I've been using this pedalboard for years and years, with different combinations of pedals but always everything in series.But I've finally had enough of risking everything going down if one cable or one pedal goes down. I've also had enough of compensating for the signal loss by boosting the signal at the front with the compressor always on.
So having pondered and evaluated Gig Rigs, rack based systems and even binning it all and going AxeFX, I've decided I love my pedals too much and I want them in front of me rather than in loops and all instantly accessible as I never use the same combinations twice for songs - I like being spontaneous in what I chose on the fly.
So I'm going for a Brightonion 20 loop strip as per this format:
I'm going to put all the pedals at the front on a shelf above the second row to make space for the looper - could be an interesting tetris exercise. And I'll need to rewire everything etc with double the amount of cables but I hope it will be worth it in the end.
Any advice?
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Is each of the twenty switches just a bypass loop, or preset which allows you to program certain loops to be enabled for each switch ?
Mind you I'm guessing you already have
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I'd be looking to reduce pedals to minimum first (I don't believe you'd ever need 2 diff flangers !) and then buffer with a push pull buffer like the Skydstrupt or Empress.
The amount of tone loss in those cable runs will be enormous. Take this from someone who once had a 14 bay LoopMaster built that was horrendous tonally.
Read this:
http://www.petecornish.co.uk/case_against_true_bypass.html
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Nah it was eons ago.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.