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Show me your unremarkably boring pedalboard

An old roommate gave me the TU-2. The T-Rex Bass Juice was the first pedal I ever bought because I didn’t know better. The more you turn up the gain the worse it sounds, and yet somehow it just works in a band setting. The Budda Chakra compressor I’m legitimately excited to have because it’s awesome. The Broughton hi-pass filter because all my cabs are loaded with unobtanium vintage 15” drivers rated at 75 watts apiece. And lastly, the Dr. J Sparrow because my Dicosimo 360+ is too good for this board and frankly, I actually really like how this thing sounds so long as you don’t go crazy with the “Harmonics” knob. All powered by a One Spot daisy chain because these pedals don’t deserve a CS-6. It’s unremarkable. It’s boring. It wouldn’t break my heart if it was stolen, consumed by fire, or smooshed into the pavement by a steamroller. Perfect for multi-band bills where I won’t get to set up at 6, eat dinner at 7, play all night, and then break down to make the haul home after last call. Oh, and the board itself was $26 on Amazon and kinda seems just as good as the Pedaltrain all my good pedals live on.

What’s your crappy, boring, unremarkable board that doesn’t really do any cool tricks?


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Today what I’m using. There’s also an always on Sex Drive underneath.
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Order is basically tuner to comp to bottom R-L to back to delay. Delay is set for chorusing. Either preamp, not both. Sushi more classic rock sound and High is more 80-90s hot rack crisp sound. The Plus is a fuzz and envelope and I’m not needing a ton of dirt in my project today so let’s take a moment of silence to resolve the tragic lack of dirt.

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Man I always want to downsize to this, but I haven't found a proper compressor in the Stomp so that I can take my Cali out of the board. But I am always considering the Tuner-->HX Stomp-->DI option.

I am not sure if this qualifies as boring, but I used to run only this preamp before having the Stomp

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I'm sorry, but you failed the mark.

Let me point out your flaws.
Viewing the board through a pedal gourmand's eye, the first thing I see it how well the space is used. The pedalboard is completely used, with well spaced pedals. Lots of bonus points for what you did with the Sparrow and the Broughton, combining two pedals to match the size of the other boxes.
Further bonus points for your cabling jobs. The one cable running from the Broughton to the Sparrow is off, as well as the power cable from the Broughton, but overall it is a super clean job.

Care to show the underside of the board?