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Show me your compact pedalboard setup

Updated my direct board. Granted, it's primarily a guitar board, but I use it for bass whenever I play bass at band rehearsals, and for demo recordings at home.

The Ampli-Firebox's Bassman amp model combined with a custom Hartke impulse response cab sim makes it a pretty convincing bass rig plugged straight to the PA.
Add some octave action with the Pitch Fork, a bit of grit from the Touch Overdrive and even some shimmer reverb from the Blue Sky for some ambient sections, and this is a mighty fine dual action pedalboard. I don't really use much modulation or delay with bass, but it's there if I want it.

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What are those big buttons you have on the yellow more and ample firebox?
 
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This is my first pedalboard and it's made from recycled materials.

For years, I've kept this unused 3M fibre optic termination kit from a business I used to own. The scratches on the case are all just from moving it around my garage and storage. I gutted the case and salvaged some similar chrome latches from an SKB case to replace the hinges. After my kitchen reno, I had some leftover pieces of old growth straight grain fir that used to be baseboards in a casino. They were exactly the right width for the grid.

I converted the AB-2 to 9 volt and wired everything up with a 1spot. The AB-2 just switches to the tuner (I've had issues with that tuner before)
I'm considering adding an IEC C13 receptacle and locking 1/4" chassis jacks for the in and out, but I'm going to try it like this for a couple of gigs and see how it goes.

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