Nostradoomus
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I may have a problem.
Anyone else in to big box pedals? Or is it just me…
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I may have a problem.
Mentaltossflycoon
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This is around 07 or 08. Only thing still on the board is the hog/controller. Look at all those straight 1/4" cables and bungees, lol. Snarling dogs bringing innovation in the way of sides and face jacks.
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Nostradoomus
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I’m shooting for an all big box EHX board…the DL4 might stay tho. 
Feral Feline
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I was thinking of doing an all big box DIY board. Lotsa EHX-based stuff from Lectric-FX, Dual pedals etc.
Mainly 1590XX and 1590DD with some other oddbaLL large Hammond boxes.
Mainly 1590XX and 1590DD with some other oddbaLL large Hammond boxes.
Ha! That's crazy! Do you gig with that? I'd forget which pedal I used for which song!
I like small. I don't think I've ever taken more than three pedals (including tuner) to a gig, but then I've always had the luxury of playing in bands where FX aren't really the focus. The one band I did play in where I used delay and chorus I used the amp's overdrive channel and left the delay and chorus on for every song on the same settings. And I've never used chorus since...
Fuzzonaut
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Yeah sure, I gig with a lot of pedals - and an ironing board with drone synths and stuff, and a looper - and at least two amps (3 if there's no pa).
Not having a drummer frees up a lot of space for pedals ...
Joben Magooch
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Don't have a ton of REALLY big box stuff but I will say that I generally prefer the aesthetics of 1590BBs over 125B in most cases...
Mentaltossflycoon
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I put a wishlist entry for the bass microsynth a while back but I'd build both.
steviejr92
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Hope im not hijacking your thread here but ive seen all these awesome big pedals and i just built my first Big Box pedal! Def not as insane as some of these builds here already though!
Mentaltossflycoon
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I can't see any pedals through all that rhodes. Mmmmmm..... rhodes.
fig
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What are your feelings on the moog? Sorry, pop quiz.
I'm remembering now that I was supposed to send that PH-350 in to get traced.. like, over a year ago.. (sorry guys!)
Nostradoomus
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If you ever wanna let that micro synth loose, I’m your guy. Nice collection!
dawson
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What are your feelings on the moog? Sorry, pop quiz.
It took me yeears to figure out how to use it in a musical setting, but once I was able to finally grasp what can be done with it, as well as the unique relationship it can have following that particular Maxon phaser, I can easily say it's one of the coolest sounding pedals I've ever played.
It can do outlandish synthesizer stuff- the band I'm in BUSTARD used to build a wall of sound at the end of an old song where I'd get the Maxon feeding-back (feed-backing?) a solid droning signal into the ring modulator and out of the DL4 delay, then I'd get down and play my pedal board like an instrument. We called it the "knob solo" and it was super fun to do and hear.. alas, we're a 3-piece now instead of a 5-piece which makes most of my duties much more utilitarian.
Another super cool thing about these big Moogers is that each knob can be controlled via expression pedal- you can see that little one I built in the standing enclosure with the blue wheel below.
I used the wheel plugged into the MIX expression jack so that I could swell the effect in, rather than introducing it over a sharp threshold using the footswitch.
Contrasting the wild synth noises it can make, it also can do a very beautiful sounding tremolo that can be set to rhythmically speed up and slow down. This effect is subtle and difficult to dial in so I never used it live but it would be really great for recording ambient stuff in a very pretty way.
These effects are NOT just for guitar- I feel like you could plug almost anything in there and instantly be "cookin'."
The build quality is astonishing, seeing as it still works 100% after a rather unfair battle against a 1991 Crown Victoria station wagon.
CONS: it takes weird power, it takes up space, and the learning curve is a heckuvathing.. oh, and they go for crazy money these days- if you can afford one and it suits your vibe, then all the other cons are totally worth it!
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