Evolution of a Pedalboard/psychosis. pic heavy.

[snaredrum]

so i was looking through my photobucket this evening for a specific pic, and noticed that i've been pretty good at documenting my board in the past few months/years. It is chilling (and yet no surprise to those who know me) how things have changed, especially since i started playing in a band again - although i've always agreed with the phrase "no plan survives contact with the enemy". And i am, in all ways, my own worst enemy. ergo, no plan survives me.


anyway, here's the earliest pic i could find. Dated June '09.

a EH board/bag, heavily Danelectro'd. I think it was the Cool Cat series that got me interested in pedals again, to be honest.



next up, a few months later - still '09, month unknown. i have no recollection of ever owning that multi-chorus, oddly



on we move to March 2010. a Swanflight case has appeared to keep my pedals safe, and the pedals have changed again, of course. The red thing is an A/B pedal to flip between the Bone Bender (which i had no idea how to use, and now regret selling) and the Blackstar Dual.



annoyingly this seems to be the only pic i have of the next change - unsure of the date as well.



now, here's a funny one - my board changes to this



and then back to one resembling the previous incarnation, proving what a tit i am.



ok, we're into mid 2011 by this point - the Strymon El Capistan has appeared. You'll see more of him! Also pictured are the coloursound overdriver clone that North made for me (and subsequently started making for general sale) and the Violet Ram that i believe is now in Scandinavia or somewhere



alright kids - still with me? this is where it REALLY starts to ramp up... october '11...







gilmour obsession is beginning. this pic is on gilmourish.com, i think



flock of seagulls brother, just to break the tension



i have less than no idea what is going on here



the octa switch appears




recording pedalboard



hello/goodbye whammy...



another difference? i can't even tell anymore... these are on a Diago Tourman board.

[snaredrum]

and finally, the butterfly begins to emerge...





and we arrive here.



i didn't think this thread would be as tragic as it is.

[2009LPGT]

Pretty fun man!! Evolution threads are a great idea, would love to see more!!

Can wait to get myself home in my chair and a stout and plow through it again!!

[snaredrum]

Originally Posted by 2009LPGT

Pretty fun man!! Evolution threads are a great idea, would love to see more!!

Can wait to get myself home in my chair and a stout and plow through it again!!

easy on the stout, i blame guinness for most of this thread

[2009LPGT]

Really? I blame it mostly for my girlish figure!!

[snaredrum]

looking back - i did this in a couple of stints, pre and post pub - what gets me is the amount of stuff i barely remember owning, and the pedals that aren't even ON the board in some of the pics. man alive, i'm a jackass.

[snaredrum]

Originally Posted by 2009LPGT

Really? I blame it mostly for my girlish figure!!

you have a woman's mouth, my lord!

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[firesgt911]

I went through my photobucket pics last week and did the same thing. It's funny how things have evolved or come full circle. Since 2008, I've easily gone through 200 pedals. I saw a ton of pedals I had totally forgotten about.

I enjoyed this post a lot!

[snaredrum]

Originally Posted by firesgt911

I went through my photobucket pics last week and did the same thing. It's funny how things have evolved or come full circle. Since 2008, I've easily gone through 200 pedals. I saw a ton of pedals I had totally forgotten about.

I enjoyed this post a lot!

crazy, isn't it? it's like being confronted with a week's worth of beer cans and vodka bottles and still denying there's a problem...

[firesgt911]

Here's one from 2008-2009'ish. Very early in my pedal problem.



Here is one from when I had like 70 at once in maybe 2010z



And here is one of the "raunchiest" pedals I've owned.



Not as in depth as yours, but a good summary.

[Shagnwagon]

Snare what is up with the freakin birds nest of cables man!

[Hector Arcadius]

Originally Posted by Shagnwagon

Snare what is up with the freakin birds nest of cables man!

Don't you get it? This is the only thing that hasn't changed since day one. That's Snare's signature baby!


Great thread Snares, if I ever get my board to be remotely close to where I want it, I may take up on it myself. I see my (well, now...) 535Q in there! You're right, Ram's Head is in Sweden ATM.

I also see that you had your fair share of interesting amps there. Should we expect a sister-thread...?

[kboman]

Great thread! I've gone through something similar since last summer, but since I was also unemployed at the time the changes are less dramatic... The Violet Ram is currently sitting on my Music Stuff Shelf, waiting for me to get a bigger board (I can only use one fuzz at a time now! the tragedy!) - are the Diagos good stuff?

[snaredrum]

showed my dad this thread earlier. he's asked for a link to it, i can only assume so he can work out how much to sue me for.

[lifele55]

Hahaha, this is awesome man.

I have pics of my old boards from then till now... I'll post it up Was actually looking through and telling my wife, I came a long way from what I had back then till now

[lifele55]

I looked over the pictures again and my god, look at the number of fire hazards!

[snaredrum]

Originally Posted by lifele55

I looked over the pictures again and my god, look at the number of fire hazards!

i live dangerously. by accident, mostly