I went a similar route, but this is simply connected with Duolock - no board even needed!
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Ultra minimal pedalboards
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My favorite “pedalboard” in this context is plugging my tuner into the usb port of my Mesa Wd800. Truly all I “need” in most instances in my life.
I’ve been playing some more out there stuff with a group and that’s where the octave + envelope + fuzz comes in sometimes. Do I need it? Nah, rest of the band is making plenty of weird noise. Is it fun? So much.
My Nano board has an HX stomp but I’m playing with the idea of a compact 3Leaf board with proton + octavbre + doom.
I'll play with this little board on a shelf that clips to a mic or music stand with a Zoom MS60B+ that runs off a power bank with a nifty Pedalnetics DIm Stick.
You've got yer small boards....but then there's yer milliboards....nano boards....and then yer picoboardsWow! I’d call that subatomic rather than minimalist as far as size goes.
This reminds of The Blues Brothers when Elwood wears the briefcase cuffed to his hand, containing a harmonica.
Love this thread. Great ideas here.
I usually only use a tuner and an Xotic RC (my JDI sits on the amp) so I don't even bother with a "board" (I also run them with batteries, no fiddling with looking for AC.).
I do however add an octaver once in a while and then I start wishing they were all mounted on something--I guess three is my threshold.
I usually only use a tuner and an Xotic RC (my JDI sits on the amp) so I don't even bother with a "board" (I also run them with batteries, no fiddling with looking for AC.).
I do however add an octaver once in a while and then I start wishing they were all mounted on something--I guess three is my threshold.
Yeah. My guitar pedal chain is pretty ridiculous. Comes from having a talented guitarist as my wife, and both of us tending to be pack rats when it comes to gear. There’s over 70 pedals in our assemblage gradually acquired over roughly 40 years. So there’s plenty to choose from and experiment with. But I also tend to approach guitar more like I would a synth than a guitar. This is in contrast to my lady who actually does know how to play guitar. Her six pedal board is a carefully curated selection that’s cleverly arranged. Mine is an ever evolving and experimental hodgepodge. But I suppose that’s to be expected because I don’t consider myself an actual guitarist. (Nor does my Strat wielding guitarist wife for that matter.
)I’m sorta in the same boat. My tuner and DI sit on the floor. Each is powered by a battery. The Unit 67 sits on top of my amp. It’s powered by a 1-Spot plugged into a Furman power strip since my amp is a rack mount. I have standard settings on the U67 depending on which bass I’m playing. I may also tweak it a bit during sound check. But after that I generally leave it alone and do any further needed adjustments on the bass. I don’t like to be turning knobs a lot when I’m out playing.
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How my brain works:
*Looks at Youtube channel profile pic*
Me: Why the frick is Rick Astley telling us how many pedals we should be using?!?!?
funny eough, this thread happens to coincide with my own pedalboard journey! started out stuffing a broughton hpf+lpf into my top gig bag pocket, then my first pedalboard was a repurposed lunch box/cardboard box (recreated here to give an idea)
after that setup for several months of a lunchbox I finally took the time to get an used pedaltrain nano from fb marketplace, an amazon caline isolated PSU, sprinkle some flat patch cables and right angle power cables and here it is!
after that setup for several months of a lunchbox I finally took the time to get an used pedaltrain nano from fb marketplace, an amazon caline isolated PSU, sprinkle some flat patch cables and right angle power cables and here it is!
My minimalist board. These are my favorite types of pedalboards. Dual XLR outs on mine. Usually I run the BD with less mids and more bass, and the PD with more mids & less bass. There are quite a few cool settings here. Also splitting your sound into two outputs gives the engineer more flexibility when mixing. Two SansAmps also play nice together and there are never any phasing issues. I run my Aria SB-1000 with DR DDT roundwounds into it.. the Aria’s active circuit has some high pass filtering which gets rid of boomy low end frequencies too. This rig is totally studio ready.
How my brain works:
*Looks at Youtube channel profile pic*
Me: Why the frick is Rick Astley telling us how many pedals we should be using?!?!?
The way my brain works I don’t see where he’s doing that at all, and now it’s wondering why anyone would take it that way.
Can't watch the video since I'm at the office, so I haven't gave it a watch yet...was going off the "(It's all you need)" part of the title.The way my brain works I don’t see where he’s doing that at all, and now it’s wondering why anyone would take it that way.
I'm sure Rick expresses that he'd never want to give up a good pedal, but unfortunately we can't always be together forever with our gear. Just hold it in your arms for a while and let it go to a better home.
Nano. GLXD. HXS. DC7 underneath. I have made myself stick to a Nano and think that is as minimal as I need to be. I went to a Nano+ for a while, but then went back. I now use the Nano plus bag for my Nano so there's room in it for some cables and my wireless transmitter. I run it to a Khan, but have also just used teh HXS 1/4" out with a TRS to Male XLR cable. Either way has worked just fine.
Part of why I like multi for gigs. This Zoom B3n fits in this case with my amp head and all my cables. This case, my bass, and maybe a cabinet is the gig load.
The pedal riser post earlier gave me an idea. I just removed the RB risers from my RB Quad 4.1. These 2 fit perfect, power by an eneloop pedal power.
