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I know people ask this all the time is this sub,but what should I go for out of these?
My goal is something to stack with a tube screamer (e.g. slow dancing solo), but also for a base drive to push my amp a bit harder (e.g. good love is on the way by John Mayer trio or crumbling empire by Sam fender)
These are all in the price bracket I have atm,because I’m also buying a delay pedal for €100(carbon copy).
I think it’s obvious I’m a fan of Mayer,but I want to have a bit of versatility
Also open to other suggestions.

Edit:Amp is a boss katana gen 3

First board I’ve put together properly, Tried to get good quality modestly priced stuff whilst in figuring out what I like. Here’s the signal chain;

Boss TU-3 → DigiTech Drop → Big Muff Pi Nano → TC HyperGravity → Boss SD-1 → Boss DS-2 → EHX Small Clone → TC Choka → TC Flashback 2

Guitar is a Yamaha Pacifica 120H, amp is a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe.

Two things I’d like input on:

I’m playing blues, classic rock, grunge and surf rock. Would you reorder this chain for those genres, or leave it as is? I’m happy with order, just wonder if I’m missing anything obvious.

Switching on the Small Clone throws a loud click/bang through the amp every time. Known chorus quirk, power issue, or a routing problem on my end?

Cable management is still a work in progress behind the amp, so go easy there. Layout and order feedback all welcome.

New addition of the MF-4 as my Adventure Audio Fuzz Peaks is in desperate need of some repairs. Massive low end and an excellent mid frequency control.

Compressor (Warden) and EQ (OBNE) are outside of the loop switcher.

The chain:

1. Dronechov Noise Machines Council’s Tower
   Custom fuzz/distortion pedal.
2. Walrus Audio Stages
   Mainly used to have a little bit of drive on cleaner parts.
3. Dr. Scientist Bitquest
   Swiss army knife pedal. Love the flanger, filter and pitch settings the most. Has both a clean and fuzz toggle.
4. EQD Rainbow Machine
   Love to use this the Pedal Zone way (video he uploaded some years ago). On the edge of absolute weirdness.
5. SGFX Aurras
   Phaser/uni vibe pedal
6. Chase Bliss Onward
   Mainly use this as a background looper, switch this
   one with the Mood mkii sometimes
7. OBNE Dark Light
   Such a versatile pedal. Love the possibilities with Sunlight more, but combining it with some Dark Star vibes makes for some wonderful sounds.
8. EQD Avlanche Run
   Probably my all time favorite pedal. Love the max reverb setting so much.

Simple Board with some mean tones, the Bucket Brigade is great for 80s Shred.

Board: Voodoolab Dingbat
Power: Voodoolab Pedal Power 3
Cables: Mogami w/ SP500 custom patched
Amplifier: Deluxe Reverb, Celestion G12M Creamback, Telefunken tubes replaced in all channels.

I put this together with some things that I had on hand and picked up the Pack Rat, Walrus Volume, EQ-200, Md-200, DL4 Mk2, and Immerse Mk2. It’s all powered by the Walrus Canvas Power 15.

I’m went back to using real pedals and amps after three years on the Helix Floor. It took some time but to me I just feel like even as close as modelers have got to the sounds, they’re still not the real deal, and to me they just don’t feel as alive. Plus, I find it too complicated. For now I’ll hold on to the Helix Floor, but I don’t see myself using it.

Hi everyone, I’m an Italian bass player and I finally finished rewiring my board, so I thought I’d share the full setup and ask for opinions, suggestions, and honest ratings.

The bass is a 1989 Warwick Streamer Stage I 4-string with EMG pickups. The head is a 1995 Ampeg SVT-3PRO, going into an Ampeg PF-210HE 8 ohm cab.

The head is mounted in a Gator 3U rack bag together with a dbx 166A. The dbx sits in the SVT effects loop and I use the two channels in series. Channel 1 is set for light general leveling, while Channel 2 works more like a peak catcher and a very gentle safety/gate stage. Stereo link is off. I try to keep it subtle, so I notice the rig getting tighter rather than hearing obvious compression.

The pedalboard is a Palmer Pedalbay 60, powered by a Palmer PWT-12 MK2 mounted underneath. I’m using Ernie Ball Flat Ribbon patch cables.

Current signal chain:

Korg DT-10 tuner

Boss OC-2 Octave

Z.Vex Woolly Mammoth

Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet

JAM Pedals Red Muck Bass

MXR M82 Bass Envelope Filter

TC Electronic Stereo Chorus+ / SCF

Boss DD-7 Digital Delay

Tech 21 SansAmp VT Bass DI

When I use my own amp, the VT Bass DI is mostly a light EQ and tone-shaping stage. I use it to add a little more edge and presence for slap parts or pick parts, without completely changing the character of the SVT.

When I have to play without my own amp, especially in rehearsal rooms with random backline, the VT Bass becomes much more important. In that case I use it to get as close as possible to my SVT-style sound, with a slightly pushed Ampeg-like character.

The board is meant to cover clean Ampeg tones, octave and synth-like bass sounds, gated fuzz, Muff-style fuzz, envelope filter, chorus/flanger, delay and DI/preamp duties. The Woolly Mammoth is the newest addition and it completely changed the personality of the board.

The cable management underneath is not perfect, but this is the cleanest I could get it for now without proper cable clips or routing accessories. Everything is stable, and the layout finally feels usable.

I’m curious to hear what you think about the layout, the signal chain, the rack compressor in the effects loop, and the overall rig.

Rate or roast my board.

After posting before, I took a commenters advice and expanded my modest pedal board with a noise suppressor, what a great shout!

The 4 cable arrangement thing does some work to temper the Rat’s complaining when not being fed riffs, but I also REALLY like the effect on the output - I dunno if it’s buffering the signal or what, but there’s a boost in clarity or something especially doing lead stuff or fast palm muting.

Well worth picking one up on the cheap if you can I reckon

Got tired of messing with solderless cables so switched over to Ernie Ball Ribbons. Bit of a rat’s nest but it’s my rat’s nest. Only change I want to make is getting a ParaEQ to replace the EQ200.

Not much, but honest work.

Any ideas on what for filling the empty spaces ? I’m currently into worship, rock and alternative. Not 300$ pedals please 😅

My first pedalboard, it's a 50x30. I grabbed an old phone, a usb power delivery hub and my interface to turn my MIDI keyboard into a synth (I used the Imaginando's DRC app). The guitar part is simpler. I wish I had more "real" pedals haha. This rig is only missing a Joyo ZGP to isolate the digital looper's high-pitched noise. Opinions and advices?😁

Been rocking this all boss compact board for a while now. It’s fun as hell, but I’m thinking about swapping out the MT-2 with a FZ-2.

I built this about a year ago for my dad at my school, and I was wondering if I should improve my design and start selling them

The labels on my PBC/6X are a little outdated, I recently took out a mini Tumnus and Golden Plexi.

Peterson Strobostomp Tuner
UV Effects Gluon Fuzz
UV Effects Fermion OD
MXR Duke of Tone OD
UV Effects Muon Boost
Boss DS-2 Distortion
Boss GE-7 EQ
Ibanez WH10V3
Dunlop Volume X
MXR Dynacomp Compression
PastFx Chorus Ensemble Chorus
EHX Oceans 11 Reverb
Boss RC-3 Looper
Way Huge Aqua Puss MK2 Delay
Strymon El Capistan V2 Delay
RJM Mastermind PBC/6X Switch

All housed inside of an orange Pedal Pad board to match my orange head and cab. Everything except for the wah is plugged into my PBC/6X.