Let Us See Your Pedalboard
Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 6:21 pm
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This is my main guitar pedalboard for my band, though I'm sure if I were to play with anyone else I wouldn't feel out of place (unless it was with something weirder or louder that required a different flavor of OD.) Everything fits on a Pedaltrain Metro 20 and is powered by a TrueTone CS6, and it runs into a Quilter Aviator Cub.
Signal chain is Petersson StroboStomp HD > Malekko Charlie Foxtrot > EQD Bit Commander > Boss BD-2 > Boss OD-3 > DOD Carcosa > MXR Tremolo > Keeley Mag Echo > TC Electronic Flashback II. The lil' red guy is a Disaster Area micro.clock which syncs up both the FBII and the Tremolo (FBII gets quarter notes, the Tremolo gets eighth notes, I'm pretty sure.)
I've tried out a bunch of things and I'm happy to say I'm pretty settled on this config. Honestly feels kind of weird to not feel any Pedal GAS after pursuing it a ton the last few years. Anything I'd get to replace anything here would likely be a quest of diminishing returns (i.e. replacing the Charlie Foxtrot with a Mini Glitch or the ODs with EAE products, no matter how badass they'd be). The OD-3, in particular, is my favorite overdrive pedal and nearly every other pedal I've tried to replace it has come up wanting. I seem to be allergic to your bog-standard TS/SD-1 or Rat flavors of OD whereas the OD-3 does a flatter midrange and seems to react lovingly with the dynamics in my guitar playing.
The Bit Commander and Carcosa are mostly for solos and weird leads, depending on if I want them to sound synthy or not. Blues Driver is set cleaner than the OD-3 and is my low-gain/jangly drive (also for goosing the OD-3 from time to time). The Flashback II is mostly used for Tape Delay sounds (I've got it dialed in the way I want it but it was an absolute pain in the ass to do so) while the Mag Echo is more like a modulated slap-back which I'd use in place of a chorus or vibrato.
This is my main guitar pedalboard for my band, though I'm sure if I were to play with anyone else I wouldn't feel out of place (unless it was with something weirder or louder that required a different flavor of OD.) Everything fits on a Pedaltrain Metro 20 and is powered by a TrueTone CS6, and it runs into a Quilter Aviator Cub.
Signal chain is Petersson StroboStomp HD > Malekko Charlie Foxtrot > EQD Bit Commander > Boss BD-2 > Boss OD-3 > DOD Carcosa > MXR Tremolo > Keeley Mag Echo > TC Electronic Flashback II. The lil' red guy is a Disaster Area micro.clock which syncs up both the FBII and the Tremolo (FBII gets quarter notes, the Tremolo gets eighth notes, I'm pretty sure.)
I've tried out a bunch of things and I'm happy to say I'm pretty settled on this config. Honestly feels kind of weird to not feel any Pedal GAS after pursuing it a ton the last few years. Anything I'd get to replace anything here would likely be a quest of diminishing returns (i.e. replacing the Charlie Foxtrot with a Mini Glitch or the ODs with EAE products, no matter how badass they'd be). The OD-3, in particular, is my favorite overdrive pedal and nearly every other pedal I've tried to replace it has come up wanting. I seem to be allergic to your bog-standard TS/SD-1 or Rat flavors of OD whereas the OD-3 does a flatter midrange and seems to react lovingly with the dynamics in my guitar playing.
The Bit Commander and Carcosa are mostly for solos and weird leads, depending on if I want them to sound synthy or not. Blues Driver is set cleaner than the OD-3 and is my low-gain/jangly drive (also for goosing the OD-3 from time to time). The Flashback II is mostly used for Tape Delay sounds (I've got it dialed in the way I want it but it was an absolute pain in the ass to do so) while the Mag Echo is more like a modulated slap-back which I'd use in place of a chorus or vibrato.