Pedalboard Build - What Not to Do.

[baimun]

95% of the time I'm using this, my tuner, and my Mesa combo. Other things on the board are great when I need them (like the Boomerang III Looper) but if I didn't have a phaser or wah I could get through the show just fine. If I was desert islanding-it (the kind with electricity) I would add the Spark mini boost because I love being able to use it, or the Flyrig boost, or both for different layers.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

* looks for colbert head desk smiley *

When I left that band, I looked to scale back the effects usage in my other band. Hopefully after I move, I can start a new project and keep a minimalist approach. I still want a switcher though.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

Pedals are mostly just for fun at home for me. I have a homemade “big board” where I keep my favorite 9-10 pedals.
On the rare gig, I have small board that holds 4-5, and I’ll just grab the ones that I really need. One of my Nocturne preamps, a drive, and a delay. I might add one more like an envelope filter or phase, depending on the gig.

 

[OGG]

Dude clearly didn't think far enough ahead before securing all that crap in place.

My new monster pedalboard is ridiculously loaded, but in a way that accidentally hitting switches isn't an issue, nor is accidentally moving control knobs etc. The underside of the board looks like complete chaos due to the signal chain bearing no resemblance to the pedal order, but it's all tucked neatly away and it just works. A little trial and error, but the efforts paid off.

Work smarter, not harder.

 

[Psychotronic]

That's crazy stuff right there, Rod.

 

[OGG]

That's crazy stuff right there, Rod.

Thanks!
It's also the exact same Pedaltrain Novo that the dude in the video is using.

 

[Ignored Member]

10 minutes to say you put stuff way too close together?

 

[Psychotronic]

10 minutes to say you put stuff way too close together?

I hear ya. I also think the explanation was thorough, and that there aren't a whole lot of players who really think that out in advance.

 

[Guitar Heel]

one look at any of my boards, and it's a dead giveaway that I've never played out once in my life. if I did, my rig would luck much different.

 

[sleewell]

10 minutes to say you put stuff way too close together?

he also mentioned the overlap having the H9 with other pedals. but yeah time management not his strong suit, def did not need to waste time filming walking out to his truck to grab it lol.


overall though it was clearly a can i fit all this on rather than should i do it? he didn't consider what he needed and didnt consider the placement of the volume pedal or his big feet twisting knobs trying to get to the middle row.

might be a good board for the studio where you can play each part take by take but that would be a horrible board for live use.

 

[Chad]

one look at any of my boards, and it's a dead giveaway that I've never played out once in my life. if I did, my rig would luck much different.

I don't think so. The smaller board you bring up to the barn would be fine for gigging.

 

[Chad]

he also mentioned the overlap having the H9 with other pedals.

I'm fine with overlapping, if you have adequate space to fit everything. I wouldn't want to bend down and twist knobs between songs, so if that meant having 2 delays, one set for a slapback and one for a long delay, that's fine. In his setup it's a little silly because he has the ability for a ton of presets.

 

[Guitar Heel]

I'm fine with overlapping, if you have adequate space to fit everything. I wouldn't want to bend down and twist knobs between songs, so if that meant having 2 delays, one set for a slapback and one for a long delay, that's fine. In his setup it's a little silly because he has the ability for a ton of presets.

4 tremolos.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

4 tremolos.

Is that a new Wallflowers song?

 

[Chad]

4 tremolos.

Can you set them so they cancel each other out?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Can you set them so they cancel each other out?

:hmm:

 

[OGG]

I'm fine with overlapping, if you have adequate space to fit everything. I wouldn't want to bend down and twist knobs between songs, so if that meant having 2 delays, one set for a slapback and one for a long delay, that's fine. In his setup it's a little silly because he has the ability for a ton of presets.

I have a bunch of redundancy on my board on purpose for that reason, and for total coverage and flexibility.

4 dirt pedals (plus the Carvin Vai Legacy tube powered VLD-1 off to the side)

2 analog chorus pedals. Each set for a specific sound (plus the brilliant chorus built into the Roland JC)

2 full analog delays. Different rates etc.

2 digital delays (one of which has 4 delay types including digital, analog, analog with mod...)

2 reverb pedals. The Holy Grail because it's a fuckin' Holy Grail!, and the TC HOF 2 because SHIMMER, BITCHEZ! (Plus the GIANT new reverb tank in my JC)

2 compressors. 1 for full tilt max compression, 1 for much more subtle use.

The rest of what's there doesn't need any redundancy. Wah, gate, flanger, phaser, pitch shifter.

 

[yabba]

he also mentioned the overlap having the H9 with other pedals. but yeah time management not his strong suit, def did not need to waste time filming walking out to his truck to grab it lol.

not relevant to the actual pedal board topic at hand, but that's a youtube monetization thing. longer videos make more money.

 

[Ignored Member]

not relevant to the actual pedal board topic at hand, but that's a youtube monetization thing. longer videos make more money.

So I can ignore these videos as a form of financial protest and not just because they are boring as shit?

Win-win.