Harry Klippton
Not Interested
I'm back to having my sunface back on my board for now. I need to make some new patch cables for the top row so I can fit my deco back on too
let's see your pedalboard!
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PunchySunshine
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I even got the ata case for it so now I don't have ANY excuses for not getting out to play!
Jazzwolf
Member
Some great builds on here!
Been working on this board for a while, and constantly tinker and it has evolved a ton and will likely still change.
The board is mounted in a old hardshell Samsonite suitcase. Powered by a TrueTone CS12 and a CIOKS 4 expansion. The power IEC power cord is mounted onto the case as well as stereo intput and output (TRS jacks). The lock has been removed and replaced with a jewel light indicator to show when the board is powered. There is also MIDI in and out is also on the side of the case. I did this so I can close it up and carry it to gigs like a suitcase.
I utilize the MC5 midi controlled switcher to loop my Overdrives and Volume pedal so I can control turning the loops on or off via midi. The Overdrive stack changes quite often, but currently it starts with a Jackson Audio Prism (on amp mode) to do some tone shaping and push my other overdrives. For my light overdrive it's the JHS Morning Glory then it goes into my med gain OD which is a DIY board I call Circadian (Super 64), next it goes to my DIY distortion I call Birthday (Informant).
After the volume it goes to a Saturworks buffered splitter which can send the signal to my Iridium and Tonex pedal then to my time based effects or it can skip the digital amps and go to my Modulation and Time based effects (Walrus M1, Strymon Timeline and Strymon BigSky) before hitting an amp at the end. This gives me options if I am running stereo through my amp modelers or if I am using my Benson Monarch in a traditional amp at the end mono mix. I can switch between those two setups with 1 TRS cable.
Ryan
Been working on this board for a while, and constantly tinker and it has evolved a ton and will likely still change.
The board is mounted in a old hardshell Samsonite suitcase. Powered by a TrueTone CS12 and a CIOKS 4 expansion. The power IEC power cord is mounted onto the case as well as stereo intput and output (TRS jacks). The lock has been removed and replaced with a jewel light indicator to show when the board is powered. There is also MIDI in and out is also on the side of the case. I did this so I can close it up and carry it to gigs like a suitcase.
I utilize the MC5 midi controlled switcher to loop my Overdrives and Volume pedal so I can control turning the loops on or off via midi. The Overdrive stack changes quite often, but currently it starts with a Jackson Audio Prism (on amp mode) to do some tone shaping and push my other overdrives. For my light overdrive it's the JHS Morning Glory then it goes into my med gain OD which is a DIY board I call Circadian (Super 64), next it goes to my DIY distortion I call Birthday (Informant).
After the volume it goes to a Saturworks buffered splitter which can send the signal to my Iridium and Tonex pedal then to my time based effects or it can skip the digital amps and go to my Modulation and Time based effects (Walrus M1, Strymon Timeline and Strymon BigSky) before hitting an amp at the end. This gives me options if I am running stereo through my amp modelers or if I am using my Benson Monarch in a traditional amp at the end mono mix. I can switch between those two setups with 1 TRS cable.
Ryan
DGWVI
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Back in my harsh noise days, I rocked a very similar briefcase style board. Seeing yours brings back fond, if hazy memories of the early 2000s
DGWVI
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Planning my board today. The upturned boxes will be a Triple DelayVerb (still finishing this up- I futzed the drilling on the enclosure, so waiting on the epoxy to cure), a Duophasivibe, and a (clean) Chalumeau (waiting on a shipment of 9203s to finish these two).
I'll play with physical order more as I begin to wire it up, but I don't think much will change
I'm also considering drilling into the board itself for a few FX loop inserts w/ power for testing and demo purposes, so I don't have to unplug or rearrange anything
I'll play with physical order more as I begin to wire it up, but I don't think much will change
I'm also considering drilling into the board itself for a few FX loop inserts w/ power for testing and demo purposes, so I don't have to unplug or rearrange anything
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Joben Magooch
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I don't remember if or when I've last posted board...
