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mahler
02-03-2010, 04:00 PM
I know many cynics here will say wait until you get your next pedal :D but I do feel as my current rig is great and you should check some if not all of these pieces out.

Damage Control Solid Metal- Great organic drive and I find it can range from blue (using the pedal on low gain levels and working your picking technique) to hard rock and more.

The fuzzes:
Deep Trip Kryptone: A nice fuzz that's pretty trebly and pretty open (to my ears), nice thick gain capabilities.
Lumpy Tone Bender MKII: A really compressed thick, fuzz with perfect low end and treble, to me I think the tone bender can cover Big Muff tones too (I can do a nice gilmour with this tone bender).

The Delay:

Malekko 616, I'm really loving this delay and I think this will replace my repeater, nice modulation that goes from subtle to crazy, super quiet in terms of clock noise, and warm repeats.

The Wah:

CAE MC404: This one is a recent addition but this wah is super versatile and has awesome tones, enough said!

Anyone check any of these pedals out?

Anyone feel similar about their setup (mention your pedal setup if you are).

Is this just love?

Good Luck on your tone quest!

winkofaneye
02-03-2010, 04:15 PM
I am glad you are happy with yours,there is plenty of variation on your board.I am happy with mine too,the only thing I want is a Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay for some ambience.I realised that I could spend an eternity and a fortune chasing OD/Dirt pedals for the elusive extra special thing that TGP'ers are on about,and decided to learn to work with what I have.Here's my list,with the Deep Blue Delay coming soon-in order>

Fulltone Dejavibe(old gold one)
Chicago Iron Tychobrahe Octavia
Analogman NKT275 Sunface
Vox Wah with Stewart Castledine Board and Fulltone Pot
Hoochee Mama
Fulldrive 2 (old blue,non toggle)
Xotic RC Booster
Hughes And Kettner Rotosphere
Choral Flange
Demeter Tremulator
Strobostomp
Roger Mayer Crossroads Amp Splitter

I have a bunch of pedals that work great together in any combination,and I find them to work with lots of different amps,which is great when I am supplied with backline.I always set my amps to warm/clean then I use the RC to add/subtract highs and lows or to add a warmer clean tone when I have to play quietly ampwise,and to suit the room.I stack the fuzz with channel one of the FD2 for lead solo boost,and use the Hoochee for dirty chords,or the Sunface with the volume turned down a tad.The ChoralFlange I only use for the flange,as I prefer Leslie like chorus which I get from the Dejavibe or H+K Roto.The Demeter I find a great trem,even though its not true bypass and its the one with the flimsy switch.I will add the delay to just give ambience and space to the overall tone,but probably wont use it on all the time.

Thats me,I dont feel the need for anything else until one of the above dies....

mahler
02-03-2010, 06:31 PM
Love your setup winkofaneye and glad you are happy with it!

SackvilleDan
02-03-2010, 07:43 PM
I can't believe I'm first to say:

:worthless

mahler
02-03-2010, 07:51 PM
I can't believe I'm first to say:

:worthless

Tomorrow!

doralin
02-03-2010, 08:05 PM
Current setup:

Guitar
->
Line 6 G30 Relay
->
Zvex Lo-Fi Loop Junky
->
TheGigRig Pro-14 controlling 10 loops
Boss FV-500L controlling the expression inputs of the Goatkeeper and VMSD:
[
-> tuner out -> Sonic Research ST-200 Turbo Tuner
-> loop1
Subdecay Prometheus
-> loop2
Skreddy Ernie
-> loop3
Mojo Hand Creampie Deluxe
-> loop4

Lovepedal Kanji Classic Distortion (->) Lovepedal Kanji Eternity
-> loop5
Timmy
-> loop6

Mid-fi Electronics Pitch Pirate
-> loop7
EBS Red Twister
-> loop8
Lightfoot Labs Goatkeeper Tremolo
-> loop9
Analogman AR20DL XL
-> loop10
Clinch Fx EP-Pre (->) Empress Vintage Modified Superdelay
]
-> Pearce G2r -> 2 x 12 loaded with EVM 12Ls
-> Marshall JCM 900 2500 SL-X -> 4 x 12 loaded with Eminence Lady Luck

Have a D*A*M Sonic Titan on the way though.. so all may change

67blackcherry
02-03-2010, 09:42 PM
I know many cynics here will say wait until you get your next pedal :D but I do feel as my current rig is great and you should check some if not all of these pieces out.


Yeah, same here.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll141/67blackcherry/pedalboard.jpg

I am adding one more delay (DD3) and some sort of univibe pedal but that's it. This board has been in this configuration for the better part of 10 years and I'm very happy with it. If I hadn't seen that clip of Steve Stevens at NAMM using a KR Vibe on White Room, I wouldn't be adding a vibe.

The Kid
02-04-2010, 12:03 AM
Nice set ups here.

Mine is

Budda Wah > Turbo Tuner > Lizard Leg Flying Dragon > Hermida Zendrive > BJFe Honeybee > Caitlinbread Dirty Little Secret (@18V) > Timmy (@18V) > ClinchFX Ep-Pre > MXR Carbon Copy > Malekko Spring Chicken.

I'm an OD freak. I'm loving this set up and all of its stacking options. :)

deeohgee
02-04-2010, 08:30 PM
Almost there too:

Levinson Blade RH-1 w/Fender Fat 50s / Gibson Les Paul Studio Gem Series > MI Audio Pollyanna > CAE MC-404 Wah > Baja Tech Custom Bone Bender Mk1.5 > Barber 1/2 Gainer > Deep Trip BOG > TC Jauernig Luxury Drive > Roland RE-201 Space Echo > Crate V3112

Just waiting on a Cubist Effects Adrenochrome prototype - vibe from forumite cmog and the I'm all done (for now).