Why I'm starting to dig mini pedals more.

Mark Wein

Mark Wein

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Less to fuck with. I have to actually live with a sound and just play music. The Wampler Ego compressor is a good example...two of the controls from the big pedal are now just toggle switches. Where I used to always mess with the attack and tone controls now I don't even think about it. Even the Tube Screamer mini is a reasonably good sounding pedal and two of the controls are small enough that they stay set where you want them and you just have a big drive knob to play with. Same with the Spark Mini:

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Also, the Tumnus is awesome with my Deluxes. I only use the RC Booster occasionally now for the same amount of drive but with a different midrange profile. I couldn't do all of these mini pedals on a large board without the switcher though. I'd miss buttons and kick knobs like crazy.
 
With a switcher, mini pedals are awesome.

Think I could get away with mini pedals for most everything except modulation and delay, if I wanted to.
 
I agree. I think it's why I'm also so fond of my Flyrigs. The tiny knobs don't get kicked around (in fact you can press down a little on the knobs and they kinds click into place) but i don't lose any functionality including tap tempo.

I have my full rig with wah, phaser, octaver, spark boost, looper and everything else mounted to a big pedal board, and i have a mini bag with one Flyrig, looper, and mini tuner that's good for practice or open mics.
 
Mark Wein said:
Less to fuck with. I have to actually live with a sound and just play music. The Wampler Ego compressor is a good example...two of the controls from the big pedal are now just toggle switches. Where I used to always mess with the attack and tone controls now I don't even think about it. Even the Tube Screamer mini is a reasonably good sounding pedal and two of the controls are small enough that they stay set where you want them and you just have a big drive knob to play with. Same with the Spark Mini:

17620254_10155209070317425_2338685996672871526_o.jpg


Also, the Tumnus is awesome with my Deluxes. I only use the RC Booster occasionally now for the same amount of drive but with a different midrange profile. I couldn't do all of these mini pedals on a large board without the switcher though. I'd miss buttons and kick knobs like crazy.
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I really like my Tumnus. Easily the best-sounding klone I've ever heard.
 
baimun said:
I agree. I think it's why I'm also so fond of my Flyrigs. The tiny knobs don't get kicked around (in fact you can press down a little on the knobs and they kinds click into place) but i don't lose any functionality including tap tempo.

I have my full rig with wah, phaser, octaver, spark boost, looper and everything else mounted to a big pedal board, and i have a mini bag with one Flyrig, looper, and mini tuner that's good for practice or open mics.
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Funny -- I keep falling in and out of love with my RK5. Sometimes, I think it's the voice of God, and other times. I think part of it is that I had previously mostly used it with a Kustom Defender (EL84) amp, but now I'm mostly playing through a Champ-ish (6V6) amp, so the flavor is a lot different, the the amps seem to react much differently.
 
sleewell said:
if you don't have to stomp on them they are great.
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Or if you don't put them at the end of your board. There just isn't enough surface area for them to sit flat when you have a chord going to your guitar or amp.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
That board would be half the size, but #WEINSMASH is a real thing.
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Yep.

There is room for more stuff if I wanted to share loops for groupings of pedals but what I have works. Everything on there gets used a couple
Of times a night on my cover gig.

Eventually I'll get a timeline and put it in the same loop as the möbius and switch them through midi with the ES-8. I'd like to add a fuzz in there somewhere and I'm out of room.


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