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Show me your compact pedalboard setup

#9,964
Two compact pedalboards and the Fly Rig v2 on my practice amp.

Pedalboard 1:
Voodoo Lab Dingbat Tiny PP X4
TC Electronic PolyTune 3 Mini
Origin Effects Cali76 V2 Bass Compressor
Origin Effects DCX Bass Overdrive
Origin Effects BassRig Super Vintage

Pedalboard 2:
Harley Benton Spaceship Power 50M
TC Electronic PolyTune 3 Mini
Empress Effects Bass Compressor Blue SPK
Darkglass Microtubes X Ultra
Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI V2

Pedalboard 3:
Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig V2

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triviani said:
That’s a neat board. How does the Mother compare to other preamps you may have? Like, compared to the Colour Box.
What makes it extraordinary?
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I have one, and it's great. Lineage with Hiwatt, very amp like. The EQ makes it really flexible with the 3 band + absence (an inverted presence) along with the depth that controls the amount of low end going into the preamp. It adds a lot of subtle sparkle and stacks great.

I really love the gain sound on the A side. My issue is that I struggled with the dirty channel gain tone a little by itself, it was a little nazel. However, I never got to play with it in a full band context, I suspect it cuts through great even if it wasn't my favourite in isolation.

The option to have a regular output to sit I front of an amp with a flatter EQ and a DI out, which has a baked in EQ to emulate the real mother amp, is a nice touch. I like the flatter one with bass. The other feels too scoopy.

Overall, it's just a really well designed preamp, what you'd expect from EAE, and does the science amp justice from all accounts, although I'm too poor to own the real thing!
 
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This picture kinda marks the end to my little pedal project, creating some functional boards with specific functions from ‘spare’ pedals I had floating around…(plus a couple of purchases). A few bits shifted around since my last post about them.

There’s a couple of bits that might get swapped out perhaps, the Radial is borrowed for example, and I’d love to swap the Green Russian DIY pedal out (as good as it is) if I find my old Grey Stache to buy back….but yeah, nice little collection of 5 (compact) pedalboards for me to pick from!

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Cheers
Si
 
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Si-bob said:
This picture kinda marks the end to my little pedal project, creating some functional boards with specific functions from ‘spare’ pedals I had floating around…(plus a couple of purchases). A few bits shifted around since my last post about them.

There’s a couple of bits that might get swapped out perhaps, the Radial is borrowed for example, and I’d love to swap the Green Russian DIY pedal out (as good as it is) if I find my old Grey Stache to buy back….but yeah, nice little collection of 5 (compact) pedalboards for me to pick from!

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Cheers
Si
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All very nicely put together, but I have to ask.... for what purpose do you require five boards? That feels like a lot to me. I can barely justify having two, so I really am curious how one goes about using all of these!
 
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sloppy_phil said:
All very nicely put together, but I have to ask.... for what purpose do you require five boards? That feels like a lot to me. I can barely justify having two, so I really am curious how one goes about using all of these!
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A fair enough question!
The Noble board is my main board and has been for years, so that is just dialed in and does probably 70% of my gigs.

The Pedaltrain Nano below it is an attempt to capture similar sounds in a smaller footprint for when I’m not taking my full rig out (my amps and Noble board typically live in a packed away flight case).

The ‘clean’ board top-right is for some gigs I do which require no gain pedals, and gets my old analogue CE-5 and ‘82 Octaver out and used.

The ‘dirt’ board at the bottom is just for fun currently, but hopefully will get to apply it to some music at some point, lots of big grindy tones.

And the HX Stomp is for when I just need any of the above in a tiny, easy-to-transport package…plus a mic-level DI. Or of course could easily be put inline with any of the other boards to add a bunch more sounds if needed.

All necessary?….of course not…but it’s fun haha

Cheers
Si
 
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projectapollo said:
Similar but different...... Origin Effects and Broughton 18" Mono Lite+ rig....

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Love it! Same same but different :) Like how you chained them too. I like fuzz going into the DCX. One day I’ll get to try a Broughton.

I just went with a clip on tuner. I almost bought the Strobo mini till I realized I didn’t have space on my nano xD
 
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Current state of play:

RB Duo 2.1. Fast becoming my most used board. Considering replacing the M81 with a JF Capo, but the Amp sims from the HXS into a clean pre do work really well
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Home made Nano Tone/IEM board
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Downsized my mini board to a RB Duo 2.0 (40mm smaller than a Nano). Was moving stuff around and realized it would all fit. Donner Dynamic Wah on in place of the Mooer Envelope filter. Comp is before the Chorus in the signal chain but had to position this way to get it all to fit with the ins and outs. Can still fit the RB Power LT XL battery underneath if wish. Removed the Mosky loop box as it wasn't working for me. USB not in use at the moment. Need to move the mThump.
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RB Duo 4.1 Analog board. Still love it, but lots bigger than my other options
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Rev_Slinky said:
How would you say these two pedals compare to one another? I like the idea of a small envelope filter. What do you like better about the Donner?
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The controls on the Donner I like better. It has both sensitivity and range which I find much easier to dial in, and less is definitely more if you look where I have them set. I read a "review" of someone that had purchased this pedal and said there was almost no quack from the pedal. If you dial the range and sensitivity right up it sounds like it is doing nothing because it is trough the range of the "wah" in an instant.

I was really happy with the Mooer also and I still have it. I initially got the Donner (Isaw one cheap) as I thought the Mooer was distorting, but it was the quack of the envelope pushing the Fairfield Modele B I have on my board into saturation momentarily when playing slap.
 
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Rocksolid said:
The controls on the Donner I like better. It has both sensitivity and range which I find much easier to dial in, and less is definitely more if you look where I have them set. I read a "review" of someone that had purchased this pedal and said there was almost no quack from the pedal. If you dial the range and sensitivity right up it sounds like it is doing nothing because it is trough the range of the "wah" in an instant.

I was really happy with the Mooer also and I still have it. I initially got the Donner (Isaw one cheap) as I thought the Mooer was distorting, but it was the quack of the envelope pushing the Fairfield Modele B I have on my board into saturation momentarily when playing slap.
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Thanks! That's helpful to hear. That mini pedalboard of yours is pretty impressive!
 
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