Let's see your small/mini/nano pedalboards

enjo · November 2022

Greatape said:

The Mooer stuff is great - well,some of it. I have and rotate in the Black Secret, Yellow comp, Reecho, Blues Mood, E-lady.

Mini fuzzes, though: what's good?

There is a lot of variety in types of fuzzes.
I love my Golden Fleece (seen above in purple) - I tend to like more fuzz face style fuzzes rather than big muff style fuzzes FWIW.

TimmyO · November 2022

Never tried one but I know Mosky do one called “Mini Muff”

Keefy · November 2022

Just built this mini board - it has to be the nuttiest board I've ever put together!

This is actually an auxiliary board for use in my Bowie tribute. There is no space for either of these pedals on my big fuck-off board. I used to run a spare 9V power lead from it to the AC-3, but now I need to use the Swarm too. The board itself is made from an old baking tray (with Mrs Keefy's permission) and a piece of foam rubber mat fixed in place with rubber solution glue. The cutouts hold the pedals and PSU components (including DIY regulated 9V supply) quite snugly. The whole lot stows in a laptop bag.

TimmyO · November 2022

That swarm pedal is completely bonkers!

Keefy · November 2022

TimmyO said:

That swarm pedal is completely bonkers!

Yes. Yes it is.

andy_k · November 2022

Pedal bored.

A bit of an epic thread this, but bare with me.

I have been building mini boards for a while, having found a few good pedals that do what I want, trying to distill them down to the bare minimum, and it usually gets out of hand, trying to fit something new in.

My gigging days are over for now ( work commitments ) and for the gig I relied on a Marshall Code 50 , presets, the footswitch for convenience, and it got the job done.

I used a Metro 16 to carry the Code footswitch, and I had a Tech 21 FR5 on there for a direct to PA backup in case the amp went down mid gig ( happened once, but then I was carrying a Katana 100 as backup ).

This latest creation has been brewing in my mind for a lot longer than it took to put together, I give you, ‘The Motherboard’

Green light is for go.

Basically it is the same Metro 16, re-done with a newly acquired Gigrig QM4x, purchased from the classifieds here ( Thanks @Louis_LLM ), and a different Flyrig, the RK5.

The idea is this, the signal goes Guitar > tuner > ABY,

then A goes >QM4x>( loop 1, loop 2, loop 3, loop 4 ) > channel 1 of Supro Black Magick,

and then B either goes > RK5 > DI / PA, or RK5 > channel 2 of Supro Black Magick, switched by the ABY..

It should work in theory, and I now have to make up ( or, more likely buy ) some neat cables to wire up the loops, which will all be populated by my earlier ‘small board creations’ which look quite neat here, and will each take a place in one of the QM4x loops.

In reality, I probably will never have them all connected at the same time, but I do like the simplicity and flexibility it will give me.

This board, the 'Coffin', gets switched around quite a lot, and is currently housing a small collection of my own builds and a few Juansolos, plus others, and it all runs ( for a while ) off a single 9v rechargeable, via a couple of daisy chains, but there are spare power outlets from the Cioks under the motherboard, which is really only powering the RK5 and the tuner plus a couple of LEDs on the ABY and the QM4x.

Typically, the only one not wired in the chain for power, is the Dirty Girl, which has a flat battery, due to some idiot leaving it in the signal path- with a brand new Duracell installed…..

This board, mounted on rosewood for the TONE, is mostly my own builds of a few favorites, especially the Fuzzdog Blue Fool in the middle- a lot of fun. All running of a 9v

And this board, on a piece of walnut, again for the tone, is my last effort, with a couple of my absolute must haves, a Fuzzdog Klone, and a Fuzzdog Angry Andy, which are really the only 2 pedals I use all the time, and both are repeated on the other boards, I just like this one for its cuteness, again powered by a single 9v rechargeable.

Originally, my plan was to start with a blank slate, but everybody knows plywood has no tonal benefits.

