BOSS pedals revisited.

Modellista

Snags said:

This thread needs a pic of @Modellista 's Boss mini-board that did sterling duty at Huddersfield recently ...

Good shout.



This came together after I realised I had a enough Boss pedals to pick out a nice little board, which covered all the bases with the minimum of fuss.  The chorus is just a classic sound, nails the big Guns 'n Roses humbucker chorus sound.  The phaser is needed occasionally, there's a load of different sounds in there.  The OD-1X covers a lot of bases.  Yes it's digital, but that makes it more versatile in my opinion, it really does seem to keep a clarity at higher gain levels that can be lost in  more traditional pedals, and it cleans up nicely with the volume control.  Silver screw is a cheeky touch.  And the DM-2w is simply gorgeous.  There's not a bad sound in it.  I need to connect an expression pedal and make some crazy noises!

Pedaltrain Nano, no velcro and colour coded patch cables FTW.

I did have a thought of doing another one, maybe with a distortion, digital delay and possibly a pitch shifter for a more wacky board.  

PS Don't mind the jizz on the table.

NorthernStomps

Modellista said:

Snags said:

This thread needs a pic of @Modellista 's Boss mini-board that did sterling duty at Huddersfield recently ...

Good shout.



This came together after I realised I had a enough Boss pedals to pick out a nice little board, which covered all the bases with the minimum of fuss.  The chorus is just a classic sound, nails the big Guns 'n Roses humbucker chorus sound.  The phaser is needed occasionally, there's a load of different sounds in there.  The OD-1X covers a lot of bases.  Yes it's digital, but that makes it more versatile in my opinion, it really does seem to keep a clarity at higher gain levels that can be lost in  more traditional pedals, and it cleans up nicely with the volume control.  Silver screw is a cheeky touch.  And the DM-2w is simply gorgeous.  There's not a bad sound in it.  I need to connect an expression pedal and make some crazy noises!

Pedaltrain Nano, no velcro and colour coded patch cables FTW.

I did have a thought of doing another one, maybe with a distortion, digital delay and possibly a pitch shifter for a more wacky board.  

PS Don't mind the jizz on the table.

But why are they on the wonk?

ICBM

Modellista said:

Silver screw is a cheeky touch.

Am I the only one who hates the silver screw? I had one on a BB-1X as well, changed it for the proper black one! Same with an early CE-2.

The colour-coded patch cables is something I would do as well .

NorthernStomps said:

But why are they on the wonk?

So they fit closer together . Very neat.

JDE

I hate the silver screw too. My first “modern vintage” (lol) pedal was a silver screw DS1 I bought used in around 1998. before my nerd status was duly attained (2005), i assumed the previous owner had put their own thumb turn on, so I bought a “proper” black one from Roland to match my chorus and tremolo so I threw the silver one away when the new one arrived....

Barnezy

Here’s someone who knows a thing or two about pedals - https://youtu.be/Zg6JYTbt0d4

sgosden

Modellista said:

Snags said:

This thread needs a pic of @Modellista 's Boss mini-board that did sterling duty at Huddersfield recently ...

Good shout.



This came together after I realised I had a enough Boss pedals to pick out a nice little board, which covered all the bases with the minimum of fuss.  The chorus is just a classic sound, nails the big Guns 'n Roses humbucker chorus sound.  The phaser is needed occasionally, there's a load of different sounds in there.  The OD-1X covers a lot of bases.  Yes it's digital, but that makes it more versatile in my opinion, it really does seem to keep a clarity at higher gain levels that can be lost in  more traditional pedals, and it cleans up nicely with the volume control.  Silver screw is a cheeky touch.  And the DM-2w is simply gorgeous.  There's not a bad sound in it.  I need to connect an expression pedal and make some crazy noises!

Pedaltrain Nano, no velcro and colour coded patch cables FTW.

I did have a thought of doing another one, maybe with a distortion, digital delay and possibly a pitch shifter for a more wacky board.  

PS Don't mind the jizz on the table.

I'm very liking the colour matched cables.

DrJazzTap

Boss stuff is great. Not a fan of the distortion pedals but the ph1r and cs1 are two pedals i regret shifting.

thermionic

Very nice, but how do they stay in place with no Velcro?

NorthernStomps

You guys seem the Waza Craft Space Echo compact pedal just been announced!

NorthernStomps

NorthernStomps said:

You guys seem the Waza Craft Space Echo compact pedal just been announced!

Never mind it’s fake

Got mega excited and forgot to engage brain 

sgosden

NorthernStomps said:

NorthernStomps said:

You guys seem the Waza Craft Space Echo compact pedal just been announced!

Never mind it’s fake

Got mega excited and forgot to engage brain 

I saw the mock up of it somewhere, also got excited for a second.
They'd have to do a good job on it now if they do, to compete with volante

builttospill

https://www.musicradar.com/news/this-could-be-the-best-compact-boss-space-echo-pedal-youll-never-be-able-to-buy Damn this!!

Caffeine_Vampire

builttospill said:

https://www.musicradar.com/news/this-could-be-the-best-compact-boss-space-echo-pedal-youll-never-be-able-to-buy Damn this!!

Whoah!!! I could be all over that. 

Caffeine_Vampire

Ugh. Fake. Heartbroken. 

ICBM

thermionic said:

Very nice, but how do they stay in place with no Velcro?

I'm guessing screws. Remove two diagonally opposite screws from the pedal, drill holes in the pedalboard, and refit using longer screws of the same thread... that's how I do all mine. Rock-solid.

thermionic

Ah of course. Super-neat overall.