Signal chain:
Input to General Tso's/Fat General (red pedal in middle)
General Tso's to SubNup
SubNup to Pro-10 Dual/Protein (olive green)
Pro-10 to Informant/DRV (blue with the shameless 1981 ripoff label)
Informant to Cleaver/Katana (brown one-knobber)
Cleaver to VP
VP to Mobius
Mobius to Timeline
Timeline to Bigsky
Bigsky to Iridium
It's been a pretty fun little project. I built the board itself, the top is hinged to allow access to the underside where all signal and power wiring is routed around...Using all Mogami 2314 for signal wiring. The three big-box Strymons are using their own power supplies, everything else is powered off a Truetone CS7 (TBH, it can power just about the whole thing except this particular timeline is very finicky about power for some reason). Mono up until the Mobius, then from Mobius on is stereo.
I just added the DMC4 midi controller the other day. I've had probably a half-dozen disaster area controllers and a couple Morningstar ones in the past, too. Really happy with all of them but have often convinced myself I can get by just fine with a "dumb" aux switch (just a few momentary footswitches for banking, etc). Which has sometimes been true, but with all three big boxes to manage it gets a little clunky to use a 3-button aux switch for all three. Morningstar's stuff is way nicer and can do SO much more but I don't need most of its functionality; the DMC controllers can do less but are a little more straightforward to configure and get up and going with as they're a lot more limited in function. I kind of liken it to the Disaster Area stuff being like iPhone and Morningstar is like Android. Morningstar can do a lot more but requires more configuration/setup and if you don't know what you're doing you can mess stuff up or just have weird errors. Disaster Area can't do as much but more or less "just works" and is just about plug and play.
In addition to making (and buying/selling/trading/trying new pedals) I really like working on pedalboard "infrastructure" too. I built probably half a dozen prototype boards before settling on this one and I'm still not 100% on it, but it works okay. I'd never tolexed anything before and it's not held up great to gigging, already a lot of rips/tears. Oh well. It has spots for six D-panel jacks on the sides. One side has locking Powercon input, locking 1/4" guitar input, and a USB passthrough to a charge block underneath. The other side has locking L/R 1/4" outputs, and a locking TRS headphone output too. I made all the cables too as I find that quite fun - audio, power, and midi (Midi is kind of a pain though. So many small conductors).
I'm mostly quite content with the selections otherwise, although I keep going back and forth on the Iridium...I had an HX stomp, sold for an iridium...sold and got an HX stomp again, and then sold that and am back on Iridium...and thinking about going back to HX stomp again
We'll see. The stomp has a lot of pros, but the iridium is pretty straightforward and IMO a little easier to tweak on the fly if needed. And my disaster controller is a Gen2 which doesn't work with HX stomp, so I'd need to get a new controller. We'll see.....
Signal chain:
Input to General Tso's/Fat General (red pedal in middle)
General Tso's to SubNup
SubNup to Pro-10 Dual/Protein (olive green)
Pro-10 to Informant/DRV (blue with the shameless 1981 ripoff label)
Informant to Cleaver/Katana (brown one-knobber)
Cleaver to VP
VP to Mobius
Mobius to Timeline
Timeline to Bigsky
Bigsky to Iridium
It's been a pretty fun little project. I built the board itself, the top is hinged to allow access to the underside where all signal and power wiring is routed around...Using all Mogami 2314 for signal wiring. The three big-box Strymons are using their own power supplies, everything else is powered off a Truetone CS7 (TBH, it can power just about the whole thing except this particular timeline is very finicky about power for some reason). Mono up until the Mobius, then from Mobius on is stereo.
I just added the DMC4 midi controller the other day. I've had probably a half-dozen disaster area controllers and a couple Morningstar ones in the past, too. Really happy with all of them but have often convinced myself I can get by just fine with a "dumb" aux switch (just a few momentary footswitches for banking, etc). Which has sometimes been true, but with all three big boxes to manage it gets a little clunky to use a 3-button aux switch for all three. Morningstar's stuff is way nicer and can do SO much more but I don't need most of its functionality; the DMC controllers can do less but are a little more straightforward to configure and get up and going with as they're a lot more limited in function. I kind of liken it to the Disaster Area stuff being like iPhone and Morningstar is like Android. Morningstar can do a lot more but requires more configuration/setup and if you don't know what you're doing you can mess stuff up or just have weird errors. Disaster Area can't do as much but more or less "just works" and is just about plug and play.
