"I'm gonna find myself a girl
that can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams..."
once i get my 1Spot daisy chain, it's gonna look like:
guitar>boss tu-2>ibanez ts9dx>crybaby wah>small stone>liquid chorus>amp
Mine has been very big. I down sized recently.
Guitar>Huckleberry>Fuzz Head>SFX-03>ED1>DD6>Reflector>PW-04>Amp
Guitars: Teles, Strats, LP, VW Wormoth, others. Amps: Bassman LTD, Richter 5e3, 5e3 Head, Taynor Bassmaster II, Gretsch 6150 (Supro), others. Board: Guitar>Java Boost> Huckleberry>Fuzz Head>Top Fuel> SFX-03 >Keeley 4 knob Comp>EH Clone Chorus>Flanger>DD-6
Vox 847(true bypassed)>Keeley Katana>Fulldrive II Mosfet>Keeley BD2>Keeley FuzzHead>EH DMM>Digidelay. If I use my Carvin Nomad I run the DMM into the effects loop. For me this works well
Isaiah 38:20
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I'll post a photo soon, but right now my order is, from guitar to amp:
Fender PT-100 Tuner
Digitech Bad Monkey
Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
MXR Phase 90
Boss DD-20 Giga Delay
Also have a DS-1 that is out of the chain but may go back if I can cram it in somewhere.
LOVE the Giga Delay! 2nd best pedal I own (next to the TS9, of course).
"I'm gonna find myself a girl
that can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams..."
On Mine I have,
1.fulltone deluxe wha
2.keeley katana boost
3.fulltone choral flange
4.fulltone deja vibe
5.planet wave's tuner
6.fender reverb unit
7.fullton TTE (tube tape echo)
Into a george lynch tripler & then a jtm45 with a 4x12 with green back's,a 1974X & ext. cab & a fender twin with a 4x12 ext. cab. Here are a few pic's http://s62.photobucket.com/albums/h118/58reissue/
In here somewhere?
Oh the tone
I have:
Boss TU2
Boss OD-20
Ross Phaser
Danelectro Tuna Melt (tremolo)
I have a Boss GE-7 EQ Pedal and a Korg AX3G that are currently unused. The AX3G is great for cheap effects/cab simulation for recording at night, but my amp now has DI, so this has lost some of it's appeal. Though, you can get a good clean sound with it, and the effects are fun to use, once you get used to setting them up.
Mine is different again..
Ibanez Wah
Dynacomp
Switch box
Switch loop goes through two Bad Monkey pedals
DS1
TS9DX
Small Clone
DD3
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In the Core pedalboard/case with the built in mic stand (very cool), the signal chain goes:
AKG wireless receiver > Arion Tuner > modded crybaby > Line 6 Crunchtone > Marshall Bluesbreaker clone I built called the 'Ballbreaker Blues' > Microvibe > Boss CEB-3 chorus (works fine for guitar) > Danelectro Fab Echo (slapback) > Ernie Ball volume pedal > DOD 250 clone (I built w/ mods I call the 'Tone Pig') > amp. The Fender switch is for the channel switching on the HRDx, so it's not really signal chain, though it lives on the board.
Eventually, I plan on replacing all the commercial built pedals with ones I make from scratch right down to etching my own circuit boards and the printing on the cases. I'm also building my own power supply for the whole thing with a Weber transformer pushing 9 separate isolated and regulated 9vdc outs + a 12vdc for the wireless to eliminate the wart I have to plug in now. At the moment, I'm powering these effects with an old (and I mean OLD) Big Jam power supply with 5 outs and custom made (ok, home made) power cables.
I find that by running a slight drive after the Microvibe, I get a more creamy Vibe sound than swirly. More Trower, less Beatles. This setup with different drives before and after the modulation effects give me both options.
The Core pedalboard/case has a built in mic stand that stashes in the removable cover. I just didn't pull the cover all the way off or set it all up to take the picture. The case is light weight and seems ok for bar gigging, but looks tougher than it really is. An airline luggage monkey would trash this thing in a heartbeat. Does fine in my own trailer with me handling it. The built in mic stand is surprisingly nice with a boom and mic clip included in the $129 price. The base that the stand clamps into is all steel and seems very stable under stage use. Sure makes setting up a breeze.
Cheers,
- JJ
"I bet your Momma was a tent-show Queen ..."
I ain't got no steenkin' pedal board. I don't hold with 'em. So there.
-Mark
Planet Waves tuner>>Fulltone OCD>>Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic>>(sometimes) EH Small Stone phaser>>Amp
100% Fulltone effects. Once I discovered Fulltone, I actually gave away my collection of Boss and Digitech effects. I haven't tried a Fulltone effect I haven't loved yet.
Here is what I have so far. A Tube Tape Echo is in my future too...
"I'm gonna find myself a girl
that can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams..."
I've owned a bunch of Fulltone items; DejaVibe 2, Supa-Trem, Soul-Bender, and Fulldrive II.
