Lets see yer acoustic pedal board

[Col Mustard]

Here's mine:

I've changed this rig around several times this very year of Two Thousand effing eighteen.

But I've just come home from extensive (by Mustards standards) touring with this pedalboard,
and it has given great service and NO problems.

The only thing I don't have on this board is a clean boost,
in case I wanted to rip a solo. I'm using two power sources because using only one seemed to cause
some unseemly buzz. Dunno why that is, but a sound man told me about it, and I installed two power
sources and isolated the HOF reverb, and now it's quiet. *shrugs

Oh yea, the only thing I don't have on this board is a MXR Dyna Comp,
which could perform the same function as the clean boost.
What I'm using now is: from right to left...
Boss Tuner, TC Electronics "Body Rez" pedal (don't ask me what it does, I just like it)
TC Electronics "Hall of Fame" Reverb, TC Electronics chorus pedal, Fishman Pro EQ platinum plus
with an XLR out, so this board plugs into the P.A. with an XLR cable.

The only thing I don't have on this board is a pedal that might not even exist...
I'd love to have a pedal called "the Elevator" which can raise my pitch two full
steps, or lower it two full steps, with stops at half step intervals in between...

I've seen pedals that will give a player a drop tuning, all the way down to an octave.
That seems weird to me, cain't figure why anyone would want to go that low.
Me, I use capos to raise the pitch, but have to use a different guitar to tune down
to D. hassle.

Has anyone ever heard of a pedal that can go BOTH up and down?
WITHOUT SCREWING UP THE TONE of course...
You know me, I'm a "gimme both" kind of person.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Here’s mine.

 

[Col Mustard]

Lovette!... that'll do ever thang you need...

 

[iblive]

When I use one it generally looks like this:

 

[Kerry Brown]

Lovette!... that'll do ever thang you need...

I usually get the sound guy to add a bit of reverb but other than that yes, it does everything I need.

 

[67plexi]

I use a FET preamp in my guitar amp top input right side.

 

[Col Mustard]

dat doan look like no acoustic guitar paddle board...

That looks like a rig for an electric guitar. Old technology maybe... although I don't
see any vacuum tubes.

I confess, pedal boards are probably old technology here in two thousand effing 18.
Modernistic acoustic/electric players probably use something else. (like Kerry's Baggs
Venue D.I.) I'm old, so how would
I know? But I'm interested, which is why i started this thread. My pedal board is made
out of an actual board. *laughs

So.... plexi please explain what in hell you might have intended to illustrate.
I fail to understand how all those electronic components relate to the amplification of
acoustic guitar tone. But I'm listening. What does your FET preamp do for your
acoustic tone?

I know that the pedals on my board have components similar to what is shown above.
Capacitors and resistors etc... ...potentiometers...
But I like having the ability to turn the chorus or reverb on or off with one stomp. And I like being
able to tune my instrument while out of the P.A. system. Hence my humble pedals.

 

[Inspector #20]

This is what I used on my recent recording of Blue On Black. It's actually better sounding than the studio's Martins, Taylors or Takemines...

 

[eSGEe]

Acoustic......pedal, board?

thats this right?

 

[Six String]

After much refinement, I find I enjoy the sounds that come out of the following...





But I admit it is also the same as the electric set up as well... I get "my sound"!

 

[Six String]

... I did change out the Flanger for a compressor.

 

[Six String]

When doing an acoustic show I normally use an Ovation Balladeer with a Celebrity as a back up (string breakage)... 6 sting.



And for the 12 string side of things, I use an Ovation Deluxe 12 (no pic yet) and if/ when needed an Ibanez 12...



The combination gives a good sound for what I do.

 

[eSGEe]

:dood::dood:

IS --- is --- is that -- the one and only SIX STRING!?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!?

Hey Bubba Hows things up North ? The WHite Witch Still doing her tricks for you!?!

 

[Six String]

Yes it is......... and as far as "up North"......... cold. as to the White Witch, she is still as warm as ever and doing what she loves most... tormenting me!



We have several shows under our belt now. I'm getting used to the B5.

