Fingolfen
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Truetone 1 SPOT PRO CS12
Show Off Your Board!
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GizzWizzKing
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YES! It is a bit of a sleeper. Versatile with loads of usable sounds and some really out there sounds. I looked at it last night and thought about a possible rehouse for it.
jwyles90
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I'll admit, I've been doing a lot more playing than building these days (shame on me I know). Here are the three boards I've been making noises with lately:
Main Board:
I use this as a "cover all my bases" board, as I can get pretty much all the sounds I want out of it and I have a lot of fun with it. The only homemade pedal I have on this one is the second from the right pedal on the top row, which is the Shallow Water. Tons of fun to build and actually fired up right away, which I was surprised by. The Thermae is the newest addition to the board. I'd been gassing after it for a long time and wound up grabbing one once I saw that they started doing orders for it again. It can do some really cool, pitch shifty chirpy awesomeness but if I'm being honest I'm still having a hard time really dialing it in. When it sounds good it sounds freaking good, but it doesn't really do a normal delay line like I'm used to so it can be tough to get something useable out of it sometimes.
Meat & Potatoes Homemade Board:
I think I posted this one here a while back, but this is my all homemade, meat and potatoes kinda board. From right to left I've got the General Tso compressor, Special K distortion, Circulator phaser, Magnetron delay, and Spirit Box reverb. I also put together the board itself using some wood glue and staining, so that was pretty rewarding once it was all complete.
Weird Noises board:
Finally we've got my "make weird noises and zen out for a bit" board. I found that with the Chase Bliss pedals, I would usually wind up twiddling knobs more than actually playing, so I decided to make a mini-board that was dedicated to doing exactly that. It's sooo easy to just hit few notes, let the Mood and Habit do their thing and then see what else I can make happen with it. I sometimes wonder if it even counts as playing guitar, but ultimately it doesn't really matter if I'm having a lot of fun with it (which I generally am).
Anyways, sorry for the lengthy post but I couldn't help it! My partner can only listen to me talk about the nuances and differences of each board for so long.
Main Board:
I use this as a "cover all my bases" board, as I can get pretty much all the sounds I want out of it and I have a lot of fun with it. The only homemade pedal I have on this one is the second from the right pedal on the top row, which is the Shallow Water. Tons of fun to build and actually fired up right away, which I was surprised by. The Thermae is the newest addition to the board. I'd been gassing after it for a long time and wound up grabbing one once I saw that they started doing orders for it again. It can do some really cool, pitch shifty chirpy awesomeness but if I'm being honest I'm still having a hard time really dialing it in. When it sounds good it sounds freaking good, but it doesn't really do a normal delay line like I'm used to so it can be tough to get something useable out of it sometimes.
Meat & Potatoes Homemade Board:
I think I posted this one here a while back, but this is my all homemade, meat and potatoes kinda board. From right to left I've got the General Tso compressor, Special K distortion, Circulator phaser, Magnetron delay, and Spirit Box reverb. I also put together the board itself using some wood glue and staining, so that was pretty rewarding once it was all complete.
Weird Noises board:
Finally we've got my "make weird noises and zen out for a bit" board. I found that with the Chase Bliss pedals, I would usually wind up twiddling knobs more than actually playing, so I decided to make a mini-board that was dedicated to doing exactly that. It's sooo easy to just hit few notes, let the Mood and Habit do their thing and then see what else I can make happen with it. I sometimes wonder if it even counts as playing guitar, but ultimately it doesn't really matter if I'm having a lot of fun with it (which I generally am).
Anyways, sorry for the lengthy post but I couldn't help it! My partner can only listen to me talk about the nuances and differences of each board for so long.
Fingolfen
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I'm actually working on a secondary board for lessons, etc. right now as well!
Harry Klippton
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jwyles90
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Nice! It's funny, when I first started getting into pedals, I told myself I'd refrain from having one of those huge spaceship-type boards. Seems like I just wound up with multiple smaller ones insteadI'm actually working on a secondary board for lessons, etc. right now as well!
vigilante398
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Tubes, tubes, and more tubes. And a Whammy.
Mentaltossflycoon
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What? No tube whammy?
vigilante398
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I mean obviously I thought about it. But unfortunately I don't think I could fit it into the enclosure, and a scratch-design for a whammy is beyond my mechanical abilities.
Dan0h
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It seems every 6months my daily driver board changes a bit. Here’s the current version which delivers all the sounds I love for daily riffage. I have a second board full of all the oddball stuff that is fun and useful but just not for daily use. And then the boxes of extras…. Damn this addiction damn damn, i just enjoy building things too much.
For the curious: Parentheses mini, Mojito, Pro10 blue side, Total Recall, Vesture, Equilux, Trembling Loon, Sproing.
For the curious: Parentheses mini, Mojito, Pro10 blue side, Total Recall, Vesture, Equilux, Trembling Loon, Sproing.
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kristopher
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I love knobs without labels too.
Tuner into a Fuzz Factory (GuitarPCB) with a Mercurial. To the Octron, Quaverato, PT2399 Tap Tempo dirty tape Delay built by someone in Alberta, called Fragmenter Elec.
To the Circulator, CrackleJack x2 with a Sproing, into a BYOC Para EQ, Split by the Radial AB/Y, one side into the EHX loop, and out to a Traynor Darkhorse, the other channel to another Traynor Darkhorse. Powered by a Truetone Pro CS12.
I've rearranged and rebuilt my board a dozen times over the last few years. For the last while, this has been it. And I hope it stays like this. But that damn monkey keeps slipping me hints.
Tuner into a Fuzz Factory (GuitarPCB) with a Mercurial. To the Octron, Quaverato, PT2399 Tap Tempo dirty tape Delay built by someone in Alberta, called Fragmenter Elec.
To the Circulator, CrackleJack x2 with a Sproing, into a BYOC Para EQ, Split by the Radial AB/Y, one side into the EHX loop, and out to a Traynor Darkhorse, the other channel to another Traynor Darkhorse. Powered by a Truetone Pro CS12.
I've rearranged and rebuilt my board a dozen times over the last few years. For the last while, this has been it. And I hope it stays like this. But that damn monkey keeps slipping me hints.
Locrian99
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Most recent incarnation.
Chain goes
Tuner
Swah from guitarpcb
Mystery meat PPCB
Aphrodite PPCB
Blue Steele MBP
OCD clone from coda effects (with diode switch)
Black Russian Muff on vero
6 band eq PPCB
Circulator PPCB
Depths clone on vero
Caesar PPCB
Magnetron PPCB
Boss RV-6
Chain goes
Tuner
Swah from guitarpcb
Mystery meat PPCB
Aphrodite PPCB
Blue Steele MBP
OCD clone from coda effects (with diode switch)
Black Russian Muff on vero
6 band eq PPCB
Circulator PPCB
Depths clone on vero
Caesar PPCB
Magnetron PPCB
Boss RV-6
Bricksnbeatles
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Lifeson signature LP access?
Fingolfen
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Well spotted... yes, the Epiphone version... not the OG (Original Gibson)
Bricksnbeatles
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Always wanted one of those. It’s a shame they’ve gone up so much in price— nearly $2k these days
Fingolfen
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Dang... they'd "only" gone up to about $1400 last time I'd checked...
Harry Klippton
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Hello fellow polara user. Nice amp too
joelorigo
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I got the Polara after I hear Dave Friedman say you good I sounds over and over again on the Tone Talk podcast. I like it! Although it is hard to read the text.Hello fellow polara user. Nice amp too
Thanks, that Vox is pretty cool. I have been using it stereo out of the Octaswitch with a Deluxe Reverb.