Below is my board for a 60s-current cover band. Plan is to run my Peavey Classic 50 clean and use the pedals for dirt, sometimes stacked. Guitar is an HSH Brian Moore with Duncans, Custom in bridge, Custom single in middle, Jazz in neck. Most of the Bosses are Allums mods, as is the RAT. Wah has true bypass and quack mods. Pedals aren't in final positions as I might foolishly spill onto third row. Few points to raise, grateful for any advice.
1. I think I want to engage the compressor for those funk stabs, but somehow the sound disappears a bit, it's too squishy maybe. Settings issue or try a different comp? Compressor has Allums Ultra Plus mod.
2. I have a Tumnus that I'd be interested to try as my low-gain drive in the stack. I guess(?) it would replace either the BD-2 or the SD-1.
Reasons to replace the BD-2: I think amp is a little scooped like a HRD, so SD-1 mid hump useful.
Reasons to replace the SD-1: BD-2 has a little more gain on tap (although this is hardly a metal band so probably enough).
Any thoughts?
3. I'd like to add a Zoom MS-CDR70 as a utility mod pedal. For example I need a ring mod for the intro of Dakota and tremelo for bridge of Pretty Woman but can't justify board space. I thought instead of the TR-2 which isn't yet modded so has a volume drop.
4. Any other general comments for improvement or obvious issues?
Yes, I need to play around some more but my amp is in storage (currently playing through Pod GO at home and Hiwatt Crunch 150R in rehearsal) so I'd be happy for any tips until I get it out.
Brian Moore MC1 / i9.13p, Chapman ML-2 / ML-3, Fender 1977 Strat Hardtail / Richie Kotzen Telecaster, Peavey Predator / T-60, PRS SE Akerfeldt / Akesson , Squier Classic Vibe 60s Strat, FSR Custom Tele x2, Simon & Patrick Folk Cedar
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Oh, and re; compressor... it has a volume control, right? If it is giving you the tone/ dynamic control you need, but the sound is getting lost, just make it louder. A kick is just a kick, a punch is just a punch etc.
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I always try and keep my boards as simple as possible to achieve what I want to do, so it's entirely possible that this is the genuine minimum you need in which case no issues.
As @Cirrus says, use the volume control on the compressor to negate the volume drop.
Also would rather have a bunch of gain stages ready to go with different pedals than use less but have to adjust. Clean, clean boosted, crunch but same volume, solo sound, fuzz, other gain flavour, that sort of thing but one stomp for each. Makes life easy if playing covers of a range of stuff and, if you've got space on the board, makes no odds really having a bit of overlap especially if you're still finding out what works for you with a new setup. Often have enough to think about with singing, playing, moving about and trying to engage with the crowd (rather than just stare at the fretboard) so prefer to keep it simple.
Each to their own though, and understand that a well set up multi with patches can also do the same thing.
I had the CS-3 compressor and just couldn't see the point for me - and I'm not a fan of one -use only "stunt" pedals...nobody's really going to notice the absence of something in the intro to Dakota or in the middle of Pretty Woman when they're on their 5th Bacardi Breezer at the Dog and Duck.
What are they being powered by? A good reliable power supply is important if you're using a lot of pedals.
I like the Xotic SP Compressor myself, and its small too so quite neat on the board space wise. And I can't live without my Ibanez tubescreamer if I ever get to use a tube amp. You can use as a clean boost or to drive an amp on the edge of breakup.
If there is a need to tweak something in a gig, I don't want to go through menus, I prefer obvious markings which I can immediately change. As user friendly as the POD GO is.
I already have a boost for this (the Spark), but why compressor after drive? This way I can also use it as a subtle "goosing" of my drives.
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