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I love the germanium preamp so much that I sold the regular one but I ended up buying the regular one back because the germanium preamp doesn’t do so well playing outside in the heat. It also had a cat on it lol

Signal chain is tuner-tumnus-benson-mason-3 series chorus-dispatch master-lossy-IR2

I’m using the benson as my always on to shape the IR-2 and help it to feel a little more like a real amp the tumnus is pushing the benson for more gain any klon style pedal pushing into the benson sounds incredible and I highly recommend it. The Mason is there mainly for the clean side it’s a really good solo boost.

The dispatch master lossy pretty much cover all my ambient needs

And the 3 series chorus is all the modulation I need.

Signal chain is tuner-gritador/-superbolt-germanium boost-3 series chorus-dispatch master-lossy-boss IR-2

I’m running the superbolt as an always on preamp type thing just to get the amp sim sounding and feeling how I want and I’m boosting it with the gritador when I need more gain. These two sound amazing and feel great to play.

The high gain channel on the superbolt boosted with the gritador sounds amazing too! I can go from church sounds to shoegaze and i love it.

Going for more of an ambient/shoegaze board that can also cover the stuff I play at church. I’ve also started swapping out all my Velcro for dual lock and it’s been great! Way more sturdy I didn’t quite have enough to finish the top row but that will be converted over to dual lock very soon.

Signal chain is - Polytune>sound of justice fx BD-TH>benson germanium boost>jhs 3 series chorus>EQD dispatch master>walrus audio lüm>chase bliss lossy>boss IR-2

Polytune - most important pedal on my board for obvious reasons

BD-TH - this is my newest find that I’ve really been enjoying it’s a benson preamp clone with extra goodies. My favorite features are the A/B switch that lets me switch between 2 different gain settings and the voice control that I believe changes the bias of the pedal you can make it cleaner or more broken and fuzzy. With the one pedal i just leave it always on and between the 2 gain channels and the voice control it covers my clean tone, light to medium gain, high gain and fuzz. It really is my Swiss Army knife for gain.

Benson germanium boost - this is just used for solos it’s a great boost makes notes super clear and the feel under the fingers when it’s on is amazing. It also is great boost into other drives or as an always on but for me it’s my solo boost.

3 series chorus - this one’s new to me my wife gave it to me as an early Father’s Day present. I really like it so far it sounds great. The controls are really simple so it’s really easy to dial in a great sound and just start playing.

Dispatch master - this has been my main delay since I started buying pedals it’s a great delay if you want something that’s simple that you can just set and forget just get one of these it sounds great and the built in reverb is a nice bonus. I pretty much just leave this on when I’m playing at church I just have it set to a quarter note and I don’t have it set to do a lot of repeats the first ones good and loud but it quickly falls off after that.

Lüm/lossy - these 2 pedals are where I’m getting most of the ambiance from the lüm has 2 presets I love. One is a grain cloud with granular glitches and the other is a forward reverse reverb they sound incredible and I could listen to them all day. And then I have lossy which also has a nice big reverb but it also has a filter and glitches in a very different way. The best way I can describe it is that it degrades the sound coming through but does it in the very musical way.

I never stack these 2 pedals I’ll just use the lüm if I want a cleaner ambient tone or lossy if I want something that sounds a little more degraded.

Boss IR-2 this has been great especially for playing live I don’t need to carry anything extra I just show up plug in and play I love it. The amp I using is the tweed setting with a custom IR.

Just arrived today I really love it so far it’s a benson preamp clone with an A/B toggle similar to the walrus audio 385 mk2 that lets you switch between to different gain settings.

This is the perfect overdrive for me my favorite drive of all time is the benson preamp and this nails the tone and feel of the original preamp. I also love the A/B toggle when I’m using my benson I always have a boost before it to give me more gain but now I can just toggle between channels and it’s like I bent over and turned the gain up on the pedal it’s super useful and keeps the core character in tact. It also lets notes be more clear and a little less compressed since I’m not pushing another pedal into it.

The size and placement of the input and output jacks is also a huge plus. I love benson but the preamp is a big awkwardly shaped pedal and I would often find it harder to fit everything I wanted on the board but with this it’s no longer an issue!

I’m very happy with this pedal and I’m looking forward to playing it live!

Trying to learn some swampy slide riffs and this is my favorite setup for it

Signal chain is tuner>walrus audio 385>benson germanium boost>walrus audio Julia>EQD dispatch master>boss IR-2

Loving the superbolt I always forget how good it is. Signal chain is tuner>tumnus>superbolt>germanium boost>julia>dispatch master>lossy>boss ir-2

I’m using the superbolt as an always on to get the sound and feel of a juiced amp my clean tone isn’t very clean i always like having some growl and the superbolt does a phenomenal job at that. From there between the red remote the tumnus and the boost I have several different combinations of gain to pick from. If I want more saggy gain I’ll toggle the red remote if I need a mid boost and to tighten the low end that’s what the tumnus is for.and if I need more I can stack the high gain mode with the tumnus.

The benson boost I’m using for volume boost I play at my church and I like to use it to get over the band for specific leads/solos.

The Julia is amazing I love the blend between chorus and vibrato it’s been really great to dial in that perfect chorus/vibrato sound

The dispatch master is doing all my delay and reverb I have a few settings I’ve marked on the pedal and I just switch between them for what I need. It’s a great delay pedal I really like how simple it is if you need a simple delay and reverb I’d highly recommend this one.

Lossy is for the glitches I love stacking it with the dispatch master and the Julia and just letting it go crazy. I have a couple presents saved that I switch between for live play that are a little more tame but add a lot of ambiance.

I’m using the tweed setting on the IR2 with a custom IR from York audio if you have an IR2 I’d highly recommend looking into IRs from York audio they really make it come alive.