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  1. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:Watched some Proco Rat demos... Sounded good but felt like it was either a lot of distortion... Or an insane amount. Had no real low distortion setting. I'd also prefer something "colder". Any more suggestions?

    I watched two demos of the EHX Germanium 4 Big Muff Pi... Not the sound I'm looking for, but damn did it sound incredibly amazing...

    Also looking at reverbs. TC Electronic Hall Of Fame seems like a good one. One tough question though is how much do I need shimmer like for example the Verbzilla has?


    the rat you need to look at is an older rat from the 90s. those have the much sought after lm308 which makes the distortion harsh when you want it but also smooth.

    as for shimmer. I would personally like to recommend the strymon blue sky. totally amazing and probably not too much more expensive then the tc. Great sounding unit.
  2. ps! Took my strat to the luthier near by and im having my Lollar Vintage Blackface Pups installed and a complete rehaul of the guitar to replace the shotty mexican wiring
  3. Alright....lost without an answer, so yet again I turn to U2start with some guidance. This is going to sound a little ridiculous but bear with me.

    I'm in the process of perfecting my pedalboard. The actual board itself, not necessarily what's on it. I'm cutting out new slabs of wood, I've purchased a power supply unit and I'm working on getting the DC connectors ordered. Next come low profile, flat-ended patch cables to tighten it up, and last but not least I'll be routing the cabling underneath the board to make it look nice and clean. Here's where the last little luxury I want to add comes in.

    On a lot of pedal boards that you can just straight up buy pre-wired, there is just a simple 1/4" jack on the side of the board...one for in, one for out...and the pedals are all routed into the board. This way, when you're gigging, you don't have cables straying from the two opposite ends of your board out of two pedals- its from one clean location that isn't actually directly attached to a pedal at all. Basically I want to purchase a box that I can build into the side of the board and route my first and last pedal in and out of. Here's an example:

    Guitar > Cable > Mystery Box IN (underneath board, right side) > TC Polytune (route up through board and into input jack) > etc etc etc etc pedals > Mystery Box OUTPUT (connecting cable routed back underneath board) > Cable > Amp

    Does any of this make sense?!?

    I want to refrain from buying a simple A/B switcher to get the job done if possible.

    EDIT::

    After some more internet hunting I think I've found my answer. I'll supply the info in case anyone building a board is wanting to do the same:

    First off here's the product: http://www.redco.com/shopexd.asp?id=1287

    Secondly, here's a great visualization of the product in use and EXACTLY what I want to do with it, and how clean it turns your board:


  4. Back when I used a pedalboard I wondered the same thing. There are so many little things you don't think about until you're finalizing a pedalboard, like that, like the power supply and giving the correct voltage to your units, etc.

    Glad to see you've solved that mystery! Those look hella useful.
  5. And today I managed to find a store that carried the low-profile, flat ended patch cables! You would be amazed at how much room they save...I'm not used to using them and I rigged my whole board up with them- so much nicer looking!!

    Oh, almost forgot to mention they had a used one of these bad boys too so I mean I pretty much had to pick one up....



  6. Originally posted by thebonodrums:[..]


    the rat you need to look at is an older rat from the 90s. those have the much sought after lm308 which makes the distortion harsh when you want it but also smooth.

    as for shimmer. I would personally like to recommend the strymon blue sky. totally amazing and probably not too much more expensive then the tc. Great sounding unit.

    The Bluesky is double the price of the TC.

    Yesterday I actually became interested in a multi-fx.... The TC Nova System. It seems really interesting and I'd sell my Boss DD-20 that I'm not 100% satisfied with. It has an analog dist/OD circuit. I really want to try one at least.
  7. I started with a digital multi unit and found myself hating how processed my sound became.

    Sell me your Boss DD20 though

  8. Well, as I said it has analog dists and drives. Things like pitch effects, your delay, most reverbs pedals, and many modulations (especially if they're time based) are digital anyway. And I think it was a cheaper Digitech thing you had wasn't it? I'd think TC would be better.

    I think shipping the DD-20 would be a bit too expensive.
    Anyway, it's nothing I am decided on. I hope to try one soon though.
  9. I was merely teasing about the DD20

    And yes, most of the reverbs are digital- at least the ones you and I have been looking at- so that's really not a bad route to go honestly. I was always fairly satisfied with the reverb and whammy options within the Digitech, but I've officially phased that out of my board.
  10. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:I was merely teasing about the DD20

    And yes, most of the reverbs are digital- at least the ones you and I have been looking at- so that's really not a bad route to go honestly. I was always fairly satisfied with the reverb and whammy options within the Digitech, but I've officially phased that out of my board.

    I totally agree on "digital sucks" if we're talking dist/OD... That's when we can talk processed sounding.
  11. The greatness is on the fingers. Forget about a reverb being digital or analog, or your multi effect unit not being the best around, and improve your playing&ear skills instead. The effects will come afterwards and only then you'll get the most of them. Mark Knopfler playing a $90 Strat copy into a 10W amp will sound better than most of us playing a $1200 guitar through a $350 effects chain and into a 100W valve amp. Just sayin'
  12. Originally posted by LikeASong:The greatness is on the fingers. Forget about a reverb being digital or analog, or your multi effect unit not being the best around, and improve your playing&ear skills instead. The effects will come afterwards and only then you'll get the most of them. Mark Knopfler playing a $90 Strat copy into a 10W amp will sound better than most of us playing a $1200 guitar through a $350 effects chain and into a 100W valve amp. Just sayin'

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