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would it not be easier to just put a very thin veneer over it?

[quote name='Finbar' post='594087' date='Sep 9 2009, 05:38 PM']Not even plugged it in through my amp in this incarnation yet, so I don't have anywhere it can be heard except at shows... for now We're playing Stoke on Trent on the 25th November though Although there's a fair amount of stuff on it, I don't really have many crazy sounds. I have a lot of things like bypass loops which take up space but don't make interesting sounds, so to speak. Its designed to be functional over everything else. What are you using for your distortion on your band's tracks? I have a pretty full on distortion, and a more subtle overdrive, but nothing like what you have going on inbetween. The clean blend makes it work - very Showbiz-era Muse! Was an absolute pain actually putting it all together though, getting all the cables cut to length, plugging all the 9v things in, and even arranging everything so it fit at all o_O Judicious use of cable ties (some things are tied into the board itself, and a lot fo cables are tied together) and bits of wood to raise certain pedals helped a lot though. Shame about your band, it was nice stuff. Are the mp3s available from your myspace? I'll have a gander in a bit [/quote] Where are you playing in Stoke?? I'll put it in my outlook! I like the idea of having a huge board with lots of pedals but it all being functional. It's basically what I had. I think I only used 2 or 3 weird sounds. I suppose the weird ones I used most were a step phaser with exp pedal to control the rate, and a wah going into digital delay which i'd use when playing chords, oh, and a whammy in a feedback loop for cool noise. I've changed the link in my sig to the menu which myspace removes. you can download the mp3s there. My sounds were basically heavy compression, going into an ODB3 blended 50/50 with dry going into a zoom GFX707 or B2.1U set to a fairly low gain distortion. I'd turn the ODB off for verses and on for choruses and riffs for massive low end. Then I just had lots of wahs and another distortion after the zoom for extra gain, two EQ pedals, one for extra bass, one to push the dirt pedals, and just occasionally i'd use the French Toast on it's own. You can see the board earlier on in this thread.

having said all this, we're obviously coping with it OK so there's no need for any change.

Some people have said "well I don't know what it's worth so i'd like offers to find out" - well that's balls. Just find out what it's worth on Ebay. How many PM offers do you want to receive before you decide to settle on one of them? I'd say it's a case of lazy sellers.

Hah, cool man, we're not going anymore as the drummer's in Ireland. You can download loads of mp3s though, about 15 songs or something. I love your board!! Are you gigging with that? Where can I hear it?

It looks a lot darker on the front than the back. Will it stay like that? I love those dark/chocolate colours.

It might seem louder at reheasal if the room is small and sound-proof. You ARE wearing ear-plugs to practice, right?

good luck.... Why do you have to glue anything? It looks like that peice is big enough for a body.

Valves and "tried and tested gear" are over rated. Digital amp modelling can replicate some of the most intricate of tones, it's almost a miracle, and yet without even bothering to open their ears and listen, half the gear-buying public immediately shout "NOTHING WILL EVER SOUND LIKE MY FENDER THROUGH AN ALL VALVE AMP".

yo, sorry, I replied to your PM before reading the post. We can meet up if you like no problem. It's about 3 x 5 inches or something.

That's a cool board lateralus. [quote name='gnasher1993' post='589721' date='Sep 4 2009, 02:46 PM']I feel guilty enough that I'll have two delays by the end of next week.[/quote] WHAT?!?! Everyone should have at least 2 delays!!!

yeh there's nothing more fun than a continuously growing pedalboard! I wish mine was still growing :-( Have you ever tried a Whammy? And is it worse or better than the PS5? You should take it to your jazz gigs!

Heh, we were talking about this last night, it is a sh*t state of affairs. We played the Fiddler's Elbow in Camden a couple of times. It seems to attract quite a few locals. The deal there seems to be: your first gig is a try-out, sell 20 tickets and you get another gig, after that just do your best until they can tell you're sh*t.

yeh seeing as you're going to have both chains coming out of active pedals, and I assume they have level knobs, then one of those headphone splitter thingies will do. Otherwise I have this mini mixer I bought off ebay for £10 that has 3 channels 3 knobs and a mono jack output. You could probably find another, or if you really struggle I could send you mine. I never use it.

I had 5 whammies 3 octave pedals and a digital delay all in a feedback loop so suck on that nerrr neerrrr

when you start playing proper gigs through a proper rig I think you'll find you want a blender to add some clean back in. It's an interesting set up though. What do you use the PS5 for?

they will work on anything, I used a bespeco one for years - about £15.

the standard seems to be earnie ball, but there are loads of cheap plastic passive volume pedals around. Can't you use your knob?

you might like to try a digitech whammy.

Danelectro french toast is a good cheap starter. It'd be helpful if you had a blender for it. I started off using effects with a view to fill the gaps left where we'd add rythm guitar in the studio. I realised at the end that I just loved the distorted bass and used it almost all the time, just with varying levels and tones. So I agree that it's not necessary to add a pedal in for guitar solos, but it IS fun.

Nice one!

cool i'll have a listen later. The weirdest thing for me is how you'd want different sounds for the same sounds from night to night. I suppose it adds an extra bit of variety, but for me I find the sound I need for a specific section or song, and then use it.

you need a momentary footswitch with 9 poles or something on it, and 4 jack sockets. I'm sure someone on here is kind enough to draw a diagram for you but it's almost just common sense. You can't break anything anyway. The bit that costs is the box to put it in, perhaps you have an old pedal you could use the box of.