Let's see your PEDAL BOARD!

[phantasmagorovich]

i was thinking of putting my RV-3 on there too. is the BF-2 as cool as people make it seem? i've never really tried flangers.

I really like it. It's basically that 80's / the cure sound in a box.

[cedarskies]

Glad to see the HOF mini is working out for you

Sigur Ros Toneprint wuuuuuut

Sigur Ros toneprint?! I'm afraid of not enough knobbage but feel like I tend to mess around with reverb settings the least. Intrigued by these toneprints. If it had a level + a decay knob and was only slightly larger for it I would already have it.

[goroth]

i was thinking of putting my RV-3 on there too. is the BF-2 as cool as people make it seem? i've never really tried flangers.

I really like it. It's basically that 80's / the cure sound in a box.

Exactly! Plus aeroplanes, metallic clunks, Leslie tones and aliens.

[spacelordmother]

i was thinking of putting my RV-3 on there too. is the BF-2 as cool as people make it seem? i've never really tried flangers.

I really like it. It's basically that 80's / the cure sound in a box.

Exactly! Plus aeroplanes, metallic clunks, Leslie tones and aliens.

All of the above, and I also use it a lot for adding some teeth to my fuzz. Manual knob to taste, depth and rate at zero, and just a smidge of res.

[OddKnowledge]

i was thinking of putting my RV-3 on there too. is the BF-2 as cool as people make it seem? i've never really tried flangers.

I really like it. It's basically that 80's / the cure sound in a box.

Exactly! Plus aeroplanes, metallic clunks, Leslie tones and aliens.

All of the above, and I also use it a lot for adding some teeth to my fuzz. Manual knob to taste, depth and rate at zero, and just a smidge of res.

I'll check it out!

[foomanfat]

Glad to see the HOF mini is working out for you

Sigur Ros Toneprint wuuuuuut

WOULDNT IT BE DOPE TO RUN A SECOND SIGUR ROS TONEPRINT INTO YOUR SIGUR ROS TONEPRINT?!?!?!?!

[backwardsvoyager]

i was thinking of putting my RV-3 on there too. is the BF-2 as cool as people make it seem? i've never really tried flangers.

I really like it. It's basically that 80's / the cure sound in a box.

Exactly! Plus aeroplanes, metallic clunks, Leslie tones and aliens.

Yusssss. It's one of those pedals that sounds good on literally every setting. You can just randomly turn the knobs and you'll come up with something good.
The BF-2 and RV-3 are hands down the best Boss compact pedals IMO (that i've tried, but i've tried a lot).

[goroth]

You found a BF-2 yet?

[GardenoftheDead]

Got a godlyke powerall. It's cool.

The Musket and Mini sound pretty good with the POD HD's AC30 model.

[skullservant]

Glad to see the HOF mini is working out for you

Sigur Ros Toneprint wuuuuuut

WOULDNT IT BE DOPE TO RUN A SECOND SIGUR ROS TONEPRINT INTO YOUR SIGUR ROS TONEPRINT?!?!?!?!

Yesterday I ran the HOF Mini into a Holy Grail. It was like having a delay on, for reals

[ChetMagongalo]

just get like 5 HOF Minis, one for each repeat you need

oh and if you guys are looking for a sick cheap modulation pedal you should check out the Ibanez PM7. I tried Donny's which used to be Achtane's and it's actually amazing. I'm gonna get one when one pops up. the sounds are way deep and they can get really wacky. I think they run around $30? You can do ring mod and some hurt phaser. I didn't even stack it with dirt and it was cool!

[skullservant]

just get like 5 HOF Minis, one for each repeat you need

hahahha YES

[zRobertez]

Glad to see the HOF mini is working out for you

Sigur Ros Toneprint wuuuuuut

Sigur Ros toneprint?! I'm afraid of not enough knobbage but feel like I tend to mess around with reverb settings the least. Intrigued by these toneprints. If it had a level + a decay knob and was only slightly larger for it I would already have it.

So the normal HOF...?

[Ro_S]

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This is a new pedalboard I've put together:



The above is a sort of conceptual/theoretical pedalboard, based on the theme of "affordable quality". The premise or criteria was to choose pedals exclusively from higher end mass-produced stuff and lower priced boutique stuff, and which are readily available both new and used. I suppose it's about showing that one can get very well made and great sounding pedals without paying crazy boutique prices - especially so if bought used.

I bought almost all of the pedals pictured above second-hand, mostly in nearly-new condition. Most of the pedals cost in the region of c. £50-£65, and the most expensive pedal was c. £90. Altogether, their total cost was c. £950. If buying new only, I worked out that their total cost would be c. £1,860 (UK prices), and c. $2,400 (USA prices). The USA prices are on average about 20% less than UK prices - lucky Americans.

Re: pedal selections -

- I like plenty of fuzz and dirt options. I've included four fuzzes. I prefer vintage type fuzz.
I could've easily swapped the Barber Trifecta fuzz for my Way Huge Swollen Pickle (both are Muff based).
The MI Effects G.I., a very tweakable silicon fuzz (less than £100 new in UK), could be substituted with a silicion Fuzz Face such as a Dunlop mini Fuzz Face or the MXR Classic 108 Fuzz.
The yellow/black pedal near the top-right is a germanium fuzz by a small English-based maker called Magnetic Effects.

- Tremolo, along with fuzz, are probably my two favourite types of effects. I've selected the Voodoo Lab optical tremolo and, for more choppy stuff, a clone of the 60s Vox Repeat Percussion effect (unmarked box). The latter is an example of the affordable clones one can get online from "hobbyist builders".

- a wah-wah is also a staple effect for me. I included my Vox V847.

- the Visual Sound Oil Can (top right) is, imo, one of the best phasers one can get outside of the boutique market and is ridiculoulsy good value for money. It's based on an early EHX Small Stone. The phaser and chorus pedals selected can also help cover univibe/leslie sounds. (For a genuine univibe-type pedal, I would've added a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe.)

- I always like to have a graphic EQ pedal - I think they're generally underestimated. Pedal choices are limited, but I went with the Boss for its robust construction.

- For an analogue delay pedal, I would go with an MXR Carbon Copy but I don't have one so I included my Tonerider pedal instead. The latter isn't very well known and I think its discontinued, but it's a genuine analogue delay and construction is robust. It has seven bbd chips if I recall. (MXR stuff isn't as affordable in the UK as in USA [Carbon Copy new prices: £135 v's $150!], and the Carbon Copy holds its value very well second hand.)

- I feel that the Line 6 Echo Park is an extremely good compact delay pedal, and an excellent buy second-hand.

- For a looper, I added the TC Ditto.

- The Line 6 M5 is there for its "swiss army knife" capabilities, primarily to cover reverb and more unusual effects. The M5 is incredible value for money (less than £100 new). Oh, and it has a tuner.

- Some of my favourite pedal brands are represented, such as Earthquaker Devices, MI Effects, Visual Sound and Voodoo Lab.

[OrangeSunn]

This.