Post your pedal board - Basschat style!!

[stewblack]

I'm at the design stage of a big board, a few sketches and ideas for methods and materials - no more. 

Interim board for gigging while the build takes shape:

Valeton does  a good OC2 impression but there is a volume drop hence mini GEQ close by so I can stomp both simultaneously. 

MS-60B does HPF duty and the odd bit of chorus, flanger and such. 

Two distortions, Caline pretty much always on to grubby up the sound and help the Bassballs shine. The MXR for when stuff gets nasty towards the end of the set. 

[Cuzzie]

17 hours ago, kingalex said:

Current pedalbord with KMA Tyler - it's a must for distorted sounds  Still need to cable it properly ...

Another Tyler person - great pieces of kit and loads of fun

[stewblack]

[Al Krow]

Simple gigging board built around an HX Effects, which I've substituted in place of my HX Stomp and / or Zoom B1X-4, and a Boss SY-1. 

[Kev]

Here’s my sound board 🙂 Final for the time being, too neat to mess it up 😂

[Stub Mandrel]

13 hours ago, stewblack said:

Where's the fun in that? Far too neat.

[stewblack]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Where's the fun in that? Far too neat.

Ah ha! You see the thing with the ZoomB1onathon is it's streamlined and neat on the outside, but absolute bluddy chaos to actually use. Sooooo many options. 

[Wilson_51_]

Seeing as I took a picture for another thread I thought I’d post it here. 
 

Signal is
 

1. pitchblack mini (want to replace as the patch cable pops out when I press it with my foot although I might see if it’s just the jack that needs bending) may change to a polytune 
 

2. Wilson Freaker wah mini

3. homemade fuzz (Russian big muff with blend knob)

4. VT Bass 

 

I am contemplating whether to get a thumpinator. Do I actually need one? I hear lot of praise for them but is it snake oil? What would be the benefit for me? I play doom/stoner so it’s drop C if that would make a difference. 
 

[dannybuoy]

The VT Bass already has a HPF built in, so I'd say you can do without!

[kingalex]

On 23/11/2019 at 03:20, Kev said:

Here’s my sound board 🙂 Final for the time being, too neat to mess it up 😂

Kev , why you have additional tuner ?

[BassThing]

Here's my pedal board. It's made from the iconic Ikea shelving. I've managed to build 3 boards altogether from one twin-pack and still have bits left over to make a 4th! 

The board is being rejigged to fit the Mooer S8 PSU, a great PSU with 18v for the MXR, 3 fully isolated 9v supplies and the other 4 with shared ground.

The HM-3 is run in parallel in the loop of the LS-3, an idea given to me by Ian "Robber" Reynolds although I think he said he used an HM-2 but I got muddled up when buying the pedal off Fleabay.  I sometimes swap out the HM-3 for an OD-3 which gives a very very nice drive tone. It is, as the cork sniffers would say, a "transparent" pedal. The compressor is the 2nd/3rd pedal I ever bough back in the late 80's!

 

 

[Kev]

1 hour ago, kingalex said:

Kev , why you have additional tuner ?

Why indeed!

The tuner was on the board before the Shure, and I am using the second output of the tuner to feed a clean signal to the key input of the noise gate.  If I sold the tuner, I’d need to pick up a splitter box and it would cost me as much for a decent one.  So the tuner stays for now.

Also, if my wireless was to fail mid gig, the Shure unit is rendered useless as it has no cable input, so having the boss means I still have a tuner and a way of muting my signal, should I need it.

[Higgie]

Big update coming from me soon. Here’s a teaser....

 

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, Higgie said:

Big update coming from me soon. Here’s a teaser....

 

20 12 array?

One of these...?

[stewblack]

1 hour ago, Higgie said:

Big update coming from me soon. Here’s a teaser....

 

Ooooh tease. 

[dannybuoy]

They look pretty nifty!

https://www.schmidtarray.com/custom

[Woodinblack]

24 minutes ago, dannybuoy said:

They look pretty nifty!

https://www.schmidtarray.com/custom

They look great.. Don't think I am going to be able to afford one of those any time soon!

[Kev]

Wow, I shudder to think how much they may cost! 

[Woodinblack]

3 hours ago, Kev said:

Wow, I shudder to think how much they may cost! 

You are probably right in your imagination then!

The prices are on the site. I would need one that cost about £600 for my stuff. Does look like it is worth it though, to someone who isn't me.

[rushbo]

On 22/11/2019 at 22:37, stewblack said:

A masterpiece of lateral thinking. Who needs a Helix doohickey anyway?

I often look at my Zoom B3 and think "I wonder what would what happen if I got another and daisy chained them together? Then I remind myself that I only ever use three or four fx, so I give my head a wobble and go and have a lie down until the thought finally passes. 

[fretmeister]

22 hours ago, Kev said:

Wow, I shudder to think how much they may cost! 

Give you a clue...

The lids for the boards cost upwards of £150...

 

 

[fretmeister]

On 22/11/2019 at 22:37, stewblack said:

Is there any noticeable latency from all the AD/DA conversion going on?

[dannybuoy]

9 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

Is there any noticeable latency from all the AD/DA conversion going on?

There probably wasn't until you just mentioned it!

I'd swap it for a B3n!

[Kev]

23 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

Give you a clue...

The lids for the boards cost upwards of £150...

 

 

Gulp.

And I moaned about paying £3.50 each for the quick release plates for Temple Audio boards...

[Higgie]

They certainly are expensive. But having received it, I can see why. The thing just oozes quality and the attention to detail and pure craftsmanship is outstanding. Martyn at Schmidt Array’s customer service is also one of the best I’ve ever come across. Lovely chap. Got some unexpected time on my hands so the board build is taking place as we speak....