Let's see your small/mini/nano pedalboards

Snags · June 2023

This is me for tonight (plus a cab, and a clip-on tuner in my pocket just in case).

The dangling power plug is a 'spare' 9v in case there's a problem with the main PSU for the Quilter, although it's definitely a far superior amp on the 24v supply.

Image: https://onedrive.live.com/embed?resid=5e175fd218fbc52f%21845673&authkey=%21AJwjhb6KKK1O5sU&width=4032&height=1960

thermionic · July 2023

https://i.imgur.com/g0CS9My.jpg

This was just for a comparison of my trusty Boss overdrives, it’s really for a minimalist bass setup for messing about with.

solar · July 2023

Finally put a small board together for an upcoming jam/possible band/project.

The Echo Master is still a "maybe".. we haven't decided whether we're going to be instrumental or not yet

AntonHunter · July 2023

solar said:

Finally put a small board together for an upcoming jam/possible band/project.

The Echo Master is still a "maybe".. we haven't decided whether we're going to be instrumental or not yet

Maaaan, I wanna hear that!

Neilybob · July 2023

AntonHunter said:

solar said:

Finally put a small board together for an upcoming jam/possible band/project.

The Echo Master is still a "maybe".. we haven't decided whether we're going to be instrumental or not yet

Maaaan, I wanna hear that!

We really should have a FtB gear fest one year so we can hear these live.

TimmyO · July 2023

Neilybob said:

AntonHunter said:

solar said:

Finally put a small board together for an upcoming jam/possible band/project.

The Echo Master is still a "maybe".. we haven't decided whether we're going to be instrumental or not yet

Maaaan, I wanna hear that!

We really should have a FtB gear fest one year so we can hear these live.

We used to smaller GearJams in between the music-focussed Swin-Jams

TimmyO · August 2023

Current Nano/Tick sized board:

Fab blues / jam sounds.

And my "big" board (may drop the mini Crybaby and use the BBE wah offboard)

Neilybob · August 2023

Very nice indeedy @TimmyO ;

thecolourbox · August 2023

AntonHunter said:

solar said:

Finally put a small board together for an upcoming jam/possible band/project.

The Echo Master is still a "maybe".. we haven't decided whether we're going to be instrumental or not yet

Maaaan, I wanna hear that!

Is the Death by Audio the distorted delay that Jack White used live on last year's tour? If so, that's a crazy sounding thing!

Acdeezee86 · August 2023

Many iterations have come and gone since the last time I posted on this thread, but, after recent acquisitions from this parish, I finally have a board that seems to make all the sounds I want. It also has simple pedals to stop me from my incessant knob twiddling habit

The cream coloured pedal is a "Champ Amp Emulator" from websmurfer/otalgia fx on ebay. It's an electra distortion, but unclear if actually a clone of anything specific. Gives some great growl to the lower mids, doesn't sound muddy to me. The Dopefx Bone Dancer, is a clean boost - I wrote to the guy behind dopefx and he said it is an old clone of an LPB-1.
I leave the Champ Emulator and the Boost on and find that I can control the amount of dirt with my volume knob. The script Phase 90 is just lovely, and the Verb o' Trem (only just joined the crew yesterday) is both simple and versatile.

Happy camper! Could it be I'm finally done?? Doubt it...

TimmyO · August 2023

Acdeezee86 said:

Many iterations have come and gone since the last time I posted on this thread, but, after recent acquisitions from this parish, I finally have a board that seems to make all the sounds I want. It also has simple pedals to stop me from my incessant knob twiddling habit

The cream coloured pedal is a "Champ Amp Emulator" from websmurfer/otalgia fx on ebay. It's an electra distortion, but unclear if actually a clone of anything specific. Gives some great growl to the lower mids, doesn't sound muddy to me. The Dopefx Bone Dancer, is a clean boost - I wrote to the guy behind dopefx and he said it is an old clone of an LPB-1.
I leave the Champ Emulator and the Boost on and find that I can control the amount of dirt with my volume knob. The script Phase 90 is just lovely, and the Verb o' Trem (only just joined the crew yesterday) is both simple and versatile.

Happy camper! Could it be I'm finally done?? Doubt it...

Nice

Th4fonz · August 2023

Greatape · August 2023

Winny_Pooh said:

Downsizing guitars amps, everything!

Large board has gone from this:

To this:

Big fan of the Supro delay and the Secret Pre. What are your thoughts on the Blackstone?

