Let's review MY pedalboard!

[Aceman]

Seems only fair. You showed me yours, so time to whip mine out! Without further ado, Steve "The Cadillac Cowboy" Dallas' pedal board....

The signal chain is

Boss Wireless > EHX Pitchfork (usually set to drop 1/2 step) > EHX Synth 9 > Morley Liberty Wah > Amp

There is a One Spot Pro CS7 underneath

In the Loop is a Zoom G3N. It is used for delays, Chorus, Reverb, whatever. There 50+ patches, one for every song in the set. Most have some combination of Delay/Chorus/Reverb on them. Occasionally something spicier like the Vocalizer for Living' On A Prayer, or the momentary Kick Flanger for Down Boys, etc.

 

[Securb]

The Pitchfork screams, "I can't transpose songs on the fly". Yet a valuable tool when playing in a cover band and needing to play in many different tunings. I will give you a pass there. Seeing you have a ton of empty real estate, there is no reason to have it on its side. It just screams, "I think I am cool" you are not.

The Synth 9 is cool if you can not find a keyboard player willing to wear a wig. The ZOOM multi tells us you are content with getting a "close enough" setting for your modulation and effects. The Morley is a great choice; I cannot slam you for that.

I remember you slamming me for having pet hair on my board, but it looks like you have Chewbacca for a roadie.

The random power strip and extra-long cables tell me you are not ready for a live gig. It is unmanaged and unprofessional.

I know you have other pedals and lots of room for them. Finish your board and stop relying so much on the ZOOM petal to get everything done for you. Don't return to this thread until you are willing to show us a complete board.

 

[Aceman]

Oh yeah - that cord running between the Synth9 and the Zoom is for the amp channel switch / solo boost buttons. I like them away from the other pedals a little.

 

[Blille]

Bruh. At least put a tremolo in there.

 

[Mincer]

Bruh. At least put a tremolo in there.

That's the first thing I thought.

 

[PFDarkside]

I’m not a roaster, but one thing that would improve your gigging life is a Pedal Python. Gather the signal, switching and power all into one wrap, color code the plugs at the amp end (if you haven’t already) and it’s a little more convenient setting up.

The most impressive thing of this board is taking the time to program 50 presets on the zoom and being able to navigate to them quickly live.

 

[NegativeEase]

Nice Rig,

I see 3 possible pedalboard demerits that need issued.

1) all that dog hair on your velcro -get your sh*t together man.

2). 2 digital EHX pedals (and the 2 noisiest they make) in series without a bypass relay insertion system to keep them out of signal path when not in use? What are you thinking -you are livin' on the edge!!! There's going to be that horrible classic EHX digital noise floor pulsing pumping through your amp when you crank it for a gig... every Dog at the Chili cook off will be howling in pain from your rig

3) Morley Wah is a violation of flag code,.... clean that pedal up for God and Country man.


Thats all I got, in fact, I'm disappointed -you are not giving us enough pedalboard material here Ace.

 

[ErikH]

Let's see. Points for the amp and cabinet. Solid foundation.

1. Clean the thing, will ya? There's enough dust and hair on not just the board, but the pedals, that I'd want to wear gloves before touching it.
2. Boss Wireless - not a bad choice but there are much better options out there when it comes to range and reliability.
3. Pitch fork? Tune down your guitars half step and play everything that way, ditch the pitch fork. Your singer will thank you too.
4. Not familiar with the Synth 9 myself but from what I have heard of it, sounds like a cool toy to have in the rig for various things.
5. Points for a cool Morley Wah.
6. If you didn't have such a cool amp/cabinet setup, the Zoom would destroy any credibility for the rig. Just don't use it for distortion or overdrive....EVER. The FX are good for the need.
7. Buy a duster and clean everything! Have I mentioned that?

For an 80's tribute style band, functional and gets the job done. If anything, get a good compressor out front for clean settings and even for leads. You'll be glad you did.

 

[Dudeman7]

Needs individual tremolo, phaser, a Big Muff and at least one analog delay.

 

[Blille]

Apart from what the others said, I think if you swapped the Zoom for an MS3 (not much more money) using the 4 cable method you would be able to have patches that included:
- onboard effects in the loop
- onboard effects before the preamp
- amp channel and boost (is it that model?)
- two of the three pedals you have (let’s say wah and synth9 since it looks like the pitchfork is always in

So if now you have to change the amp channel, boost, change patch on the zoom, turn of synth 9 - Instead of 4 taps it would be one.

 

[Aceman]

Man...this is all you guys have? I filled PAGES. You guys have barely hit double digit post counts.

 

[NegativeEase]

Man...this is all you guys have? I filled PAGES. You guys have barely hit double digit post counts.

It's all the dog hair and dirt..... it's throwing off our concentration.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I'm game for the roast....


Zoom Digital!?! Into a decent Mesa! Then into a Marshall?? What in the actual fuck Bob? Ha ha ha
pick a brand!!

That's like having a Honda motor powering a 3 colored Chevy S-10 with a handmade wooden camper shell awkwardly strapped on the back.

Kudos for the Mesa and or Marshall...
But the one sideways pedal just looks like you gave up on things.... maybe it's like "mini me" from Austin Powers, when Goldmember says he's too shhmall and doesn't understand....

is there a noise gate somewhere in all that digital polyphonic nonsense?

Get a vacuum to all the dog or cat hair and I'll give you back a point for having 2 ehx pedals together at least they're in the same family...

Points for having your cables tucked away nice and cleanly.

