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Originally posted by Aceman View Post
All right! Here we go....
I will bear in mind that this 'order' is what works for Bruce - not necessarily what I would do. I will assume standard signal chain order regardless of location:
1. BBE Bohemian - excellent under the radar Treble Booster selection, nice start
2. Liverpool - for the classic power-pop-rock crisp gritty awesome. Another excellent selection.
3. Dracarys - while a bit of the "hot pedal of the moment" - I can't say anything bad about this (Remember the Tightmetal?)
4. I would have put the OD/Boost before the Liverpool...but that's me. Perhaps Bruce is using it for a Boost for solos maybe.
*** I see at least 4 different levels of dirt...perhaps more depending on the Treble boosters use. Solos only? Goosing any of the next three? Do tell...
But I've got biting clean, AC dirt, Metal Dirt, and maybe something in between? With a boost. Nice variety!!! I'm guessing bruce changes dirt only occasionally since the are in the back.
Now for the Delays - I assume those are "special settings: for whatever and at the end of the chain. In any event...
- Carbon Copy - solid choice period for analog, with a mod option
- Is that a DD6? Again, all the digital goodness you'll ever need (Not unlike my choice of DD3 and AD9 together...)
On to the front row.
- Old school Flange - Again, solid working man's choice. Plus, 4 knob Flangers RULE!
- Classic two knob chorus - more analog goodness
* Great old skool swirl pair.
Of course, the H9 needs no introduction. I assume this is for any damn thing you want!
- If this is the main "ambience" and the two delays and two modulations are for 'on the fly' stuff, but the H9 is the main one - that would be cool!
As for the two pedals
- Again, Wah volume is a classic.
- I have no idea what that other plastic looking pedal is. For the H9 parameters?
Anyway, I'm guessing Bruce is using one dirt for most things with an occasional change, and on-offing those chorus/flanger/H9 and volume a lot.
Same with the delays. H9 mostly, occasional delay use or change.
Now for the opportunities....
1.De-hair the velcro. Looks like Vetrinarian's waiting room
2. Tuck a few more cables. Dracary's looks like some robot-octopus
3. I like the spacing up top. Not a fan of it down bottom. Everything right, everything left, or rockers left, H9 etc right.
I'd run it like this left to right....
Front row:
H9 < Dracarys < Liverpool < OD-Boost < Treble Boost < Wah-Volume
Back row
DD6 < Carbon Copy < Flanger < Chorus (< H9). [You have room for a swirl du jour like a Tremolo or a phaser or something.]
If possible, I'd run the H9 and whole back row in a loop, and the Dracarys straight in the front.
All in all - I'm awarding this most improved! That said, the bar was almost at Demaniac level to start....In any event, well done! I could work with this!!!
“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
Great review,... but a little soft. Bruce is a tough cookie -you should lean in harder next time.Originally posted by Bad City
He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
Great review,... but a little soft. Bruce is a tough cookie -you should lean in harder next time.
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Originally posted by Securb View Post
Trust me when I say you will never see Bob and I pull punches on each other. If he had reason to kick me in the beanbag he would have done his worst.
Please tell me you burned that wretched piece of whatever...Originally posted by Bad City
He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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Originally posted by Securb View PostYep, I keep it clean and use the gain on the board. As you can see I have almost every flavor of gain on the board.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
Originally posted by Douglas AdamsThis planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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I have a flanger that I love in front...Things just sound right where they sound right.
Still no excuse for $#!tty pedal boards or bad pedals!Originally posted by Bad City
He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
The Duo turns the pages of my iPad - that's my fake book. I typically keep it on the ground like a prompter, or I might put it on a stand if one is handy.Originally posted by Bad City
He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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Sort of related, I've finally extended control of my board out to one pedal with 5 switches and 5 LEDs using a 12 PIN DIN cable housed in a smallish pedal I built
So my 6-8 pedals now will sit in the case unopened adjacent to the amp during shows.
I will get some pics for you to have fun with“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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Originally posted by Aceman View Post
Tell me more. Is this for acoustic/electric? Is there an amp involved or DI? Please explain more...
I still have my larger format board to use with my Orange AD50 into my Randall 1x12 cab with a 25th Anniversary Heritage Celestion V30. That will get mic'd with an SM57. (No, these pedals are not just loose in a bag like Securb. That's a Pedaltrain in a Pedaltrain soft case.). Guitar goes in the NS-2, and out the blueSky to my amp. Any amp emulation/distortion pedal goes in the NS-2 loop, and all the delays and reverbs come after. Everything is in front of the amp. I don't bother with effect loops and balancing levels and stuff. More trouble than it's worth to me - I can get great sound without any hoop jumping. I know which knobs to turn at this point.
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