Gigging pedalboards/gear

joeyowen

My name is Joseph Owen and I'm a bedroom guitarist... the first step is admission.  My drummer is away for 12 months and guitarist is working away at the moment too.  I don't really want to be in a covers band and I have a 3 month old baby so my Fender Deville is getting annoyed at me.  

I spend a lot of time buying/selling/wanting the next best pedal etc... but I have come to realise at a gig they all sort of sound the same a bit.  However if you like nice gear, you might as well play it right.  

So let us know what is on your boards and how you use it.  Pics not needed really, use this template:

I'll start (pretend my band is still active)

Band: Afterglow

Style: Original, Alt Rock

Guitar: Parker P44
Amp: Fender Deville 212

Pedalboard: Tu3 > Fv500h > Emma Reeza > Digitech Timebender > Spring Chicken

What have you got...

mike_l

joeyowen said:

 

What have you got...

Too many to mention..........And more than is necessary for the sane.........

joeyowen

As ifffff you all have something better to do on a rainy evening?

Sure is lonley in here

joeyowen

Mike, I just want you to know I posted that comment before yours came up... it sure does make me sound a twat right now haha

mike_l

LOL

Now where shall I start..........

Phasers, that's where.

I'm down to the only ones which give the sound I think of when I think of phasers, the MXR phase 90, script logo is best.

Flange, again MXR, the Microlanger does the sounds I think of for a flanger.

Dirt, Hmm, let me see..........

SquireJapan

My "I'm actually playing out" board is:

Band: Nil
Style: Misc mainly pop tbh when I'm out
Guitar: Fender Strat s-s-s/Ibanez DY Jem (yup!)
Amp: house amp, or my trusty Laney World Series 120w 2x12

Polytune > diamond compressor > X > Menatone Wreckt > MXR clean boost.

Where X is whatever pedal suits my mood. I'll sometimes have a wah in front.

digitalscream

Oh dear. Let's see...

Band: Closed Circuit

Style: Heavy rock originals

Guitar: Jaden Rose Series 2 / Washburn N4 (soon to be retired in favour of another Jaden Rose creation)

Amp: Soldano Decatone

Board: Polytune -> Mooer Ninety Orange -> Boo Instruments Boost, Alter Ego -> Flashback in the loop

It's usually gigging-only (I have an Eleven Rack for home noodling/recording), although the full rig is currently set up in the office because you lot wanted clips of the amp...

simonbeckwith

Band : Excellent Adventure

Style : Progressive Melodic Rock (original stuff only) https://excellentadventure.bandcamp.com/music

Guitar : Fender American Deluxe Tele

Amp : Orange Rocker 30 combo

Pedals : Tc Polytune Mini, 4114 Custom Effects Mystical Overdrive, Way Huge Saucy Box (awaiting arrival), Mxr Phase 90 and a Strymon Timeline.

ICBM

Since my band is also no longer really active, I'll play…

Band: The Angel Conversations

Style: Female-fronted Alt-Rock, Dark Dream-Pop or something

Guitar: PRS Standard 22

Amp: Mesa Trem-o-verb

Pedalboard: ZVex Fuzz Factory, Dunlop Cry Baby 535, DOD Envelope Filter, Boss Distortion-Feedbacker, Boss Octaver, Frantone Cream Puff, Boss TU-2, MXR Micro-Chorus, Boss DM-2 delay, Boss Phaser, Boss Flanger, Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe

Current gigging rig: an acoustic guitar, often borrowed.

Bidley

My metal band is basically dead, so I'll join in;

Band: Inanimus Theory

Style: Trad/Thrash Metal

Guitar: Lag "The Beauty", Charvel So-Cal

Amp: Carvin X100B

Pedalboard: Morley George Lynch wah > Korg Pitchblack Poly > Ibanez TS9 > ISP G-string. FX loop > ISP G-string > T-Rex Duck Tail > EHX LPB-1.

samzadgan

Havent gigged yet, but early stages of a band...and what i'm using now would be my rig if I did gig

Band: Librarian

Style: Doom

Guitar: Edwards LPC, Ibanez Iceman

Amp: Marshall Super Bass ('74)

Pedalboard: Boss Volume > CAE Wah > Mini Polytune> EQD Grand Orbiter > BAT Quantum Mystic > EQD Ghost Echo > EQD Disaster Transporter Snr

There's a BAT Pharaoh on my board too, but for gigging I would take that off, as the QM does all the dirt I need...I also think I may need a small buffer at the front of the chain when I start using longer cables at gigs...or get a Boss tuner at the start of the chain.

carlos

Band: Improvisi

Style: Free Jazz

Guitar: early 90s Steinberger GR-4 w/ EMGs in HSH

Amp: whatever the venue has, sometimes a Harley Benton amp sim (American/California boxes) straight to console

Pedalboard: Ibanez volume pedal, distortion (WMD Geiger Counter or a cheap Rat copy), Mooer Reecho (not always)

I have nicer stuff at home but this is a fairly ironclad setup. With anything from 2 to 4 melodic instruments (saxes, trombone, violin) on stage there isn't much room for more guitar sound. It needs to be simple.

