Ander87

haha all this planning and spacing etc gets my anxiety up - and yes, I was initially after the OFF1 only but having seen how the LEM works in combination... OOOooooft synthy heaven! Glad I'm dragging some more victims with me I was looking for a CS6 by True Tone, seeing as the Cioks stuff is out of my budget etc... I once again rely on the Harley Benton, this time the ISO 2 pro, 8 outputs, 2 of which do 9/12/18v and £60 all in from new... did my share of lurking on Facebook marketplace and here but I didn't find good stuff used and the Harley Benton supply I've had has done me well... my only gripe is that it doesn't have the kettle lead which would be nice but that's me being picky... I'll reassess if I want to go down the route of patch bay etc...! BTW, you could probs put the Ditto and Tuner one above the other, and that cooouuuuld save you space for a mini expression pedal? I wish I could recommend mine but I've no TRS (yet) cable so can't assess how it works lol but mechanically it seems very well built! Ander.

Ahar! yep I considered but the PT Jr/ Rockboard 4.1 would leave a single row space that I knoooow I'd want to fill up with 2/3 pedals more, I'm trying to delimit myself to what I do need/use and forget about it 😅 The Rockboard 3.0 has just been ordered alongside the Harley benton iso 2 power supply, we shall see how things progress here, but the plan should be here: A bird told me Hudson Electronics is preparing a bunch of special runs, 24V internal operated Broadcasts (9v input required) and I'm here for that - it'll do my distortion until I can get my hands on the Capo, and still do an 'always on' boost once the Capo is here. The top row won't see much foot action anyway, distortion to switch in between songs, with fuzz / octave / chorus / delays etc on the bottom row.

Well, fantastic, I've learnt my pedals would barely, just about fit a Nano Max on single row - that one is 28" vs the XPND's 24.75" Also, that will mean potentially longer runs of patch cables for the pre/post loops on the capo, or putting the capo in the middle and blocking some outputs etc of course. Back to the OG plan of the Rockboard 3.0!

Thank you so much for this Jim, I’ll have a look on pedal playground and simulate it…!

Haha! Interesting, I considered the Xpand1 and I love a single line thing tbh, but I will ask how’s the Velcro behaving on the layer that slides in, and have to research on space for a PSU… I do like the concept though!

We must! Pedalboard building gives me anxiety lol that’s why I’ve avoided pedals for the best part of my life. My OCD really kicks in by comparison and I’m not often fussy on that for other areas 🥲 I’ve tried to take shortcuts with other pedals and save money but that only went to further wanting to replace etc etc and keep the circus going… this time I think I’m doing it right…! … just that bloody last spot to fill… and without any gain staging until I get my capo, I may pick up the Broadcast for now then reassess as I’ve got gigs coming up and only clean or kill the audience with fuzz all along - don’t get me wrong the OFF1 does very sustainable low gain sounds but it’s still a fuzz…!

Hm! Could look for one and thanking you for the suggestion... I do have plenty of delays on the LEM and some of the modes do Reverb too though...!

Hm! Thought about the c4 but the OFF1 + LEM combo give me all the trippy synths stuff I’ll realistically use… same goes for future impact plus that one is huge. thinking more functionality than effects, I may be laying my eyes on the Broadcast mostly as a nice boost but also some gain staging - unfortunately I can’t travel to Spain just yet as planned where my Capo is waiting for me 😅 will read around but oh boy it does sound lush, wondering if it’d play nice with the Capo.

I think it’s about the last thing I’ve got missing - some Cadbury mini eggs could get me through any set!!

Well…! This is not where I am as I have some pending to arrive, but I will be upgrading to a Rockboard 3.0 soon it seems. All the pedals below are either on their way to me or with me already… just one enigmatic gap right on the middle - suggestions accepted, I was thinking of a phaser but at this stage is more OCD than anything else 😂 I’ve got compressor, tuner into the capo (multi distortion preamp/EQ/LPF/pre and post loops/DI outs), pre loop: expression pedal into the OFF1 (octave, fuzz, filter) post loop: LEM (multi delay reverb with octaves/fifths up and down and trails etc) and Moog minifooger chorus I was toying with the idea of a Jam Pedals Ripple Fall bass phaser for the middle… but open to suggestions as seems I’ve got everything else….!

you’ll have to explain this to my wife when I come around with a Pedaltrain metro 16 or something. Expression pedal on the way… if I’d add a chorus it’d all pack just nicely, let me not get ahead of myself 😇😂

haha let me catch up! I need a Nano+ to fit the Capo but it has crossed my mind indeed a mini expression pedal for the filter of the OFF1 or the LEM stuff too… I love the single line approach of the nano/nano+/rock board 2.1 but adding an expression pedal would mean likely jumping to the 3 rail/double line of pedals which I don’t love, as it’d leave spaces I’d feel condemned to fill up with yet more pedals. Having said that, I like this mini expression pedal, lots.

Concerningly I think about this often hahaha I think we have similar taste in tone…! The OFF1 is just absolutely massive and worth a try…!

Haha I know that feeling. Black to one side, white to the other, similar sizes etc and I will make sure those two mastro Valvola pedals will be chasis to chasis so it’s all tight.