Your Ultimate/Fantasy board

kjdowd

OK - I'm a long way down the modelling rabbit hole at the moment, and very happy with my AX8, but it doesn't stop a man from dreaming, so I was thinking about my ultimate board from pedals that I have owned or like the look of (any that I've not owned are marked with an asterix, out of interest). Based on boards I've built before, I've modelled my ultimate board around a Gigrig G2, just to give it a framework and a format (and some limitations) really. Be really interested in your choices. Mine below:

Before the looper - Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah
Loop 1 - Compressor - Dinosaural OTC201
Loop 2 - Modulation - Lovepedal Vibronaut
Loop 3 - Boost - Analog.man Beano Boost
Loop 4 - Drive - Klon KTR
Loop 5 - Drive - Analog.man KOT
Loop 6 - Fuzz - Muffroom Cloud (pre-lawsuit, natch...)
Loop 7 - Mod - Strymon Mobius
Loop 8 - Delay - analog.man ardx20*
Loop 9  - Delay - Strymon Timeline
Loop 10 - Reverb - Strymon BigSky
In the Volume send/return - Mission Volume Pedal, Suhr Koko Boost

Possible substitutions

Loop 1 - Compressor - Effectrode PCA-2A
Loop 4 - Drive - Lovepedal Amp1
Loop 5 - Drive - Fulltone OCD
Loop 6 - Fuzz - Hudson Broadcast
Loop 8 - Delay - Chase Bliss Tonal Recall*

What would you do in (roughly) the same format?

frank1985

an entire board of mooger foogers. i'd also throw in a theremin (moog etherwave) to control the pedals.

shaunm

If it was based totally around fantasy then I wouldn't need any drive pedals as id be able to turn my amps up as loud as I wanted and use that drive tone.

Other than that it's a FuzzFace, a delay, trem and reverb. 

Oh and maybe a treble booster, oh and maybe a phaser, oh and maybe a flanger.

Other than that I'm a total purist, just guitar into amp for me......

meltedbuzzbox

frank1985 said:

an entire board of mooger foogers. i'd also throw in a theremin (moog etherwave) to control the pedals.

@frank1985 it is great fun but you need a damn big board

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/meltedbuzzbox/8815a4d7-d287-49c2-bce9-a9f45f6ca0fd_zpsddwux6gw.jpg

I couldn't get them all on a pedaltrain pro

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/meltedbuzzbox/IMG_20151220_222248_zpsxihx3kql.jpg

the mf101 and mf102 have an always on gain stage so they can drive your signal and give you an edge of break up sound that is a bit of a faff to manage as they boost each other.

They are the only pedals I have ever seen that you can play without a guitar, the Mf101 has about 2 or 3 octaves of notes it can generate without any input source. 

but anyway, they are well worth getting hold of, they are truly unique and they do trounce everything else. Anything from beautiful sweet modulaton to total bat shit mental in the sweep of a control (or expression pedal)
Each one adds 1kg of weight to your board. Not fun when you have to climb three flights of stairs with it all in a flight case. 

meltedbuzzbox

I would love an all Lovetone board, maybe when the prices calm down a bit I will grab some.
I'd love a meatball and a doppelganger

Gassage

I have it already.

DanR

Before the looper - Jerry Cantrell Wah
Loop 1 - Archer - set with some drive
Loop 2 - JHS Colour Box
Loop 3 - Friedman BE-OD
Loop 4 - Made by Mike DreamBox.
Loop 5 - Archer - set as clean boost
Loop 6 - Boss CE-2
Loop 7 - Phase 90
Loop 8 - Juansolo Flanger
Loop 9 - Wampler Faux Tape Echo
Loop 10 - EQD Levitation

BintyTwanger77

Something involving a Moogerfooger MF104M, Binson Echorec and an Eventide Eclipse.

Sporky

I'm quite happy with what I've got; Line6 Helix, Turbo Tuner, MIDI clock, Soure Audio Reflex and a DIY controller for the looper on the Helix. It'd be nice to do that with fewer boxes - the Helix ought to be able to do a lot of it onboard with some updates.