 

[eSGEe]

What a stellar beast it is--- still think its one of the thinnest necks front ot back Ive ever played--- amazing creature and looks good with her new Bigsby frock

SO glad you two are bonding

 

[67plexi]

dat doan look like no acoustic guitar paddle board...

That looks like a rig for an electric guitar. Old technology maybe... although I don't
see any vacuum tubes.

I confess, pedal boards are probably old technology here in two thousand effing 18.
Modernistic acoustic/electric players probably use something else. (like Kerry's Baggs
Venue D.I.) I'm old, so how would
I know? But I'm interested, which is why i started this thread. My pedal board is made
out of an actual board. *laughs
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So.... plexi please explain what in hell you might have intended to illustrate.
I fail to understand how all those electronic components relate to the amplification of
acoustic guitar tone. But I'm listening. What does your FET preamp do for your
acoustic tone?

I know that the pedals on my board have components similar to what is shown above.
Capacitors and resistors etc... ...potentiometers...
But I like having the ability to turn the chorus or reverb on or off with one stomp. And I like being
able to tune my instrument while out of the P.A. system. Hence my humble pedals.

I have a graphic EQ and volume on my guitar sometimes I use my peddle board

 

[eSGEe]

plexi, that is only 1 level ---- where are the 2nd and 3rd floor pedal areas? this is most unacceptable --- please do try harder for RVA's sake

 

[Col Mustard]

Love all this! Thanks colleagues. Keep it up! Let's see some more.

And a big 'allo to SixString, who was one of the mainstays
of the aulde ETSG when I came aboard there ten years ago. He welcomed me then, and
I'm proud to say 'allo again on this new and improved forum. LOVE love love the White Witch!

eSGEe... when you play into a microphone, that gives you the illusion of simplicity, but what you
are actually doing is delegating your tone to the guy working the sound board. He's got a whole
rack of f/x at his finger tips. All quite similar to what's pictured above. Hmmm... what should he
use?

If he knows what he is doing... OK.
If he knows you and knows how your music should sound... OK.
If he's absent, and sent his brother in law to 'fill in..." ...uh oh.
If he's got some experience mixing bands but has never even seen anyone play
an acoustic guitar into a microphone... uh oh.

In my experience, we don't always get good sound. That's just a fact of life. I don't know
how many times my group has shown up someplace for sound check and been told:
"Hey! Exciting news! Our governing board has just authorized funds for a new mixing board,
and you're the first group that gets to put that to work! Isn't that great? Let me introduce you
to our all volunteer sound crew!" (they hobble over...)

*fake smile... twirls finger... whoopee." Okay, lets get started. Good thing we got here early.
Let me know when you plan to 'ring out the room..." I'll take a walk.

My simple and humble acoustic pedal board is designed to solve this kind of problem.
I work out my tone at home, so I can send the sound man a signal he might find hard to
screw up. I send him a signal he can mix right away, and I send him a signal that gives
me a sound I recognize very quickly. I tell him, just run everything flat, and bring my levels
up to match what you're getting from my partner's microphones.

Because my music partner insists that the sound of his acoustic guitar through a microphone is
the only sound he wants. He doesn't even think about the choices made by the sound man, because
he doesn't see it, and he doesn't want to think about it. He wants it all to be simple, and since he's
always been Pharaoh, de King o' denial, he pretends that it is simple. *grins

Do I sound a little puckerish? Snarky perhaps? It's because this is an ongoing issue... it happens at
every gig. I just tell the sound man, "Get David's guitar up as loud as you can before feedback, and
then bring mine in to mix with it."

Mine gives no trouble, thanks to my pedal board. But my partner has endless agony, trying
to get any 'stage presence.' He wants it loud and full, with lots of presence, because he plays
finger style and he needs all the presence he can get. The microphone is the limiting factor.
With my rig, I could blow him off the stage and never feed back. But that's not what I want.
I want a mix. I want the audience to hear both guitars perfectly, as if it were simple.

 

[eSGEe]

Hey Col. hope your Holidays are well!

 

[WavMixer]

Ahh the life of a sound man. When he does his job right, nobody notices him. When he screws up, every one notices. I've worked the sound boards & I've worked the light boards for theatrical productions. On one play I worked the sound and lights through the run of the show. My hat is off to the guys behind the curtain that support the people on the stage!