r/pedalboards

I don't like the shape of the Revecho and it has an ambience that I don't want.

I was thinking about a good fuzz and a reverb maybe, I use this for bass and guitar

I've used the HX Stomp and a MIDI controller for years and loved it. But recently, I was so tired of menu diving, making presets, and spending more time fiddling than playing. So, I started looking for other options that covered amps and an audio interface.

Long story short, my local guitar store showed me the ZEQD-Pre and this thing sounds SO GOOD clean or cranked. I traded a few pedals and and got a few new ones and could not be happier with the sound and simplicity of the new board. I had to get a separate audio interface, but with the trade in credit they gave me, I spent way less in total than I thought.

The ZEQD-Pre makes my actual amp come to life, gives me a headphone option, lets me play my amp while going to front of house at church, and still lets me practice/record from my computer speakers.

Can't say enough good things about the ZEQD-Pre.

I found a layout that works and sounds great. The technician and brothers are doing some heavy lifting. 🙌

Recently got some new pedals so decided to rearrange my boards.

Board 1: for easy gigging. Strobostomp Mini > SP Compressor > Wolf in the Forest Distortion > Rust Rod Fuzz > TS Mini > Spark Mini > 1 Loop > Send to Volume X > Return to 1 Loop > No Kill Westie Vibrato Chorus > Synesthesia > Collider.

There is also a Saturnworks TRS A/B switcher so that I can use the expression pedal for either the Collider or the Synesthesia. The 1 Loop allows me to put the volume pedal in the signal chain or leave it as purely an expression pedal.

Board 2: ambient loopy goodness. TU-2 > Infinite Jets > Klein Bottle In > Loop 1 - Xero Poly Looper > Loop 2 - Chroma Console > Nightsky > Loop 3 - Microcosm > Klein Bottle Out > Avalanche Run.

The Klein Bottle allows me to run the loops in parallel, in series, or to loop things back into each other, so I can mess with the signal chain on the fly. It is currently running in mono, but I am planning to set it up for stereo functionality as well.

Hello! First post. Started playing guitar in 2008. Started building my pedal collection in 2012 to 2021 ish. I built this board out of wood, and it was great before I added the unnecessary pedals lol. Is there something out there to accommodate all of my pedals accordingly? Just getting back into playing, and setting up basement music area. Would like to set it up right.

The first image is my current pedal board. I'm wanting to add the chroma console, and mood mk 2 to the board but I need help deciding how to wire it. The blank space on the 2nd picture is where the cortex view will go. Here are a few of the options I'm considering, but also looking for any suggestions on how to approach

Option 1: In line, guitar > Chroma > QC > Out to Mood 2 > Powerstage
Option 2: In Loop, guitar > QC > Chroma & mood into send return 1/2 > Powerstage. In this set up, neither can operate in stereo (from what I've read)
Option 3: Hybrid, guitar > Chroma > QC > (mood in send return/stereo) > power stage

I'm a little nervous about moving the QC up on the board for foot access - but interested in your feedback :)

I'm looking to ID some more of Chris Vanderkooy's pedals. This image is taken from the Peach Pit website.

So far I got the Preamp Mkii, Moog pedal (not sure which one), Tube screamer, fuzzface, dyna comp mini, CBA Hifi, CBA Wombstone, MXR Micro Amp, MXR Phase 100, and I think an MXR Timmy on the bottom right?? What else do you guys see?

Thanks for your help!

(Not my first pedals though lol)
Would love to hear any thoughts on order/alternates etc.
Or if you see an error that’s maybe bleeding my tone that I’m missing?
THANK YOU!

Path:
Saturn works splitter to a and b

A: Pitchfork up an octave only>Digitech element xp>guitar amp

B: MXR envelope filter>Dirty Robot synth
>BassDriver distortion>Monomyth
>Green Rhino OD>Saturnworks latching/momentary looper>BlowerBox Distortion
>Hummingbird tremolo/Moog expression
>Super Octaver >Atmosphere reverb
>Behringer delay >mxr compressor
>Eq into Gallien Krueger 6x10

I promise I’m not an EAE shill, I just really love John Snyder’s creations!

I’m thinking of putting together this board. I’ve always put together jack of all trades or what I would deem versatile boards for quite a while now and realized I need to go back to just using what I really like to play instead of trying to cover all the bases.

I’ve currently got a CS-12 underneath and have a CIOKS Sol I’m going to pair with it to power everything; although, getting a new power supply that singularly powers it all would be very nice. My original idea for the Sol was to create a mini board with it. Somehow I’m reducing my pedal count but I think I’m truly going to need more taps.😂

Anyway, thoughts/ideas welcome as well as any constructive criticism. I haven’t redone my board in a while.

I’m pretty satisfied with this board. I mostly play indie/alt rock, and some metal for kicks. Is there anything you would change, add? Running this through a VOX AC15.

I think this will be the final revision for sometime. Revisions include the Earthquaker Devices Towers, Way Huge Echo Puss (severely underrated), and the walrus Fathom. Very happy with the sounds I’m getting now.

Hi everyone,

This thing here escalated a little bit.

FX-Loop1

Superego->Afterlife of Pitch->POG2->TwinStag

FX-Loop2

AvalancheRun->Afterneath

FX Loop 1 sits pretty early in the signal chain, while FX Loop 2 is placed at the very end.

Both loops are mainly intended for drone sounds or wide ambient textures.

On the Quad Cortex I’m also using the built‑in looper in this section.

After FX Loop 1 I optionally run overdrive and distortion, followed by the amp and cab sim.

Depending on the preset, I might add chorus, fuzz, or other effects as needed.

My goal was to keep as many routing options open as possible — and I think I managed to get pretty close to that.

If anyone has suggestions or ideas to improve this setup, I’d be glad to hear them.

Weight: 26 kg — or, in freedom units, a solid 57.

it just happened. just wired!

sonicake source comp>donner giant metal(HM2)>eno tc18(big muff)>donner dark mouse(rat)>tc spark>demonfx ravine*>GFI clockwork.

*fake keeley caverns clone, OF COURSE!

please ignore the cabling. honestly it was tidier when i was using daisy chain only. i only switched to a compact psu cause i figured I'd try some drives power starving (courtesy of Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-3AC SAG) soon.

idrk how I'll manage to connect my amp cable to the back of that clockwork, but that's a future problem.

i'm very satisfied by this pedal. i paid 20 eur for it.

donner giant metal is a boss HM2 clone (same pedal as mooer blade, AFAIK) and only mini sized HM2 you can buy, except for the angry swede which is going for 160/170 eur rn.

tbh, i wasn't expecting to enjoy its sound SO much! i used to have a boss mt2, which i didn't like much. i loved its preamp/eq feature, tbf, but not the sound. so, this thing surprised me. it's VERY growly and focused. the mids control is plenty useful (as the original, i guess), but we lost the bass control; in turn we got a treble control toggle switch (not as useful to me)

I've been enjoying it through my big muff, and with clean blended in (thanks to my boss LS2), especially using my jazzmaster.

this is not a preamp pedal. this is a brutal, in your face, aggressive drive which stacks great with other drives

it's not the TYPICAL metal pedal you'd expect. it CAN do metal, but it's actually kind of fuzzy and noisy (not your usual "tight" metal) and dirty. it was famously used by david gilmour on solos.

this pedal is very powerful, i can't believe it costed so little. it deserved a permanent place on my main board... for now ;)

I'd strongly adive you ge one, if you're on the fence!