What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

My guitars go into an SKB Powered pedalboard containing:

- Dunlop Crybaby Classic wah Pedal
- Robert Keeley DS-1 Ultra distortion pedal
- Boss GE-7 Graphic EQ
- Digitech Whammy Pedal

... the signal is then sent to my Mesa/Boogie 50W Rectoverb head. One channel is set clean and the other is set to a heavy crunch. The reverb isn't used on the amp... all my effects come from:

- TC Electronic G-Major Effects Processor, which handles:
- Compression
- Noise Gate
- 3-Band Parametric EQ
- Phasers
- Filter Mods
- Harmonizer/Pitch Shifter
- Choruses
- Flangers
- Tremolos
- Vibratos
- Delays
- Reverbs

...The G-Major also has an external relay switcher so that I can change channels on the amp automatically when I switch presets. So I set up all my presets to NAIL the sound I want and which channel I want them on, and then control the TC GMajor with a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI board.

Compressed, noise free AMP distortion with delay, to sparkling shimmering chorused cleans with gorgeous cathedral verbs with the touch of one button, gotta love it!
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Rid said:
Well today it looked like this.
And playing through that amp.
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Wow Rid, do you still have hearing after playing through that amp? :eek:

My setup:

guitar -> dunlop cfh -> ibanez ts-10 (808) -> boss ac-2 -> mxr phase 90 -> boss tu-2 -> amp

Very simple and I barely ever use my pedals (well besides the tuner, that's constantly in use with my alternative tunings).
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

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HA
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

My Setting:

Guitar --> Dunlop Crybaby --> Boss CH-1 Super Chorus -->Fender Twin Reverb...

As you can see I could only get clean sound...I've ordered Line 6 DM-4 for my distortion needs and will look for a MX-R Dynacomp for compressor...
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Wow Rid, do you still have hearing after playing through that amp?
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Haha yeah I stay out of harms way........I take cover inside the studio :) :laugh2: But it is a great amp, everything is just clear and fat..love it.
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Guitar

Pedal Board
Dunlop Crybaby
Ibanez TS-9
Ibanez DS-7
EHX Big Muff
Effector 13 Circuit Breaker
E-13 Truly Beautiful Super Tri-Fuzz
E-13 Truly Beautiful Disaster
Boss GE-7 (Tone-Jam Sniper mod)
E-13 No-Fi
Tone-Jam A/B-Y box

Channel A (Wet)
Mesa Recto Pre
2:100
THD Hotplate (x2)
Mesa 4x12

Channel B (Dry)
George Dennis Optical Volume
Boss TU-12H Tuner
Peavey TKO 75 1x15 bass combo

Effects Loop (on Mesa)
Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ
Lexicon MPX G2 (Bought off Ebay, still in mail)
EHX Small Clone
EHX Polychorus (just added, not in pic)

Outside Chain
Lexicon MPX R1 midi controller
Amp Footswitch

http://home.cogeco.ca/~screamingdaisy/New_Folder/Mar26_02 1.jpg

http://home.cogeco.ca/~screamingdaisy/New_Folder/Apr21_03 1.jpg

(I'm still saving for a rack case)

I don't gig with all of these, just fart around at home with them, which is why they're not on a board (always changing order or being added/removed).

When I play out it's usually just guitar -> amp (Mesa) with the Small Clone (and now, maybe the Polychorus) in the loop. And when the G2 arrives, that'll be in the loop too.
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Rid said:
Haha yeah I stay out of harms way...
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Where's the fun in that? :laugh2:

I think deep down inside we're all just bog old rack-gear f@gs. :rolleyes:
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

For the first time in as long as I can remember I LOVE my tone! I switched from my Pauls to my USA tele and mexi strat (going to get USA stat this summer)

Boss tuner, Boss noise suppressor (darn single coils!), Vox McCoy wah, Maxon OD9, Boss super overdrive, Boss tremelo, Boss digital delay5 with tap switch, Dunlop univibe --> into my fender twin reverb
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Effects? What´s that? :D:D

J/K, but Hawkman, have you considered therapy for this problem yet? ;) :D:D
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Rite...Rite now im just using
Guitar>Wah>GE7>Amp

