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Show me your compact pedalboard setup

#4,321
Loving these small pedalboard setups. Heres my current version:

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Johno Dunn said:
Yes. I just realized that in my situation, I was using the Octavers and the Filters much more than the synth voices. Plus, it allowed me more flexibility with the on board controls.
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Interesting. That's true for me as well. I hadn't checked but thought the octave was not part of the Spectrum.
OTOH, I don't care to take a hit selling the C4 and buying a Spectrum so I'll leave well enough alone...
 
#4,333
After a lot of pondering, testing and philosophical wandering, i decided i really (really) needed this trio of pedals.
Cat and dog hair on the velcro provides me a little hair of drive, so i dont need to turn on the metalzone for no reason.

Those boosted mids on the metal zone help me find the sweet spot i can make my fingerstyle plucking almost identical sounding to pick attack. Not the best solo sound, but works like a charm in my rehearsals. I Also got ODB-3 that sounds at its best going into BDI but i firmly believe that MT-2 can cut through guitars much more efficiently.

Cheers guys : )
 

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Ian774 said:
Holy moly, a Metal Zone on bass? It sounds fizzy af on guitar already...
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its a simple dog mod metalzone, and its more like a vanilla hard clipper now, not sounding like the beehive you might think. If you have a metalzone hidden in a drawer, try this solderless mod.


some tips regarding metalzone usage on bass

.you need to keep gain among 0 and 2 out of 10 to get a usable sound.
. you need to cut the highs as you most possibly trying to achieve more of a low mid focused sound with a band.
. you need to boost the lows a wee bit as well but not too much, cause it turns boomy.
. then you search the freq you like through mids and parametric mids knobs.Boost or cut at your liking.
. Level at will. you re done.
. Tone get 1000% better as soon as i turn on the Ampeg Clone. Mt-2 loves getting stacked into tubelike tones.

thanks for your reply my brother.

P.S.

DIY: Boss MT-2 Metal Zone “Simple Dog” No-Solder Mods – Mr. Furious Audio

first picture - solo playing, practicing- home recording and bedroom volume settings
second picture - band rehearsal setting, trying to get pick-like sound that can help me stay away from volume wars with my fellow guitarists : )
 

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Ian774 said:
Thanks for your reply! I indeed have an old MT2 in my parents house, was my first distortion when I started playing guitar almost 20y ago (before switching to bass).
I’m well sorted with drives for bass though :)
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Soooooo that makes your MT-2 a perfect candidate for the mod. You need a pair of diagonal pliers and 2 mins. Having a decent-working condition Boss backup for your drives, is not a bad idea even if you re sorted with drives : )


the modded MT-2 has a little less gain over all and can still go from slight boost-overdrive, up to chugga chugga distortion and fuzz. Let me know if you try it !
 
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