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Show me your compact pedalboard setup
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OK...small change with placing this monster Basswitch Classic Boost in line with the extreme Darkglass Photon (and everything it does well), plus the constant Night Owl Edison sitting on a NANO that fits in my Mono Tick.
(The footswitch for channel switch/mute can sit on the floor with the TC Electronic Switch 3, for the Nova System that is parked on top of my amp and uses the Xotic VP25K to control effect blend.)
Compact!
(The footswitch for channel switch/mute can sit on the floor with the TC Electronic Switch 3, for the Nova System that is parked on top of my amp and uses the Xotic VP25K to control effect blend.)
Compact!
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The distortion is not so useful, no. I wonder if adjusting the gain down via the trim pot on the side would make it more useful, but I use my PnP as a slap preset, so the distortion never gets used anyway. I have a Walrus Audio Eras for my Mötörhead moments.
FWIW, the distortion circuit is a rat. So if you like the sound, then the Jam pedals Rattler bass is reckoned to be the best Rat for bass guitar.
Also: I recently bought an electric mandolin, and running that through the distortion on the PnP sounds AMAZING.
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I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
I rewired and rearranged it, but this little sucker can do just about everything.
New pedalboard arrangement, all I need.
Just as Nic and Addison say in a recent (and very cool) video on the YT channel of JHS pedals, the trim must be cranked at 100% to give some benefits. That's true. It will never replace your Era, but boosted by an overdrive, it gives a nice fuzz. I keep that in mind for the day my unique fuzz pedal suddenly disappear...
No such compact like my previous setup, but with the same units.
Base: GUITTO GPB-03
Power: Palmer PWT 08
In the chain:
Base: GUITTO GPB-03
Power: Palmer PWT 08
In the chain:
- Boss WL-60
- TC Electronic Polytune 3 Noir
- Darkglass Harmonic Booster
- Source Audio Spectrum Intelligent Filter
- TC Electronic SpectraComp
- Darkglass Microtubes X Ultra
- POSSE PM-01
- Shure PSM 300 Premium
Compact board update… I’m pretty happy with this one, although I will swapping out the Micro-Tron for a Xero-D.
Finally got this where I want it. Caveat, caveat. I have a Doc Lloyd PDR comp on its way, and if I like it as much as I like the Diamond, it'll replace it (and/or if I don't but I find a Diamond Bass Comp Jr. anywhere, THAT'll be the replacement). Otherwise, I think I'm set.
The base is a custom 13" Temple Audio Board that fits into the back pocket of my backpack; for most of my gigs I've now reduced my trips to one (even if I have to walk a mile from the parking lot or take public transit)--bass in a case and backpack--and still have one hand free. The Quilter InterBass was the last piece of the puzzle.
The base is a custom 13" Temple Audio Board that fits into the back pocket of my backpack; for most of my gigs I've now reduced my trips to one (even if I have to walk a mile from the parking lot or take public transit)--bass in a case and backpack--and still have one hand free. The Quilter InterBass was the last piece of the puzzle.
I am a big fan of the Diamond but after getting my hands on the PDR I actually preferred it a bit more. The clean blend made a big difference but it’s still a super straightforward comp. I’d prefer a diamond for more rock oriented music and the PDR for stuff that requires a little more precision. Just my two cents.
Fantastic note! That’s really the segregation between my boards… this one is for fingerstyle, small group (or solo/duo) applications. Where clarity really matters.
Thanks!
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I decided to split up my main board and put together a second board to grab on the fly:
"Show me your compact pedalboard setup"
No.
No.
It took nearly 10 years for someone to say that.
I'm favoring the compact core board (grab & go), outboard floor controller effects, and a sometimes yes and some times no modular connectivity. I'd rather pull out what I need, than have a board with everything on it all the time. The Mono Ultra Back Pack is better for me with the M80 and Tick.
Just added the EHX Bass Mono Synth, by Velcro Loc to the side edge of the Nano and powering it (125mA) from the Eventide PowerMax, upfront for best tracking.
(Planning to add a TC Ditto+ after everything in the iSP BETA preamp before the Mesa TT-800 power section, for some low end synth soundscapes.) Good times!
I love the "grab and go" mentality. I try to keep it in mind - few of the sessions/gigs I get require much more than a tuner and an HPF. After that, octave. Then sometimes a filter. But I finally started understanding compression, so have recently added that to the Go arsenal as well. And then I get all, "Well, one more will fit - don't you want to have chorus handy? What if there's an opportunity to do an 80's pop song?" Then during lockdown I started playing with a looper - and you can't really use a looper unless you have some reverb for it...
I love the "grab and go" mentality. I try to keep it in mind - few of the sessions/gigs I get require much more than a tuner and an HPF. After that, octave. Then sometimes a filter. But I finally started understanding compression, so have recently added that to the Go arsenal as well. And then I get all, "Well, one more will fit - don't you want to have chorus handy? What if there's an opportunity to do an 80's pop song?" Then during lockdown I started playing with a looper - and you can't really use a looper unless you have some reverb for it...
This is why I decided to grab one of these TC Electronic Nova Systems with a preset Switch 3 for $300 new last year. If I'm playing Blues, I don't need to drag it out because my core board has access to anything I would use. My last situation felt good putting a bit'o Flange on the grind...not a bunch, but a touch. Had a part that was clean with some Chorus ala Pink Floyd in another track and sounded great. I expect the Reverb will come in handy with creating some thick synth sounds, too. TC analog Modulation, Delay and Reverb...they built their reputation on those! Then Darkglass for the dirt. They know dirt and compression. What really makes it nice is processing with two channel selectable preamps with the Mesa TT-800/iSP BETA. (I was doing it before with a Trace Tube/SS amp, but this is better!) I can have the phat tube thing going on, with good 60's Mullard preamp tubes on one channel. Then kick the FS and have an EFX sound already set up.
Definitely looking forward to the Ditto+ and a few of the EHX synth tones...building pad layers, percussive parts and some imported sounds around some melody.
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When I first put the pedal on my board I did try running it at 18 volts and found it too loud and unbalanced with my other pedals . I am currently running it at 9 volts and it works beautifully with my Vt bass and dug if I wish . Once I dialed it in with the VT bass I get a deep rich pushed tube like overdrive from mild to heavy . I recently removed the Optostomp as I found it to effect the tone I dig from my pedal chain too much .
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