shinksma's current (and certainly not final) pedalboard configuration

[shinksma]

As noted in the Electric Instruments section, I've acquired all three PRS pedals.

This is the current configuration of my practice/regular gigging board, now that I've added the Mary Cries. (I have a good handful of other boards bigger and smaller for various other purposes, all populated with the large collection that is all my other pedals.)

I also decided to use my (otherwise non-utilized) Volto battery as a power supply because I'm not sure how easily accessible a power outlet will be for tonight's short (40min set) gig. It should last several hours with this configuration. I did a trial run earlier and it lasted almost an hour and didn't lose a bar of charge level - that's all I need for tonight.

Yeah, my OCD needs me to straighten out some of those pedals, but I had just reconfigured it and slapped the Volto underneath - note that I can turn it on/off from above, and monitor battery level. My previous installation of it on a one-row board made that not possible, so I had to flip that board over a bit to power up and see how it was doing. The Mary Cries was a little narrower than I had thought, so I can shift the pedals around a bit since there is some wiggle room.

I use the LS-2 to switch between two "loops": an acoustic loop through the Body Rez only, and an electric loop through the Mary Cries->Horsemeat->"Distortion" (Rat Clone)->DMBL->American Sound. Then the result of the loop selection goes through the WTTT->Verb-O-Trem->RV-3->Katana to the amp/PA. The tuner feeds the input to the LS-2.

The Joyo American Sound is there for when I don't plug into a guitar amp and instead go straight into the PA (via mixing board) or into an acoustic amp - it emulates a Fender-ish amp nicely. The BodyRez is there for when I use electric guitars (piezo-equipped or not) to fill out the sound for an acoustic-ish tone.

The DMBL is almost always on.

This board gets me the tones I hear in my head for today. I'm sure it will evolve again before long.

 

[bodia]

Lookin’ good

 

[Simon Says]

Love it

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Nice work Steve.

 

[Maxime Bousquet]

Nice compact setup! Well done !

 

[shinksma]

Thanks everyone! The Volto did its job - after being on for ~50 min the level was at 2 bars still. I'm going to charge it up and run it down this afternoon to see how long a realistic timeline I have.

Due to the musical selections last night, I never used dirt (so MC and HM ignored) and the only modulation I needed, for one song, was from the Trem O Verb. So the WTTT also got ignored. Lol.

 

[shinksma]

The Volto did its job - after being on for ~50 min the level was at 2 bars still. I'm going to charge it up and run it down this afternoon to see how long a realistic timeline I have.

Replying to myself, possibly just so I can look back at this at some future time ("Hi, future shinksma!") - I ran the board from a full charge on the Volto battery, with about half the pedals on, and the tuner on for about 1 or 2 hours. (Tuner might be the most power hungry.) I'm not sure whether having the pedals on really matters in this kind of test - I believe most pedals are "on" at all times, it's just whether the signal is bypassed or going through the circuit.

It lasted just over 4 hrs, which is what I hoped/expected. That's plenty long enough for any of the short-set gigs I typically do these days, and is enough for maybe a longer 3-hour set like we sometimes get. And if not, I just need to remember to plug it in - the Volto will power the pedals while plugged in, even charging if there is sufficient excess current.

 

[László]

Looks killer, and for a gig, the Volto seems like a great idea!

 

[Simon Says]

I never considered Volto. I don't play life, though. If I could, I would steal your idea. I used to work for FBT, doing FOH presentations and I remember how unreliable power can be. With Volto, one less thing to worry about.

 

[alantig]

Studying abroad is difficult

I never found studying a broad to be difficult.

 

[Longneck Tenon]

As noted in the Electric Instruments section, I've acquired all three PRS pedals.

This is the current configuration of my practice/regular gigging board, now that I've added the Mary Cries. (I have a good handful of other boards bigger and smaller for various other purposes, all populated with the large collection that is all my other pedals.)

I also decided to use my (otherwise non-utilized) Volto battery as a power supply because I'm not sure how easily accessible a power outlet will be for tonight's short (40min set) gig. It should last several hours with this configuration. I did a trial run earlier and it lasted almost an hour and didn't lose a bar of charge level - that's all I need for tonight.

Yeah, my OCD needs me to straighten out some of those pedals, but I had just reconfigured it and slapped the Volto underneath - note that I can turn it on/off from above, and monitor battery level. My previous installation of it on a one-row board made that not possible, so I had to flip that board over a bit to power up and see how it was doing. The Mary Cries was a little narrower than I had thought, so I can shift the pedals around a bit since there is some wiggle room.

I use the LS-2 to switch between two "loops": an acoustic loop through the Body Rez only, and an electric loop through the Mary Cries->Horsemeat->"Distortion" (Rat Clone)->DMBL->American Sound. Then the result of the loop selection goes through the WTTT->Verb-O-Trem->RV-3->Katana to the amp/PA. The tuner feeds the input to the LS-2.

The Joyo American Sound is there for when I don't plug into a guitar amp and instead go straight into the PA (via mixing board) or into an acoustic amp - it emulates a Fender-ish amp nicely. The BodyRez is there for when I use electric guitars (piezo-equipped or not) to fill out the sound for an acoustic-ish tone.

The DMBL is almost always on.

This board gets me the tones I hear in my head for today. I'm sure it will evolve again before long.

Nice board! Do you use the flanger a lot? I am thinking about trying one. I have a Verb O Trem as well but run my delay into it instead.

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

I never found studying a broad to be difficult.

Me either. I've received a masters degree and it wasn't even difficult.