One brand only...?

viz

Keeley (and a Morley wah)

AustrianJohn

Mostly BOSS: BD2, RV6, CH1, DD7, then a MS-100BT that I really only use as a tuner and a Gunshot, 'cos if your on FB you really need something from ThorpyFX.

Voxman

I have a mixture but my conventional pedal board just has budget pedals ... Three Boss (TU12H tuner, CS3 compressor, GE-7), a Behringer TO800 vintage tube overdrive, and 3 Marshall pedals..Guvn'r2+, EH1 Echohead, RG1 Regenerator. I also have a JH1 Jackhammer and BB2 Bluesbreaker back in their boxes.

In my mini pedal board for the fx loop of my AD120VTX Valvetronix, I have a BBE Sonic Stomp Maximiser, BBE Boosta Grand, and Behringer EQ700. 

Other pedals include a Joe Webb Quasitap, MXR Noiseclamp, Vox V847 Wah (chrome case), and Coloursound passive volume pedal. I also have a vintage 1970's Vox Super Phase that I think was a vox clone version of an Aria RE-90 Super Phaser / Arbiter Soundhouse Super Phaser / Hi-Max Phase Shifter.

Boss switches are the best, as has been said already, and I like that all their fx pedals are buffered.

Because I don't gig that much at the moment and mainly use my Vox Tonelab LE/SE anyway, I don't really need to build a quality pedal board and frankly don't have the desire or patience to do so...but all kudos to those that have. 

ICBM

Grunfeld said:

ICBM said:

But I may still be tempted to give a Boss V-Wah another go...

I know they get a lot of derision but I used one for ages and it's fine as long as you just stick with the wah and leave the distortion alone.  (Although if anyone could get a usable sound from it I guess it would be you!)  I put the precaution of a big blob of blu-tack on the distortion knob to stop it accidentally switching on. 
The wah is perfectly wah-y with some varied voicing; the distortion is seriously... unique.*

* Never one to let a potential spam go just PM if you want to buy my old one.  And I could even supply another blob of blu-tack if required!

Thanks to Grunfeld, I now have a much-maligned Boss V-Wah!

First impressions are that as expected the wahs are great, the Univibe is OK, and the distortion is crap.

But…

It's probably the least intuitive piece of equipment to programme that I've come across in a long time. If you actually read the manual, it becomes clear that you can in fact (after much knob-setting, powering off, button pushing and powering on again!) actually tweak it quite a lot, and find some much better sounds in it than the factory settings. In particular, there is a clean boost mode which is very useful, especially if you combine it with setting the memory mode to single, rather than triple… this means that the heel switch then effectively becomes a boost on-off switch, provided you're using the same manual wah setting as the memory. Complicated? You bet! I can totally see why a lot of people give up in frustration, and I'm not yet sure I won't, but for now it looks like it *might* be possible to replace my Dunlop with it and finally achieve an all-Boss board .

TTBZ

Each new pedal I get now will most likely be a Boss - just really like the switches and design. So much better than almost everything else which you need to be more precise with when switching to make sure you don't nudge the knobs. Can't be arsed with boutique bollocks any more, better to have the tried and tested utilitarian stuff. Only exception will be for a dunlop if I want a wah, and digitech if I want pitch shifting. 

I've only got a DD7 at the minute but will be replacing my tubescreamer clone with an SD1 soon. Pitchblack is on its way out as well so I'll just get a TU3. Only annoyance is that the dd7 defaults to on when the power is plugged in, they all like that?

prlgmnr

Just for the whimsy of it I decided my mini board must feature any brand only once.

prlgmnr

Having said that, a board which features EVERY brand exactly once might be fun too.

ICBM

TTBZ said:

Only annoyance is that the dd7 defaults to on when the power is plugged in, they all like that?

No - a few do, most default to off. I've never actually bothered to find out why since I always make sure the pedal turns on and off properly when I start, so it doesn't matter.

Ro_S

I can't ever imagine me having a single brand pedalboard.   If I had to, though, I'd choose EQD or EHX or maybe Way Huge.  But I'd need a wah.   

