My Ever Growing Pedal Board

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

Nice collection of noisemakers Stratdeluxer! Reminds me of my board which is currently holding 12 pedals and 10 switchers. I too have a line buffer... the VHT valvulator tube buffer & power supply. Couldn't live without it! I always came from the Lew school of thought that I'd be sacrificing gobs of tone in my quest for building the worlds largest pedalboard. But, after the valvulator came along my sound is actually BETTER than when I plug directly into the amp. Converting the signal into low impedance does the trick! I'd recommend getting a line buffer to anyone in this forum who runs more than 3 effects before the amp (especially if they are not true bypass switching effects).

I've seen that Valveulator unit and it's impressive....I come from a school like Lew's,but it's my own school just up the road from Lew's.... If it kills my tone in anyway,it's outta there!

John

[Hawkman]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

Nice collection of noisemakers Stratdeluxer! Reminds me of my board which is currently holding 12 pedals and 10 switchers. I too have a line buffer... the VHT valvulator tube buffer & power supply. Couldn't live without it! I always came from the Lew school of thought that I'd be sacrificing gobs of tone in my quest for building the worlds largest pedalboard. But, after the valvulator came along my sound is actually BETTER than when I plug directly into the amp. Converting the signal into low impedance does the trick! I'd recommend getting a line buffer to anyone in this forum who runs more than 3 effects before the amp (especially if they are not true bypass switching effects).

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

Anal? I would've never guessed, bro....LOL.

ooooh Bob you sure know how to hurt a guy! And I resemble that remark!

John

[midnite_man]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

I'm just anal is all...
John

Anal? I would've never guessed, bro....LOL.

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

Small world, G.J. I moved over here from the Portland area (where I grew up) in 1989. I live about a mile east of I-5 on 4th Pl. Blvd. Ring a bell?
About the pedalboard; I definitely needed all the space I could get for the pedals I like to use. Unfortunately, Mike at NYC PB is backlogged for about 3 weeks due to suffering an injury (broken ankle), and just within the last week or so getting back on his feet.
But it's cool, I'm not performing live or anything like that so there's no issue there.
I will more than likely go with George L's cable and plugs as suggested above. I've read nothing but good things about 'em, and it'll be nice to make the cables a custom fit on the board. Good idea on the small zip-ties, I'll do that. I also like the what John did with his cables by wrapping 'em with that automotive wiring coil material. Pretty cool looking.

Bob...It's called plastic split wire loom tubing in 1/4" and I always get mine from NAPA Auto parts...It's not a necessity but it beefs up the thickness of the George Ls and helps with added protection around the thin cabling..I'm just anal is all... Better to be anal and look pro,than to be a messy slob I guess?

John

[midnite_man]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

Midnight Man, my parents live in Vancouver Wa. and I lived there when I was in 10th grade. I went to Fort Vancouver High. Anyhow, NYC Pedalboards makes some nice pedalboards. You'll never regret "going large" on the pedalboard. The extra tier is almost essential, since it hides all the cords and power supply. That way, your board is nice and neat, especially if you use George L's cable and ends, plus I like colored zip ties, to make it look pro-wired. If it's all braced down and wired neatly, you'll never have problems onstage with it.

Small world, G.J. I moved over here from the Portland area (where I grew up) in 1989. I live about a mile east of I-5 on 4th Pl. Blvd. Ring a bell?
About the pedalboard; I definitely needed all the space I could get for the pedals I like to use. Unfortunately, Mike at NYC PB is backlogged for about 3 weeks due to suffering an injury (broken ankle), and just within the last week or so getting back on his feet.
But it's cool, I'm not performing live or anything like that so there's no issue there.
I will more than likely go with George L's cable and plugs as suggested above. I've read nothing but good things about 'em, and it'll be nice to make the cables a custom fit on the board. Good idea on the small zip-ties, I'll do that. I also like the what John did with his cables by wrapping 'em with that automotive wiring coil material. Pretty cool looking.

[Gearjoneser]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

Midnight Man, my parents live in Vancouver Wa. and I lived there when I was in 10th grade. I went to Fort Vancouver High. Anyhow, NYC Pedalboards makes some nice pedalboards. You'll never regret "going large" on the pedalboard. The extra tier is almost essential, since it hides all the cords and power supply. That way, your board is nice and neat, especially if you use George L's cable and ends, plus I like colored zip ties, to make it look pro-wired. If it's all braced down and wired neatly, you'll never have problems onstage with it.

[midnite_man]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

I love looking at pedalboards! I really like the coiled cable with the George L's
ends. I use the regular George L cable and angled ends. You really have to cut the length precisely, to make the board look clean. On my board, I've run out of room, since some of the pedals are so big. I wish I could put a wah or volume on there, but have no more space. I really like the double tier
boards, since it allows you to tuck the power supply, wallwarts, and long cords under the tier. I have the Voodoo Lab PPII under my tier.
Also, I got colored zipties, and braced everything down with industrial 3M
Velcro + carpet glue, and orange zipties. My pedalboard is on page 1 of
"My Gear" I swapped out the Dejavibe for my 70's ADA Flanger.