.....and for the love of wet panties!
Where in the hell is the dirt box? How do you have a pedal board without a dirt box!!!
That's what pedal boards were made to do...hold distortion pedals!


Ha ha good fun!

 

[Aceman]

I shall address all of your issues...and yes - gigging reality is never as sexy as gear ho'ing!

 

[Blille]

Man...this is all you guys have? I filled PAGES. You guys have barely hit double digit post counts.

Sorry, I was trying to be helpful. My bad.

 

[Aceman]

The Pitchfork screams, "I can't transpose songs on the fly". Yet a valuable tool when playing in a cover band and needing to play in many different tunings. I will give you a pass there. Seeing you have a ton of empty real estate, there is no reason to have it on its side. It just screams, "I think I am cool" you are not.

1. I can't transpose on the fly; We do indeed do songs in original key when at all possible - singer's call. E/Eb/D/Drop D can all make appearances!

2. It is on it's side to put the Boss receiver as high as possible for un-interupted Line-Of-Sight to keep signal integrity. I can walk off a raised stage and still keep signal from wireless.

The Synth 9 is cool if you can not find a keyboard player willing to wear a wig.

On a large stage w/ setup time we run TWO keyboards. Main keys is also bass player.
Synth 9 allows me to play critical Key Parts on a small stage/ tight schedule if necessary.

The ZOOM multi tells us you are content with getting a "close enough" setting for your modulation and effects.

Let's be honest - how amazeballs does your digital delay need to be?
It has three different chorus programs I think. One is a Super Chorus model. What COULDN'T that cover in the 80's?

The Morley is a great choice; I cannot slam you for that.

I love step and go!

I remember you slamming me for having pet hair on my board, but it looks like you have Chewbacca for a roadie.

1. We play some skeeby bars.
2....

The random power strip and extra-long cables tell me you are not ready for a live gig. It is unmanaged and unprofessional.

I run all of my cables ~20 feet. The Mesa is bright, not a thing. I run them all off the side of the stage so I have room to move without tripping

 

[Aceman]

Bruh. At least put a tremolo in there.

I use a Tremolo on exactly one song (Still of the night) and it is programmed into the patch.

 

[Aceman]

I’m not a roaster, but one thing that would improve your gigging life is a Pedal Python. Gather the signal, switching and power all into one wrap, color code the plugs at the amp end (if you haven’t already) and it’s a little more convenient setting up.

The most impressive thing of this board is taking the time to program 50 presets on the zoom and being able to navigate to them quickly live.

Programming is easy - mostly one or two delay sounds and something else maybe.
I made one Master Delay/Chorus/Reverb setting and modded them from there. Naming took the longest

I use the desktop program to re-order. Takes 5 minutes.

I can go right from a tight crunchy Cum on Feel The Noise
To a chorussed We're Not gonna take it
Top a perfect Panama slap
To a Delayed, Chorussed, Reverbed tune from Hysteria with a tap, tap, tap, tap.

One boost to pop the leads out on the amp.

 

[Aceman]

1) all that dog hair on your velcro -get your sh*t together man.

See above

2). 2 digital EHX pedals (and the 2 noisiest they make) in series without a bypass relay insertion system to keep them out of signal path when not in use? What are you thinking -you are livin' on the edge!!! There's going to be that horrible classic EHX digital noise floor pulsing pumping through your amp when you crank it for a gig... every Dog at the Chili cook off will be howling in pain from your rig

Ran into that intermittently, One Spot Pro isolated/stopped that
Pitch is first for tracking, Synth 2nd for same reason.

3) Morley Wah is a violation of flag code,.... clean that pedal up for God and Country man.

I play the star spangled banner with it
And it's my Flag, I'll do what I please with it! 'Murica!!!!

Thats all I got, in fact, I'm disappointed -you are not giving us enough pedalboard material here Ace.

Fancy is for Forums and Bedrooms. This is what works on stage.

 

[Aceman]

Let's see. Points for the amp and cabinet. Solid foundation.

1. Clean the thing, will ya? There's enough dust and hair on not just the board, but the pedals, that I'd want to wear gloves before touching it.

Rock & Roll is a dirty business if you do it right.

2. Boss Wireless - not a bad choice but there are much better options out there when it comes to range and reliability.

Haven't had a problem yet. Playing talk dirty and dancing with the fans from quite a distance

3. Pitch fork? Tune down your guitars half step and play everything that way, ditch the pitch fork. Your singer will thank you too.

We bring guitars and basses in E and Eb
Sets are designed either all E or Eb, and the switch from say E to Eb always accompanies a drum intro (Like We're not gonna Take it as first E song of the last half of a set.
Pitch allows the odd Motley Crue song, or a sudden request to be accommodated with minimum interuption
Also handy if a Floyd guitar needs down a 1/2 step and you only have one, etc. Not usually used. More of a "just in case"

6. If you didn't have such a cool amp/cabinet setup, the Zoom would destroy any credibility for the rig. Just don't use it for distortion or overdrive....EVER. The FX are good for the need.

Again - delay, chorus, reverb, a little Flange or whatever here and there. In a bar, through a bar PA....tone does not suffer for zoom.

7. Buy a duster and clean everything! Have I mentioned that?

Are you going to make Brooke sad by telling her not to shed? She is Husky/Malumut and we live in Florida.

If anything, get a good compressor out front for clean settings and even for leads.

Comp in the Zoom for end chain compression, I use middle position on LEs Paul styles with neck vol on 1 for cleans. and I have a Monte Allums Mod Boss CS-3 on my Acoustic board for...clean acoustic parts! (That's right - I have an entire other board for acoustic!)