UnclePsychosis

ICBM said:

TTBZ said:

Only annoyance is that the dd7 defaults to on when the power is plugged in, they all like that?

No - a few do, most default to off. I've never actually bothered to find out why since I always make sure the pedal turns on and off properly when I start, so it doesn't matter.

-I always assumed that it's because the JFET they use is semi-stable. It seems fairly random whether or not they do it. Individual pedals are consistent but not across types. 

Cabicular

I like pedals to default to on
Very handy if you have a board and a switcher

shaunm

Not far off of one brand

https://imgur.com/a/BXKlN

Wazmeister

shaunm said:

Not far off of one brand

https://imgur.com/a/BXKlN

Nice board mate !

Wazmeister

Boss ? 

Yep, strong build quality and design... but I tried a few last year (RV6, DD7, SD1 etc) and so wanted to like them for convenience and cost... i must thought that they were 'ok', sadly...

Anyway, I could do a Chase Bliss or Bearfoot/BJFE board - but currently a Strymon is closest

shaunm

Wazmeister said:

shaunm said:

Not far off of one brand

https://imgur.com/a/BXKlN

Nice board mate !

Thanks @Wazmeister that gap is getting filled today with a deep blue delay. The Mad Proffesor site sells off their demo pedals cheap which I didn't know.

I could do a Dunlop/MXR board. Great reverb, fuzzface, take your pick with wah (Bonamassa or Cantrell), loads of decent modulation, a micro amp and one of their drives. 

Wazmeister

shaunm said:

Wazmeister said:

shaunm said:

Not far off of one brand

https://imgur.com/a/BXKlN

Nice board mate !

Thanks @Wazmeister that gap is getting filled today with a deep blue delay. The Mad Proffesor site sells off their demo pedals cheap which I didn't know.

I could do a Dunlop/MXR board. Great reverb, fuzzface, take your pick with wah (Bonamassa or Cantrell), loads of decent modulation, a micro amp and one of their drives. 

I never knew that mate about MP... I'd like a DBD too; it sounded awesome on the Schofield video.

shaunm

Wazmeister said:

shaunm said:

Wazmeister said:

shaunm said:

Not far off of one brand

https://imgur.com/a/BXKlN

Nice board mate !

Thanks @Wazmeister that gap is getting filled today with a deep blue delay. The Mad Proffesor site sells off their demo pedals cheap which I didn't know.

I could do a Dunlop/MXR board. Great reverb, fuzzface, take your pick with wah (Bonamassa or Cantrell), loads of decent modulation, a micro amp and one of their drives. 

I never knew that mate about MP... I'd like a DBD too; it sounded awesome on the Schofield video.

It did, I think we both darted on here to find one. 

They have loads of as they call them "b stock" pedals for sale. The DBD was £45 cheaper than an "a stock" one with the only difference being a scuff or two. It still has warranty. 

Unfortunately not not many other makers do this. I promptly checked! 

menamestom

Wazmeister said:

Boss ? 

Yep, strong build quality and design... but I tried a few last year (RV6, DD7, SD1 etc) and so wanted to like them for convenience and cost... i must thought that they were 'ok', sadly...

Anyway, I could do a Chase Bliss or Bearfoot/BJFE board - but currently a Strymon is closest

Good enough for most pro's though.  Just checked rig rundown, 8 out of the 10 I looked at had at least 1 Boss pedal, most had more, including DD7's and SD1's.

pintspiller

When I got my first Boss about 25 years ago I wanted a load of them. However, my disposable income was generally spent on cigs and beer, so I decided to go for the more affordable Ibanez Soundtank. I never got beyond a compressor though.

I do have a complete (I think) collection of Locobox floor effects. But don't use them, as I am a bassist these days. So all I use is a tuner.

crunchman

Now Strymon do drive pedals, it would have to be Strymon with a clip on headstock tuner.

If Boss come out with a Reverb version of the DD500 to compete with the Big Sky then that would be an option.