Oh yeah? I am looking for something to add life into that direct sound...is that the move?
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Show me your compact pedalboard setup
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Oh yeah? I am looking for something to add life into that direct sound...is that the move?
It certainly has tons of options for tone. I know at least one guy basically using it as his only pedal. I found it enhances the magic of other pedals really well too.
I find the Omni Cab Sim or one of the Darkglass Ultra pedals with the Cab Sim feature pretty much ESSENTIAL for my direct Sound these days. Especially if you’re on IEMs!!!
The darkglass tone doesn’t do it for me. I like a really round, warm, tubey sound.
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Well maybe the Darkglass Vintage Ultra v2 would be your flavor.
Or if not the Omni Cab Sim Deluxe is a great option for adding character / depth & vibe to a direct signal as well as having a variable High/low pass filters.
The Omnicab also plays great with dirt and fuzz pedals. So highly reccomded it. It has its own great DI XLR out or it also works great before a final DI or Preamp.
Almost there (still haven't velcro'd the HL or DS down). Metro 16 with optional expression and volume pedal. Waiting on a Cog Mini 66 and OmniCabSim mini (and MXR Iso Mini). Wanting the Cog for light drive as the Dark Side fuzz is pretty...fuzzy. The Canyon is pretty awesome, replaced a Flashback II.
I've been running a Mesa Subway DI pedal off the side (with an extra power lead from the OneSpot) when I need to run IEM. Thinking the OmniCabSim might cover that duty at least some of the time.
I've been running a Mesa Subway DI pedal off the side (with an extra power lead from the OneSpot) when I need to run IEM. Thinking the OmniCabSim might cover that duty at least some of the time.
I'm one of the few on talkbass who agrees with you! I tried them and why I think darkglass is well made, great sounding stuff, it's just not my preference. I'm a Solidgoldfx Beta guy. I have two different versions and I feel the same about those as most feel about the DG stuff. That being said, it would be boring if we all liked the same sound.
I had major darkglass GAS from the internet and I was pretty blown away by the B3K when I tried it but I A/B'ed it against an Aguilar AGRO and liked that even more. I havent tried the rest of the darkglass but have tried a few pieces and while they dont sound bad, it isnt the tone I seek...too aggressive for me.
My small homemade pedalboard. 95% of what I need for 95% of gigs.
Line6 G30 > Funk Lite > Green Rhino > Saturnworks mute switch. All powered by a Cioks Adam mounted underneath. Plus a mini clock to tell me how much time I have to groove.
Ok......I condensed down to a nano + earlier this year, but I have zero restraint. I'm ready to start a "backup" nano + sized board.
I currently have a nano + and truetone CS6. Not wanting to necessarily go all in on the backup board.
So, is their a cheaper, knockoff version of a nano +? I like the size and design generally speaking.
......and what's the cheapest truly isolated power for roughly 4-6 pedals at 9v?
I currently have a nano + and truetone CS6. Not wanting to necessarily go all in on the backup board.
So, is their a cheaper, knockoff version of a nano +? I like the size and design generally speaking.
......and what's the cheapest truly isolated power for roughly 4-6 pedals at 9v?
Turbo Tuner ST-300 -> Whirlwind OC-Bass -> Noble Preamp. The board is NYC Pedalboard's "Lunch Box".
Still gotta fill up those voids...
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Turbo Tuner ST-300 -> Whirlwind OC-Bass -> Noble Preamp. The board is NYC Pedalboard's "Lunch Box".
Still gotta fill up those voids...
3 Monkeys cables?
Lava Cable, actually. I'm "meh" about them. I'd probably try 3 Monkeys or George L's next time.
Nano with CIOKS DC7 powering Lightning Boy tube compressor at 24 volts with CIOKS serial cable. Also a Shiftline MKIII tube preamp running at 12 volts and 600ma with CIOKS parallel cable. Plus tuner and Linden EQ and still one port left in DC7 and plenty of power remaining. Nice!
I just rewired my mini board with 3Monkeys. I’m a fan. Very easy to assemble and they’ve been very reliable. It’s hard to tell the difference in pics. Avoid planet waves diy power cables. Those are absolute garbage unless i got a bad batch.
DG Vintage Ultra with the Attack and Grunt switches set to 'cut' -- for future reference.
My preference on these boxes is not have to cut out the key features of their sound. Ideally a unit flat sounds fantastic and I use knobs to color to room or situation. I haven’t tried all the darkglass stuff but most of what I tried has something to it that rubs me the wrong way that a lot of grit based stuff does. A lot of the SVT takeoffs just sound too rough to me.
I swapped out the Darkglass AOU for the Two Notes Le Bass. I’m very pleased!
