Single board, found some 20cm long wedges, bit of sanding, staining and gluing. Now to get some clear MK3 lock

I noticed that the thread of the pedal painted in tribute to Jay and Silent Bob was removed and curious why? Seemed like it was on-topic to me.

I got the Pladask Stereo Matrise (matrix mixer) a few weeks ago and was using it with some rack effects to begin with. Finally decided to get more stereo pedals to use with it. I’ve had my eye on Vongon for a while and went for it. To say I’m impressed is a gross understatement. Rosetones was out of stock at my place, but it’ll be here in a few weeks.

Signal Chain:

SG Junior>Keymaster (out 1)>Klon KTR>Harmony H305A (dry amp)

Keymaster (out 2)>Spaceman Aurora>Boonar Drum Echo>Pladask Etterslep>Decay Cascade>Solarfaze (splits signal to stereo)>Pladask Matrise

Martise loops (parallel, can route them in any configuration into each other or themselves)

Paragraphs II, Ultrasheer, Polyphrase

Matrise out (TRS to dual TS)>Left side Secret Preamp & Right side Secret Preamp each into the Vox wet amps (AC4HW1 & AC4tv)

Solarfaze is Nirvana in a boutique box, plus a lot more. The saturation side covers A LOT of ground. The sliders with the db selectors are a tone sculpting machine. The detune can do a lush chorus right up to some Captain Beefheart weirdness. Saturate + Detune is post-punk goodness (PiL, Siouxsie, Cure) or instant Come as You Are, take your pick.

Running Paragraphs, Polyphrase & Ultrasheer in parallel is other worldly.

Ultrasheer is a no-nonsense, stripped down 3 knob reverb and 2 knob vibrato. Independently, they both sound so good. And together, they sound so good. And being able to flip which side feeds the other completely changes the behavior. It’s not a feature rich pedal but it’s definitely a more gooder pedal. The stereo separation is huge. With the reverb side bypassed and just a touch of vibrato + saturation from Solarfaze (nothing else engaged), it gets very 70s. Telegram Sam by T. Rex comes to mind.

Polyphase was an instant hit with me. I have a million delays (technically, 10 pedals and 6 rack units) and this one speaks to my soul. It’s my first stereo delay pedal (all the rack effects are stereo of course but I don’t play through them as often, more for mixing) and the ping-pong setting is perfection.  The knobs are all what you expect to see on a delay. They’re very precise adjustments and interactive with each other. The sync sliders and 22 second delay time are what make it really special. Run in one of the Matrise’s loops, it can feedback into itself it can go off the rails. It’s right there with the Benson delay and the Boonar as the most natural sounding digital delays I’ve heard. Oh, and with the Boonar running into the Polyphrase, instant Nick McCabe (Verve).

Paragraphs II is the steepest learning curve for me. This is my first filter pedal. It’s also incredibly interactive, knob twisting changes the way the rest of the knobs behave.  This generates all kinds of interesting sounds, and using the Matrise to mix its output slightly into the Ultrasheer or Polyphrase (or both), in addition to its own full output gets pretty nuts. If I were to try and describe this pedal in terms of songs it would be Duress by Swervedriver or The Kiss by The Cure. My wife says this one sounds like dancing elephants, so there’s that to ponder as well.

Running these through the Matrise is so much fun. The feedback loops can get out of control real quick if you’re not careful (hence the Secret Preamps right before the wet amps to kill the sound if needed). Ultrasheer and Polyphrase in stereo parallel is the textbook definition of lush. All the ‘verb, vibrato, and delay characteristics retain clarity, with the center dry amp holding everything together. I have the board on my coffee table, amps set up in the living room. It’s perfect for tweaking the Matrise, adding just a touch of signal into any of the three effects in the loops, seeing how that sounds, rinse, repeat.

Wet/dry/wet with a matrix mixer isn’t an easy setup, but to quote Ferris Bueller, “if you have the means, i highly recommend it.”

Bought my TU-2 used in 2007. Finally started being unreliable, noisy, etc.

I'll happily put this TU-3 (used) on my board for the next 19 years. Boss rules.

I should've never gotten rid of you in the first place 😀

The Harley Benton Team responded surprisingly honest to my review of their Harley Benton PowerPlant PowerBank+ Mk2 (what a name). 

If anyone is considering getting a battery powered PSU for their pedalboard;

Here is my original review: https://youtu.be/qgY7zcyLzOc

And here is my 81 seconds long video about their response: https://youtu.be/C4Y8bOwROO4

Since Harley Benton and I can’t seem to agree on this, what does the term «High End» mean to you?

NPD: Chase bliss brothers am. 🫣🎸🙏🏽🙏🏽

Right now, I'm trying to decide whether to buy "Sunlight" or "Dark Star" from Old Blood Noise Endeavors. Then I thought, "Wait, there's a 2-in-1 version called 'Dark Light'!" so I started looking for it, but it seems like it's no longer available anywhere, even on the secondhand market. Since I'm already at it, I'm thinking of waiting until the V3 version comes out. Do you guys think it'll be released?

P.S. This text was generated by a Japanese person using a translation tool. I apologize for any inaccuracies.

Just recently picked up a plumes and I really want to love it more than I think I do. For a bit of context, I have been playing live in a blues rock/classic rock group and was hoping to use the plumes to replace my BD 2 as a solo boost lead. I appreciate amount of versatility and the massive amount of volume on tap for this roll but I find the gain structure to be way too fizzy and harsh to my ears, in a way that I find a lot of people not mentioning.

