I Built My ACTUAL Dream Pedalboard

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[EdHeinzelman]

saying that you 'built' your dream pedalboard is kinda like saying you mowed the lawn and won't have to do that again.

[BlueJayWaters]

I went through my pedal experimental phase very early in my guitar playing. I bounced between so many effects before I simply realized I wasn't happy with my skill, and my literal playing. Took a few years and kept a very stripped-down rig, and now I only play with my amps built in reverb, a soul food distortion, and occasionally my ditto looper. My music just doesn't require much complexity

[AdamKhanMusic]

This is the 5th dream pedalboard video I've seen in my feed

[bubuguaiguai]

Man, with your videos you're climbing quickly up the "like first, watch after" ladder! ❤

[taylornutt]

I recently picked up a used NOVO24 pedal train and started slowly acquiring pedals to play at church. I am about 70% complete. I am definitely featuring Strymon on this board where my other board had more Electro Harmonix. After my tuner (Boss TU-2), I am running 1981 DRV - EHX Glove - MadebyMike Dual OD/Booster - EHX Small Clone - Strymon DIG V1 - Strymon Cloudburst and Strymon Iridium. I am running the Iridium and Cloudburst on a Multiswitch plus for amp/Reverb Presets. I just picked up the DIG used and its quite amazing. I want to eventually swap the Glove for a 1981 LVL. The other pedals I still need are Strymon Deco, JHS Harmonic Trem and a compressor or overdrive. I took a gamble on the Fender LVL 12 power supply and it has been awesome so far, with enough outputs to power 12 pedals while charging my iPad and phone. I am trying to buy as much used gear to help make the process more affordable.

[raymart]

I like my tuner near the end as a kill switch as well as for troubleshooting. If you aren’t getting sound, but are able to tune, then you know your pedal chain isn’t the problem. I put it right at the end in front of an amp modeler & reverb. I use Joyo American Sound.

[tylergorham]

Very thoughtful board! I'm also a worship guitarist and have found a simple board helps me stay in the moment more, rather than thinking too much about hitting pedals (other than what's necessary). Not a knock on bigger boards--I love the huge sounds guys get from them--I just don't personally have the brain capacity to play, worship, and think about turning pedals on and off!

[MrWhit]

I have a massive board at home that changes every couple of weeks, but on the rare occasion I play out I do just as you're doing. Grab at most a half doz pedals I need for the specific gig and put them on a small board. Playing live I like to keep things simple.
My wheelhouse is pretty much 70s flavored rock, alt country, and Americana type stuff.
Typically I always have a tuner, a couple of drives, and a delay. I have good Spring Reverb and Tremelo on the amp. 
If I need it I may add a couple more pedals, but only if the gig calls for it. News flash, it usually doesnt.
My typical go to gigging rig is SG>Boss Tuner>Boss BD2>Nobles ODR-1>Boss DM2w analog delay>Carr Rambler.

[slimigan]

Love the ACS1 and your other modellers? Slap a line isolator on your board after it. (Pinstripe Diso+, Walrus Canvas, etc). A line isolator won’t drop your signal (like a DI will) and allows you to ground lift and eliminate noise running your signal to the PA...

[jwstout]

No sir, YOU have a fantaastic day!

I love fly rigs, part of the charm to them is boiling down to the essentials and really push the creativity within minimalism. So far, my favorite "small" board has been a TC Polytune mini, Keeley compresor mini, Mythos AU fuzz, Matthews Effects Broker, MXR Carbon Copy, Keeley Hydra, & a Quilter Superblock US. I can do anything with that rig!

[keithperkins]

I play for my church as well, leading a youth ensemble incorporating guitar, bass, drums, and sometimes piano with strings, brass, and woodwinds. As guitarist, I originally employed a pedalboard then went to a multi-effects floor unit. The problem was a looper I did not want that accidentally was triggered by me in the middle of a service. That was when I switched back to a five pedal floor board consisting of a compressor (always on), an overdrive, a chorus, a delay (always on), and a noise gate (always on). I am thinking about replacing the chorus and delay with my Zoom 506 II multi-effect pedal (no looper) and adding my booster of tuner as my fifth pedal (I have a One Spot with a five pedal daisy chain). This will allow me to have chorus plus add a flanger, auto-wah, and octave pedal with one pedal.

[SteveH-enws]

As a pro tip (passed on to me from a famous guitar player you know many years ago) for the best tone out of your gear:

guitar -> preamp -> compressor -> noise gate
-> OD/Distortion -> EQ -> Boost -> chorus/flange/wah/vibe -> echo/reverb -> amp.

Compressor on Cleans
As for your amp: dial in that "sweet spot" in your amp and the dial in your overdrive/distortion accordingly.

Keep rockin' and learning!

[AndyMangele]

I absolutely love the tone round the 7:43 mark.

[odyssey]

Enjoy listening to your explanations. Your excitement, while contained, is very obvious and makes it a lot of fun to watch. So far I have a CAE Wah, Xotic EP Booster, BOSS CP-1X compressor, MXR Timmy, Wampler Tumnus Deluxe, Wampler Pinnacle Standard, JAM Pedals Rattler, Behrimger Super Fuzz, TC Corona Chorus, Line 6 M5. Want to at least add a Source Audio Collider Delay/Reverb.

[RevGerryRM]

My pedal board is on its 3rd addition. I started out with a single row, similar to yours, it jumped to monster size, as I narrowed my music preferences it became a pedal board half the size of the monster and larger then the single.

[Christian-wihn]

I barely know anything about guitar but I still love watching your videos and find them really interesting. I didn’t know you played worship music but that is awesome as well. Also I love that you played Clocks as one of the demos.

[manuelpassarella]

My current board consists of polytune, tumnus, Riverside, angel wing, carbon copy, flint and last a tc electronic Ir loader with custom Ir.

[thisdyingsoul]

I'm doing my first pedalboard rebuild in 5 years. Its amazing how something I loved 5 years ago doesn't really inspire me like it did... also amazing that something which collected dust in a storage bin for 5+ years because it sounded good but wasn't what I was after is suddenly THE THING. 😂😂

[brandongullion]

Man this gave me some motivation. I don’t play live, but I always hate how disorganized my pedals are because they’re not on a board. I also tend to use too many pedals because of this. Sort of a “well I might as well have this fourth reverb in my chain in case I feel like using something different”. I think the space limitation of a small-medium sized board would really help me experiment more and find ways to get the most out of each pedal. With that said, I think my dream pedalboard with the. Pedals I currently have is: Boss OC-5 octave > Origin Effects Cali 76 compressor > Origin Effects Revival Drive Compact Hot Rod > MXR Duke of tone. In effects loops: MXR stereo Chorus > Dawner Prince Boonar > UA Golden Reverberator > UA Starlight > UA Astra

A tad less busy than what I currently have set up, but still gets me all the options I’d really need. Could probably remove the boonar as it’s a very specific effect I use it for but… it’s so good at what it does lol.

[Idkmang]

I made my dream board too, literally, couldn't find any pedalboards that I liked or suited my needs, so i bought wood, aluminum channel, rubber feet, black spray pain, velcro, and leathette, and got to it, got my pedals in the spots that I wanted, very fun, and I saved a lot of money