Neilybob · August 2023

Th4fonz said:

Great tone making options here! Covers a lot of bases. Not a fan of reverb or is it built into the amp?

Winny_Pooh · August 2023

@Greatape it's great. Coloured and most amp like of anything I've heard, kinda like an Origin revival drive in that sense. Very smooth high end. I love putting a treble booster in front.

Th4fonz · August 2023

@Neilybob I love reverb but yes it’s built into my amp. A Toneking Imperial mk2

Greatape · August 2023

Winny_Pooh said:

@Greatape it's great. Coloured and most amp like of anything I've heard, kinda like an Origin revival drive in that sense. Very smooth high end. I love putting a treble booster in front.

Awesome. I'd love ot try one sometime.

Question about the Supro - do you find that a) it can get noisy at high filter settings and b) you have to be careful with the repeats else it descends into self-oscillation? (I love the sound of it, though - it has a real 3-D presence)

Winny_Pooh · August 2023

Greatape said:

Winny_Pooh said:

@Greatape it's great. Coloured and most amp like of anything I've heard, kinda like an Origin revival drive in that sense. Very smooth high end. I love putting a treble booster in front.

Awesome. I'd love ot try one sometime.

Question about the Supro - do you find that a) it can get noisy at high filter settings and b) you have to be careful with the repeats else it descends into self-oscillation? (I love the sound of it, though - it has a real 3-D presence)

Mine's not particularly noisy although some have complained about noise. 12o clock is still brighter than a DM2 so I can't expect no noise pushing the brightness. Never used it with repeats that high or had self oscillation issues.

solar · August 2023

thecolourbox said:

AntonHunter said:

solar said:

Finally put a small board together for an upcoming jam/possible band/project.

The Echo Master is still a "maybe".. we haven't decided whether we're going to be instrumental or not yet

Maaaan, I wanna hear that!

Is the Death by Audio the distorted delay that Jack White used live on last year's tour? If so, that's a crazy sounding thing!

You mean the big blue one at the top? No, it’s an Echo Master, a vocal delay with XLR in and out.

Alexlotl · August 2023

Th4fonz said:

What interconnects are you using here? I’m trying to go from a Metro 16 to a Nano+ at the moment, and all my plans that look lovely on Pedal Playground get scuppered due to cable width. This looks much tighter than I’ve managed to achieve.

Th4fonz · August 2023

Alexlotl said:

Th4fonz said:

What interconnects are you using here? I’m trying to go from a Metro 16 to a Nano+ at the moment, and all my plans that look lovely on Pedal Playground get scuppered due to cable width. This looks much tighter than I’ve managed to achieve.

@Alexlotl Im using the EBS pg10 gold patch cables here with a Cioks dc7 underneath.

TimmyO · August 2023

Winny_Pooh said:

@Greatape it's great. Coloured and most amp like of anything I've heard, kinda like an Origin revival drive in that sense. Very smooth high end. I love putting a treble booster in front.

I have a Blackstone too - it's really VERY good isn't it.

soma1975 · August 2023

Can it play nicely with a fuzz face? The website schtick makes it sound like it would be an impedance nightmare.

Winny_Pooh · August 2023

soma1975 said:

Can it play nicely with a fuzz face? The website schtick makes it sound like it would be an impedance nightmare.

Before or after? I 've run a fuzzface (needs to be bright-ish though) in front, into the low gain channel) and you can get a super compressed killer ZZtop type tone like that.

soma1975 · August 2023

Cool yeah my fuzz is always first. Might have to try one soon. Cheers.

Rod.D · August 2023

I have been experimenting with battery powered small boards using the pedaltrain nano

https://imgur.com/a/vuVqDbi

stickyfiddle · August 2023

+1 for the Blackstone love. Highly underrated. Haven't tried it with a fuzz face but I think Blackstone over-egg the impedance thing on the blurb. I've run it after other pedals and it's just fine imo

thecolourbox · August 2023

solar said:

thecolourbox said:

AntonHunter said:

solar said:

Finally put a small board together for an upcoming jam/possible band/project.

The Echo Master is still a "maybe".. we haven't decided whether we're going to be instrumental or not yet

Maaaan, I wanna hear that!

Is the Death by Audio the distorted delay that Jack White used live on last year's tour? If so, that's a crazy sounding thing!

You mean the big blue one at the top? No, it’s an Echo Master, a vocal delay with XLR in and out.