Drew_TNBD

samzadgan said:

Havent gigged yet, but early stages of a band...and what i'm using now would be my rig if I did gig

Band: Librarian

) )

Still makes me giggle...

samzadgan

Drew_fx said:

samzadgan said:

Havent gigged yet, but early stages of a band...and what i'm using now would be my rig if I did gig

Band: Librarian

) )

Still makes me giggle...

you should take some ownership of that name.... 

Drew_TNBD

samzadgan said:

Drew_fx said:

samzadgan said:

Havent gigged yet, but early stages of a band...and what i'm using now would be my rig if I did gig

Band: Librarian

) )

Still makes me giggle...

you should take some ownership of that name.... 

lol, why?!

Here is what I'm rocking right now:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/630473/BoardDesigns/VHT_M9.jpg

lincolnblue

Band: Doesn't have an official name but is my church worship band

Style: Worship music

Guitar: One of the following: Strat copy, Lite AshTele, Faith Neptune Trembessi acoustic or Breedlove acoustic
Amp: Acoustics into PA and electric into Laney Cub 10

Pedalboard: Buffer > Polytune > Boss Super Octave > Boo Instruments Chorus > MXR Phase 90 > EHX Holy Stain > Mooer Blues Crab Overdrive > Hardwire RV8 > TC Nova Delay

ThePrettyDamned

samzadgan;388437" said:

Havent gigged yet, but early stages of a band...and what i'm using now would be my rig if I did gigBand: LibrarianStyle: Doom Guitar: Edwards LPC, Ibanez IcemanAmp: Marshall Super Bass ('74)Pedalboard: Boss Volume > CAE Wah > Mini Polytune> EQD Grand Orbiter > BAT Quantum Mystic > EQD Ghost Echo > EQD Disaster Transporter SnrThere's a BAT Pharaoh on my board too, but for gigging I would take that off, as the QM does all the dirt I need...I also think I may need a small buffer at the front of the chain when I start using longer cables at gigs...or get a Boss tuner at the start of the chain.

I want to have a sordid weekend away with your gear.

not_the_dj

Bands: Blinkwatch and Playback

Style: Both pub/party covers

Guitar: Gibson Les Paul Trad Pro 2, Fender MIM Stat and Tele, Charvel So Cal (any 2 of those at each gig depending on my mood)
Amp: Blackstar HT50

Pedalboard: CAE Wah > TU3 > Catalinbread Formula 5F6 > EHX Soul Food > TC Spark Booster > Whirlwind Orange Box Phaser >

MXR Micro Chorus > MXR Carbon Copy > TC Hof Mini > TC Ditto Looper

failed_astronaut

Cool thread.

 

Band: The Bill

Style: Police covers band

Guitar: Musicman Axis Super Sport
Amp: Peavey Classic 30

Pedalboard: BYOC OD2 > Carl Martin DC Drive > Zoom G3x

mike_l

not_the_dj said:

Bands: Blinkwatch and Playback

Style: Both pub/party covers

Guitar: Gibson Les Paul Trad Pro 2, Fender MIM Stat and Tele, Charvel So Cal (any 2 of those at each gig depending on my mood)
Amp: Blackstar HT50

Pedalboard: CAE Wah > TU3 > Catalinbread Formula 5F6 > EHX Soul Food > TC Spark Booster > Whirlwind Orange Box Phaser >

MXR Micro Chorus > MXR Carbon Copy > TC Hof Mini > TC Ditto Looper

This weeks set-up?

 

:P

not_the_dj

mike_l said:

not_the_dj said:

Bands: Blinkwatch and Playback

Style: Both pub/party covers

Guitar: Gibson Les Paul Trad Pro 2, Fender MIM Stat and Tele, Charvel So Cal (any 2 of those at each gig depending on my mood)
Amp: Blackstar HT50

Pedalboard: CAE Wah > TU3 > Catalinbread Formula 5F6 > EHX Soul Food > TC Spark Booster > Whirlwind Orange Box Phaser >

MXR Micro Chorus > MXR Carbon Copy > TC Hof Mini > TC Ditto Looper

This weeks set-up?

 

:P

I've been pretty static now for months ;-) Although I might swap the Micro Chorus with the newly acquired Analogue Chorus to give that a good try.