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Sold my ES-5 and am going to build a smaller board around a small MIDI controller and under-board loop switcher. But until then, decided to build a board for my current four-amp setup. Was fun integrating my favourite pedals in a way that highlighted their best matches (e.g. 5f6 into Blackface, Saint Mantis into Tweed/Marshall).

Haven't plugged it in yet. Will wait until daylight hours. Here's the signal flow (right to left). Can do WDDW or DWWD or crazy variations (e.g. clean stereo delay left and right with distorted modulation centre-left and centre-right).

More is more

Are you using the reverbs on the flint or just for stereo splitting?

jeremyb wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:29 pm Are you using the reverbs on the flint or just for stereo splitting?

Buys a flint, uses it to split signal.

Stereo trem?

New board in progress – just have to route power cables.

Starfire wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:38 pm New board in progress – just have to route power cables.

Interesting placement. Reverb first?

Miza wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:46 pm

Starfire wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:38 pm New board in progress – just have to route power cables.

Interesting placement. Reverb first?

Yep, reverb into drive/distortion/fuzz for dreamy shoegazey sounds. Just sounds better.

Latest iteration. Probably mess with the order and see whether I can have reverb first without the Sentry cutting off the tails too egregiously.

Starfire wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:46 pm Latest iteration. Probably mess with the order and see whether I can have reverb first without the Sentry cutting off the tails too egregiously.

Always been keen to try a Red Llama. They're quite a gritty OD yeah?

Miza wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:03 pm

Starfire wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:46 pm Latest iteration. Probably mess with the order and see whether I can have reverb first without the Sentry cutting off the tails too egregiously.

Always been keen to try a Red Llama. They're quite a gritty OD yeah?

I haven't spent a lot of time with it yet, so I'm not entirely sure what I think of it. It's got some almost Tweed-like thickness. It'd probably like some hotter pickups than I have in the Jazzmaster.

Starfire wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:46 pm Latest iteration. Probably mess with the order and see whether I can have reverb first without the Sentry cutting off the tails too egregiously.
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What is the noise gate doing here? Just eliminating the single-coil hum?

robthemac wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:08 pm

Starfire wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:46 pm Latest iteration. Probably mess with the order and see whether I can have reverb first without the Sentry cutting off the tails too egregiously.
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What is the noise gate doing here? Just eliminating the single-coil hum?

Yeah. And the Llama and Fuzz are in its loop, so it kills the noise from those too. The Fuzz in particular introduces some noise, as most fuzzes do. It's there to reduce bakground noise, basically.

Both pedalboards in action at the studio on Tuesday. This is the longest they have been unchanged, but there’s a fuzz yet to be added, and plans for a bass delay and hopefully Justin Chancellor fuzz…

One thing engineers love - having full amp and cab sims on each board.

hercules wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:00 am IMG_7869.jpeg

Both pedalboards in action at the studio on Tuesday. This is the longest they have been unchanged, but there’s a fuzz yet to be added, and plans for a bass delay and hopefully Justin Chancellor fuzz…

One thing engineers love - having full amp and cab sims on each board.

Yummy! What’s your signal chains??

hercules wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:00 am IMG_7869.jpeg

Both pedalboards in action at the studio on Tuesday. This is the longest they have been unchanged, but there’s a fuzz yet to be added, and plans for a bass delay and hopefully Justin Chancellor fuzz…

One thing engineers love - having full amp and cab sims on each board.

Thoughts on the Gorilla Warfare? Do you use it on guitar?