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Show me your compact pedalboard setup

#7,141
bassbrad said:
I have amassed a small collection over the years with my current favorite being the @Sushi Box FX Finally Tube DI, just something sweet about tubes. Hard to beat for the sound quality, size and ease of power. I have long been using Countryman, RNDI, Radial, Avalon, Manley and many others which are all great the Finally is sweet simplicity IMHO.
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oh wow. The Finally looks pretty slick. I'm looking for something similar- well, I'm looking for a lot of reasons to look for a lot of things lol. But an 'amp-like' warming and saturation- and not much else- is really a void I'd been trying to fill in my planning phase currently, so thank you!
 
#7,142
kevk said:
Thought maybe someone would like to see my pb work in progress…View attachment 4877037
Temple Audio didn’t offer my preferred size board, so I took my Duo 24 apart and cut it down, using a metal blade on my table saw. The 43” LED strip version, wraps around 3-1/2 sides. (I always Velcro the TA light controller to the inside front face…) It’s now a Duo 13…will fit in a Gator mixer bag. ;)View attachment 4877036
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Update: Finally completed my custom TA Duo 13 pb together (13” w x 12-1/2” d)…it was a LOT of tedious planning/work, but happy with the results!
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I figured out a way to “hide” my Khan DI underneath. Nothing underneath projects below the pb frame, so the regular Temple Audio rubber feet still work perfect.
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Btw, the Khan DI easily attaches (pb holes align nicely) with 3mm screws. I placed rubber o-rings between the DI and pb. Mounting underneath will only work on Duo-size pb’s…the slope on my Solo 18 was too steep. I also used longer 4mm screws/spacers between DC7 and pb…
 
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#7,144
ianrck said:
Just wanted to have a di option in my board. Any recommendation for a good di for bass?
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What was wrong with the BDDI? Or rather, how much better do you think a different option would be? Feels like the BDDI would be 99% fine for most applications plus you've got all of the other tonal options baked in.
 
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#7,146
glassmoon said:
So it just seems to get smaller as I get older... but right now, this is about as good as I think I've ever had it.
I swapped my Ashdown OriginAL for the MXR M81 (3rd time owning this and hopefully someone will slap some sense into me should I ever try and get rid of it again!)

Happy as a clam
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Do you like having the octave pedal before the compressor? I tend to do the opposite in order to send a consistent dynamic to the octave.
 
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I have no need whatsoever for two boards but, with too many pedals I like and don't want to get rid of but can't fit on my current pedal board, what else could I do but make up a smaller board?

I don't know it it truly fits an accepted definition of "compact", but it is smaller than what is now my main board.

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The path is:
TC Electronic PolyTune 3 tuner --> TC Electronic Spark Booster clean boost --> Spaceman Effects Saturn VI harmonic booster --> [sfx] Micro Red Dragon overdrive --> One Control Blackberry overdrive - Becos CompIQ Mini compressor --> Broughton Alway-On HPF (under board)

Also under the board is a Cioks DC7 power supply.

What do I do with them:
- Tuner - Tune and/or mute
- Spark Booster - Sometimes I use it just a clean boost, but mostly I use this to boost my lower output basses. I'll set my pedals for my highest output basses and then boost the lower output basses to about the same level.
- Saturn VI - I use this as my standard, "always on" tone. I have to set to boost the level a little with a light drive and a slightly darker than neutral tone. Works nicely with all of my basses.
- Micro Red Dragon - I have this set to give me a tone that's darker than my standard tone and has more dirt. I use this on older classic rock songs like Cream, Santana, The Doors, etc. as well as some of the older blues songs we do.
- Blackberry - On my main board, my Blueberry serves the role the Micro Red Dragon does on this board. But, despite being a Blueberry design and somewhat dark sounding, I find the "Body" control on the Blackberry (midrange) is great for giving me a raspier tone with more dirt than my standard tone. Works great on our more modern rock and blues songs or our blues rock songs.
- CompIQ - I have to set to act as a leveler to help not give me a sudden boost or sudden drop off when turning pedals on and off.
- Always-on HPF - Set to clean up any low end boominess, if necessary.

