Post your dream 5-pedal board

stickyfiddle

I don't think I have a single do-all "dream setup" but... 

Current bass board: 

1. Shure wireless receiver/tuner
2. Origin Cali76 Bass
3. Boss OC5
4. EP Booster
5. Origin Bassrig SVT

Current guitar board: 

1. PT mini
2. Jan Ray
3. custom (less noisy and no volume drop) Small Stone clone
4. Origin Revival Compact
5. Strymon Deco

Potential 5-pedal board from stuff at home:

1. Thorpy BC108 Fallout
2. Spaceman Polaris
3. Asheville ACV-1 Chorus/Vibrato
   
4. Asheville ADG-1 Delay
5. Strymon Volante 

I think that would be a fun combo. Otherwise I'd switch the Volante for something chewy like the Origin Magma

willo

gatheredinsong said:

Me too. I also sold an EHX 16 Second Digital Delay around the same time as the Moogerfooger. I saw one in a shop recently 

Oh, you are kidding, me too! I bought the EHX from Hot Rox for (I think?) around 200 in 2005ish. Sold it for about the same a year later. I don't even want to look at the prices now.

I also turned down a Klon, a ZenDrive, and a KoT. So that's all gone well for me.

AntonHunter

willo said:

gatheredinsong said:

Me too. I also sold an EHX 16 Second Digital Delay around the same time as the Moogerfooger. I saw one in a shop recently 

Oh, you are kidding, me too! I bought the EHX from Hot Rox for (I think?) around 200 in 2005ish. Sold it for about the same a year later. I don't even want to look at the prices now.

I also turned down a Klon, a ZenDrive, and a KoT. So that's all gone well for me.

Can I ask if there's anything you'd played recently that you've decided to pass on? Just want to get in before the prices skyrocket ;-)

willo

AntonHunter said:

willo said:

gatheredinsong said:

Me too. I also sold an EHX 16 Second Digital Delay around the same time as the Moogerfooger. I saw one in a shop recently 

Oh, you are kidding, me too! I bought the EHX from Hot Rox for (I think?) around 200 in 2005ish. Sold it for about the same a year later. I don't even want to look at the prices now.

I also turned down a Klon, a ZenDrive, and a KoT. So that's all gone well for me.

Can I ask if there's anything you'd played recently that you've decided to pass on? Just want to get in before the prices skyrocket ;-)

Haha! My top tip would be a Gibson LP Studio in platinum. I sold mine in 2004? I think they made very few. So that's bound to be worth about a million quid once we find out Joe Bonamassa bought them all.

soma1975

Sabbadius Funky Vibe

Dustin Francis Ivor Fuzz Face

Chicago Iron Octavia

Some type of drive pedal no idea maybe the latest Duellist

SA Collider 

Neilybob

english_bob said:

Probably cheating, but what the hell. I'll cut down my current pedalboard.

Boss ES-5
Elektron Analog Drive
Line 6 M5 
Sonuus Voluum 
Boss DD-500

Dirt and delay is the bread and butter. The M5 can cover modulation, reverbs, pitch shifting etc. The Voluum does compression, tremolo and various volume-related stuff, but also transmits MIDI CC data for use as an expression pedal. I'll use the extra loop on the ES-5 for 4CM connection to my amp.

Oh, and both the M5 and the Voluum have built in tuners. I'll see which one I like better.

Having recently bought a Boss ES-5 I can see me going down the Sonuus/M5 route. Or maybe the new Line 6 POD Express.  

Alex2678

Barber Ltd, Thorpy Pulse Doppler, flashback 2, ge fuzz face and odr-1

robgilmo

SD-1
DS-1
CH-1
RC-3

And a DD- something or other when I have some pennies to spare.
Oh, and maybe a board.

Fez

Option one:
Korg tuner
TC hypergravity compressor mini
Thorpy Gunshot
Boss DD 3T
Ibanez phaser

If I could do without a tuner then spark mini after the gunshot.

Option two: ampless
Tuner
Compressor
Laney loud pedal
Flashback2 , Ibanez phaser - in the loop

Petepassion

This is my current board.
The three covered up are a tuner...replace with a clip on and the other two not currently used.
The Box of rock is the best gain pedal I've ever plugged into my AC50, the Timmy gives me fantastic leads/boost tones and really enjoying the latest addition of the DMM nano.

english_bob

Neilybob said:

english_bob said:

Probably cheating, but what the hell. I'll cut down my current pedalboard.

Boss ES-5
Elektron Analog Drive
Line 6 M5 
Sonuus Voluum 
Boss DD-500

Dirt and delay is the bread and butter. The M5 can cover modulation, reverbs, pitch shifting etc. The Voluum does compression, tremolo and various volume-related stuff, but also transmits MIDI CC data for use as an expression pedal. I'll use the extra loop on the ES-5 for 4CM connection to my amp.

