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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:57 pm
by Eskimo_Joe
Here are my "weapons of mass destruction". (I admit it is overkill to say the least, and it's a mess, but it's FUN!) And for clarification, I don't take everything to gigs.

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Guitar -> Boss tuner -> ProAnalog Suga Quack LE -> BJF PGC -> BJF HB -> BJF BBOD -> BJF LGW -> Pedalworx Texas Two Step -> Zvex Box of Rock (vexter) -> Barber Burn Unit -> BJF EGDM -> BJF DRD -> MP MRD -> Landraff Dynamic OD -> BJF Model R

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-> BJF Folk Fuzz -> BJF PPF -> BJF CAF -> Analogman Sun Face -> Lovetone Big Cheese -> Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe -> Analogman Bi-Chorus -> BJF Purple Plum Phaser -> Foxrox TZF -> BJF Saffron Yellow Tremelo -> BJF Little Red Trebler -> BJF RRB -> MP DBD -> BJF SBEQ


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on the bench at the moment...

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- Analogman Bi-Comp
- D*A*M 1966
- 1996 Fulltone Full Drive 2
- D*A*M Ram Head
- Atomic Echo Clone (Aqua Puss)
- BJF BPB
- Klon Centaur
- Menatone Kar Krash
- BYOC Phase Royal
- BJF Folk Phaser
- MP LGW

If you have any tips on pedal order, I'm all ears (pun intended). I'm sure there's room for improvement. Thanks![/img]

PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:47 pm
by EyeFly
Just a couple of comments:

1) Holy crap!!

2) I think you'll need a looper..

3) Good luck with the order.....in classic Forrest Gump terms, there are a gozillion possible combinations......

4)...put the SBEQ last!!

cork

PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:23 pm
by cabo
hi EJ,
very nice set up you have,,Im sure there are alot of great combos to be had.

As far as pedal order,,,I always liked the BPB at the very end of a long chain like that. :)

RRB and LRT also work nice before some drives.

just curious,,which ones make your gig rig?? 8)

cabo

PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:29 pm
by Eskimo_Joe
cabo wrote:hi EJ,
very nice set up you have,,Im sure there are alot of great combos to be had.

As far as pedal order,,,I always liked the BPB at the very end of a long chain like that. :)

RRB and LRT also work nice before some drives.

just curious,,which ones make your gig rig?? 8)

cabo


Cool, thanks for the feedback! My band just ended, but at the time, I'd take along whatever I thought would work for the songs we were playing. The consistent must-take's were tuner, wah, BBOD, HB, DRD, Ram Head, Echo Clone, Box of Rock, and the Big Cheese. Oops, forgot the Klon.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:34 pm
by Eskimo_Joe
EyeFly wrote:Just a couple of comments:

1) Holy crap!!

2) I think you'll need a looper..

3) Good luck with the order.....in classic Forrest Gump terms, there are a gozillion possible combinations......

4)...put the SBEQ last!!

cork


As far as a looper goes, how does it work? I haven't done my research, but I've always thought loopers were so you could have pedals or no pedals. I always have pedals going...the SBEQ if nothing else, but usually some dirt and maybe something else depending on the song. Would a looper be useful in that context?

As far as the SBEQ, it is last (nearest amp). Or by last, do you mean nearest guitar? Thanks!

PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:10 am
by EyeFly
When I said you would need a looper, I was thinking of one like the Eeyore that Brad at Tonefactor makes. It enables you to connect a couple pedals in a "string" and select between two different "strings", if that makes any sense.

You can have multiple pedals "on" at the same time and deselect all of them simultaneously in lieu of one or multiple others. It's like having a couple of effects loops in the direct route to your amp.

It might keep you from "tap dancing" to select and deselect various combinations especially if you intend to use a lot of those in your gig rig!!

I think there are several places that make these devices and, in addition, some pedal boards can have them built in.

Generally, it is recommended that the EQ be closest to the amp but it, like the compressor, is another one of those things that can produce a very variable effect depending on position in the chain.

Good luck. I don't think you are going to have any problems getting a good sound.


cork

PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:26 am
by TheWarmth
Eskimo Joe: Are those tweed amps Victorias? I saw a blues/rockabilly band at my local pub recently and the guitarist was playing out of a Victoria combo w/a Fender reverb unit and it sounded incredible.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:49 pm
by DocRock
HOLY CRAP, how did you score a Purple Plum?!?!?!?!

PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:24 pm
by Eskimo_Joe
EyeFly wrote:When I said you would need a looper, I was thinking of one like the Eeyore that Brad at Tonefactor makes. It enables you to connect a couple pedals in a "string" and select between two different "strings", if that makes any sense.

You can have multiple pedals "on" at the same time and deselect all of them simultaneously in lieu of one or multiple others. It's like having a couple of effects loops in the direct route to your amp.

It might keep you from "tap dancing" to select and deselect various combinations especially if you intend to use a lot of those in your gig rig!!

I think there are several places that make these devices and, in addition, some pedal boards can have them built in.

Generally, it is recommended that the EQ be closest to the amp but it, like the compressor, is another one of those things that can produce a very variable effect depending on position in the chain.

Good luck. I don't think you are going to have any problems getting a good sound.


cork


Thanks, that sounds cool! If I can find another band, I may have justify that expenditure. :)

PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:26 pm
by Eskimo_Joe
TheWarmth wrote:Eskimo Joe: Are those tweed amps Victorias? I saw a blues/rockabilly band at my local pub recently and the guitarist was playing out of a Victoria combo w/a Fender reverb unit and it sounded incredible.


Yes! It's a Victoria 35210 (tweed super) and a Reverberato. I fell in love with a real tweed super, couldn't afford it, and got the Vicky and it hasn't dissapointed. The more it gets played, dragged in and out of practice and gigs, the better she sounds.