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

I really love having the Phat Phuk B back.

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Latest iteration: some mods required since joining the new band, basically a power trio with the singer pitching in occasionnal keyboard parts. The band regularly gigs in local bars.

Best news of all, thx to a fellow TBer, the BSW is making a much-desired return to my board, primarily as an octave pedal, but I will certainly use its funk powers at one point. The LS-2 is being maximized and set on the A+B mix/bypass and and I've now looped the MS60B in its own loop and put the BassDriver and BSW in the other loop. I'm now experimenting with an always-almost-on flanger patch, to which I'll add dirt and octave on occasion. The ART Tube MP is also back on the board.

The BassDriver is doing a decent mild-distortion job and will do for now, but I'm the market for a bass-dedicated analog distortion with a blend knob.

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LOVE IT!

Echt... dat is vet.


Makes perfect sense given the size and shape of the pedals involved, can easily group two-to-four pedals for some quick switching with minimum tapdancing.

Alas, my pedals are too varied in shape to achieve such a logical arrangement.

Heel leuk, Ik ben apetrots op je, voor het verslaan van de "norm".


@Adamixoye — Thanks for the heads-up on this one. :roflmao:
 
Got REALLY tired of the sound of velcro ripping while rearranging my board, so I made a Pedaltrain tracing on the box it shipped in.
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Still a work in progress!

I do this haha... but that JK Rails pedal looks like it should be flipped so the buttons face the other way. The way it is now looks like it would be impossible to turn on and off.
 
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Got REALLY tired of the sound of velcro ripping while rearranging my board, so I made a Pedaltrain tracing on the box it shipped in.
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Still a work in progress!

I've done something close to this in the past. On the first PB, I cut out paper the same size as the pedals.

On the other PB's, I have a huge amount of leftover swamp ash, so I cut out blocks that were the same size.

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@cataract what's the big guy, bottom left?
It's a custom single enclosure Tube Screamer + Big Muff (I've been calling it my Muff Screamer)
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Controls include selectable mids, order switch & clean blend. Also, each side can be used by itself, if need be.
A friend put this together for me based on my input but I plan on adding some tweaks and building an updated version.
 
Coming in 2018: pedalboard with paper and wood cutouts! No more pedals that was soooooooo 2017.

On a serious note having a paper cutout measured to a bit more of what the incoming pedal is helps you in planning.

Haha...Very true for most folks, but I happen to sell swamp ash to luthiers, and blocks that size wind up in the trash or the fire! Takes me less time to cut the blocks out....after use, I can put them on a shelf and use them again in the future... I can never quit "remodeling" the PB. :help:
 

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