I'm using this setup at the moment, I'm still happy with the sounds I get from the G3 and the virtual battery has gotten rid of the noise it was making when daisy-chained. I could probably do with a cheap pedalboard though to keep them all together.
Loop A on the LS-2 is just an overall volume control for my clean "channel". Loop B is my dirty "channel" Blue Box > Blue Tube.
The blue box, blue tube combo works quite nicely, its like using a blue box, Distortion+ combo only with a 3-band EQ on the dist+. Though it means I have to run the Dyna Comp outside of the LS-2 to push the Blue Tube a little (otherwise there is very little distortion) but it works.
I love it, haven't wanted any other modulation pedals since. The chorus nails that 80's chorus tone (it IS from the 80's I suppose) but I quite like the Flanger too, it's not quite as jet-plane as the Boss ones but it's also not metallic, does the slow and swirly well enough for all my needs.
Been looking for a second one for a while now but they just don't seem to come up.
Gabriel wrote:I'm using this setup at the moment, I'm still happy with the sounds I get from the G3 and the virtual battery has gotten rid of the noise it was making when daisy-chained. I could probably do with a cheap pedalboard though to keep them all together.
Are thiose bespeco volume pedals any good? Whats the virtual battery, never seen one.
Jaded wrote:Loop A on the LS-2 is just an overall volume control for my clean "channel".
That blue patch cable between the inputs isn't necessary - if there's nothing plugged into a loop on an LS-2 then it just connects the output to the input internally.
Johno wrote:Are thiose bespeco volume pedals any good? Whats the virtual battery, never seen one.
The volume pedal does the job, I'm sure it's probably not going to last forever as it doesn't have the best construction but it's perfectly adequate. The virtual battery uses some magic to isolate whatever pedal it's plugged in to, so if you have a pedal that becomes noisy when it's daisy chained the virtual battery can make it nice and quiet.
Jaded wrote:Loop A on the LS-2 is just an overall volume control for my clean "channel".
That blue patch cable between the inputs isn't necessary - if there's nothing plugged into a loop on an LS-2 then it just connects the output to the input internally.
I just stuck it there while I was messing around with the order of things and just kind of forgot to take it out
I worked on my desk setup. I brought out as many pedals as I could and hooked them up.
(Tuner>Chorus>Phaser>BD-2>Tube Screamer>Shredmaster>DS-1>MD-2>Shin Ei Companion>LS-2> Frontman 25r (Amp A soon to be swapped with Vox PF15R) and Fender Eighty-Five (Amp B))
Current pedalboard, am really liking the Zoom. Need to sort out some presets that I can switch between to make it more useable as a stand alone pedal, but as am not gigging is not urgent.
What have you got that lot plugged into Thom? Are you using the Harley Benton as your "amp" and then straight into a laptop/speaker etc or do you have an amp after the pedals?
Mike wrote:Looks ace mate, I love the Zoom and the Harley Benton pedals
What sounds are you getting from teh Zoom?
Cheers mate, am really liking them. Feels like I have only scratched the surface of the Zoom, but I am using the Small Clone sound quite a lot. I also downloaded the Klon as well and it sounds really good. There were a few songs I used to play with the old band where I had loads of effects going on so it has been fun trying to recreate those. Am liking using the line selector to switch numerous "pedals" on and off at once.
BearBoy wrote:What have you got that lot plugged into Thom? Are you using the Harley Benton as your "amp" and then straight into a laptop/speaker etc or do you have an amp after the pedals?
At the moment it's going into an Orange practice amp while I'm in Beijing - the 20W one I think. Is nice enough for waht it is and perfect for the apartment. When I was in the UK last week I had the Zoom and HB going through my Princeton and Rockerverb and it sounded amazing!
My stripped back pedalboard, The mooer delay I got just before Xmas, it's nice but I'm not sure if it's great at emulating an analog delay, it has the sound but a kind of digital presence, I've ordered a cave dweller PCB to build so I might use the mooer just for slapback when I get that.
The Behringer is new, I've been meaning to build a vibrato but this was £15 on amazon so I thought I might as well go for it. It sounds good but I haven't quite gathered what exactly the rise knob does.
forgot i'd got this old boss pedal board. don't know where the power supply has gone. so bulky old faithful supply sits on top for now. took the delay last practice, quite like the grimy delays you get sticking it out front. plus handy places for me pics and capo etc. any one got diago supply or clone let me know as i could do with one.
Guitars: Fender Classic Player CS 60’s Stratocaster, Epiphone “Yungblud” SG Jr
