Oh...No He Didn't...! Pedalboard Rework Time

smitty_p said:
Ha!

I know what you mean.

Sometimes when I practice, I go through the motions of switching pedals on and off, even if I don't have my board in front of me. I'll also do the same with pickup selections - even if I'm not plugged in.

Operating the gear becomes a part of my practice, along with actually learning to play my parts of the song!
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This^^^^^^^^^^^^this, I’m very familiar with!
So true, and beneficial to a comfortable performance.
Especially if you’re multitasking, like guitar and vocals.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
This^^^^^^^^^^^^this, I’m very familiar with!
So true, and beneficial to a comfortable performance.
Especially if you’re multitasking, like guitar and vocals.
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So...I'm not crazy!

Or...maybe we're both crazy.

Maybe playing electric guitar is a form of mild insanity!

Whatever...I'm cool with it.
 
Dudes and Dudettes....

This thread is a TOTAL WINNER!!!!

It started off with my pedal board.

Then, it veered immediately into my carpet and some short-lived question about dogs.

It got back on track for a few posts before taking a sidetrip with cats and their quirky demands.

Eventually, we careened off into burgers and brats!

*******************

Department of Homeland Security:

Take note, and review this thread.

THIS is how you keep the terrorists confused!
 
smitty_p said:
So, I'm done for now. I still want to redo the second tier, being that it has been hacked into several times, but this will work fine for now.

Speaking of that "second tier", here are a few shots showing what I described earlier.

In these two shots, you can see the platform that the rear set of pedals sit on, and how it raises them above the front row of pedals.

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This shot shows much the same thing. It also shows how I use the platform to route cables. You can see two cables running into channels routed into the platform.

These two cables are the inputs and outputs for my volume pedal.

So, that second tier provides a useful function.

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One thing I was doing with this rework was to add a second power supply. I used a Voodoo Labs ISO-5. I already have a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 Plus power supply. The cool thing about the Pedal Power 2 Plus is that it has a courtesy outlet. So, I can run the ISO-5 off of it.

This shot shows the small power cord I made, connecting the ISO-5 to the Pedal Power 2 Plus:

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Here is the other side showing all the DC outputs!

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And...here is the completed board (for now).

The task that really was the idea behind all this was to add my MXR 10-band EQ pedal.

My current pedal chain order is: Guitar --> wah --> TubeScreamer --> TC Mini Spark Clean Boost --> MXR Noise Gate --> Amplifier --> FX Send --> MXR 10-Band EQ --> Ibanez CS-9 Chorus --> Boss TR-2 Tremolo --> Morley Volume Plus Volume Pedal --> TC Electronic Nova Delay --> TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb -- > FX Return.

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For some perspective, here is the current iteration of my board next to a guitar case.

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And finally, here is my little buddy, who likes to check out whatever is going on when I start messing with my guitar stuff:


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Well...that's it, for now!
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Very professionally done!!!!
 
smitty_p said:
Ha!

I know what you mean.

Sometimes when I practice, I go through the motions of switching pedals on and off, even if I don't have my board in front of me. I'll also do the same with pickup selections - even if I'm not plugged in.

Operating the gear becomes a part of my practice, along with actually learning to play my parts of the song!
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Good move!!!

Part of my practice routine is clipping a string and playing the song without it, switching guitars on the fly, switching from wireless to a back up cable and rotating through guitars every 3 songs.

I have to say I'm of the Ritchie Faulkner school of thought where effects are always on...

But I admire your dedication!!!
 
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Robert Herndon said:
Good move!!!

Part of my practice routine is clipping a string and playing the song without it, switching guitars on the fly, switching from wireless to a back up cable and rotating through guitars every 3 songs.

I have to say I'm of the Ritchie Faulkner school of thought where effects are always on...

But I admire your dedication!!!
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wow --- thats like SERIOUS practice----
 
I don’t , if a string breaks , I unplug and plug into the next guitar, my reasoning is simple, I only had a strat, and an Explorer, the strat bridge was a semi floater
 
smitty_p said:
Dudes and Dudettes....

This thread is a TOTAL WINNER!!!!

It started off with my pedal board.

Then, it veered immediately into my carpet and some short-lived question about dogs.

It got back on track for a few posts before taking a sidetrip with cats and their quirky demands.

Eventually, we careened off into burgers and brats!

*******************

Department of Homeland Security:

Take note, and review this thread.

THIS is how you keep the terrorists confused!
Click to expand...

:hijacked:
 
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