Lets see those pedal boards you are using right now.

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Guitar - Music Man JP6 with Piezo

Guitar input 1- Piezo Active pickup into a Radial Stage Bug("this is a must", passive and active signals don't mix!) and then into Mxr analog delay for acoustic side.

Guitar input 2 - Headrush for all other blended effects. .

Both Acoustic / Electric Effects go to Digitech Trio for Bass / Drums, Then to a Boss RC-30 Stereo for looping.


Mistake on my last post, This was built from cherry and walnut not mahogany.

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Redid my board today. Had to disassemble it when I moved.
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This board is about as polar opposite of any of my pedal boards now or in the past -except one thing. -Organization.

I commend you on the layout and what looks to be a predictable and reliable setup.

Messy cables and power give me the creeps. Nice Job.
 
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Here is the flavor I am trying out at practice tonight. Trying to downsize.

EDIT: Didn't even make it out the door before I remembered I need my Carbon Copy for RWTD, this board shall grow again.

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^^^I think your board is a just a bit too small for your needs. Lol
 
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No pedal board is ever done, so here we are once again.

Lead 12 pedalboard v2:
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The updates to my Lead 12 board ended up driving this whole re-working. First of all I wanted both a Flanger and Chorus, but didn't have room for both. I also wanted to experiment with different delay types beyond the lo-fi digital delay offered by my DD-2. I'm not a TC Electronic fanboi by any means, but a TC Flashback & Dreamscape ended up working pretty well.

The board is a Holeyboard Amptop; power courtesy of a Visual Sound One Spot.
Signal chain is: Pitchblack -> Pickup Booster -> Phase 90 -> OD-9 -> Dreamscape -> Flashback (Dynamic ~300ms)

Pedalboard v6:
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While testing out the TC Flashback on my Lead 12 board, I found that I REALLY like the dynamic delay setting. It's still punchy like the DD-2/DD-3, but it doesn't get in the way of my playing by muddying things up or getting too bright and spike-y. I went with a Flashback 2 here for the additional Tone Print slots in case I need a few 'presets' for things.

The board is a Holeyboard Evolution Wide; power courtesy of a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power Mondo.
Signal flow is set up to mimic a two-amp rig I had briefly in the mid 2000s.

Guitar -> EB Volume -> Wah -> EVH Phase 90 -> Loop-Master Clean/Dirty/Channel Switcher™ w/Combinable Loops & Tuner Out
Dirty: Tumnus -> UFO (fuzz / octave) -> Micro Flanger -> Flashback 2 (Dynamic ~300ms)
Clean: MIJ CS-3 -> GT-500 -> MIJ CE-2 -> Flint
Tuner: Korg Pitchblack Portable

When combined, the dirty loop is cascaded into the clean loop. The signal and switch outputs from the Loopmaster go to a junction box hidden under the left end of the riser.

Original NPBD here, while v2 is here, v3 is here, v4 is here, and v5 is here.
 
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It's really cool to have back-to-back posts in this thread.

Lead 12 pedalboard v3:
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I was joking in the Sound Room about how I finally took pics and posted an update, and I literally found a new pedal the very next day. I was happy with the Maxon OD-9, but I really wanted it back on my pedal shelf so I can use it when recording with my other amps. The Pickup Booster OTOH was just too loud and fat to be a good fit with the Lead 12. The ParaDrive ended up working even better than I expected; OD -> Lead 12 yields a JCM800 type tone, Boost -> Lead 12 is more plexi-ish, while both cascaded is a great lead tone. With the other recent update I can't really think of anything else this board needs.

The board is a Holeyboard Amptop; power courtesy of a Visual Sound One Spot.
Signal chain is: Pitchblack -> Phase 90 -> ParaDrive -> Dreamscape -> Flashback (Dynamic ~300ms)
 
Here was mine from a recent recording session:

So the Fractal is an all in one floor unit? No power amp needed?
I absolutely do not know how these things work.
About a month or 2 ago, I played through a friends Helix. It sounded ok. Mostly because his tones were not the tones I would probably program, but I see the potential.
 
The Fractal gets plugged directly into a mixer. It models amps, cabs, microphones, effects, etc. So, live, you need a power amp (like the PowerStage 200) into a cab or, like I do, into in-ear monitors direct to the PA. This setup isn't for everyone, for sure- that visceral 'standing in front of the loud cab' thing is not there, but the tone the audience (or recording engineer) hears is glorious. Recording-wise, it is the best recorded tone I've ever had. So, that works for me.
 
Here's mine. I'm such an effects squirrel, it's just a bunch of velcro stuck to a board that I found around the house:
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