And that would have involved getting a new power supply, cables etc, and it would have been hard to decide how to populate the loops, and nothing seems to stay static with my pedals anyway - always want to try something out.

At least I have no need for a Xmas tree this year.

I think they all look pretty good laid out like this, and I have got a WAH on in place of the EVH which I might use occasionally, and also the switcher is on there for the reverb and tremolo on the Supro, which sound amazing so no need for pedals there.

As the title said, I was feeling a bit bored, so I decided to spend a little time doing this post, and I can’t wait to fire it all up.

PS, for anyone thinking ‘ whats in the box???’

Chaos awaits, but heres a look anyway.

TimmyO · November 2022

Wow

andy_k · November 2022

TimmyO said:

Wow

Thanks,
Just had a quiet test run with the RK5 and QM4x running into both channels of my Supro, switched by the ABY, thats goodness already.
RK5 is better than I remembered, delay is amazing, and OMG channel is---OMG, and it has a boost too.
Pleasantly surprised how good the blend of the 2 channels sound when Y is selected, didn't really expect that, and it will get really interesting when I can use the other mini boards in the loops, with the flip-flop function on the QM4.
Happy something turned out as expected for once.

TTBZ · November 2022

TimmyO said:
I’ve always found the subject of small boards oddly fascinating

Me too, not sure why. They're just satisfying to look at and it appeals to my minimalist/organised/overly analytic mind

I like to see how people get a lot out of a little.

JezWynd · November 2022

Finally got a pedalboard, it was quite inexpensive and has a power supply built in. I was dubious about it, expecting hum/buzzing etc but it's actually proved to be exceptionally quiet. I demoed a bunch of mini tremolo pedals but none of them came close to the EBS. I might lose the Pigtronix Disnortion; it's a good pedal for a blend of dist/od but I've never really got on with distortion (I like it when other people use it but whenever I do, I find myself turning it off and thinking 'that's better') and for the very few occasions when I do want it the comp has a grit control which is okay(ish).

robinbowes · November 2022

JezWynd said:

Finally got a pedalboard, it was quite inexpensive and has a power supply built in.

What board is that? Interested.

JezWynd · November 2022

robinbowes said:

JezWynd said:

Finally got a pedalboard, it was quite inexpensive and has a power supply built in.

What board is that? Interested.

It's called an Aklot. Got it via Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09PN3FSJW

Greatape · November 2022

JezWynd said:

Finally got a pedalboard, it was quite inexpensive and has a power supply built in. I was dubious about it, expecting hum/buzzing etc but it's actually proved to be exceptionally quiet. I demoed a bunch of mini tremolo pedals but none of them came close to the EBS. I might lose the Pigtronix Disnortion; it's a good pedal for a blend of dist/od but I've never really got on with distortion (I like it when other people use it but whenever I do, I find myself turning it off and thinking 'that's better') and for the very few occasions when I do want it the comp has a grit control which is okay(ish).

Cool. What's the brand of board?

Greatape · November 2022

enjo said:

Greatape said:

The Mooer stuff is great - well,some of it. I have and rotate in the Black Secret, Yellow comp, Reecho, Blues Mood, E-lady.

Mini fuzzes, though: what's good?

There is a lot of variety in types of fuzzes.
I love my Golden Fleece (seen above in purple) - I tend to like more fuzz face style fuzzes rather than big muff style fuzzes FWIW.

Yep, am.also a fuzzfacer. Ta

JezWynd · November 2022

Greatape said:

JezWynd said:

Finally got a pedalboard, it was quite inexpensive and has a power supply built in. I was dubious about it, expecting hum/buzzing etc but it's actually proved to be exceptionally quiet. I demoed a bunch of mini tremolo pedals but none of them came close to the EBS. I might lose the Pigtronix Disnortion; it's a good pedal for a blend of dist/od but I've never really got on with distortion (I like it when other people use it but whenever I do, I find myself turning it off and thinking 'that's better') and for the very few occasions when I do want it the comp has a grit control which is okay(ish).

