tiboy
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I’ve long been fascinated by this pedal. What amp(s) were you playing it through? Did you rely on the pedal as your primary distortion/boost function? What other pedals (if any) did you pair it with?Here’s my Box of Rock.
Do you use an overdrive pedal for your rock lead sounds?
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Lola
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My amp was a Marshall 100 w and this pedal was my primary source of distortion. It sounded really good though. I could almost make this puppy growl.
Draconomics
Fearless Papa of The Brethren of the Crust
Always been curious about Zvex. How is it?Here’s my Box of Rock.
Btw, right now I have five od's.
CMATMODS Signa Drive
CMATMODS Butah
Fulltone RTO
Lovepedal Eternity Burst (pcb)
Bogner Mini Ecstasy
All of em are great, the Signa has been my fave for a while. The RTO is pretty great too.
Lola
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I have given up on my pedal board. It’s in a million pieces in a box. I am feeling rather intimidated trying to do it myself but what is the worse that could happen?
When my pedal board was in order, it provided me with so many crazy sounds. I used to love to experimenting.
I have a boutique amp now. I am set but not for life. I really want a Mesa Boogie. That or a Egnater 30
When my pedal board was in order, it provided me with so many crazy sounds. I used to love to experimenting.
I have a boutique amp now. I am set but not for life. I really want a Mesa Boogie. That or a Egnater 30
Draconomics
Fearless Papa of The Brethren of the Crust
I felt the same way too about pedalboards. Ive been collecting them for about two years now, since I was able to...well, not kill my wallet so badly. I've only recently been putting them together. I just took a whole weekend and was like "that's it, I'm gonna learn this". So far, not as bad as I thought. It's been fun.
Draconomics
Fearless Papa of The Brethren of the Crust
Bummer. However, try doing it. It looks intimidating but it's not that bad. There's general guidelines for it, but really there is no wrong way to set it up. You can do it!
Draconomics
Fearless Papa of The Brethren of the Crust
Also look up some some other peoples boards too. Can give you some ideas. Eric Johnson likes running delay into the amp instead of via an fx loop, which is kinda unorthodox but the results are...well, you know.
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What pedals do you have?
Draconomics
Fearless Papa of The Brethren of the Crust
The way mine is setup is like this, and disclosure...it's a bit messy. I had to redo it quickly to have it ready for a gig because something went haywire.
Wah and envelope filters first, followed by compression. Next are your drive pedals. This can sorta be any order... technically, but the suggested path is clean boost, od, distortion, fuzz. On mine I just stage OD pedals of various settings into each other. Next comes chorus, flange, and reverb/delay. I go delay into reverb, but is subjective.
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Longneck Tenon
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This is currently what is on my board in order after the guitar:The way mine is setup is like this, and disclosure...it's a bit messy. I had to redo it quickly to have it ready for a gig because something went haywire.
Wah and envelope filters first, followed by compression. Next are your drive pedals. This can sorta be any order... technically, but the suggested path is clean boost, od, distortion, fuzz. On mine I just stage OD pedals of various settings into each other. Next comes chorus, flange, and reverb/delay. I go delay into reverb, but is subjective.
Wah
Fuzz
Treble Booster
Compressor
Equalizer
Heavy overdrive
Medium overdrive
Light overdrive
Modulation
The following are in an effects loop:
Delay
Reverb/Tremolo
Fuzz pedals and treble boosters like to see the guitar signal first.
I have tried compression before and after overdrive and it sounds better before them IMO.
Since I use the eq pedal as a boost, I put it before all the overdrive pedals. Again, I have tried it after but I like it there best.
I like my overdrive order from most gain to least gain. The last overdrive in the chain can also function as a boost, so I can get three levels of boost with either the treble booster, eq pedal or an overdrive/boost. Actually, the compressor can function as a boost as well!
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Sure, but chasing down rabbit holes is my favorite thing!
Lewguitar
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That's pretty much how I do it too.The way mine is setup is like this, and disclosure...it's a bit messy. I had to redo it quickly to have it ready for a gig because something went haywire.
Wah and envelope filters first, followed by compression. Next are your drive pedals. This can sorta be any order... technically, but the suggested path is clean boost, od, distortion, fuzz. On mine I just stage OD pedals of various settings into each other. Next comes chorus, flange, and reverb/delay. I go delay into reverb, but is subjective.
Polytune Tuner > Wampler Ego compressor/boost > Tumnus "Klon" > Klon KTR > Hot Cake overdrive > Dover Drive "fuzz" for Eric Johnson violin tones > Strymon Timeline for delay/modulation (and a little chorus when I want it) > Hall of Fame Reverb to one or two amps.
Draconomics
Fearless Papa of The Brethren of the Crust
Its a fun rabbit hole to go explore. There are several Electro Harmonix pedals I'd really love to try like the Sitar one and the keyboard thing.
Lola, I think you might enjoy this. These guys do lots of videos about pedalboard building, but here's a link to a video about building your first pedalboard (I realize you've had a pedalboard before).
www.thatpedalshop.com
I've been building boards for a long time, and I do like their approach and advice. I learn from them frequently, despite my experience!
A couple things to note:
1. Clean, isolated power to each pedal is essential, to avoid interaction and ground loops. There are some wonderful power supplies on the market, but there are also some truly crappy ones. Get one of the good ones.
2. Quality cables matter, to reject noise, hums and buzzes and other interference, like EMI and RFI. To avoid high frequency loss from cable capacitance, as well as noise, keep the cables between pedals short.
3. Experiment with pedal order before finalizing your build. Lay 'em out on the floor or a table and try different things. There are NO rules about pedal order, you have to do what works for you, and we're all different. However, try a few pedal order choices recommended by others, and in the videos I linked, and use that as a starting point.
If you're fussy about the condition of your pedals, use some bubble wrap on the table or floor, so if your board is the type that has the wires underneath, you won't scratch everything up when you flip it over while you're wiring it.
Most important: Building a pedalboard is an interesting thing and it's fun! Don't stress over it. A pedalboard build is always an experiment. It's never right or wrong, and it's rarely ever "done".
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www.thatpedalshop.com
I've been building boards for a long time, and I do like their approach and advice. I learn from them frequently, despite my experience!
A couple things to note:
1. Clean, isolated power to each pedal is essential, to avoid interaction and ground loops. There are some wonderful power supplies on the market, but there are also some truly crappy ones. Get one of the good ones.
2. Quality cables matter, to reject noise, hums and buzzes and other interference, like EMI and RFI. To avoid high frequency loss from cable capacitance, as well as noise, keep the cables between pedals short.
3. Experiment with pedal order before finalizing your build. Lay 'em out on the floor or a table and try different things. There are NO rules about pedal order, you have to do what works for you, and we're all different. However, try a few pedal order choices recommended by others, and in the videos I linked, and use that as a starting point.
If you're fussy about the condition of your pedals, use some bubble wrap on the table or floor, so if your board is the type that has the wires underneath, you won't scratch everything up when you flip it over while you're wiring it.
Most important: Building a pedalboard is an interesting thing and it's fun! Don't stress over it. A pedalboard build is always an experiment. It's never right or wrong, and it's rarely ever "done".
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