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i've looked at an awful lot of demos, and nothing i've heard has the sound of the T-120. i liked the Cooper version of the Generation Loss a lot more than the CB collab, which sounds more artificial to me. the Cooper is closest, though, and it'd be nice to get something like that that's not an actual delay.

New here. New pedal board. New fuzz face.

Burrito wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:30 pm New here. New pedal board. New fuzz face.
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i ran across a Hungry Robot Wardenclyffe Mini on sale on Reverb and from the single demo i could find (all the demos are the regular or Deluxe versions) it should do for the VHS sound. if i can get it most of the way there the rear end of the FEB should be able to take care of the rest between the Shallow Water, So High So low, and stunt reverbs. i may take the Attack Decay off because i discovered that it's also producing digital noise, a high-pitched hum. i'm going to patch out the AD and see if it's quieter. i guess i can just move the volume pedal to the front, though it's more demanding to get stuff right. the MIME has the interesting ability to feed back in both modes, producing weird subtle pads that i'm going to get a lot of mileage out of. the peculiar thing about it is that the two control knobs serve different purposes depending on which 'verb you're using. it's going to take a bit to figure out how it works with the Farm reverb.

Burrito wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:30 pm New here. New pedal board. New fuzz face.
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very nice!

coldbrightsunlight wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 4:55 pm very nice!

Thanks! I'm not going to lie, my boards change weekly. That one was dedicated for a/b comparisons, however, I tore my larger board apart a few weeks ago, rebuilt and had noise issues and haven't quite figured out how to make it work. So, I'm working with this small footprint for the time being and trying some different things i haven't used in a bit.

Here's the old board before I went and screwed it up

Lots of fuzz! All seems very cool. What sort of stuff do you play!

Yeah fuzz is a huge part of my tonal journey these days. When I said the boards change nearly weekly, it's usually just the fuzz and boosts depending on the amps/or sound I'm going for. The later end of the board is set for stereo movement and spacy jams.

Mostly playing post rock, desert rock, psych rock through some big single channel amps set at the edge of breakup to get some crunch when I dig in. The pedals are then used to push that signal further without getting too mushy.

the Pedaltrain Nano MAX for the Normie Board arrived and so i spent some time yesterday setting it up. my measurements were precise; everything barely fits. i need to mess with the Nebulus some more to fine-tune the settings. i'll have to check to be sure the power supply fits under the board which is more shallow than a larger/more typical Pedaltrain. it's a bit weird getting used to the relative lack of options, but i doubt i'll miss them when i'm using it.

TC Electronics Polytune v1->EMMA Discumbobulator v1 envelope filter->Marshall Guv'nor Plus OD->Höfner Fuzz->Danelectro 3699 Fuzz->Empress Nebulus multi-modulation->Fender MTG Tube Tremolo->EQD Ghost Echo v2 reverb.


before that i rearranged the FEB in anticipation of the arrival of the Wardenclyffe Mini. i kind of want to move the Shallow Water to the front tier, but there's too little stuff to fill the upper tier even if i rotate the stunt reverbs 90 degrees. i think this is the best arrangement, at least for now. i put the reverbs 180° opposed to each other; this keeps the switches apart and allows access to the expression pedal input on the bottom side (i.e. outside) of the MIME while running the output from the upper left corner per usual.

i was able to get closer to the T-120 sound with the FEB components than i expected, but it's not quite right. i spent some time analyzing the T-120 sound and it combines lo-fi, filtering, set modulation, random modulation, compression, and a tidge of reverb. it'll be interesting to augment the Wardenclyffe with the other fidelity-alteration stuff.

Mellowtone Hi Five clean boost->Catalinbread WIIO v3 Hiwatt emulator->Ibanez LF7 LoFi->Stomping Stones Virus->Analog Music Co. So High So Low high pass/low pass filter->Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water modulator->(Wardenclyffe Mini goes here)->Fjord Fuzz MIME reverb->Farm Pedals Expanding Universe reverb.

Picked up a halberd locally on a whim, the internet did not lie, tis sick. Rewired everything with new cables and a CS12 to power everything. Mother preamp is the base clean tone running into the power section of my amp. Not really necessary into the matamp, which sounds fantastic clean but it’s nice having a consistent basis if I am plugging into something else. Cut that - and the very indulgent switcher out and it would all fit into half the space. My go-to dirt is the stampede, tumnus is a nice “more button that goes with everything. Didn’t want to be a klon guy but hey, so’s Stephen O’Malley.
Thinking of trying out a tensor instead of the mood, or maybe an onward, but have other drone/hold toys. Also pondering a mini freaker wah, or maybe expression into the ring mod. Bitquest is in the reverb loop with the HoF - where my afterneath lived for the atmospheric stuff, I have never really found a modulation pedal I’ve liked but maybe 2025 is when I finally discover chorus or something.

^ Nice!
I have a stampede (SDT-3) at pretty much the same knob settings - do you find it gets kind of weird and gated-sounding with the gain set over ~1 o'clock or so? That plus the minimum setting still seemingly being nowhere near a 'light' distortion kind of bug me, but at least it does one thing really damn well (maybe the SDT-2 is different?)

I'd say that's pretty accurate, it sounds great up around 1 o-clock then starts caving in on itself a bit. From what I can see the main difference between the 2 and the 3 was adding the low battery indicator? I don't think the circuit changed.

Although the gain never really backs off, I do find it very responsive. I just use other things for lower gain (currently the halberd). I have the knob around 10-11 then boost with the klon for the chuggier or really sustained stuff.

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Picked up a halberd locally on a whim, the internet did not lie, tis sick

I really have to get on the eae dirt train. It all sounds really good.

Little looping setup- guitar, Moog sub 25 and sp-404 all going into the loupe. Sub 25 goes through the second compressor and uafx pedals. I’m loving it! Next step is to get a more traditional mixer with two stereo aux sends so I can have the loupe and a second looper (Bastl thyme) in parallel, instead of using both the matrise and zed6. Simple is so much better for me!

every time i take a picture the RAT gets about 15% more rusty but for some reason the 'distortion' label is still 100% intact.
i'd also like a firm word with whoever thought the EHX tube pedals needed a side-mounted power jack..