This is a genius-level idea! I hope some amp manufacturer happens upon this post one day and slaps themself in the head saying, “why didn’t I think of that before?!”
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Show me your compact pedalboard setup
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For the past few years i've been "borrowing" my secondary guitar board to use for bass, but I've finally put that board (a smallish pedaltrain) back to its original purpose and pulled my old Boss BCB pedal case out of the gear boneyard and set it up for my bass needs... It's still an in-progress board; I plan to replace the 1 Spot power chain with a Cioks DC7, and swap out a couple of the pedals with more ideal ones for my needs, but for now it works enough for me to get by.
The case's built-in power jacks are unreliable so I'm just using a standard 1 Spot that I had lying around... I'm not really using the EHX Clone Theory in my currently active bands, but it's there for any future situation where I'm playing something post-punk/coldwave in nature...I might replace it with a Master Effects version of the same effect. I don't really use the VT Bass much either, just for one song in one of my bands where I need a more aggressive sound for the song's choruses... The EHX Oceans 11 is there just for the spring reverb sound for a few tunes, where I want that "drip" effect, but I'll probably pick up a DigiTech DigiVerb to swap in so that I can return the EHX pedal to my main guitar board. The Joyo Digital Delay is there just for a couple of tunes, it's cheap and basic but it does everything I need it to. The Subdecay Vagabond is there for its harmonic tremolo for a few songs... The Yuer Noise Gate is there because I needed a noise reduction pedal and I found this one used for super cheap. It's not ideal (when it kicks in it cuts off in a way that's pretty harsh and ragged sounding, rather than a soft, quick-fade type mute) but it works for now.
The only addition I am considering is a Master Effects Transmission pre-amp pedal, which simulates the built-in pre-amp of a Yamaha BB-type bass, because my BB1200S is the only bass I have with an active pre-amp, and it would be nice to have the same pre-amp options for any of my other basses.
The case's built-in power jacks are unreliable so I'm just using a standard 1 Spot that I had lying around... I'm not really using the EHX Clone Theory in my currently active bands, but it's there for any future situation where I'm playing something post-punk/coldwave in nature...I might replace it with a Master Effects version of the same effect. I don't really use the VT Bass much either, just for one song in one of my bands where I need a more aggressive sound for the song's choruses... The EHX Oceans 11 is there just for the spring reverb sound for a few tunes, where I want that "drip" effect, but I'll probably pick up a DigiTech DigiVerb to swap in so that I can return the EHX pedal to my main guitar board. The Joyo Digital Delay is there just for a couple of tunes, it's cheap and basic but it does everything I need it to. The Subdecay Vagabond is there for its harmonic tremolo for a few songs... The Yuer Noise Gate is there because I needed a noise reduction pedal and I found this one used for super cheap. It's not ideal (when it kicks in it cuts off in a way that's pretty harsh and ragged sounding, rather than a soft, quick-fade type mute) but it works for now.
The only addition I am considering is a Master Effects Transmission pre-amp pedal, which simulates the built-in pre-amp of a Yamaha BB-type bass, because my BB1200S is the only bass I have with an active pre-amp, and it would be nice to have the same pre-amp options for any of my other basses.
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How do you like the Phat Phuk B? That pedal came upon my radar recently. Does it add an enjoyable secret sauce that warms things up?
deepestend
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Too early to tell. So far, I feel like it's a little bit dark sounding. Stacking it with my Benson pre balances things out really nicely. I really need to play it more though as I have a lot going on in my setup with eq.
I will say that when I had the Super Russian in, the germanium boost really opened up stacked with a plumes. The Phat Phuk sounds a little darker and dirtier than the boost in the super russian and I may adjust the bias a little to get a little more breakup from it.
Exploiter8
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The first utilizes the existing cord whilst the second turns an extension into a power cord.
I use one of these on my board. Splits to the Oracle on top and the DC7 underneath.
I made two updates to my pedalboard. First I swapped out the mini wah for a more utilitarian EQ pedal. Second, I got the SA Ultrawave at a discount and this thing is unreal. I wasn't too enamored by the Spectrum and C4 Synth pedals when I had them, but the Ultrawave is excellent. I might just rely on this for all my overdrive and fuzz needs.
Looking good! What does the Ultrawave do that the C4 doesn’t? I have a C4 but have been curious about the UW
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If I’m not mistaken, the main weapon in the UW Arsenal is multiband processing. Being able to select individual or groups of frequency bands to play with, especially via distortion or compression, are its biggest feature that aren’t available in any other source Pedal.
i’ve had my fair share of SA pedals on and off pedalboards for the last couple years. In my experience they hit a great balance of coming preloaded with some excellent sounding and easy-to-dial-in presets. If however, you want to go beyond that, there’s definitely a deep dive into the desktop or mobile editing software. That seems to be the dividing one for most folks.
And in the interest of being a contributing member of this thread, here’s my newest, simple – yet – satisfying board!
for all my time playing, I’ve always put compressors at the front of the chain, but got a wild hair last night to mix things up, and I can tell you that I’m pretty impressed with the clean yet thick sound I’m getting from my passive P-bass.
for all my time playing, I’ve always put compressors at the front of the chain, but got a wild hair last night to mix things up, and I can tell you that I’m pretty impressed with the clean yet thick sound I’m getting from my passive P-bass.
Nice. I also like a board sweet 'n' simple. I often run my comp at the end, which makes my tube pedals (Sushibox Underground Accelerator or Space Heater) more touch sensitive, but it also sounds great at the beginning where it can help boost a bass with a weaker output......I have yet to configure a board with a comp at both ends, but I'm redoing one next weekend and seriously considering it.....
I'm 59, not a tech Luddite but certainly not programmer or engineer, and I detest pedals/amps with nested digital menus and/ or a need for software/firmware downloads .... BUT ..... I bit on a UW a few months ago.....it took me a couple of hours to get comfortable with the UW and it's software and decide which features I wanted to use. I found it amazing in that it could easily take the place of my HPF, compressor, add some dirt and even chorus type sounds, with 6 presets. In the and, however, I flipped it because I found it a pain to try and equalize output volumes between the different presets, and it doesn't allow for much change on the fly within a given preset. That said, it is an amazing, versatile machine.
This compact rig was perfect for a couple day session and a week playing covers.
ETDI and Coda page turner off board and everything else on a single pedal train riser.
ETDI and Coda page turner off board and everything else on a single pedal train riser.
Technically speaking the UW is not a synth pedal, although it has parameters in the editor that allows you to create synth-sounding effects (which works for what I require). The UW allows you to play around with compression, EQ, all sorts of drives and fuzzes, tremolo, envelope options as well...
I think you need to read through the Neuro editor tutorial closely to understand how to make full use of the pedal, and I think it's much easier to access the editor on a computer. Personally what I typically do is to download community presets and make small tweaks to them here and there to suit my tastes. I also like and use some of the stock presets.
Here is my mini board.
I like to shape a particular clean tone, and also like a bit of dirt too when called for.
This is a DIY board made from a 10mm thick plate of aluminium. Fits inside a little cheapy flight case box too.
I like to shape a particular clean tone, and also like a bit of dirt too when called for.
This is a DIY board made from a 10mm thick plate of aluminium. Fits inside a little cheapy flight case box too.
I just finished rewiring and I have less total pedals than I had on my Metro. Does this count? 
I just finished rewiring and I have less total pedals than I had on my Metro. Does this count?
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Nicely done!
The carousel spinneth….my « do it all (even power a cab if needed) » board….
10.6 X 13.8 inches…
10.6 X 13.8 inches…