In addition to making (and buying/selling/trading/trying new pedals) I really like working on pedalboard "infrastructure" too. I built probably half a dozen prototype boards before settling on this one and I'm still not 100% on it, but it works okay. I'd never tolexed anything before and it's not held up great to gigging, already a lot of rips/tears. Oh well. It has spots for six D-panel jacks on the sides. One side has locking Powercon input, locking 1/4" guitar input, and a USB passthrough to a charge block underneath. The other side has locking L/R 1/4" outputs, and a locking TRS headphone output too. I made all the cables too as I find that quite fun - audio, power, and midi (Midi is kind of a pain though. So many small conductors).
I'm mostly quite content with the selections otherwise, although I keep going back and forth on the Iridium...I had an HX stomp, sold for an iridium...sold and got an HX stomp again, and then sold that and am back on Iridium...and thinking about going back to HX stomp again
We'll see. The stomp has a lot of pros, but the iridium is pretty straightforward and IMO a little easier to tweak on the fly if needed. And my disaster controller is a Gen2 which doesn't work with HX stomp, so I'd need to get a new controller. We'll see.....
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jhaneyzz
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I don't remember if or when I've last posted board...
Signal chain:
Input to General Tso's/Fat General (red pedal in middle)
General Tso's to SubNup
SubNup to Pro-10 Dual/Protein (olive green)
Pro-10 to Informant/DRV (blue with the shameless 1981 ripoff label)
Informant to Cleaver/Katana (brown one-knobber)
Cleaver to VP
VP to Mobius
Mobius to Timeline
Timeline to Bigsky
Bigsky to Iridium
It's been a pretty fun little project. I built the board itself, the top is hinged to allow access to the underside where all signal and power wiring is routed around...Using all Mogami 2314 for signal wiring. The three big-box Strymons are using their own power supplies, everything else is powered off a Truetone CS7 (TBH, it can power just about the whole thing except this particular timeline is very finicky about power for some reason). Mono up until the Mobius, then from Mobius on is stereo.
I just added the DMC4 midi controller the other day. I've had probably a half-dozen disaster area controllers and a couple Morningstar ones in the past, too. Really happy with all of them but have often convinced myself I can get by just fine with a "dumb" aux switch (just a few momentary footswitches for banking, etc). Which has sometimes been true, but with all three big boxes to manage it gets a little clunky to use a 3-button aux switch for all three. Morningstar's stuff is way nicer and can do SO much more but I don't need most of its functionality; the DMC controllers can do less but are a little more straightforward to configure and get up and going with as they're a lot more limited in function. I kind of liken it to the Disaster Area stuff being like iPhone and Morningstar is like Android. Morningstar can do a lot more but requires more configuration/setup and if you don't know what you're doing you can mess stuff up or just have weird errors. Disaster Area can't do as much but more or less "just works" and is just about plug and play.
In addition to making (and buying/selling/trading/trying new pedals) I really like working on pedalboard "infrastructure" too. I built probably half a dozen prototype boards before settling on this one and I'm still not 100% on it, but it works okay. I'd never tolexed anything before and it's not held up great to gigging, already a lot of rips/tears. Oh well. It has spots for six D-panel jacks on the sides. One side has locking Powercon input, locking 1/4" guitar input, and a USB passthrough to a charge block underneath. The other side has locking L/R 1/4" outputs, and a locking TRS headphone output too. I made all the cables too as I find that quite fun - audio, power, and midi (Midi is kind of a pain though. So many small conductors).
I'm mostly quite content with the selections otherwise, although I keep going back and forth on the Iridium...I had an HX stomp, sold for an iridium...sold and got an HX stomp again, and then sold that and am back on Iridium...and thinking about going back to HX stomp again
We'll see. The stomp has a lot of pros, but the iridium is pretty straightforward and IMO a little easier to tweak on the fly if needed. And my disaster controller is a Gen2 which doesn't work with HX stomp, so I'd need to get a new controller. We'll see.....
Very cool board. lots of grit and endless strymon goodness.
Good thing you make money on the appreciation every time you swap between Iridiium and HX, otherwise that would get expensive.
jhaneyzz
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Danger Mouse! I love Danger Mouse.....A whole bunch of changes since the last pic on 11th October. A couple of additions: firstly, the Zoom MS60B now sits in a bypass loop, making it easier to drop in and out of patches; and secondly, there's the Behringer BDI, which allows me to add a bit of crunch if I want but also sits there as an emergency DI just in case (it'll do until I can afford a Sansamp or some such). I've made a new buffered mute switch which now sits at the front of the chain. And it's all on a new board, with the power supply hidden underneath (its telltale LED is visible between the Zoom and the BDI). At some point I've got to take it all apart and paint the board, but for the moment I simply CBAView attachment 40525
We had a bit of a DM cult going at my dorm in college...
vigilante398
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My board had been close to completion (whatever that means lol) for a while now and I finally got the last of my cables in to get it finished up.