The big open space on the right? I'm planning to demo chord chart / set list apps and, if I find one I like, begin using that for chord charts and lyrics cheatsheets on gigs. In that case, I'll add a Bluetooth page turner to that spot on the board. If not, maybe I'll add am octave pedal and a DI. For now, when I need a DI to go straight into the board, I'll use a Radial JDI and send its XLR output to the board and the 1/4 inch output to my amp.
 
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AndyLES said:
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Played some '80s/'90s/'00s covers last night for a charity benefit. The wah is great for synthy sweeps.
The weird looking stuff on the tuner is just reflections from the x-mas lights nearby, haha!
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@AndyLES so, you weren't getting wah sounds necessarily from it? I'm intrigued by a mini in the classifieds.
 
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4Mal said:
View attachment 4899946 Going back and forth between the Seafoam Chorus and a Spectrum. SlampeggX is my normal 'Fat' channel. Underground Accellerator is there for bright!. More is there for ... more
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I loved my Spectrum. Really does get the fattest tones. However, I had a lot of trouble making adjustments on the fly and found that things got confusing with the controls when I switched settings/effects. 100% user issues, but I felt like I needed to switch to a single effect (JoshWah) that was just easier for me to adjust on the fly. The Spectrum did sound fatter and wetter, but was frustrating for me.
 
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@deepestend I get that. The Spectrum I use for 2 flavors of octave (sun and 8 string) and two flavors of envelope filter. I only use those with one bass and set all the physical controls at noon when saving the patch. When I get to the gig, all controls to noon and I'm good to go. For me, that has been the way to make the Spectrum effective. I am leaving lots on the table there.

When I want more, I go to a bigger board with an HX Stomp XL. Even there, I generally only have one bass that I run effects on. For me usually a Cat with rounds. The other bass I'll carry will be a Cat with Flats or a Starfire II with flats usually.

For me the key to effects is ... dumb it down. I skip the overly complex stuff and just focus on just a few really basic but solid sounds.

YMMV and all that
 
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AndyLES said:
I mean, yeah, it sounds like a wah, but I do slow sweeps and "parked" sounds (resting my foot on it and tilting it ever so slightly back, for subby tones). I just wasn't doing Wacka-wacka-wowy-wah tones.
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This is good to know. Thanks! I realize that it can be used for traditional sounds, but it seems like your use is a great other way to utilize it that you can't do with an autowah.
 
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deepestend said:
This is good to know. Thanks! I realize that it can be used for traditional sounds, but it seems like your use is a great other way to utilize it that you can't do with an autowah.
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Yeah. We're not doing any Black Sabbath, Metallica, or O'Jays Tunes, haha, but it's very useful for emulating synths without having to bring a synth. Add some gain, as I do via the YYZ pedal pictured, and it works great.
 
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4Mal said:
@deepestend I get that. The Spectrum I use for 2 flavors of octave (sun and 8 string) and two flavors of envelope filter. I only use those with one bass and set all the physical controls at noon when saving the patch. When I get to the gig, all controls to noon and I'm good to go. For me, that has been the way to make the Spectrum effective. I am leaving lots on the table there.

When I want more, I go to a bigger board with an HX Stomp XL. Even there, I generally only have one bass that I run effects on. For me usually a Cat with rounds. The other bass I'll carry will be a Cat with Flats or a Starfire II with flats usually.

For me the key to effects is ... dumb it down. I skip the overly complex stuff and just focus on just a few really basic but solid sounds.

YMMV and all that
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I agree... I have to dumb things down to make them work consistently in a live setting. You are def leaving stuff on the table, but you are getting the job done. Props to those who can handle complex setups live!
 

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