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Show your tidy pedalboard!

#941
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This is probably the tidiest board I have put together. Even the knobs match!

(Except for the purple chicken head on the Hematoma. Couldn't bring myself to remove that one.)
 
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Well, it's not tidy yet because one of my preamps died, so it's a bit of a kludge at the moment. But my new experiment is running the VTDI and MBD-2 in parallel into a summing amp. I've managed to combine the glass-shattering attack of the VTDI with the Character knob dimed and the gut-rumbling hugeness of the MBD-2.

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bonin in the boneyard said:
Well, it's not tidy yet because one of my preamps died, so it's a bit of a kludge at the moment. But my new experiment is running the VTDI and MBD-2 in parallel into a summing amp. I've managed to combine the glass-shattering attack of the VTDI with the Character knob dimed and the gut-rumbling hugeness of the MBD-2.
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Gotta' ask - how's the Seymour Duncan Powerstage treating you? I've been contemplating something like this quite a bit, but I'm a bit shy to pull the trigger...
~Nick von Nick
 
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Nick von Nick said:
Gotta' ask - how's the Seymour Duncan Powerstage treating you? I've been contemplating something like this quite a bit, but I'm a bit shy to pull the trigger...
~Nick von Nick
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I think it's great. I practice 90% through headphones, and this is as nice as any headphone amp with aux in that I've ever used. And when I can play out loud, all I need is a cable and a cab to hear the same signal.

As for volume, with my power-hungry 8-ohm Hathor 1203, which is what I mainly use, it gets louder than I would ever want to be in my own house. It gets even louder with my more efficient 4-ohm Barefaced Two10. But it's a pandemic purchase, and I haven't played with anyone else yet.

The EQ is fine, but I don't need it with all the other knobs already on the board. The cab sim is actually pretty sweet because even though it's not as dark as a typical bass cab, it rolls the treble off just enough to kill the hiss from the tubes when I run them at high gain, so it works like a noise killer without dulling my signal.

So overall it's one or my better gear purchases.
 
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bonin in the boneyard said:
I think it's great. I practice 90% through headphones, and this is as nice as any headphone amp with aux in that I've ever used. And when I can play out loud, all I need is a cable and a cab to hear the same signal.

As for volume, with my power-hungry 8-ohm Hathor 1203, which is what I mainly use, it gets louder than I would ever want to be in my own house. It gets even louder with my more efficient 4-ohm Barefaced Two10. But it's a pandemic purchase, and I haven't played with anyone else yet.

The EQ is fine, but I don't need it with all the other knobs already on the board. The cab sim is actually pretty sweet because even though it's not as dark as a typical bass cab, it rolls the treble off just enough to kill the hiss from the tubes when I run them at high gain, so it works like a noise killer without dulling my signal.

So overall it's one or my better gear purchases.
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That's really hot! I want to get something like a Thermion Zero to set up a dual bass/baritone guitar board, especially because it lets me switch preamps on the fly. I was worried about the cab simulation. Based on your experience, it sounds like that might actually be a beneficial feature. I'd probably run the output to a monitor and then XLR into my FRFR speaker.

There's a sad dearth of information on using these sorts of things with bass, but maybe I've found a niche...
~NvN
 
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Mo'Phat said:
Two questions -
1. What are you powering this with?
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A Truetone CS6. It fits under the Pedaltrain Metro16 (or Nano, for that matter) with 2-4 mm to spare. Earthquaker and Joshwah are daisychained, as I never use them together at the same time. There’s a polarity reversal cable beneath the board for the Diamond. The CS6 works very well and without interference or the like, despite the Sennheiser and the SV-Pre which I am told is pretty picky in regards to power supplies.

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2. How do you like the Sennheiser? If you ever had the Shure GLXD16 wireless, how would you compare the two?
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I played through the Shure, but direct comparisons are difficult due to the time in-between. For the Sennheiser, first things that come to mind:

1. Works well, with no discernible delay or noise or the like, even with multiple devices in place (our guitarist also plays through a XSW-D, our singer has his own Shure wireless, there’s multiple iPads, smart phones, and the Wifi mixing desk around etc.) Sound quality is excellent.
1.5 I’ve only played four shows with it so far, yay Covid, but all worked well with now drop-outs or the like.

2. Exception: if there's a Wifi device closer than about 1m / 3.5 ft to the receiver, there might be some high-pitched noise. In short, don't play the Sennheiser with your phone charging just next to the board. Or bending down to do adjustments with the phone in your pocket, but your board unmuted.

3. The sender is a bit cumbersome, form-factor-wise, but a short patch cable and the included belt buckle help a lot.
3.5 The belt clip is a bit flimsy, mind. I tie it down with Gaffa for gigs (we tend to jump around a lot)

4. You can charge the sender right on the receiver via USB-C. Or put a USB-C battery pack in your back pocket to power the sender while using it.

5. Which might be necessary for people doing 4 sets or more a night as there’s no fast-charge for quickly charging to 80 % or the like during a 15 mins break. For me, battery life is around 4-5 h.
5.5. If that’s not enough, you can pair additional backup senders and swap them out on-the-fly.

6. The base station / receiver is very very sturdy. It’s a tank. It’s the most roadworthy pedal on above board, and that’s saying something. It got drowned in rain, beer, stepped on as hard as a guy jumping around can do (see 3.5), but still looks like fresh out of the box.

7. The tuner is okay. Could be better, and a lot swifter to respond. It’s also a few Cents below what my Petersons or PolyTunes show. Not a biggie, barely audible. But it’s not a tuner to do bass setups, and it might drive you crazy should you have perfect pitch (or another dude or gal in the band). For a quick on-stage check, and mute, it’s fine.

In short: Happy with it, would buy again.

Hope this helps,
-Sascha
 
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#960
Not to be a smart arse but as a bass player I have no pedal board.

I was surprised that Keith Richards and Angus Young don't use pedals. There are some other top guitarist that don't use pedals.

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Keef

Buddy Guy (pre-80's)

Albert King

B.B King

Freddie King

Hubert Sumlin

Eric Clapton (when he was good)
 

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