Oh, and both the M5 and the Voluum have built in tuners. I'll see which one I like better.

Having recently bought a Boss ES-5 I can see me going down the Sonuus/M5 route. Or maybe the new Line 6 POD Express.  

I'm thinking of swapping the M5s out for something like an HXFX or HX Stomp- you can use their insert loops to put effects in two different places in the signal chain just like you can with two M5s. A Stomp might also make the whole thing capable of going ampless if I think it through properly, and would free up some pedalboard space...

The POD Express doesn't have MIDI, so I can't see it working so well for me- having MIDI doing a lot of the work is a big part of what I like about having the ES-5. YMMV, of course.

If you haven't already, check out TheGuacamoleXplosion's videos on Youtube. Lots of really helpful stuff about how to get the most out of the ES-5, M5 and Sonuus Voluum. His fault I bought all three!

cm01

My current board:

Latent Lemon Hurts - Lovepedal Amp 11 - Strymon Deco - Lovepedal Echobaby - Beetronics Buzzter 

Gassage

Cornish G2
Cornish GC1
Kingsley Page
TC SCF
Cornish TES.

Lestratcaster

I don't use pedals anymore and when I did it was only 3 but if I could have 5 it'd be the Boss Tuner, Ibanez Tubescreamer, Xotic SP Compressor, Boss Delay and TC HOF Reverb.

Neilybob

english_bob said:

Probably cheating, but what the hell. I'll cut down my current pedalboard.

Boss ES-5
Elektron Analog Drive
Line 6 M5 
Sonuus Voluum 
Boss DD-500

Dirt and delay is the bread and butter. The M5 can cover modulation, reverbs, pitch shifting etc. The Voluum does compression, tremolo and various volume-related stuff, but also transmits MIDI CC data for use as an expression pedal. I'll use the extra loop on the ES-5 for 4CM connection to my amp.

Oh, and both the M5 and the Voluum have built in tuners. I'll see which one I like better.

Having recently bought a Boss ES-5 I can see me going down the Sonuus/M5 route. Or maybe the new Line 6 POD 

mo6020

Mmn, tough one... I'm allowing for an external reverb tank or amp/trem in the amp...

• Analogman Sunface
• Cali76
• Hudson Broadcast 24v
• Greer Lightspeed
• Boss DM-2

Kurtis

Not again! 

Dirt
Dirt
Dirt
Delay 
Looper 

Matt_McG

Currently I use an HX Stomp with a few additional pedals. But, assuming I'm playing into an amp ...

* Compressor: ThorpyFX Fat General, or Mad Professor Forest Green
* Drive: Nobels ODR-1 (with bass cut) or the Nordland ODR-C
* Modulation: some kind of Harmonic Tremolo, e.g. Harmonious Monk, or the SurfyTrem
* Delay: something analogue-ish with modulation -- Delay Llama Extreme, or Skreddy Echo
* Reverb: Neunaber Immerse 

If I wasn't playing into an amp ... as above, but:

* Modulation: Origin Effects Magma 57 or RevivalTrem

Heartfeltdawn

https://i.imgur.com/9N0sXE8.png

Diamond Compressor Jr into SPX90 Reverse Gate pedal (bloody rare. One day I'll do a proper thread on it as it is shoegaze heaven). Skreddy Lunar Module Deluxe. Tim. Fractal FM3. Done. 

Neilybob

english_bob said:

Neilybob said:

english_bob said:

Probably cheating, but what the hell. I'll cut down my current pedalboard.

Boss ES-5
Elektron Analog Drive
Line 6 M5 
Sonuus Voluum 
Boss DD-500

Dirt and delay is the bread and butter. The M5 can cover modulation, reverbs, pitch shifting etc. The Voluum does compression, tremolo and various volume-related stuff, but also transmits MIDI CC data for use as an expression pedal. I'll use the extra loop on the ES-5 for 4CM connection to my amp.

Oh, and both the M5 and the Voluum have built in tuners. I'll see which one I like better.

Having recently bought a Boss ES-5 I can see me going down the Sonuus/M5 route. Or maybe the new Line 6 POD Express.  

I'm thinking of swapping the M5s out for something like an HXFX or HX Stomp- you can use their insert loops to put effects in two different places in the signal chain just like you can with two M5s. A Stomp might also make the whole thing capable of going ampless if I think it through properly, and would free up some pedalboard space...

The POD Express doesn't have MIDI, so I can't see it working so well for me- having MIDI doing a lot of the work is a big part of what I like about having the ES-5. YMMV, of course.

If you haven't already, check out TheGuacamoleXplosion's videos on Youtube. Lots of really helpful stuff about how to get the most out of the ES-5, M5 and Sonuus Voluum. His fault I bought all three!

Brilliant! 

If you are letting go of the M5 hit me up! 

Now I want TheGuacamoleXplosion's board! Seems amazingly thought out and put together.  A swiss army knife board for sure!