All of them have excellent quality of sound, but they sound a little polite to me. A lot less edgy than I would like.
I've always found Mike polite, infomative, and I've even had friendly email correspondence conversations with him at 3AM. I understand that's not everybody's experience.
And while Fulltone products may have seemed expensive when they were introduced, they retain their value well. And you can buy a brand-new Fulldrive for something like $160 on ebay these days for a handmade unit with boost, true bypass switching, switchable flat mids/full mids/comp-cut. That's less expensive than Ibanez' made-in-a-factory TS-808 reissue.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
I think by taking that viewpoint, you're cutting yourself short. A quality set of effects, to me, is just as important as well-made guitar and a quality amp. All aspects of achieving what sound you want to project are equally important. I can play alot of material with just my guitar and amp alone without the need of any effects and the sound/tone produced is exactly what I want. But the rest of the time a decent effect pedal makes all the difference in the world. Yes, effects can get expensive, but nothing worth doing or setting a goal for is ever really inexpensive.
As for the Fulltone products, my experience is if you really break down their quality:cost ratio, they're a bargain compared to most anything else out there. And I was someone who for years swore by my Boss/Digitech/Dunlop combinations.
Bottom line in my view, Rome wasn't built in a day. It's better to save and buy the better gear over time, than to spend less now and buy the, well, let's just say not-so-better gear.
Here is my SKB PS-45:
I, too, am a big fan of Fulltone effects! As it stands, I have about $700.00 worth on my board and I'm looking to replace the MXR Micro Amp with a Fulltone Fat Boost!
Last edited by HWY1Strat; 06-20-2007 at 06:09 PM.
Gonna pick up my axe and fight like a farmer!!
This is mine at the moment, although i'm still messing around with different overdrive and chorus pedals, got a OD-1 and SD-1 to fit in somewhere and a CE-2 when it arrives. Also the VOX board now has a DC-2 which is awesome even in mono.
Marshall board:
VOX AC30 board:
Simon, you've got 2 pedalboards dedicated to your amps? That's pretty cool!
What would you do if you played a bigger gig and needed to use both amps at once?
BTW I see you've got some classic older Boss boxes there, like the feedbacker and the CS-1. And is that Digital Dimension a pedal version of the old Dimension C?
"I'm gonna find myself a girl
that can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams..."
My Band: Tabula Rasa
"I'm gonna find myself a girl
that can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams..."
Just added a Boss DD-3 Delay just for one U2 song! My FD-11 had to go. Recently added the BBE Compressor. Absolutely LOVE the OCD pedal.
My rig goes like this...
Guitar into Morley ABY box
The A side goes into my tuner
From the tuner, the signal goes to my talk box amp. The tuner acts as a noise brake for the talk box. With the tuner activated, no signal goes through to the talk box rig. Without having the tuner in front or with the tuner shut off, a small abount of bleed occurs and the talk box mic will pick up slight guitar noise and put it though the PA.
Out of the B side of the ABY, I go into my Cry Baby, Jeckyl and Hyde, TS808, Arion SCH1, BYOC phaser, then into an old 80's Boss 1/2 rack space Digital Delay (also velcro'd to my board).
Generally that's it if I'm running one amp. Sometimes if I'm looking for a particularly clean tone, I'll add another ABY in front of everything and run the A side though a Twin all by itself. The B side will then go through my Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve and the effects chain.
...and on the 8th day, God created the Super Reverb and there was ROCK, and it was GOOD!
I need a pic, but:
Guitar>Fender PT-100 Tuner>Digitech Bad Monkey>Boss DS-1>Boss CE-5>MXR Phase 90>Boss DD-20 Giga Delay>BBE Sonic Stomp>Fender Blues Deluxe RI.
This week's configuration (will likely soon yank the flanger for a Keeley compressor):
Tone is in the fingers, eh? Let's hear your Vox, Marshall and Fender fingerings then...
Isaiah 38:20
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I have to ask what the Altoids tin is for.
It is for my extra picks.
Isaiah 38:20
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Brilliant!
Those must be some curiously strong picks.
Wide Awake, is that the $100 pedalboard that comes in the soft case with the power supply on the bottom? I have been thinking about getting one of those; I have a very similar chain of pedals that I use and didn't know if they would all fit...
I use a Boss SD-1 => TS9 => CE-5 => GigaDelay plus a footswitch for my Vox amp, and I have yet to add in the Boss Bassman pedal I have, plus I'd like a pedal tuner. Looks like all that will fit.
"I'm gonna find myself a girl
that can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams..."
Sure is:
http://www.gatorcases.com/productsde...?LID=2&PID=121
Things fit ok - My DD-20 sort of hogs some room, and the power plugs could have been a little shorter or angled, but other than that, it's a nice board. They have them double sized also. The power supply has worked flawlessly. I've got the pedals stuck on with velcro, and I just toss the board in the case and I'm off. It's got a pretty decent sized pocket on the front also. Here's a couple more pics of the case.