RaymondLin

I already have mine  (or 2 rather)

Although I've not wired them all up yet.

DanR

@RaymondLin how's the Cloven Hoof.

RaymondLin

DanR said:

@RaymondLin how's the Cloven Hoof.

Ballsy, aggressive and in your face with a pleasing low end.

BintyTwanger77

@RaymondLin I think your boards constitute most of my "WOWs" quota.

RaymondLin

BintyTwanger77 said:

@RaymondLin I think your boards constitute most of my "WOWs" quota.

There are a few that isn't on there, namely Scarab Deluxe, Dispatch Master, Flux Capacitor Delay.

Teetonetal

Having been around the pedal block a few times now. I can honestly say I have no clue.

I like the moog and chase bliss stuff (except the tr) but need to think about it..

BintyTwanger77

Teetonetal said:

Having been around the pedal block a few times now. I can honestly say I have no clue.

I like the moog and chase bliss stuff (except the tr) but need to think about it..

You and me both.

Teetonetal

BintyTwanger77 said:

Teetonetal said:

Having been around the pedal block a few times now. I can honestly say I have no clue.

I like the moog and chase bliss stuff (except the tr) but need to think about it..

You and me both.

Interesting is that most of the pedals you've had are the ones I haven't. So many to try!

I've come slowly to the conclusion that there are very few extra special pedals out there. Mostly it's about finding the ones that allow you to control the sound in the way you want. 

Case in point Timeline = nemisis = time factor = dd500 = empress vmsd. 

Give me any of those and I'm going to get most of the sounds I need from a delay.  But I will prefer the UI over some than the others.

thecolourbox

Assuming my two amps I'd be plugging into would be a Divided by 13 JRT 915 for drive and a 65 Fender Twin for reverby cleans, and assuming I could invent some fantasy world modifications to pedals as well, it would probably be...

First up an EHX POG modded to not break as per normal EHX pedals, set to double the octave below at about 75% volume

Into a Boss LS2 to switch between two chains of fx, one for each amp.

Chain A to /13 amp:

Digitech Whammy 5, mostly for octave up solos but also modded to have a Theremin sound controlled by the treadle.

MXR Micro Amp +, the one with tone control, to boost the amp drive for my rhythm tone

Thorpy FX Muffroom/Fallout Cloud for solo/lead riffs

Chain B to the Twin:

Mad Professor Sweet Honey for low gain boost

The only concern for me in this scenario would be the lack of reverb on the /13, which I might well have to add at the mixing desk I guess as adding it before the amp drive might not work so well

I feel that apart from one expensive amp and an improbable (but ultimately inessential) mod to the Whammy, my so-called fantsay board is actually quite achievable. I must be easy to please

DesVegas

Emma Bunton, in a bikini and high heels

BintyTwanger77

Teetonetal said:

BintyTwanger77 said:

Teetonetal said:

Having been around the pedal block a few times now. I can honestly say I have no clue.

I like the moog and chase bliss stuff (except the tr) but need to think about it..

You and me both.

Interesting is that most of the pedals you've had are the ones I haven't. So many to try!

I've come slowly to the conclusion that there are very few extra special pedals out there. Mostly it's about finding the ones that allow you to control the sound in the way you want. 

Case in point Timeline = nemisis = time factor = dd500 = empress vmsd. 

Give me any of those and I'm going to get most of the sounds I need from a delay.  But I will prefer the UI over some than the others.

Bang on about the user interface. All of the ones you listed there, I can get fantastic sounding repeats, but in a live context (and away from the preset surfing and your playing "cave" at home) it's all about the UI, I've found recently.


I tried the Tonal Recall, sounds heartbreakingly beautiful, but trying one out in the shop I couldn't get on with the UI (also max delay time is only 550ms, I need longer).

The Minifooger is still my favourite analogue delay, though. Stunning repeats.

Flanging_Fred

My dream rig would be :

Behringer Hell Babe Wah
Rocktek compressor
Danelecrrtro Sitar Swami
digitech Grunge
Boss Metal Zone
EHX Worm
DOD fx45 reverb

But then again I do tend to eat far to much blue cheese just before bed.