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Show me your compact pedalboard setup

#5,721
BrettR said:
The T-Rex while close, still has it's power connector on the side, but I don't see that being a problem. If only the Polytune 3 (or maybe 4?!) was top mounted...
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Looks like the power jack is on the right side, so it wouldn't be an issue for me since the tuner is always first in the chain (running right to left) on my boards.
 
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If you like wireless, too, you're in for a treat
 

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the baint said:
I'm confused by those who put HPF at the beginning of the chain when they also have Octave or other low-end inducing pedals afterwards. Do those not reintroduce low-end frequencies that could be problematic? Not knocking, just trying to understand.
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I have my high pass filter before everything, but I set it to the fundamental frequency of the lowest open string. So you don't really hear it, but it's just for getting rid of any possible sub harmonic noise when I do stupid things like hitting my bass, etc.
 
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Whelp... I'm sure many of you have had this experience: spent quarantine testing out pedals and building up my board. Have started playing with friends again and ALL I really use is my Diamond bass compressor, Wren and Cuff Super Russian boost/green muff, and tuner. Can I really just go to three pedals?
 
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Well, it depends on what you're playing. I jam with a guy on modular synth/guitar and a keyboardist/sax player. It's outside much of the time so I do get to use my oddball pedals. If I were playing any form of more 'standard' music, I'd likely only use my small board, which is primarily utilities. So... yeah, you can use only three pedals, or, dare I say it, just one.
 
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WG Plum said:
Well, it depends on what you're playing. I jam with a guy on modular synth/guitar and a keyboardist/sax player. It's outside much of the time so I do get to use my oddball pedals. If I were playing any form of more 'standard' music, I'd likely only use my small board, which is primarily utilities. So... yeah, you can use only three pedals, or, dare I say it, just one.
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NOOOO... actually, spending less time on pedals and accepting the fact that I only really use 2-3 pedals most of the time is the first step towards admitting the problem.
 
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deepestend said:
Whelp... I'm sure many of you have had this experience: spent quarantine testing out pedals and building up my board. Have started playing with friends again and ALL I really use is my Diamond bass compressor, Wren and Cuff Super Russian boost/green muff, and tuner. Can I really just go to three pedals?
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Most of my pedals are of the utility, always on category (Preamp, HPLPF, Compressor, DI), which works fine for Worship Team at church, but in my Funk band, I need an Envelope and an Octaver, and maybe some Dirt! My board is small, which limits what I can fit on it, so I force myself to choose wisely!
 
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WG Plum said:
Well, find some weirdos to play with and get your freak on! :D
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So much this. I also jam regularly with a bunch of weirdos that includes a modular synth...and sometimes even a trombone!!! Since I've started playing with friends again, I have been using a much smaller setup of just a few core essentials while trying to figure out my next steps with the big board.
 
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antfarm said:
I built myself a little pedalboard for headphone practice without the need for a wall outlet. The whole thing is powered by a OneControl DC Porter that takes 5V USB for input, in this case a small powerbank that i velcroed underneath the board.

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The Zoom B1four (I use LPF, HPF, compression and sometimes reverb, but mainly as a headphone amp) gets a little noisy when fed from the same power supply as the analog pedals, so i am now running it with 4 rechargeable AA batteries.

Still looking for a replacement for the Zoom that lets me plug in headphones and aux in and runs on 9V DC, maybe a Palmer Pocket Amp does the trick. But that would be a pedalboard with 3 preamps.


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That OneControl are they isolated power
 
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cnltb said:
what's teh pink thing on teh bottom right?
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That's the For Parts or Repair from MidFi Electronics. It's like a simplified Generation Loss and it is awesome.

I used it on both the guitar and bass on this experiment (along with a FC Shallow Water):



Really gives things that old tape vibe, which I love.
 
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ugly_bassplayer said:
Chase Bliss generation loss??
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They did a collaboration with Cooper FX, yeah, but Cooper does the regular Gen Loss. I had the collab version and it was awesome, but it was just too much (which is how I've felt about every CB pedal I've tried). I like the simplicity of the FPOR, and it does exactly what I want it to do.
 
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WG Plum said:
They did a collaboration with Cooper FX, yeah, but Cooper does the regular Gen Loss. I had the collab version and it was awesome, but it was just too much (which is how I've felt about every CB pedal I've tried). I like the simplicity of the FPOR, and it does exactly what I want it to do.
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Any major differences between the CooperFX and the MidFi??
I really dig the broken tape sound and vinyl crackle. Also hiss etc….
(I mean I really love those sounds, the feel, warm , natural and organic. The perfect imperfection.….at least for me.

Cant seem to find that pedal on the MidFi website…??
 
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It doesn't really do the hiss/noise like the Gen Loss, so I wouldn't recommend it for that, but for wow/flutter and random drops, it pure goodness. I think it's as musical a pedal as the Shallow Water. I don't think it's a regular production pedal for MidFi yet, he's been posting when they're available on Instagram, maybe FB too, but I don't have a FB account so I don't know for sure.
 
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