Re: your effects setup?

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:48 am

FINALLY got round to getting a decent pedalboard again. It’s so nice having space. Gotta get a bracket to pop the power supply underneath & then buy a splitter to make effects loop setup easier.

And just enough room to add a Supermoon. Maybe…

JVG · Post by **JVG** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:46 pm

sal paradise wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:48 am
FINALLY got round to getting a decent pedalboard again. It’s so nice having space. Gotta get a bracket to pop the power supply underneath & then buy a splitter to make effects loop setup easier.

And just enough room to add a Supermoon. Maybe…

Very tidy! there’s so much to be said for a nice simple setup like this.

However I’m still not seeing a phaser or univibe in your setup…i know it’s your board, but you really should be catering for my tastes, right?

JSett · Post by **JSett** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:55 pm

sal paradise wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:48 am
FINALLY got round to getting a decent pedalboard again. It’s so nice having space. Gotta get a bracket to pop the power supply underneath & then buy a splitter to make effects loop setup easier.

And just enough room to add a Supermoon. Maybe…

All you need on there is a cheeky little BD-2 and you could cover pretty much every gig. Great setup. I'm a big fan of uncrowded and purposeful boards. If you look at a large majority of small to medium sized touring bands their pedalboards are relatively simple and unassuming.

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:17 pm

JSett wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:55 pm
All you need on there is a cheeky little BD-2 and you could cover pretty much every gig. Great setup. I'm a big fan of uncrowded and purposeful boards. If you look at a large majority of small to medium sized touring bands their pedalboards are relatively simple and unassuming.

Trying to reduce the number of gain pedals I need

Really happy with this setup. The 1st version didn’t quite work for me. This board is just what I like on guitar- simple things that sound good.

JVG wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:46 pm

Very tidy! there’s so much to be said for a nice simple setup like this.

However I’m still not seeing a phaser or univibe in your setup…i know it’s your board, but you really should be catering for my tastes, right?

I’m not sure I’d be able to use a phaser sensibly. Although it might reduce the amount of times I keep trying to put chorus on everything…

JSett · Post by **JSett** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:38 pm

sal paradise wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:17 pm

JSett wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:55 pm
All you need on there is a cheeky little BD-2 and you could cover pretty much every gig. Great setup. I'm a big fan of uncrowded and purposeful boards. If you look at a large majority of small to medium sized touring bands their pedalboards are relatively simple and unassuming.
Trying to reduce the number of gain pedals I need

Really happy with this setup. The 1st version didn’t quite work for me. This board is just what I like on guitar- simple things that sound good.

I get that, however I always feel I like a fuzz is an effect whereas having 1 gain/OD pedal to grit up a clean setting - or boost a dirty amp - is almost a necessity, a tool more than an effect.

But everyone's tastes are different and needs vary. I don't have any high-gain amps so need a little boost for when I wanna get heavy.

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:42 pm

JSett wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:38 pm

sal paradise wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:17 pm

JSett wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:55 pm
All you need on there is a cheeky little BD-2 and you could cover pretty much every gig. Great setup. I'm a big fan of uncrowded and purposeful boards. If you look at a large majority of small to medium sized touring bands their pedalboards are relatively simple and unassuming.
Trying to reduce the number of gain pedals I need

Really happy with this setup. The 1st version didn’t quite work for me. This board is just what I like on guitar- simple things that sound good.
I get that, however I always feel I like a fuzz is an effect whereas having 1 gain/OD pedal to grit up a clean setting - or boost a dirty amp - is almost a necessity, a tool more than an effect.

But everyone's tastes are different and needs vary. I don't have any high-gain amps so need a little boost for when I wanna get heavy.

I get it. If I had a bassman, I’d probably have a board of just drives

I like a driven amp, and as I’ve got older I like to turn the gain down, so boosting it seems like I’m trying to trick myself back to overly-heavy tones again.

JSett · Post by **JSett** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:54 pm

sal paradise wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:42 pm
I get it. If I had a bassman, I’d probably have a board of just drives

I like a driven amp, and as I’ve got older I like to turn the gain down, so boosting it seems like I’m trying to trick myself back to overly-heavy tones again.

The Bassman actually gets pretty damn dirty with just a Jazzmaster and up above 7 or 8 on the volume. 6-7 is that perfectly crispy rock sound where you can lighten up on the right hand and be almost crystal clean but dig in for the grit. I only have a BD-2 set as a mild boost/drive to push it for choruses and slightly heavier parts but, for the most part, my hamfisted blasting of the strings with it turned off is more than enough.

Age has also lessened my desire for higher gain sounds. Cleaner sounds heavier, etc etc.

Either way, still a strong and solid board that is more than enough to march forward with. How you use that JHS with the two switches so close together is beyond me though...I'd 100% be hitting both every time if it was under my size 9s

Zork · Post by **Zork** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:20 pm

New fuzz, EQ and delay. All three are awesome.

Post by **zhivago** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:05 am

Simplified a bit

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:07 am

zhivago wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:05 am
Simplified a bit

3 of the best dirt pedals on the earth

Post by **zhivago** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:27 am

They sound great for sure!

JVG · Post by **JVG** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:37 pm

Is that a Sun Lion, or a copy? The AM logo thing looks a bit different to usual.

Post by **zhivago** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:51 am

JVG wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:37 pm
Is that a Sun Lion, or a copy? The AM logo thing looks a bit different to usual.

It's a custom job TI/UK Sun Lion I specified. Came direct from AM Headquarters.

JSett · Post by **JSett** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:03 pm

zhivago wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:51 am

JVG wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:37 pm
Is that a Sun Lion, or a copy? The AM logo thing looks a bit different to usual.
It's a custom job TI/UK Sun Lion I specified. Came direct from AM Headquarters.

Didn't you buy a few from Mike (or planned to)? I might be mixing you up with someone else. I'm still so enamored by my Sunface BART. Every time I break it out for a play I wish I was in a band that I could use it properly in.

Post by **zhivago** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 2:22 pm

JSett wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:03 pm
Didn't you buy a few from Mike (or planned to)? I might be mixing you up with someone else. I'm still so enamored by my Sunface BART. Every time I break it out for a play I wish I was in a band that I could use it properly in.

I had another Sun Lion in the past that I bought from Mike...it was an NKT/RCA hybrid.