my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

[benbenben]

Hey guys,
my slowly but surely growing pedal collection is starting to get a bit big to carry around one by one. I've gone and found myself a pedal board but i need a bit of help with my pedals.

Right now, I've got
Keeley TS9 Modplus
Fulltone Clyde Wah
Boss CE-2 Chorus
Monte Allums Boss CS-3 Opto Mod
Boss DD-20
PW Chrom. tuner

next few pedals i hope to get are:
Keeley Katana
Keeley Blues Driver Mod
MIAudio Crunch Box
Fulltone SupaTrem
EHX Nano Small Stone

As you can see, theres a fair few pedals and i'm scared my Pedal Board won't fit it.

I've got a SKB "Professional Powered Pedalboard" atm which i will be getting on friday, for $150US. (from a friend)

I'm very scared as i read another post about pedals and i suddenly got very interested in 'vibes' and the line 6 effect modellers.

I know there are a few fulltone vibes and a few dunlop ones. I've never really gotten into them and i'm very intriuged, but at the same time, i don't wanna get into it, because i know it won't fit on my board.

I really like the sound of the FM-4 but im scared there won't be space on my board. What can i cut down on? I don't want EVERY pedal out here known to man, otherwise i'd have a multifx pedal, but there is something about filters that just makes me so interested.

HOW? WHAT CAN I DO? CAN I CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE PEDALS I AM BUYING IN THE FUTURE?

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

If you're really interested in a multitude of pedals -- and if you are, you're far from alone -- why not consider getting a different (i.e., larger) pedalboard?

- Keith

 

[benbenben]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

I know but I've already bought this cause this is a friends. It'll be pretty big but i reckon if i refine the pedals i want, from the help of u guys. I might be able to fit it all. I dunno ey, i know theres some that ill be interested by but id NEVER use, ie the vibes. So i just wanna get over that whole phase now so i wont think about it.

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

What style of music do you most want to play?

 

[benbenben]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

I play alot of blues and rock. I also play in my church and youth group v. often. So i need alot of ambient sounds. Thats where all these modulation and filters and delays come in. I just dunno. gahhh

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

Given what you already own and what you're looking to get, I'd start with (in order of priority):

Small Stone
SupaTrem
Univibe close (check out the Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe -- not a huge box)

You've already got a TS9. Are you playing into an amp that can get dirty on its own, or is that why you're looking into the Crunch Box?

- Keith

 

[benbenben]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

The Crunch Box is something I'd get later on for a distortion pedal. I'm running into a Marshall JTM30 right now so i won't need the crunchbox YET. Questioning the vibes though, I'm not EXACTLY sure what they do. Are the univibes the whole rotating speaker sim?

Also anyone with the Line 6 Modellers, can you run more than one of the 4 effects at once, or does it change effect when u step on each switch.

 

[benbenben]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

Dya think i could swap the small stone for the Line6 Filter Modeller. I know the small stone is a modulation effect, but in terms of that sorta ambient background sounds, i could get that stuff with the FM4 could i not?
I like the univibe, but im just not sure whether i'd use it. And if i were to get a vibe, i'd probably get the Fulltone miniDeja.

 

[OlinMusic]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

I think your list of "things you wanna get" can be cut down to zero
A line 6 etc would do some of that
and how many OD's do you really need?

 

[benbenben]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

Well in my list of "to get" and already have. Theres only 2 OD's. Theres a clean boost and a distortion pedal. I believe they are all different.
I may cut back on the Katana and the Crunchbox for now.

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: my soon to be complete pedal board (need help)

Go to Line 6's website and download the PDF files for their multi-effect user's manuals. You'll find all you need to know about those units there. I have the DL4 delay modeler, and I'm quite happy with it.

- Keith