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[switchback]

Hi Gang,

Its been a while, read some nice stuff and great pics. Hope everyone is doing well! Have a new CD out iTunes: In Red Beggarman and another one on the way. Some new pedals too, ill post some pics

 

[switchback]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot check into the Quiet theory Reverb/Delay pedal Very Nice !

 

[gibsonguitar1988]

Hey welcome back switchback!

 

[switchback]

Thank you Gibster, Hope you guys have been well! Just been working and recording, the usual stuff. I picked up Monster pedal Klone and man is it sweeeet. I am really enjoying my Quiet Theory Delay/Reverb. It actually kicked a Keeley caverns off the board. Mostly due to the fact that to go true bypass on the keeley its an internal switch, plus you then have to use a TRS cable ?? Me no likey that, so the Quiet Theory fixes both issues for me

 

[kboman]

Hey, switchback! Good to see you around

I'm on a sort of hiatus-by-circumstance due to not having any time left to do anything right now and no money to them with. Hopefully things are changing soon with some welcome private-life changes coming up. Beyond that, things are well.

 

[st.bede]

Sweet board Johan.

I have a few questions, and I am wondering if you guys are hip to the answers. I have two Voodoo Lab pedal power 2 plus, and i need to get the power cables for two H9s, EHX Qtron, and a Pigtronix Philosopher King. What cables and how do Get them to work with my Voodoo Lab Pedal Power Two Plus?

Another question: i am using the DBA Apocalypse, i like to run the singal in low and get it to stay clean and break up in a funky bias type of way, I set the eq dial to accenuate the low mids. I can play chords but have enough dirt to get my qtron and wha to sound rich. Any ideas of what other fuzz pedal would do that with a hotter signal coming in. (I need the signal hotter to get the feedback out of my SSRG).

Thank you for your help. Eventually I will get a pic up.

 

[Neffco]

I just built my first pedal board. I have one more 4x5 pedal on the way that will go top right. It’s 36x 16 and it seems to be fairly functional for my needs. I can easily hit all the pedals without mashing and knobs. Not noisy at home, random old bars are another story.

The pog 2 is a lot of fun. I run all this shinnanagins through my 66 Bassman 2x12 and an orange Tiny terror 1x12.

 

[Neffco]

My newest pedal just showed up. Here’s the full rig.

 

[st.bede]

... for my fuzz, I decised to buy a Smallsound/Bigsound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine. I think thta will work.

 

[switchback]

... for my fuzz, I decised to buy a Smallsound/Bigsound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine. I think thta will work.

I would have suggested the Wampler Red Velvet Fuzz, has a great hot signal !

 

[switchback]

Hey, switchback! Good to see you around

I'm on a sort of hiatus-by-circumstance due to not having any time left to do anything right now and no money to them with. Hopefully things are changing soon with some welcome private-life changes coming up. Beyond that, things are well.

Hey KB thanks, nice to see you too, glad to hear other than giving into your addiction (circumstances to blame) your doing well !

 

[SWeAT hOg]

I would have suggested the Wampler Red Velvet Fuzz, has a great hot signal !

I tried the Wampler and it is a great pedal......but if that doesn't work, the BuGG FX Raincoat proved to me to be a superior FUZZ.

 

[st.bede]

FYI, if any one has questions about the chords they need for voodoo lab power supplies, you can post a question on their forum. They got back to my pretty fast and the replie had links and the needed information. I was pretty happy how it all worked out. I even made a mistake in my shipping address and they received my email and corrected the problem super fast. I am a very happy Voodoo Lab customer.

 

[switchback]

Ok Here is my latest board

 

[switchback]

My set up as of late has been my pedalboard into my ADA Cab simulator directly into a Focusrite interface. It sounds really organic and in my opinion smokes the multi-effect boards and I have had plenty lol. I still have my Fender Super Sonic but this set up is quick and records brilliantly.

 

[kboman]

My set up as of late has been my pedalboard into my ADA Cab simulator directly into a Focusrite interface. It sounds really organic and in my opinion smokes the multi-effect boards and I have had plenty lol. I still have my Fender Super Sonic but this set up is quick and records brilliantly.


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Very neat! I'm going fuzz-delay-chorus into modeler, in the fx loop volume pedal-looper-delay. The Amplifier has vibrato and a boost set up, with whatever I feel like on the third switch (currently compressor, unused...). This sounds great recorded, through headphones and especially through my powered JBL speaker cab.

We've moved quite a bit and I've (obv) got a new job + the little one demands a lot of time and attention. Wouldn't ever trade it for anything but I still miss playing music

 

[switchback]

Very neat! I'm going fuzz-delay-chorus into modeler, in the fx loop volume pedal-looper-delay. The Amplifier has vibrato and a boost set up, with whatever I feel like on the third switch (currently compressor, unused...). This sounds great recorded, through headphones and especially through my powered JBL speaker cab.

We've moved quite a bit and I've (obv) got a new job + the little one demands a lot of time and attention. Wouldn't ever trade it for anything but I still miss playing music

Yeppers those little ones always win when it comes to attention, that's a mark of a great dad ! Keep up the good work DAD

 

[gibsonguitar1988]

So I'm back from Summer NAMM. Be prepared for a long post.

I had a blast. I got to hang out with some of my favorite people in the gear building community, some Nashville guitar friends, and try out some cool stuff. I also got to check out a store that was pedal heaven. Oodles of new and used pedals that were oh so amazing. Stuff I'd only heard of before.

