My Pedalboard in it's final phase. Pics!
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i usually use the mid setting before an overdrive or the full if its after any drive. i usually dial in a fair amount of the direct signal so i get that attack and as the note would naturally fade the comp keeps it at full volume. it took me a little while to dial in but i really like it.
i usually use the mid setting before an overdrive or the full if its after any drive. i usually dial in a fair amount of the direct signal so i get that attack and as the note would naturally fade the comp keeps it at full volume. it took me a little while to dial in but i really like it.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: My Pedalboard in it's final phase. Pics!
I know it seems like I go through a lot of gear, but I really don't. What I don't do is go through stepping stones and waste money. Most of what I have, I just sink into and use. I learned a long time ago that it's better to take my time and cherry pick than it is to keep impulse buying.
With pedals, I'm not obsessively trying to find something elusive......I usually get what I know I'll use, then keep it in place for years on end. Same with guitars. Same with pickups. I just get my guitars dialed in, and forget about it and stay happy with it.
This pedalboard will probably stay like this for 4 years. Maybe a few small changes like a Korg Blackout tuner or something.......or very likely Seymour Duncan's NEXT pedal! :fingersx::fingersx:
Cool stuff Bro, but unless you put a brick wall between you and that board you know its going to continue to change
I know it seems like I go through a lot of gear, but I really don't. What I don't do is go through stepping stones and waste money. Most of what I have, I just sink into and use. I learned a long time ago that it's better to take my time and cherry pick than it is to keep impulse buying.
With pedals, I'm not obsessively trying to find something elusive......I usually get what I know I'll use, then keep it in place for years on end. Same with guitars. Same with pickups. I just get my guitars dialed in, and forget about it and stay happy with it.
This pedalboard will probably stay like this for 4 years. Maybe a few small changes like a Korg Blackout tuner or something.......or very likely Seymour Duncan's NEXT pedal! :fingersx::fingersx:
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Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: My Pedalboard in it's final phase. Pics!
Wow. I just spent the evening in a rehearsal room with the board, Bogner, and Matchless turned up loud, and man....those SD pedals sound great. The Deja Vu is just stellar.
When I first Beta tested the Double Back Compressor, I ran it through clean, plexi, to highgain, and it excelled at all 3. When I first got it this week, I thought I'd only apply it to funky cleans, but man....on highgain, you can really thicken and tailor the tone! All you metal guys who want to add thickness without much more gain, do yourself a favor and buy a Double Back. It does a great job of smoothing out highgain crunchiness into a thick wall of sound.
I think Kevin Beller, Duncan's Chief Engineer, deserves a lot more credit than he's given. Everyone always mentions Maricella Juarez for her expertise in pickups, but nobody stacks Mr. Beller up against the well known pedal gurus, and I think he deserves more recognition.
When I went to Frank Falbo's house, I realized that pedal designs don't start life as little circuit boards, but big 1 1/2 foot bread boards with all the individual circuits layed out wide in pretty much a rack sized format.....at least that's how Kevin Beller does it. It later gets condensed down to pedal size in production. He really knows his stuff, because I've tried countless big name pedals, and the Duncan stuff is all that, but usually far more versatile, due to his engineering expertise.
I know it sounds biased, being a Duncan fan and all, but SD is making some world class pedals. Kevin Beller and Frank Falbo are doing an excellent job.....and I feel compelled to pass that along, since what they do with pedals often gets overshadowed by the pickups.....and we can't forget that the most cutting edge pickups also come from Mr. Beller's design work.
Wow. I just spent the evening in a rehearsal room with the board, Bogner, and Matchless turned up loud, and man....those SD pedals sound great. The Deja Vu is just stellar.
When I first Beta tested the Double Back Compressor, I ran it through clean, plexi, to highgain, and it excelled at all 3. When I first got it this week, I thought I'd only apply it to funky cleans, but man....on highgain, you can really thicken and tailor the tone! All you metal guys who want to add thickness without much more gain, do yourself a favor and buy a Double Back. It does a great job of smoothing out highgain crunchiness into a thick wall of sound.
I think Kevin Beller, Duncan's Chief Engineer, deserves a lot more credit than he's given. Everyone always mentions Maricella Juarez for her expertise in pickups, but nobody stacks Mr. Beller up against the well known pedal gurus, and I think he deserves more recognition.
When I went to Frank Falbo's house, I realized that pedal designs don't start life as little circuit boards, but big 1 1/2 foot bread boards with all the individual circuits layed out wide in pretty much a rack sized format.....at least that's how Kevin Beller does it. It later gets condensed down to pedal size in production. He really knows his stuff, because I've tried countless big name pedals, and the Duncan stuff is all that, but usually far more versatile, due to his engineering expertise.
I know it sounds biased, being a Duncan fan and all, but SD is making some world class pedals. Kevin Beller and Frank Falbo are doing an excellent job.....and I feel compelled to pass that along, since what they do with pedals often gets overshadowed by the pickups.....and we can't forget that the most cutting edge pickups also come from Mr. Beller's design work.
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TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: My Pedalboard in it's final phase. Pics!
^ That was full of interesting insight!
^ That was full of interesting insight!
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: My Pedalboard in it's final phase. Pics!
I'm in complete amazement over the Deja Vu. It's in the top 5 of the best, most inspiring pedals I've ever owned or heard.
One of my favorite things to do with nice pedals like this is to hear another guitarist play through it, while I tweak it and tap out the tempo.
Tonight, I let a guitar player who's more like James Taylor and George Harrison play through my Dearmond hollowbody's neck pickup, into the Deja Vu, out to the Bogner Ecstacy clean channel with an EH Holy Grail reverb in the loop, and also the Gibson Goldtone on the other side of the room, and it was like a religious experience.
We're both good at what we do, but different players, so it was fun hearing it with different hands. The Deja Vu is a truly great piece of gear. One of the best pedals ever. I LOVE this thing! Hats off to SD for this pedal. My friend left tonight and I know it's going to haunt him till he has one.
I'm in complete amazement over the Deja Vu. It's in the top 5 of the best, most inspiring pedals I've ever owned or heard.
One of my favorite things to do with nice pedals like this is to hear another guitarist play through it, while I tweak it and tap out the tempo.
Tonight, I let a guitar player who's more like James Taylor and George Harrison play through my Dearmond hollowbody's neck pickup, into the Deja Vu, out to the Bogner Ecstacy clean channel with an EH Holy Grail reverb in the loop, and also the Gibson Goldtone on the other side of the room, and it was like a religious experience.
We're both good at what we do, but different players, so it was fun hearing it with different hands. The Deja Vu is a truly great piece of gear. One of the best pedals ever. I LOVE this thing! Hats off to SD for this pedal. My friend left tonight and I know it's going to haunt him till he has one.
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