Tubes. Tubes and a Whammy.
Tubes. Tubes and a Whammy.
Mentaltossflycoon
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I'll just be over here convincing myself that my life is complete without a tube octaver.
vigilante398
Authorized Vendor
Tube octaves can't buy happiness, but if you crank your tube octave loud enough you can't hear whatever was making you sad.
Musikermomo
Member
Indian named pedals. Only two pedalpcb effects: hydra delay and electrovibe 
. The rest is mostly aionfx and some other layouts from the web.
Wah - tonebender MK2/1.5 - Rangenaster - univibe - pearl OC-7 - Klone - 4 transistor germanium fuzz - filterfx - varioboost - hydra delay - amz mini booster
. The rest is mostly aionfx and some other layouts from the web.Wah - tonebender MK2/1.5 - Rangenaster - univibe - pearl OC-7 - Klone - 4 transistor germanium fuzz - filterfx - varioboost - hydra delay - amz mini booster
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Alan W
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Just reconfigured mine; still on temporary risers I made until I feel more certain. (I’m starting a collection of various pedalboards I’ve built in the attic, and have been surprised at how long this 30 minute to make set of boards has been just fine.)
The Pot snd Kettle just replaced a Revival Drive Custom and a Transcendance Boost. I’ve had the Trancendance (or it’s big brother, the Holy Fire) on my board for at least a decade, and didn’t expect to ever pull it off. Chain is Fire Bottle (should be first, has impedance settings to match various guitars), LA-1A, Mercurial, Tso, Chop Shop, Volume Pedal (Zeppelin frictionless mod to the Ernie Ball), Tube Vibe, Ceasar Chorus, Phasor II, Reticon, Pendulum, Pot and Kettle, Equilux, Deep Sea, Future Factory, AmbI-Space, and finally Meet Maude.
My plan is to put most of the pedals on a vertical rack, a bit longer than the shelf I have up on the tripod; thinking 4 shelves high, but this will mean a series of loops. I’d make a small footboard, with 4 or 5 “essentials”— pretty much a take to jams size, with a loop switcher behind it to bring in the rack.
I do plan on eventually painting and decorating the bare enclosures. I have some test designs (just back painted, laser printed film) on several of them.
The Pot snd Kettle just replaced a Revival Drive Custom and a Transcendance Boost. I’ve had the Trancendance (or it’s big brother, the Holy Fire) on my board for at least a decade, and didn’t expect to ever pull it off. Chain is Fire Bottle (should be first, has impedance settings to match various guitars), LA-1A, Mercurial, Tso, Chop Shop, Volume Pedal (Zeppelin frictionless mod to the Ernie Ball), Tube Vibe, Ceasar Chorus, Phasor II, Reticon, Pendulum, Pot and Kettle, Equilux, Deep Sea, Future Factory, AmbI-Space, and finally Meet Maude.
My plan is to put most of the pedals on a vertical rack, a bit longer than the shelf I have up on the tripod; thinking 4 shelves high, but this will mean a series of loops. I’d make a small footboard, with 4 or 5 “essentials”— pretty much a take to jams size, with a loop switcher behind it to bring in the rack.
I do plan on eventually painting and decorating the bare enclosures. I have some test designs (just back painted, laser printed film) on several of them.
bifurcation
Well-known member
Sadly missing any homemade pedals at the moment, but here's my current doom setup (... and my cat, Nephilim.)
Harry Klippton
Not Interested
I always wanted a freqout
Paradox916
Well-known member
Going super simple right now, no frills and no amp! Straight aggression, gate(muzzle)comp(Kompromat)OD(oasis) tube preamp(modified Blackeye)…we will see how this holds up.
Erik S
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Indian named pedals. Only two pedalpcb effects: hydra delay and electrovibe
Wah - tonebender MK2/1.5 - Rangenaster - univibe - pearl OC-7 - Klone - 4 transistor germanium fuzz - filterfx - varioboost - hydra delay - amz mini booster
Those clean simple text layouts look excellent.
Phil hodson
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How are you finding that focusrite? Can I ask what software you’re running it into?