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Feels like I was just here (I was!) but I have new toys I want to show off! Got my Black Friday-discounted Barber Gain Changer SR in the mail today and boy howdy does it sound good. Plays real nice on its own, goosed by the Timmy or saturating the Direct Drive. And because it’s a Barber kinda of day, I swapped my Animals Pedal Fishing fuzz out for the Barber Trifecta which had been on the bench for a while.

I also got an MXR Phase 95 a little while ago to replace my venerable Phase 90 - until tthen the longest-serving pedal on my board - and love it; all the phase tones I could want in a tiny yet usable footprint. In the same transaction I got an Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini and just didn’t like it. Definitely prefer my overdrives more open-sounding, like the Timmy and Gain Changer.

Also picked up a cheap Boss BC-2 Combo Drive because I enjoyed the amp-in-a-box experience of the DLS and wanted something Vox-y. It’s okay, not amazing. Gets me in the ballpark well enough. I moved both of those off my main board and onto a satellite board with some other utility pedals that don’t go to jams or anything. I regard them more as amp simulators than distortion pedals so they’re hooked up right before the amp input.

And got a few FIX Pedalboards risers to help with board ergonomics and fitting mini pedals over the slots in the Pedaltrain where they’d otherwise fall through. Efficiency!

My current setup for post-punk/new wave/dream-pop/shoegaze excursions:

Ernie Ball 250k Mono Volume Pedal >
Area 51 Wah >
Hotone Skyline Tuner >
ZVex Fuzz Factory >
Visual Sound Pure Tone Buffer >
Xotic SP Compressor >
Paul Cochrane Timmy v1 >
Barber Electronics Gain Changer SR >
Barber Electronics Direct Drive Compact v3 >
Stomp Under Foot Skinner Box >
Barber Electronics Trifecta >
MXR Booster Mini >
MXR M109S Six Band EQ >
M290 Phase 95 >
Retro-Sonic Flanger >
Walrus Audio Julia Analog Chorus/Vibrato >
Boss DC-2w Dimension C >
Zoom MS-70CDR in Saturnworks True Bypass Looper >
Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo w Lizard Breath Favourite Switch >
Neunaber Immerse Reverberator Mk II >
Subdecay Vagabond Tremolo
w Heet Sound Plus EBow

all mounted on a Pedaltrain PT-2, powered by a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus and Donner DP-1. Two Disaster Area PBA-4 Insert junction boxes are mounted as patchbays at the input and outputs. FIX Pedalboards risers/micro pedal adapter plates applied as needed. EBS Flat Patch Cables used throughout.

On the satellite board:

Boss BC-2 Combo Drive >
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret mk3 >
Boss RC-3 Loop Station w Saturnworks Soft Touch Double Tap Tempo >
Radial Bones Twin-City ABY Switch

All mounted on a cheapo Amazon pedalboard and powered by a Signalflex PS-9.

Oh and I have a few mini pedals (Blues Mood, Blues Crab, Mosky SHO) on the way but I won't bother you with them unless they somehow make it onto my board...

Mini setup for a noise-session we'll play tomorrow evening with Mulo Muto and ODRZ.

gila_crisis wrote:

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Mini setup for a noise-session we'll play tomorrow evening with Mulo Muto and ODRZ.

how do you like that preamp pedal? do you use it for primarily clean or heavy stuff? In your opinion what does it sound like/compare to ?

ibarakishi wrote:

gila_crisis wrote:how do you like that preamp pedal? do you use it for primarily clean or heavy stuff? In your opinion what does it sound like/compare to ?

I love it! I have it since 5 years now and it never leaves my pedalboard. I use it for everything, from clean sound to heavy distortion mayhem!
Soundwise I would say the channels are like this:
- Clean is a fender style twin rev.
- Crunch covers Marshall to Mesa territories when high gain and with the voicing switch on the far right position
- Lead I would suggest Soldano/Mesa style high gain.

I did a small demo video where I compare it with the Mercuriall Audio SS11X plugin:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2alz96905M[/youtube]

black acid > freaker wah > vibe machine > phasor > model fet > el capistan > tuner > supermoon

Dats one sexy ass board!

Here's what I've been using lately.



This simplicity for me. I love it.

Jwar that fuzz section is gnarly! How do you like the Baltimore fuzz?

The FZZ is in good company there!

It is in good company for sure!!

I absolutely love the FZZ. This may sound like blasphemy but I actually prefer it to the Depth Charge. Right now it's my number 1 fuzz for bass and guitar. It is just blended so well and retains your lows and highs. I'm super impressed to say the least.

Holy shit Jwar. You done did it this time.

Thanks Jwar! That megalith into the life pedal looks sexy as hell.

i feel really stupid but where can i find info on the FZZ? googling just throws up some kids game about dogs lmao

MechaGodzilla wrote:i feel really stupid but where can i find info on the FZZ? googling just throws up some kids game about dogs lmao

The one I bought is sold out but here you go.


https://reverb.com/shop/hampden-music

Also, Life Pedal into anything or vice versa is awesome. I do love running it pretty standard too. It's funny because I also use my regular Rat all the time. The only thing I'd like to do to this board now is mount that stupid Strymon supply underneath. I'm just being cheap and don't want to buy the mounting brackets. They are only 20 bucks too! hahahaha

Jwar wrote:

MechaGodzilla wrote:i feel really stupid but where can i find info on the FZZ? googling just throws up some kids game about dogs lmao

The one I bought is sold out but here you go.


https://reverb.com/shop/hampden-music

thanks man!