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Sp8ctre

Sp8ctre

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...and explain why you chose them and their uses/sounds you achieve.

I know this requires work, but come on guys help a brother build a board!

...and anyone who has a Gilmour sound PLEASE Chime In!
 
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Here's the story: After decades of tone-chasing and buying/selling pretty much everything out there, including a whole bunch of "boutique" pedals, I had the realization that none of it really made that much difference. Huge outlays in time and cash for incremental or nonexistent changes in tone. So I decided to simplify, sold all the other pedals and got this easy-to-transport Boss board and a bunch of indestructible Boss pedals (plus the Cry Baby). It's simple, portable, and relatively inexpensive. Plus, in my experience the Boss stuff sounds just as good as anything sitting in a mix, so.

And know what? I have never, ever been happier with a pedalboard setup.

The only thing that really changes is the dirt pedal - I have this Blues Driver, a Boss Distortion and a Boss Fuzz which I switch around depending on what I am playing. The BD is really only used as a clean boost, but the distortion is used for hard rock and the fuzz for more modern stuff, and these are always set pretty low as I get 95% of my grind from the amps. Also, I don't keep any of the channels on my amps clean, I have them set up for 2 different dirty sounds, so with one pedal out front I have 4 levels of crunch/distortion that I can footswitch between.

The rest is probably pretty self-explanatory and in front of the amp its: Wah -> tuner -> phaser set for a swirly almost auto-wha kind of sound, really great for that Judas Priest kind of solo tone -> whichever dirt box I need that day -> amp.

In the loop are: Chorus, which I just use to give tight crunchy sounds some body and shimmer and to help solo tones get out in front of the mix -> Delay, which I use set to the brighter modern mode, and use for "atmospheric" single-note rhythm stuff and wet soloing. I do not like reverb and so don't ever use it, but if I need some moisture in the tone I get it from the delay -> Looper, which of course is for writing/practicing alone.

That's it, all I need right there.
 
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Picked up a Unpainted V1 Paul C TIM for boost and dirt recently in a trade & 2 Marshall In a Box Lovepedals going to 2 Fender (1 is) style clean amps in stereo.
Tuner & EQ...
Gravy Chorus to thicken it up a little but it also is a Vibrato pedal and a Flashback delay well for a little delay...I am not a great player so I use them sparingly & noodling mostly trying to find sounds.
Trying this set up for now but I keep watching you tube and seeing other combo's so things might change :(
 
This is pretty much "it" as far as my pedalboard goes these days. Weber Mass 100 Attenuator and (Modest Mike Modded) Boss CS-3 Compressor for a slight treble boost...

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gball said:
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Here's the story: After decades of tone-chasing and buying/selling pretty much everything out there, including a whole bunch of "boutique" pedals, I had the realization that none of it really made that much difference. Huge outlays in time and cash for incremental or nonexistent changes in tone. So I decided to simplify, sold all the other pedals and got this easy-to-transport Boss board and a bunch of indestructible Boss pedals (plus the Cry Baby). It's simple, portable, and relatively inexpensive. Plus, in my experience the Boss stuff sounds just as good as anything sitting in a mix, so.

And know what? I have never, ever been happier with a pedalboard setup.

The only thing that really changes is the dirt pedal - I have this Blues Driver, a Boss Distortion and a Boss Fuzz which I switch around depending on what I am playing. The BD is really only used as a clean boost, but the distortion is used for hard rock and the fuzz for more modern stuff, and these are always set pretty low as I get 95% of my grind from the amps. Also, I don't keep any of the channels on my amps clean, I have them set up for 2 different dirty sounds, so with one pedal out front I have 4 levels of crunch/distortion that I can footswitch between.

The rest is probably pretty self-explanatory and in front of the amp its: Wah -> tuner -> phaser set for a swirly almost auto-wha kind of sound, really great for that Judas Priest kind of solo tone -> whichever dirt box I need that day -> amp.

In the loop are: Chorus, which I just use to give tight crunchy sounds some body and shimmer and to help solo tones get out in front of the mix -> Delay, which I use set to the brighter modern mode, and use for "atmospheric" single-note rhythm stuff and wet soloing. I do not like reverb and so don't ever use it, but if I need some moisture in the tone I get it from the delay -> Looper, which of course is for writing/practicing alone.

That's it, all I need right there.
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That is a very nice, clean and well laid out board! I want to mix things up a bit since this is my first go round...I really want some of the pedals Gilmour uses. I went to gilmourish.com and selected a couple.
 
Robert Herndon said:
This is pretty much "it" as far as my pedalboard goes these days. Weber Mass 100 Attenuator and (Modest Mike Modded) Boss CS-3 Compressor for a slight treble boost...

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You play a lot of crunch and distortion correct? I'm guessing you just get that from the amp gain and volume.

The Carol-Ann I'm getting is pure clean...I'm going to need a few more pedals I believe?
 
RobV said:
Is that your board? I have always been interested in a KOB.
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Oh Hell no! I don't even have a board set up. In the last 3 months, I sold 7 of my pedals... but I still have 36. However, if I was involved in a band, I would have a pedal board setup. Probably 3 to 5 pedals. And one of them will always be a tuner pedal.

There's a 7-knob Menatone King of the Britains on Reverb.com in mint condition right now for only $265... :alien:
 
syscokid said:
Oh Hell no! I don't even have a board set up. In the last 3 months, I sold 7 of my pedals... but I still have 36. However, if I was involved in a band, I would have a pedal board setup. Probably 3 to 5 pedals. And one of them will always be a tuner pedal.

There's a 7-knob Menatone King of the Britains on Reverb.com in mint condition right now for only $265... :alien:
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36????
 
Sp8ctre said:
You play a lot of crunch and distortion correct? I'm guessing you just get that from the amp gain and volume.

The Carol-Ann I'm getting is pure clean...I'm going to need a few more pedals I believe?
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Well, I got rid of mine a while back, but for a totally clean platform the best Marshall-In-A-Box I have used (and I've used them all) is the Marvel Drive:

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https://www.ramblefx.com/marvel-drive

And they are not really even expensive by "buitique" pedal standards.
 
syscokid said:
Oh Hell no! I don't even have a board set up. In the last 3 months, I sold 7 of my pedals... but I still have 36. However, if I was involved in a band, I would have a pedal board setup. Probably 3 to 5 pedals. And one of them will always be a tuner pedal.

There's a 7-knob Menatone King of the Britains on Reverb.com in mint condition right now for only $265... :alien:
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lol ok...36 is a lot of pedals still :p I have seen the KOB for under $200 before and was offered 1 in a trade I passed on. Since then it's peaked my interest the more I test out MIB's though. I have 4 spare pedals not on my board but 2 are going to my niece. (tuner & dual distortion pedal along with a Moen Buffalo so she can play with headphones).
Because of this guy I want a Supa-Puss & Sparkle Drive Mod....have a phaser & had a HOF damn it & the MXR Chorus has been on my list.
 
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