So I went to NAMM on Saturday. I was there for about 4 hours. I started off going to the XTS booth. I love Barry, Greg, and Eric from XTS. They are making some of the most thoughtful pedals that not everyone and their brother is trying to do. They have always treated me like a pro and are just genuinely cool cats. I got to try their new Fermata compressor and Shapecharger Boost/EQ. I told them how much their Winford Drive has changed my guitar playing life and how it's been a staple on my pedalboard. It had been 8 years since I last met them in person although I'm quite active on their Instagram (@xacttone). The Shapecharger is very cool. It's a full range boost and a mid boost in one pedal. You get a gain knob for each frequency and a knob to control the sweep of said frequency. You can either run both at once or one individually depending on how you have it set up. It really sounds nice and unlike most EQ pedals - has absolutely no noise/hiss. I then tried the Fermata compressor. Man. Where has this thing been all my life. It's optical based, but they do something that no one else has yet TTBOMK - they let you control how much squish there is on the low strings of the guitar and you can desensitize the compressor to those low strings. You can really tell when play low note riffs or doing stabs on the low E. It leaves them nice and fat and not squashed. You can also choose to squash them if you like. There is also your typical volume, sustain, attack, tone, and ratio controls. It is the best sounding compressor I've ever heard and I've tried them all by now. I'll get to that in a bit. It just makes for a really natural sounding comp.

So I then went over to Guitar Effects Pedals showroom. Ryan is a great guy and was willing to meet me even though they didn't run their typical hours during NAMM weekend. This place as I said above is heaven. All your big name boutique and mass produced pedals for sale new. Then he has like 2 cabinets of used pedals filled to the brim. And not your typical cheapo pedals you see used in a pawn shop or something. High end boutique pedals at a great used price in good condition and of course desirable mass produced pedals. I saw Cornish stuff too! I wish I had more money to spend as he had quite a few used gems I would have liked to take home. I ended up trying a few pedals. The Fermata and Shapecharger were already in my head as a purchase, so he had those as he's an XTS dealer. I then tried a XTS modded GE-7 BOSS EQ used he had. I also wanted to try a used Pettyjohn PettyDrive V2, a new Ramble Drive v3, and a new Cali76 compact non-deluxe. I knew that I'd probably have enough for about 3-4 pedals.

The ones I didn't get were the Ramble Drive and the Cali76. The Ramble Drive sounded nice. Very cool MIAB. One of the best for that plexi tone. I have like 10+ MIABs. I WILL be buying it someday, but it didn't make the cut for this time as to what I thought I need. The Cali76 was cool. Easily the SECOND best sounding compressor I've heard. Really, really transparent and sweet sounding. But once I was hipped to the Fermata's contour control for controlling that low string squash, it was no longer something I was interested in. Certainly a great compressor and like I said, my 2nd favorite. I can see why a lot of guys like those. But yes folks - the Fermata is better, IMO. Try one! The contour control makes the Fermata a game changer in compression.

The XTS modded GE-7 is a very nice pedal. Much improved over the GE-7 stock. Makes it more guitar friendly in the frequencies and I'm hearing less hiss with the level slider. I bought it to replace my GE-7 but I will keep the stock one as a backup. The PettyDrive V2 from Pettyjohn Electronics sounded fan-freaking-tastic. I really love that pedal. I'm able to pull some great drive tone combinations that make it so that I don't need as many drive pedals. I'm able to pull AC Vox tone and Tweed Fender tone out of one pedal. And use my Winford for the Marshall sound. Boom. I get my Blackface tone from my amps, and I'm set. I'm running less drive pedals now than ever before and I can truly say I'm the happiest I've been in a long time with my dirt.

So to recap - I came away with the XTS Fermata, Shapecharger, and GE-7 mod as well as a Pettyjohn Electronics PettyDrive V2. A nice haul for sure.

Some things that I took away from NAMM as gear that impressed me were the new Gretsch Malcolm Young guitar, which is freakin' sick. Also I learned of some new pedal companies. Seafoam Pedals has a couple cool OD pedals out. They sounded fantastic and I'll be on the lookout for them. I was also pretty darn impressed with the Friedman booth in general, but I thought that the BE-50 Deluxe sounded righteous for that big modded Plexi vibe while having a MUCH better clean channel than the old BE-100. There is a BE-100 Deluxe coming soon with that same great clean channel. I thought the old BE-100 had a pretty lame clean channel compared to the two dirt channels. The Deluxes have a really great Fender Bassman-like clean to them that makes them infinitely more versatile. Also I want the new BE-OD Deluxe pedal! It's a low gain BE-OD with a high gain BE-OD in one housing. Cool!

I had a blast and even if I never went pedal shopping at all, I'm still so glad I went and would have wanted to go. I got to re-visit old friends and make some new ones and try out gear all day. What could a gearhead want more? I'm so glad to have made friends in this industry that treat me like a king even though I'm not a professional musician. I have the feeling that with the guys I'm thinking of, it wouldn't make them treat me any different if I was. And for that I'm grateful. I'm not going to name names, but those who read this that know who I am, know who they are. I'm proud to play their gear.

TLDR: I bought 4 pedals, hung out with old friends and made new ones, got to check out some sick gear at NAMM, and had a really fun weekend.

 

[kboman]

Yes Austin!

 

[switchback]

Great stuff Austin ! What is that "Gold" pedal on your board the one on top ?

Here is my new board and still growing !