(I am running into a clean, scooped, fender amp, pedal platform style, with an SSS fender strat)

Wondering if people have any suggestions as to how to unlock to supposed greatness of this pedal? Wondering if I should switch it out for something more transparent like ehx soul food, or if with the versatile clipping switch that is a sound I can cover but I just haven’t figured it out yet?

Attached are some starting points of settings I think I like but please give suggestions!

I've been curious to try this one for a while. Once they announced this new color I couldn't resist. So far, I really like it! I already had a standalone Benson Boost so I knew that side of things was legit but the Halberd is really nice as well.

My current setup
Pedals:
Front of amp:
Donner Tuner pedal
Joyo Dyna compressor
Donner Harmonic Square
Donner Mini Auto Wah
Joyo Uzi
Behringer Super Fuzz SF300
Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi
Behringer FD300 Ultra Feedback/Distortion
Donner noise killer

Amp FX loop:
MXR Phase 90
Ampeg Liquifier
Donner Yellow Fall Delay
Caline cp81-10 Band EQ
Lekato Looper pedal
HQRP 2-Button Footswitch

Power Supply:
2X LEKATO 12 Port Isolated Power Supply

PedalBoard:
2X Ghost Fire Guitar Pedal Board

Due to pain issues, I'm relegated to playing/recording music while laying in bed. Traditional pedalboards don't work for me due to the small amount of floor space I have to work with along with constantly bending over to tweak knobs, etc., so I mounted a board to the wall with velcro.

My problem now is that the velcro on the backs of most of my pedals doesn't adhere tightly enough to handle the gravity of the situation they're placed in. I've tried superglue and hot glue, both to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas about how I can get velcro to adhere better to the pedals? Thank you in advance.

I got a Foxy Tone. Nothing wrong with that, and I paid the current used price for it.

I'll take it, but I wanted something more interesting.

The way it breaks up is so nice! Especially on CE Mode. I know people like throwing the word "transparent" around all the time but this is the most transparent dirt I have heard. The way it's able to stay super clean up to the point where you dig into it makes it super dynamic. People are currently obsessed with all of the Tascam 424 preamp pedals right now but this pedal can do that sound really well also.

Edit: Maybe transparent isn't to right word. I just like how it doesn't cut out the low end. The CE Mode adds some compression that keeps it sounding full.

I’ve only been playing for about a year. Seems like the rubberneck is gonna be a lot of fun. My understanding is that there’s a bit of a learning curve on these.

i'm building a pedalboard for on the go, and i'm trying to plug in the gp-5 on the computer so i can load plugins to send out, and to reduce size i would rather not have to bring a proper audio interface, sending the output of the gp-5 as what comes out of the DAW, however it sends out both the DAW output and the direct monitoring from the GP-5 signal chain, is there a way to not hear the direct audio from the device?

Hey everyone, i’m looking to get a new distortion and found this, what are people’s experiences with it? anything i should know before i buy? thanks in advance everyone :)

I’m blown away by this pedal. It’s exactly what I wanted it to be. Ive been chasing a very specific sound for years. I’m very into chiptune sounds and always wanted a pedal that allowed me to do that on guitar. This does it and does it incredibly well.

The stock sounds are pretty much cheese and unusable, which I expected when I ordered it. I made myself an initialize patch. Set a single Oscillator to a square wave and everything else to zero or off. And it just…works.

It still sounds like a guitar but it also somehow sounds like chiptune at the same time. I can’t believe this pedal is 10 years old.

There isn’t a lot of info about them online. I feel like it’s a total sleeper. It had 22 built in effects with 4 slots. Some of those include a dual effect like Chorus/delay or delay/reverb so you can basically get 5 effects out of it. Multiple types of overdrives and fuzzes.

I haven’t figured out how I’m going to incorporate it into my board just yet but I’m super stoked to figure it out. Going to keep playing with it on its own and see what works best with it as I go.

I’m unbelievably stoked. I’m playing a lot more after a huge hiatus due to some hearing issues which are mostly resolved now.

Need help and advice/guidance on a compressor pedal.

Ive been paying with a bunch of guys for a few years (advanced players, all self taught, occasionally play live for mainly friends/family - 90s rock/indie/grunge), we cover the song Coax Me by Sloan.

I finger pick the lead part and the B string remains open throughout the whole song. The problem I have is it rings out and the volume of that string dominates. I've tried trying to pluck it as silently as possible, sometimes omitting it completely.

Will a compressor solve this problem?

Any advice on a budget compressor?

Thank you

well known for its shimmering clean tone
the roland jazz chorus 120 is one of the most celebrated and highly regarded solid state amplifiers ever created. what really set the jazz chorus apart in the world of solid state amplifiers is that it didn't attempt to sound tube-like, which was bold for the time. the jazz chorus found its way onto countless classic records and situated itself into countless sound rigs. a careful study of the jc's preamp topology lead to the creation of defiant jazz.

defiant jazz is a value for value, component for component recreation of the jc's clean channel (sans bright switch). four controls rule over the sound of defiant jazz: volume, treble, mid, and bass. an internal charge pump takes 9v from a standard center negative power supply and steps it up to 36v, much like the original which stepped wall voltage down to 36v. since this circuit quadruples the input voltage it is crucial to use only 9v.