How do you like that new Ibanez TS-808? Did you do any mods to that one, or is it still stock? I noticed you run the gain high on that one.

I just ordered a board from NYC Pedalboards about a week and a half ago. I bought the biggest one they make with a 2nd level. Talked to "Mike," the builder and owner of the company, for almost an hour getting all the info I needed to make a decision. Real cool guy. I was going to go with even a larger, custom built board, but I would've needed a hand-cart to move it with a full load of pedals in it. Probably would've weighed more than my amp!
Could I be using too many pedals? Most of them are true-bypass, so that helps. I have a Boss Line Selector pedal I think I'll start using so I can basically bypass the whole board and go straight into the amp if desired.

-Bob

[STRATDELUXER97]

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It's about time Ibanez reissued that. They waited till every pedal company on earth had already ripped off it's circuit. Still looks cooler than all the rest, especially with that square silver button.

It's a great pedal and i've looked at the original 808 circuit and it's components over and over..Quite frankly Ibanez nailed it good with the reissue and I can't see spending $450 on an original at this point..I Put a 1980 JRC4558D chip into mine and made some slight changes...I don't feel the old chip made any tonal difference over the new chip the reissue uses..I love the smoothness and tone of the reissue and I hope it gets better with age?

John

[Gearjoneser]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

It's about time Ibanez reissued that. They waited till every pedal company on earth had already ripped off it's circuit. Still looks cooler than all the rest, especially with that square silver button.

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

I love looking at pedalboards! I really like the coiled cable with the George L's
ends. I use the regular George L cable and angled ends. You really have to cut the length precisely, to make the board look clean. On my board, I've run out of room, since some of the pedals are so big. I wish I could put a wah or volume on there, but have no more space. I really like the double tier
boards, since it allows you to tuck the power supply, wallwarts, and long cords under the tier. I have the Voodoo Lab PPII under my tier.
Also, I got colored zipties, and braced everything down with industrial 3M
Velcro + carpet glue, and orange zipties. My pedalboard is on page 1 of
"My Gear" I swapped out the Dejavibe for my 70's ADA Flanger.

How do you like that new Ibanez TS-808? Did you do any mods to that one, or is it still stock? I noticed you run the gain high on that one.

My 808 does have some of my small tweaks..I went a bit bigger value on the input cap,put an 8 pin chip holder in it with an older 1980 JRC4558D chip,Changed 1 gain resistor lower for more gain and made the gain cap bigger also..Upgraded all of the caps including 2 electrolytics with CDE caps that I Love from Mouser...Metal film resistors were used in a few spots also..I didn't go nuts with this pedal because I really liked it stock but I now have a bit more out of it...59Paul is going to send me his reissue 808 and we'll do the same to his...The trick is to enhance the pedal but not change the overall tone and vibe of an already great sounding pedal...Basically I tweak my pedals for more balls and gain because I mainly play strats..

John

[Gearjoneser]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

I love looking at pedalboards! I really like the coiled cable with the George L's
ends. I use the regular George L cable and angled ends. You really have to cut the length precisely, to make the board look clean. On my board, I've run out of room, since some of the pedals are so big. I wish I could put a wah or volume on there, but have no more space. I really like the double tier
boards, since it allows you to tuck the power supply, wallwarts, and long cords under the tier. I have the Voodoo Lab PPII under my tier.
Also, I got colored zipties, and braced everything down with industrial 3M
Velcro + carpet glue, and orange zipties. My pedalboard is on page 1 of
"My Gear" I swapped out the Dejavibe for my 70's ADA Flanger.

How do you like that new Ibanez TS-808? Did you do any mods to that one, or is it still stock? I noticed you run the gain high on that one.

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

The valve-tone is a great little pedal. I wish I still had mine...

Very interested in this buffer thing. Have you opened it up and had a look. Is it a complex circuit?

Only to replace the 9volt battery which lasts an ungodly long time in this buffer....I know there's a chip in there but I haven't looked that far really into the workings of it? The same buffer is built into the Jeckyl and Hyde circuit..

John

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

Cool...Just asking! That treble loss/signal loss issue is the
biggest reason I avoid effects. The Fulltone effects I have are the first "buffered" effects I've owned. If I place them first in the chain they seem to make all of my other pedals sound better. Thanks! Lew

The difference I Hear with the buffer before all of my effects and before my wah is not an issue...If it seems to be I Just adjust it on my amp(s)...The buffer really works great though...The buffer actually helps the pedal tone in my opinion..I'd still rather have the cool looking and working pedals on my board then sell them or let them sit in boxes in my drawer..That's why they're all on the board...

John

[Hot _Grits]

Re: My Ever Growing Pedal Board

The valve-tone is a great little pedal. I wish I still had mine...

Very interested in this buffer thing. Have you opened it up and had a look. Is it a complex circuit?