Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!

[UglyCasanova]

I have a compressor that I never bypass for that purpose. It's tubey and bassy. Not at all transparent. And I love it. Piano like clean sounds.

Those are the best cleans!
What are you using for a comp?

I think he uses an Effectrode.

[rustywire]

Yeah my board isn't one of the larger ones, but it does have ~50ft of (low capacitance, except for the coiled 1st 10ft length) cabling, 9 pedals.
When playing, either the first or second-in-chain fuzz boxes is always-on and fully open, buffering the signal. Also, I use single coils and my amp's "Normal" channel (jumped with the "Bass" ch) is glassy and bright so rolloff from capacitance is welcome.

[Iommic Pope]

I have a compressor that I never bypass for that purpose. It's tubey and bassy. Not at all transparent. And I love it. Piano like clean sounds.

Those are the best cleans!
What are you using for a comp?

I think he uses an Effectrode.

Ah I see.
Very nice.

[Disarm D'arcy]

Yep Hubby is just right. Effectrode PC-2A. Derived from the LA-2A we all know. Sounds fàaaaaat

[Jwar]

I have 22-23 pedals on a board at any given time. I only notice a very slight difference if I plug direct vs through my board. Never used a buffer because I play active bass which has a buffer in the preamp. So no issues there.

However I always seem to have at least one pedal that is buffered bypass, and it's not on purpose. So that takes care of it as well. Dedicated buffer are a waste to me and so are boosters unless you're playing in some large venue, which I don't. Most are so goddamn loud I literally see no point in them.

[nshuman]

I have 1 buffer under each board, one MicroThumpinator that also acts as an always on buffer. I use the SFX Micro EQ as an always on line driver. The Wounded Paw Blender V4 also helps a bit with signal. Then I have he always on SFX D][plomat, the Cali76Tx that also buffers, and often use some clean boosts as line drivers/volume equalizers as well. Plenty of buffering.driving, no tone loss.

[Jwar]

[jrfox92]

Dedicated buffer are a waste to me and so are boosters unless you're playing in some large venue, which I don't. Most are so goddamn loud I literally see no point in them.

Unless you don't play into a clean amp.
I've considered building a dedicated booster to pair with my Holy Mountain since I tend to use it as an actual preamp rather than another dirt/overdrive pedal.

[popvulture]

Also, a lot of the people with Giant boards don't play out with them, but rather have a smaller gig board. Or don't play out at all.

I used to have a huge board, but I've found out that having a select number of pedals makes me happier than a having a dining table for a pedal board.

This. I've really enjoyed paring down to around 8 pedals.

My thing about compressors is that I generally enjoy having one for my clean sound, but don't like the sound of it pre or post dirt/fuzz... I feel like those pedals provide plenty compression on their own, so adding more is just too much.

This was one reason I got my switcher, so that I could easily have a bunch of pedals on for, say, a gainy/full/crazy sound, then quickly switch to something simple like only comp and verb. BUT... ended up being a bit overkill for me. The huge amount of wires and new worries just drove me crazy, so I sold it.

With that in mind, would be nice to have a simple 2-channel looper with my dirt/fuzzes on one side, comp on the other. Need that one stomp change... currently shopping for options in that dept.

[Inconuucl]

Also, a lot of the people with Giant boards don't play out with them, but rather have a smaller gig board. Or don't play out at all.

I used to have a huge board, but I've found out that having a select number of pedals makes me happier than a having a dining table for a pedal board.

This. I've really enjoyed paring down to around 8 pedals.

My thing about compressors is that I generally enjoy having one for my clean sound, but don't like the sound of it pre or post dirt/fuzz... I feel like those pedals provide plenty compression on their own, so adding more is just too much.

This was one reason I got my switcher, so that I could easily have a bunch of pedals on for, say, a gainy/full/crazy sound, then quickly switch to something simple like only comp and verb. BUT... ended up being a bit overkill for me. The huge amount of wires and new worries just drove me crazy, so I sold it.

With that in mind, would be nice to have a simple 2-channel looper with my dirt/fuzzes on one side, comp on the other. Need that one stomp change... currently shopping for options in that dept.

http://www.one-control.com/white-loop.html

[nieh]

http://www.one-control.com/white-loop.html

I might have to get one of those. would be super handy for me.

anywho, small changes. I'm liking and finding a lot more uses for the octave multiplexer than I thought I would.

[Inconuucl]

Generally I prefer the black loop though, since the loops are independent. I like that it has the two power outs though, making it super useful for a dirt section.

[nieh]

Generally I prefer the black loop though, since the loops are independent.

I always use my overdrive alone, but like to stack fuzzes, so it would be nice to switch between just an overdrive to multiple fuzzes.

[Inconuucl]

Stomp on both switches at the same time?

[hotknife]

I've tried a bunch of different comps recently and there are only a couple I've liked for both clean and dirty (Ninevolt Pedals Homerunking and the Boss CS-2). When it works, it works really well for me and I end up using way less gain as a result.

One Control make some really useful little pedals. I'm using their Mosquite Blender for my Space Station.