So I'm trying to fit the behemoth of a foot controller that came with my Deizel on my board. But I just have too many pedals. I could probably just manage it if I switched my cables over to the pancake jack ones I made. The cable is Mogami W2319.
I stopped using them at one point, because they were causing my tone to get completely fucked - complete loss of high end and level. I am assuming some sort of capacitance or cable length issue. Using one of them at a time is fine, but stacking them up results in tonal molestation of the highest order.
I'm wondering if there is an ideal way to arrange my pedals so that this doesn't happen, utilising the buffers in the Boss pedals to keep the signal buffered. Any thoughts??
here is what I have:
Boss TU-2 (Buffered)
2x Boss DD-7 (Buffered)
Hardwire phaser (True Bypass)
Hardwire reverb (True Bypass)
Ernie Ball Vol. Jnr (True Bypass I guess??)
Budda Wah (True Bypass)
Boo Instruments TS808 Clone (True Bypass)
Or is this just a complete non-starter do you think? I can't put anymore pedals on the board, just don't have the room. I could have the amp footswitch on the floor, but it's pretty big and bulky... I'm trying to do this basically:
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
But with my pancake jack cables, I can't utilise them. I'll have a play around and try to figure out why it's happening.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The pancake cables are well made, and none of them have a short. This is something else I think. I made all the cables myself, including my regular REAN right-angled ones, so I'm fairly confident none of them are poorly soldered or anything like that.
Loads of people online recommend the Mogami cable, which is why I bought it! But it seems you have to be careful where you place them.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
But now there is no room for my volume pedal on the board. lol. FFS
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
REAN cables before and after the wah. It'll work for now I suppose, until I can figure out what direction I'm going in with my board. Actually with this config, the board is a bit quieter, and I no longer hear ticking pulses in the amp from my digital delays.
I was also vaguely considering one of these:
http://www.andertons.co.uk/footswitches/pid30221/cid583/decibel-eleven-switch-dr-midi-controller-38-loop-switcher.asp
http://www.andertons.co.uk/footswitches/pid27941/cid583/decibel-eleven-pedal-palette-multi-pedal-switcher.asp
Both would switch the amp via midi, allowing me to reduce the footprint of my board. They would also give me presets and bypass loopers for the pedals.
The Pedal Palette is interesting, because you can swap the loopers around. I had the rough notion that you could put the Diezel's preamp in one of the loops, and then use the pedal palette to put reverbs and delays before or after the preamp, before then going out the output and into the amps FX loop return.