Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!

[fcknoise]

The color coordination on the last page was epic

[Kacey Y]

Didn't really come online that much yesterday, so I had a nice stockpile of super fine lookin boards waiting for me.

[Jwar]

How did you refinish that Strymon?

I did it.

Good job indeed. How did you do it? I've got a pedal I'd love to do something like that with.

You need a laser that’s at least $5k

Then 150 pedals to practice on to get the proper know how

Shit. I wish that laser had cost 5k. Try 35k man.

That was done with a Fiber laser. They are much more expensive but if you're doing enclosures, they are worth it. It gets down into the actual aluminum or whatever metal you're using. The markings will be there long after the paint is.

[Jwar]

How did you refinish that Strymon?

I did it.

Good job indeed. How did you do it? I've got a pedal I'd love to do something like that with.

I can do it for you.

There's a risk associated with Strymon's but I was confident enough to handle it. Most guys would probably be scared, I gave zero fucks. LOL. I've also refinished Metasonix shit though too. High end is fun. Nobody does it.

[nogodsnobedtimes]

Oh damn, that sounds bad ass. I'll have to hit you up when I get my shit sorted then!

[Pete]

An improved version of my smaller board!
Signal chain: Tuner - barbershop - fuzz 88 - 616 - The accountant - super fuzz war - Mem Loss - ED2 -Raptio - Warped Vinyl - Holy grail.

Sounds glorious! Many great pairings here.
Super fuzz war: spent a little time with the dipswitches... extremely versatile! It really is a great fuzz, the sound is so mean and fat, and the booster densifies the fuzz in the best way.
The only concern is that "fizz" sound you get when using the boost on its own. No dipswitch will make it go away, it's just there. The fizz is not heard when boost is used in addition to the fuzz of course, and it also disappears when paired with pedals that smooth out the sound (like the WV for instance). Otherwise you get a nasty lofi boost, quite appealing, but this thing cant be used as a standard boost for your overdrive without adding that lofi fizz... The 88 before the super fuzz war is insane...
I think I'm done with it for a while, I must resist the urge to replace the holy grail with an astronaut verb...

This totally looks like it could be Eivind's board. Super cool board!

[retinal orbita]

Current board is the HM-2 and DOD Death Metal in loop 1 of the LS-2, the Moogerfooger in Loop 2, followed by the Gonkulator into a Gristleizer, into the DD7.

I'm hoping to get some more longer cables to allow everything to flow a little better - trying to keep the LS-2 tidy has been a real pain. I might just buy a true bypass looper for the Moogerfooger and scrap the LS-2 perhaps, I used to have another DOD Death Metal in the chain as well with a really buggy switch hence using the looper to turn all three off and on. But I'm coming to terms that this way I simply can't have two DOD DMs and the HM 2 and the Line Selector all flowing properly. Plus I have the Outer Rings coming, so that will require some movement. So basically this is happening now but definitely going to have some shakeups in the future.

[fcknoise]

That is so fucking awesome. The realest board

[$harkToootth]

@retinal orbita - DOD Death Metal...My Brethren!!!!

[retinal orbita]

That is so fucking awesome. The realest board

@retinal orbita - DOD Death Metal...My Brethren!!!!

to you both! Truly you are both well cultured and delightful people!

[hbombgraphics]

HM-2 AND DEATH METAL!!!!!!!!!!! so awesome,
do these get run together?

level looks cranked on that HM-2, is that how you keep it?

[rustywire]

Current board is the HM-2 and DOD Death Metal in loop 1 of the LS-2, the Moogerfooger in Loop 2, followed by the Gonkulator into a Gristleizer, into the DD7.

I'm hoping to get some more longer cables to allow everything to flow a little better - trying to keep the LS-2 tidy has been a real pain. I might just buy a true bypass looper for the Moogerfooger and scrap the LS-2 perhaps, I used to have another DOD Death Metal in the chain as well with a really buggy switch hence using the looper to turn all three off and on. But I'm coming to terms that this way I simply can't have two DOD DMs and the HM 2 and the Line Selector all flowing properly. Plus I have the Outer Rings coming, so that will require some movement. So basically this is happening now but definitely going to have some shakeups in the future.

I want to play bass through this signal chain

[breakdown]

That's a very cool little board!

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This is ridiculously ergonomic, i love it.

Yeah that's awesome. I love those little Orange Micro stacks too. Kinda wish I kept my Micro Dark, but oh well.

Do those micro heads work well for a live setup? I've been eyeballing one forever.
That and a small cab would be a cool rig.

Thanks guys!
Living in a small flat has pushed me to keep things compact, although I've been starting to think about getting a slightly bigger board (metro 20 or 24?) to fit a few more pedals on (compression, boost, tremolo, etc.) and be able to access cv input of elements, bitquest and ct5... I might just replace ditto x2 for a mini and go from there...
For now, I'm still trying to find the right signal chain. I just switched ct5 after bitquest to make short looping a little more flexible, but I'm thinking I should have placed it completely last just before the ditto...
I also inverted fuzz and BQ, as I wasn't very convinced how it worked before and since I was recabling everything I thought why not...

I've never used the micro dark in a live setup, but I can imagine with a proper cab it could work pretty well.

[D.o.S.]

Are you going to be joining is at ILFUK?

[Christophe]

An improved version of my smaller board!
Signal chain: Tuner - barbershop - fuzz 88 - 616 - The accountant - super fuzz war - Mem Loss - ED2 -Raptio - Warped Vinyl - Holy grail.

Sounds glorious! Many great pairings here.
Super fuzz war: spent a little time with the dipswitches... extremely versatile! It really is a great fuzz, the sound is so mean and fat, and the booster densifies the fuzz in the best way.
The only concern is that "fizz" sound you get when using the boost on its own. No dipswitch will make it go away, it's just there. The fizz is not heard when boost is used in addition to the fuzz of course, and it also disappears when paired with pedals that smooth out the sound (like the WV for instance). Otherwise you get a nasty lofi boost, quite appealing, but this thing cant be used as a standard boost for your overdrive without adding that lofi fizz... The 88 before the super fuzz war is insane...
I think I'm done with it for a while, I must resist the urge to replace the holy grail with an astronaut verb...

This totally looks like it could be Eivind's board. Super cool board!

Hey thanks man! Well, Eivind's great fuzz vids definitely ignited gas for the 88. Just like UC's about Seppuku. I've played for the longest time with 5/6 pedals, squeezing the best out of them, constraints-make-u-more-creative king of thing. 4/5 years ago gear-gas struck back with a vengeance. Then I found out about ILF two years ago (as any search on any gear brought ILF results on Google), and this was a major discovery on the gearhunt journey. Best place for our joint addiction.