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Roast My Pedalboard!

My board(s) is so weird, I love it.
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Heya!

I recently put together my pedalboard. VooDoo Dingbat with Voodoo power supply. Pedals as pictured, the avalanche run is running through the send/return currently.

Anyway, roast it! What could be better? Does it just not make sense? What could I add? Is there anything I should just totally trash?

Also feel free to post your pedalboard so people can roast it.

time to manscape, Bro.. mine is easy enough to roast.. who puts all Boss on a Schmidt Array board and then slathers it in stickers? Oh, that's right, me :D

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Heya!

I recently put together my pedalboard. VooDoo Dingbat with Voodoo power supply. Pedals as pictured, the avalanche run is running through the send/return currently.

Anyway, roast it! What could be better? Does it just not make sense? What could I add? Is there anything I should just totally trash?

Also feel free to post your pedalboard so people can roast it.

Only because you asked. There are way better Muffs available these days - including from EHX like the Green Russian reissue. Other brands include Stomp Under Foot, COG, Wren & Cuff
 
If you are running through that many pedals, a dedicated buffer might be useful to preserve your tone.

I hardly stack pedals at all. I use one pedal at a time for a specific sound, two at the most.

Doesn't the TU-3 act as a buffer when placed at the start of the chain? Or is it only the TU-2?
 
Heya!

I recently put together my pedalboard. VooDoo Dingbat with Voodoo power supply. Pedals as pictured, the avalanche run is running through the send/return currently.

Anyway, roast it! What could be better? Does it just not make sense? What could I add? Is there anything I should just totally trash?

Also feel free to post your pedalboard so people can roast it.
You must love darkglass, which is cool, its not for me. I guess I consider them all "drive" pedals and it looks like you have 4 "drive" pedals? Cabling could be cleaner using smaller jacks, squeeze them in tight and add more! You should also look into 3M Dual Lock instead of velcro. Some sort of tuner is needed, I use a wireless/Tuner combo.
 
Ok, I'll roast your pedalboard.

Yo pedalboard so stupid it asked me "how do I spell M&M's"

Yo pedalboard is so ugly when it tried to join an ugly contest they said, "Sorry, no professionals."

Yo pedalboard is so fat it's bellybutton gets home 15 minutes before it does.
 
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Just an IMHO warning HOSA Cables suck your tone out. I have used them many times before and as soon as they were taken out of the system it sounded much better. And I like your board also. And flat patch cables from EBS will do the trick. Yes they cost a few more bucks but they do not have their own sound or filter your sound so they are worth it.
 
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Just an IMHO warning HOSA Cables suck your tone out. I have used them many times before and as soon as they were taken out of the system it sounded much better. And I like your board also. And flat patch cables from EBS will do the trick. Yes they cost a few more bucks but they do not have their own sound or filter your sound so they are worth it.
I'm a little unclear on exactly what a HOSA cable is - I do use flat cables from Rockboard, I haven't really heard much difference between them and the EBS ones.
 
Hosa is a brand Like EBS ect. I have never used Rockboard cables . I have never heard of them but now I may have to try some just to see. Usually if someone tells me cables sound different I call " Snake Oil " Because it usually is. But with HOSA it is not Do they pass signal yes but they do something to it so it is not the same going out as going in.
 
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