Cool. What's the brand of board?

See above your post, there’s link.

mo6020 · November 2022

Into a fully loaded Lazy J J20. Sometimes I swap the Astrotone out for another kind of fuzz and the Cruiser out for a Broadcaster, but this has stayed relatively constant for a while now.

TimmyO · November 2022

mo6020 said:

Into a fully loaded Lazy J J20. Sometimes I swap the Astrotone out for another kind of fuzz and the Cruiser out for a Broadcaster, but this has stayed relatively constant for a while now.

Oof. Very cool.

Lewy · November 2022

The white dual pedal is a Rafferty Blues Screamer - Mk1 BB on the left and TS808 on the right, and the Surfy pedal allows a second (lower) mix level on the Surfy Bear classic reverb tank sitting on top of the amp (and which is bigger than this board…)

Winny_Pooh · November 2022

Delta ii trem in place of a vibe and a vector for some swiss army use.
LS is after the delay.

AntonHunter · November 2022

Winny_Pooh said:

Delta ii trem in place of a vibe and a vector for some swiss army use.
LS is after the delay.

Looks great, remind me what the first pedal is again?

Winny_Pooh · November 2022

@AntonHunter said:

Winny_Pooh said:

Delta ii trem in place of a vibe and a vector for some swiss army use.
LS is after the delay.

Looks great, remind me what the first pedal is again?

DIY build with a Clark Gainster (mad bean egghead) into an ODR-1 (Aion andromeda)

AntonHunter · November 2022

Winny_Pooh said:

@AntonHunter said:

Winny_Pooh said:

Delta ii trem in place of a vibe and a vector for some swiss army use.
LS is after the delay.

Looks great, remind me what the first pedal is again?

DIY build with a Clark Gainster (mad bean egghead) into an ODR-1 (Aion andromeda)

Looks ace!

ghad · November 2022

Behold this small but mighty quartet! It's small - built on a PT Nano, it's mighty - 7 presets and full stereo, but more importantly, it's finished.

Pedals have come and gone to challenge the ones you see here, but these four have held strong. Some that didn't make the cut were a Flint, CE-2, EHX memory man 550, tube screamers of various types, royal blue OD, sweet honey OD, and many more, but nothing's changed for 6 months - does that make me a pedal GAS survivor?

Alex2678 · November 2022

Very mini indeed, the Marcus D’luxe boards are really nice for home

ScreamingDave · November 2022

All mini or nano stuff…

CFH · December 2022

TimmyO · December 2022

As I think I've said before, I love tinkering with ideas for small boards.

Here's the latest tinkering on a Pedaltrain Nano:

Tuner, 2 drive options, modulation, boost and tap-delay on a Nano - quite pleased with that! It's at the limit of usability/space imo

Also, I managed to find a used D'Addario XPND 1 which I'd fancied testing out since they were launched - here's a booteek-y test build on one expanded to its girthiest:

Wazmeister · December 2022

CFH said:

Yes, LOVE IT !!!

TimmyO · December 2022

ghad said:

Behold this small but mighty quartet! It's small - built on a PT Nano, it's mighty - 7 presets and full stereo, but more importantly, it's finished.

Pedals have come and gone to challenge the ones you see here, but these four have held strong. Some that didn't make the cut were a Flint, CE-2, EHX memory man 550, tube screamers of various types, royal blue OD, sweet honey OD, and many more, but nothing's changed for 6 months - does that make me a pedal GAS survivor?

I like this a lot.

mburekenge · December 2022

pics never work for me!

Tonight's gig is a bit of a weird setup. 2 amps. Carr Rambler and Victoria 5112.

Dunlop mini wah > mini polytune > Fredrick Klone > thorpy heavy water > memoryan with Moog expression pedal > RC boost.

That goes into gigrig humdinger, with an MXR phase 90 feeding the Victoria

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