Seems to be working fine.......
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Zerberus said:
J/K, but Hawkman, have you considered therapy for this problem yet? ;) :D:D
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My singer just made the same comment last week Zerb. Regular people (non-guitar geeks like me) freak out when they see how anal I am about my tone. Last Wednesday, I had my singer listening to two identical preamps loaded with different 12ax7's and I asked him which sounded better, a GT Mullard, or a Chinese 12ax7. He coul'nt decide which sounded best (or even different). After 10 minutes, he just gave up and said "If you can hear a difference, then you decide." I really need all the pedals on my board. I use all of them for different covers and originals.
For example:
"Gasoline" by Audioslave... must have the supa trem and octaver.
"Like a Stone" by Audioslave... must have supa trem, echo and octaver.
Any Hendrix... must have Deja Vibe, Octave, fuzz, echo, etc.
Rush tunes... chorus, echo, flanger.
Well, you get the idea... all these toys come in handy for the variety of covers my band does. I could get by covering some of these tunes without all the bells and whisles, but, I'd rather have the sound I need at the tap of a toe to recreate the tunes accurately.
The Valvulator keeps my tone from being degraded by such a complicated signal chain. When I record it's a different approach. I plug straight into the amp and add effects through the mixer bus. :)
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Infinite Dreams said:
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good one, ID! :)

despite my sig, over the last few months on the forum, I've gotten back into using pedals - more as recreation than necessity, because I think they can be a distraction sometimes, and get you away from using good touch dynamics.

lately I've been using my John-"pedal-tweaker's"-modded Boss DS-1 and SD-1, depending on the guitar (tele with the DS-1, strat with the SD-1), a Maxon Overdrive Pro 820 that I reviewed here, and I just got a Voodoo Labs Micro Drive to play with. I'm on Reverend's mailing list, and they were selling a "demo" Micro Drive cheap, so I got it, after remembering that Scott_F said he was impressed with it. I have the Dunlop version, but the Micro Vibe is fat and vocal, and has a nice vibe (pun intended) for clean rhythms - and they're *cheap!*, and compact for a crowded pedal board. I'll probably get some clips up this weekend.
I think you could substitute the Micro Drive for a chorus, for a scaled down rig.

I once had the "mother of all choruses", the landmine-sized Boss CE-1, but sold it. Shortly after I sold it, I heard my friend Pete at a gig and asked him, "what were you using for that Leslie sound?" He said, "that was the Boss landmine!" :sad:

since then, I've looked for something for fat, Leslie-toned rhythm comping, and the Micro Vibe might do the trick! :)
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

My current pedalboard:
Budda "Bud Wah" (with Fulltone pot)
Fulltone Deja Vibe (custom shop model)
Custom made "Loooper" bypass box for overdrive pedals
Boss SD-1 (MIJ)
Boss OD-1 (early version w/ metal screw)
Boss tuner (hooked into tuner mute on Loooper)
Dano Cool Cat

I want to evenually swap out the Cool Cat for a chorus that has true bypass switching. :)
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Guitar -> Blackstone MOSFET -> Fish & Chips -> Chicken Salad -> Rte 66 -> Cool Cat -> Dan-Echo - Amp. Simple, cheap and effective. I use the both the EQ and the compressor side of the Rte 66 as clean boosts, not usually at the same time though. Working on getting a wah.

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Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Right now, it's> Guitar>TS-808>Amp
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Front of the amp : Banzai new rising sun II (boost)->Frostwave funck a duck and tokai delay A/Bed through a loooper true bypass.
Loop of the amp : Ross phaser + Jacques chorus
Quite simple and versatile. works great with a lot of cool sounds.
 
Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Rid said:
Haha you wanna stay near a 200 watt+ Vintage Hiwatt taking off with a big fat overdrive.....be my guest:D :burnout:
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I actually had that experience once... a guy was playing some cool shred licks on one in a store with the volume barely on and I said, "come on, man, turn it up a little bit!"

He moved the volume control from like 1 to about 1.5. Hooooly sheeet if I had known then what I know now...
:wall:
 
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Re: What does your current effects chain consist of? (pics are welcome)

Hey B2D...!!

I'm getting Serious GAS from you always talkin about your G-Force...

Jesus! i want one of them so Bad now!!
 
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