We played a gig on the weekend, a place where we all had a bit more room to "play", as it were.
So I brought my normal main gigging board, which is small and fits into really small places well, as well as an "ancillary" board full of "flavors" that I don't need but like to dabble with given the opportunity during a lead break or perhaps some subtle added effect during a rhythm part.
This is what I used on the weekend:
The smaller board on the left is my usual one, it has two main "loops" of pedals controlled by the LS-2, one for acoustic sounds, and one for non-acoustic (i.e. clean or dirty electric") sounds. The right-side board feeds into the "electric" side as added flavors.
I realized I really didn't use the right side board much. I was choosing flavors just to justify the use of the board. But I did realize that I'd like to have a few extras some or most of the time.
So I decided to move my "essentials" to the larger board and see what flavors I could fit on:
I squeezed on the Neunaber combo, the Keeley Oxblood, the Boss TR-2, and upsized my boost pedal to the fuller-sized Keeley Katana instead of a mini-pedal-sized Donner "Boost Killer". (I had a Mini Katana until recently, but it zonked out for the second time, so Keeley kindly offered to swap it out completely for the larger pedal, which is a bit easier to use but occupies for real estate. Kudos to Keeley, excellent service!)
For fuzz I had to sacrifice the Earthquaker Dream Crusher for a Donner "Stylish Fuzz" (where
do they get those names?), but that's OK, I use rarely when gigging, it more there for me to goof off during practice or soundcheck...
Kept the TARDIS, Welsh dragon, and clock (sitting loosely for now), but couldn't squeeze on the Dalek.
Certain pedals are now easier to access (the Myomorpha RAT clone is up front and the Boost has more room because it is a bigger pedal), and I don't need to access the Fishman on the fly so it went to the back row.
As with the smaller board, a wireless receiver is tucked away underneath.
Let's see how long this lasts...
(Oh, and I need to configure the leftovers onto the smaller board now, of course...)