What pedalboard would you build with this collection?

[polvo]

I've been acquiring random bass & guitar effects pedals for a while, basically buying up anything interesting that I find being sold cheap second hand. I've played around with various different combos, but I'm interested to hear what other people would do with this.

 

So treat this like a box of lego - what are you gonna build? And what's it gonna sound like? Bonus points if you can point me to a recording of the kind of sound you're aiming for. You can also add in one or two missing pedals if you think there are others I should be adding into the mix here.

 

Pedals include:

• Sansamp BDDI
• MXR blow torch fuzz/overdrive (NOT PICTURED)
• EHX bass big muff
• Boss ODB-3 bass overdrive
• MXR sub octave bass fuzz
• MXR blue box octave fuzz
• EHX octave multiplexer
• Boss OC-3 super octave
• 'Dumble' homemade overdrive*
• TC Electronics skysurfer reverb
• MXR smart gate
• Neewer noise gate
• Marshall ED1 compressor

 

(*Seller's description of the Dumble: Based on the NE5532 chip. Can go from full distortion to light overdrive with the drive knob. Has a smooth sound that works with single coils and humbuckers. Mid-focused overdrive tone.)

 

[ezbass]

For me, as a general gigging board:

 

'Dumble' homemade overdrive* - MXR blue box octave fuzz - Marshall ED1 compressor - TC Electronics skysurfer reverb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Diary Of An Axeman]

On 19/02/2024 at 05:25, polvo said:

I've been acquiring random bass & guitar effects pedals for a while, basically buying up anything interesting that I find being sold cheap second hand. I've played around with various different combos, but I'm interested to hear what other people would do with this.

 

So treat this like a box of lego - what are you gonna build? And what's it gonna sound like? Bonus points if you can point me to a recording of the kind of sound you're aiming for. You can also add in one or two missing pedals if you think there are others I should be adding into the mix here.

 

Pedals include:

• Sansamp BDDI
• MXR blow torch fuzz/overdrive (NOT PICTURED)
• EHX bass big muff
• Boss ODB-3 bass overdrive
• MXR sub octave bass fuzz
• MXR blue box octave fuzz
• EHX octave multiplexer
• Boss OC-3 super octave
• 'Dumble' homemade overdrive*
• TC Electronics skysurfer reverb
• MXR smart gate
• Neewer noise gate
• Marshall ED1 compressor

 

(*Seller's description of the Dumble: Based on the NE5532 chip. Can go from full distortion to light overdrive with the drive knob. Has a smooth sound that works with single coils and humbuckers. Mid-focused overdrive tone.)

 

 

All I can provide is my ideal set up if I were using your gear.

I'd get a MIDI controller, put my Overdrives, Fuzz and Distortion in a MIDI programmable effects loop like a Decibel Eleven Loop Expander or RJM Mini Effects Gizmo to activate the pedals individually or combine them thru MIDI Mapping/ Implementation. 

I would use this order of pedals ; compressor, Fuzz, effects looper, Wah Wah ( if used), Eq, Noise gate, Pitch Shifter, then modulation ( Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Detuner) Delay and then Reverb. 

But that just me.

 

[EdwardMarlowe]

I've been picking up pedals here and there since I started playing back in the 90s. Never sold a pedal. Still have my early run Sovtek EH Big Muff Pi, in mint condition, in the original wooden box - last I looked those are selling for a surprising amount. I'll probably not use it again, but I'm wary of the idea of parting with it in case I regret it. Probably the only thing I've ever bought, guitar wise, that's now worth more than I paid, even allowing for inflation! I also have a DOD Phasor [sic] and a Crybaby - likely never use those again, but.... I suppose pedals  - especially cheap used ones - are a cheaper habit than always chasing a new amp or guitar. And easier to store! 

These days, the effects I want to use are a decent overdrive (classic OD, not "distortion"), a clean boost, tremolo, echo, and a reverb for the option if there's none in the amp. After a long time of looking, I've decided to build my own boards - one for effects that can be used with any amp, then a separate one for an "amp" board - reverb, Joyo American Sound, Mooer Baby Bomb - that can be plugged into a speaker or, if ever needed, a PA. Thinking of also putting a headphone amp pedal on there so I can either manually switch between a headphone amp and the Mooer power amp pedal, or *maybe* adding an A/B box so they can all stay hooked up and I can flip between that way. Don't know if that approach might be worth looking at when grouping your pedals? Separate boards for bass and guitar, of course. (I'm not a bass effects guy; I do have a Boss BF3, though, which can be used for either bass of guitar if ever I fancy).