This might be the simplest my pedalboard's ever been...

[Diego]

Re: This might be the simplest my pedalboard's ever been...

I aim for something like that, simplicity and quality.

Right now I'm missing a lot of pedals, really. But I don't see myself with more than 5 pedals.

Now it's:

Cheap Behringer Bass Preamp pedal - used as a treble booster for tight rhythm sounds, goes into...

Boss Blues Driver - smooth OD source, the Behringer adds extra juice and crunch when needed.
The BD can be a bit flabby for certain styles of rhythm but it's ideal for solos. I turn the Behringer off for solos. These two then go to...

EHX Memory Toy - Delay, modulation and a volume boost, all in one. Makes all the difference in the world.

And the mandatory power source.

Simple and effective; I'd like to add a tuner pedal, modify the Blues Driver to make it sweeter,
replace the Behringer with something more reliable like a Boss SD1 for extra juice/crunch/etc, and add another dirt box for those really heavy sounds.
Something like a Metal Muff + Top Boost.

I don't need anything else, really.

 

[TimmyPage]

Re: This might be the simplest my pedalboard's ever been...

Incidentally.. my pedalboard is the biggest it's ever been with a Holy Grail AND a Pitchblack tuner.

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: This might be the simplest my pedalboard's ever been...

It's a rare dirtbox that doesn't suffocate your sound, obliterate your dynamics and generally mud-up your performance, and I'm only taking it on faith that one might even exist. I've got at least twenty dirtboxes and I hate all of them.

I've felt this way all along, but In the past year I'm finding more and more people coming to the same conclusion.

actually, i'm just finding that having that many dirt pedals isn't practical, and are too noisy to use live and/or during practice. having just an overdrive along with a channel switcher on the other hand is perfect:3

 

[Agileguy_101]

Re: This might be the simplest my pedalboard's ever been...

actually, i'm just finding that having that many dirt pedals isn't practical, and are too noisy to use live and/or during practice. having just an overdrive along with a channel switcher on the other hand is perfect:3

I like having a few completely different sounding boxes. Although that may be because the OD channel on my amp is pure whorse****

I just run my amp clean and use the pedals as a distortion channel. Pumping either the Box of Rock or the Vox OTT Boost with the TS-9 sounds awesome

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: This might be the simplest my pedalboard's ever been...

I like having a few completely different sounding boxes. Although that may be because the OD channel on my amp is pure whorse****

I just run my amp clean and use the pedals as a distortion channel. Pumping either the Box of Rock or the Vox OTT Boost with the TS-9 sounds awesome

the box of rock is a great sounding pedal, but now that i think about it i don't think it would fit into my rig very well. it's a great sound, but works better with just a straight up clean amp which i don't have. if i did though...:naughty:

 

[Agileguy_101]

Re: This might be the simplest my pedalboard's ever been...

the box of rock is a great sounding pedal, but now that i think about it i don't think it would fit into my rig very well. it's a great sound, but works better with just a straight up clean amp which i don't have. if i did though...:naughty:

I'm telling you man, I ****ing love that thing through the clean channel of my 4XEL-84 Crate. And boosting it with the Keely TS9 can get you pretty much any rock to 6-string metal level of distortion you want, and still sound like tits.

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: This might be the simplest my pedalboard's ever been...

I'm telling you man, I ****ing love that thing through the clean channel of my 4XEL-84 Crate. And boosting it with the Keely TS9 can get you pretty much any rock to 6-string metal level of distortion you want, and still sound like tits.

trust me, i know. i want one. but it just doesn't fit with what i'm doing at the moment