That is SWEET! Big fan of the OE DCX Bass.
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Show me your compact pedalboard setup
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I think I'm one of the few who prefer the DCX in OD Mod instead of EQ Mod, I prefer what the CAPO does as a Tone Shaper
Very neat setup!!
I have a lite+ that I don't use much currently, but if you want a bag with a little room to grow, the Moog Theremini gigbag works very well. The one I'm talking about can be had for half the price when you find it minus the Moog logo, but there's a newer version that would not work as well but may show up more readily in searches. It has approximately one "standard" stombox of extra lateral space.
Sorry for clogging up the arteries here, folks. But, I had to make another change. Took my Nano board out for a couple shows, and while the Xotic RC does the boost thing incredibly well, it was more of a one-trick pony than I had expected. The second channel simply doesn't get hairy enough, and I was hoping for my one-and-only dirt box on here to be more versatile. So I've gone backwards to go forwards; pulled my old custom OD pedal out of the cupboard. It's big, and has side jacks, so not exactly PB-friendly, in this 125B/top jacks era... But it sounds so righteous to me, that it's worth creating some overhang on this Nano board. Checked to make sure the board still fits in the case (it does!), so now I've got my old favourite back in rotation!
This should be it from me for updates. I say "should be" and not "will definitely be" because we all know how this works. But now, I'm legitimately confident this is a stabilized board. I've used that Farewell to Cleans for 10 years, so there'll be no unexpected surprises in performance. The Xotic was right in theory, just not in practice.
This should be it from me for updates. I say "should be" and not "will definitely be" because we all know how this works. But now, I'm legitimately confident this is a stabilized board. I've used that Farewell to Cleans for 10 years, so there'll be no unexpected surprises in performance. The Xotic was right in theory, just not in practice.
Sure! It's not all that exciting, and likely to be underwhelming, but still happy to clarify.
This was a MXR Zakk Wylde overdrive that I had re-housed back around 2014. The character of drive/gain in the ZW was awesome, but it sucked too much low end out of my signal. My friend who re-housed it for me also added a parallel clean/dry signal, with a single volume knob, so I could blend in as much fundamental as I needed. This was well before we got spoiled by companies like Damnation or Broughton doing low-passed and/or contoured clean signals, so it's full range/double treble voicing. But in lower-to-medium gain settings, I find it works great. If I'm going hi-gain, I can back off the tone control on my bass, and goose it on the pedal, which is sort of a poor man's low-passed clean signal.
All this to say is that my choice of name for the pedal is a horrid misnomer; I've got TONS of clean available if needed. But, well, I couldn't think of any other Rush-based distortion puns... so here we are LOL.
Alright, compact pedalboard revision #1789....
The tuner is off, the Stomp has one good enough for rock and roll...
The Drop pedal is off, I found that the “simple pitch” effect in the Stomp was certainly suitable for my needs. (a lesson I learned from my Helix LT), It tracks good, all the way down to the low E, including fast runs, it comes up short on complex chords, but I ain't a "fancy" player anyway.
Added the Midi Baby 3, now THAT thing opens up the Stomp so much more, I used it at rehearsal last night, and with the exception of really missing an expression pedal, this little rig knocked it out of the park, I could quite happily gig this every weekend, it just takes a little more patch building creativity to work within DSP restrictions of the Stomp.
The tuner is off, the Stomp has one good enough for rock and roll...
The Drop pedal is off, I found that the “simple pitch” effect in the Stomp was certainly suitable for my needs. (a lesson I learned from my Helix LT), It tracks good, all the way down to the low E, including fast runs, it comes up short on complex chords, but I ain't a "fancy" player anyway.
Added the Midi Baby 3, now THAT thing opens up the Stomp so much more, I used it at rehearsal last night, and with the exception of really missing an expression pedal, this little rig knocked it out of the park, I could quite happily gig this every weekend, it just takes a little more patch building creativity to work within DSP restrictions of the Stomp.
The latest iteration.
XPND board....collapsed, which actually only gives 13" of velcro length, vs a Nano's 14"
XPND board....collapsed, which actually only gives 13" of velcro length, vs a Nano's 14"
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Here is my current main board 
Board: Rockboard Duo 2.0, PSU: Voodoo Lab x 4 (underneath).
Board: Rockboard Duo 2.0, PSU: Voodoo Lab x 4 (underneath).
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I'm not entirely sure if it can be considered "compact" but I'll share it with you anyway.
(The board is a D'Addario XPND 1)
(The board is a D'Addario XPND 1)
What do you use for a power supply? I'm tempted by that board but I keep reading how a DC7 doesn't quite fit under it.
I have a Coiks SOL under mine without modification. I do have the front feet set a bit higher, as needed.
I would think the a Coiks DC7 or Eventide PowerMax would fit just fine. But it could come down to your comfort level with clearance. It's not the same type arrangement as Pedaltrain style boards.
I would think the a Coiks DC7 or Eventide PowerMax would fit just fine. But it could come down to your comfort level with clearance. It's not the same type arrangement as Pedaltrain style boards.
Still can’t believe I got this to fit on a nano. Had to get a little creative.
Technically... you didn't
But who cares so long as it's portable and pedals aren't flying off the board when you stomp on them. I think you took your Tetris game as far as it could go with so many side-jack pedals. Well done.
Updated always-on “clean” board.
Thumpinator got moved under the board. This thing sounds amazing.
Thumpinator got moved under the board. This thing sounds amazing.
Couldn’t live with the Mono Lite+ pb…tone-wise, really needed my MORE pedal back in the chain (which wouldn’t fit)…pb is my old modified Duo17—>cut down to Duo13. Also, I really prefer plugging into a pb (vs pedals)… SO, going with two pb’s (Duo17 and Duo13)… Hopefully I’m done…for a long while.
Tuner>PC-2A>MORE>Subsonic>MBD3>mT>SV
Tuner>PC-2A>MORE>Subsonic>MBD3>mT>SV
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