Any 2 in 1 circuits that have complimented each other great?

Thommysalami50

Thommysalami50

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I’m building a spirit box and a hydra delay in a single enclosure with an order switcher. My future build will likely be a Cobalt Drive (blues driver) with a Dwarven Hammer (precision drive) with an A/B style footswitch for my bands rhythm tone.

Any creative combos that have worked out great for you all? A fuzz and an EQ seems like it would be a great “tone sculpting” pedal for those playing through clean amp. Any modulation combos that complimented each other well?
 
My stacking endeavors include some form of a high gain, sharp-sounding fuzz or distortion into a lower gain overdrive. For example:

Rat > Timmy
Buzzaround > Red Snapper
Jan Ray (or Timmy-ish) > klone is another great combo!

I usually include an order toggle for versatility and experimentation!
 
COMPRESSOR > OCTAVER
Comp boosts and evens out signal for better tracking by the octaver, not to mention better sustain.

FILTER > COMPRESSOR
Some filters get quack freq'y and the comp calms the peaky.

How about a 3-in-1?
FEEDBACK-LOOPER > TREMOLO > COMPRESSOR
Utter mayhem of FB feeding a Vox Repeat Percussion (or other hard-chop trem), but FB-loops can get out of hand very quickly, hence the comp at the end. You could do it without the comp, but...


Another 3-in-1 that I particularly like is one of Paul's builds.

Underminer > Procrastinator > Chalumeau
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Seppuku Sub-Oct Synth > Boss Slow Gear > MidFi Clari(not)
 
I know you were soliciting personal ideas from the forum members here, but here's some outside help:


This ol' Tone Report article has one suggestion already made by BtR in this thread, and a few other iconic pairings:
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4 Perfectly Pleasing Pedal Pairs

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Tube Screamer and Rat (see thread-post #2 above)
Muff & Power Boost
Blues Breaker & Klon
Analogue-delay and Digital-delay.

Boss has some ideas for pairing the iconic brand's own pedals, but you could always sub out for similar circuits:
articles.boss.info

Pedal Partners: Combining Fuzz with Other Effects

Fuzz can be one of the most exciting pedals on a guitarist's board. Here are some powerful recipes for combining it with other effects.
articles.boss.info articles.boss.info
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Pedal Partners: Combining Chorus with Other Effects

Chorus adds an extra dimension when paired with other pedals. Here are some dynamic suggestions for combining it with different effects.
articles.boss.info articles.boss.info


Regardless of whether you like TPS, Mick & Dan have a few decent suggestions.

11 Classic Guitar Effects Pedal Combinations

www.thatpedalshow.com www.thatpedalshow.com

Most of the pedals here have doppelgängers in the PPCB shop:
www.guitarpedalx.com

6 Potent Pairings - Superbly Articulate Compact Overdrive and Distortion Pedal Pairs

6 of my favourite drive pedal pairs
www.guitarpedalx.com www.guitarpedalx.com



I've always thought FLANGER > TREMOLO sounds great:
www.ultimate-guitar.com

5 Great Pedal Combos to Shake Up Your Guitar Tone

Some simple but inspiring pedal combinations to try out if you're looking for something new.
www.ultimate-guitar.com www.ultimate-guitar.com


Lots of Reddit and TGP and other places that have pedal-combo suggestions, but I'd rather hear from people here.
There's something different about suggestions from fellow pedal-builders as opposed to the commercial-pedal-using-masses.

Hopefully more PPCB-forumites will reply to the thread.

I haven't built it yet, but I'm planning on building an Op-Amp Muff and Dist II, even though I'm no Cilly Borgan fan.

Here's a much cherished combo-pedal from Dwarfcraft (when they owned the Devi Ever brand) that I got just before I began building my own pedals, it has the Torn's Peaker and Ruiner circuits inside:

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mdc said:
Be the Rowland S Howard you want to see in the world and put a blue box and dist+ together.
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Funny you should suggest that:

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I have an early version of this and it's a really fun pedal to use. It would make a cool Pedal PCB project too. RSH-03 is Rowland S Howard -03.

I saw Rowland play a solo gig in a small Collingwood pub years ago. He was on after Charlie Owen. And for being just one bloke with his voice and an electric guitar he had the place spellbound. He was frail, quietly spoken and didn't look well but what a performance. It's why I bought the pedal. Well, that and being a huge Birthday Party fan.
 
I saw the Birthday Party doc last week, and while it wasn't a particularly insightful film or anything it was great getting to see so much footage of RSH doing his thing. Truly an exceptional, tragically under-appreciated musician. His Teenage Snuff Film solo lp is so so so good.
 
There was a show on the ABC called Studio 22 he did a set on with Brian Hooper on bass. That was excellent.

When I was at Uni the Johnnies came along to play one lunchtime (fronted by Spencer Jones of course) and lo and behold Tracy Pew was playing bass! He was rather unmistakeable.
 
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