Your Pedalboard!!!

josh · 2010-07-05T12:16:42+00:00

Hi guys just wanted to start this thread so that everyone can see each others pedalboard. So here is mine pretty simple just a Boss ME-50 & i am going 2 buy myself a digitech hot head & some other pedals. So guyz start posting pics of your pedalboard. I dont have a photo of my board yet so just got some photos of the pedals off the net.

rikus

Update time! Gotta love the holidays!

New additions are the TS9 modded to 808 spec and has a few other bits and bobs (which I got from MikeM) and my new buffer! ?

I'm really loving the TS9. Quite a contrast to the OCD, which is a lot more transparent. OCD will be set to lowish gain settings where it just gives me a grittier version of my clean sound. TS9 medium-ish gain. Running the TS9 into the OCD give the OCD a nice midrange bump which is cool for a nice heavier tone... Running the OCD into the TS9 just sounds mushy to me.

I also made a few changes to the actual board. I redid the spacing between the boards so that I cable and jacks fit between them. I can now hide the longer runs under the board.

Very happy with the board at the moment. Now I just need to stop fiddling and play!

shadow1

NICE Rikus!

Where did you get the buffer? I was looking for one like that, nice and small.

PS....you never stop fiddling ?

rikus

Thanks man! The buffer is a DIY jobbie... see this thread.

MIKA-the-better-one

Jeeeze my previous guitar pedals go around GFSA like a flu in primary school...

That was a great ts9 ?

AlanRatcliffe

From player's perspective:

The Small Stone isn't being used at the mo, and yes, I have plans for the spaces. The Wah might come out in favour of my old Ibanez AF-9 (auto filter) - I'm new to foot wahs and am still not convinced they are for me.

Input jacks on the right hand side:

Output jacks and power on the rear ('scuse the blurred pic):

And the quick and dirty wiring job underneath:

I'll clean that up properly when I get another pedal or two and some more Neutrik plugs.

Signal chain is as follows (disregarding the Octa-Switch):
Mag pickups -> Tuner -> Wah -> Compressor -> Vibe -> LTD -> OD11 -> Blonde -> Volume left -> Delay Left -> OUT LEFT
Piezo Pickups -> DI -> Volume right-> Delay right-> OUT RIGHT

Mr-M

Nice board Alan - both the actual board and the pedal selection. ? What model wah is that? And the inevitable question...what are you planning to put in the spaces?

FruitarGeek

Mr T wrote Nice board Alan

Yes. VERY Nice board indeed. Its so damn clean and simple.

Rowen-M

@ Alan

Where's the Love Squeeze? I'm sure you mentioned a page or two back that you had one. Well if you decide you don't need it I'll be more than willing to take it off your hands ? ?

AlanRatcliffe

It's a bit of a compromise - my dream board would make Guitar Rig look simple and I'd be running at least four outs. :-[ But it's got to be a practical size and usable too.

I want to get a Strymon Lex on the magnetic pickups side and a Blue Sky to handle reverb for both (I'm currently relying on the desk for reverbs, which usually means ending up with something more suited for vocals). I have to get at least one more switch in for the TimeFactor (as a bank down - why they don't have patch up and down and tap tempo instead of bank up and two patches I don't know). I've also been thinking the space next to the Blonde is tailor-made for a Liverpool.

Other than that, I might try either a Red Witch Moon Phaser or an Option 5 Destination Phase and the ZCAT hold pedals are intriguing me ATM.

Rowen M wrote Where's the Love Squeeze?

I intended to get one, then though I might hold off and try a Strymon OB.1. Then while I was still dickering between which to try, the Comp-Nova popped up at a good price (thanks to a heads-up from Mr. T) and I already know and like those, so I jumped on that.

JoeyBones

Alan Ratcliffe wrote From player's perspective:

The Small Stone isn't being used at the mo, and yes, I have plans for the spaces. The Wah might come out in favour of my old Ibanez AF-9 (auto filter) - I'm new to foot wahs and am still not convinced they are for me.

Very nice Alan. Will we be seeing a Whammy making it's way onto that board ?

AlanRatcliffe

JoeyBones wrote Very nice Alan. Will we be seeing a Whammy making it's way onto that board ?

Thanks.

Nope. I wouldn't rule out an octaver sometime (and I've used harmonisers before), but I don't think I am in any danger of adding a Whammy. Ever. ?

AlanRatcliffe

Just realised

Mr T wrote What model wah is that?

Just the standard Dunlop GCB-95. I've done some cap and resistor mods to it, but have left the stock inductor. Not quite sure about all the mods. If it stays on the board I'll probably just drop in a BYOC kit so I can tweak the four resistor settings until I get a balance I'm happy with.

Mr-M

Alan Ratcliffe wrote Just realised
Mr T wrote What model wah is that?
Just the standard Dunlop GCB-95. I've done some cap and resistor mods to it, but have left the stock inductor. Not quite sure about all the mods. If it stays on the board I'll probably just drop in a BYOC kit so I can tweak the four resistor settings until I get a balance I'm happy with.

?
One can seldom tell with Wahs what exactly they are. I sell piles of the things, but I'm not a fan of the standard GCB95 at all. The MC404 on the other hand... ? If you do ever want to try a yellow or red Fasel inductor, I could possibly be of service.

AlanRatcliffe

Mr T wrote One can seldom tell with Wahs what exactly they are. I sell piles of the things, but I'm not a fan of the standard GCB95 at all. The MC404 on the other hand... ? If you do ever want to try a yellow or red Fasel inductor, I could possibly be of service.

The MC-404 does look nice... Get thee behind me... ?

The BYOC kit has a halo inductor, like the McCoys, so I'll try that first before I start experimenting with Fasels.

greetings

Wow, Alan. Wow. Very nice.

teleplayer

Danny-B

Lovely board teleplayer! Do you plan in a band in Durban?

teleplayer

I've been out of a band for a while now, but been in conversation with a guy who's just come down from the UK and is trying to start something up.
For the past few years I've just been playing in church and a few other shows here and there.

Thanks for the comment on the board though. Who are you playing for at the moment?

Mr-M

My mate, the rather inactive forum member BrokenVic's board:

DDR4LYF

I have been itching to build a pedal board for a while now. I finally figured out how to build a true bypass pedal to control my multieffects unit, so I finally have enough pedals to justify building one! So here it is... not too many in-the-process pictures... This is for a bass rig, BTW.

Just after the pedal board had been made and first paint coatings. The paint job was inspired by the Italia Maranello Speedster. There are many Italias that make me want to curse the family line of the person that invented glitter, but that one is a super slick looking guit!

The bottom with the power supply. I changed out the plug so that I could use one of those computer chords with the two different power outputs, one for the amp and one for the pedalboard. It came with a standard three prong power plug.

From the side with the power input

The top view.

The pedals.... I am planning to change the Behringer OD for a Tech 21 Sansamp VT Bass deluxe and the Boss CS-3 (which has been modded for better bass response) will be changed for an MXR M87 Bass Compressor. These changes will take some time, as I am not exactly rolling in cash, but they will come. The board was specifically built to accommodate them when I get them. The little rusted box is just a true bypass for the Zoom multi effects. The Zoom pedal does something to the clean sound... something that is not good, but has some cool distortion and modulation effects that can come in handy!

The grey patch cables worked out at +-R45 each I custom made them from plugs from Mantech and cable from Matt's Music. A lot less than the R50 per plug you'll pay at regular music shops, which works out to about R110 per patch cable!!!

So yeah, there it is!!!! I hope that inspires someone to not buy cheap behringer pedals ?

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