.jpg
 

Latest posts