[quote=BenJammin;18160856]Playing live is the best.[/quote]

This.

I absolutely love it and absolutely miss it.

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;18160925]:lol:

No. No she's not.[/QUOTE]

I asked because a page or two back someone asked who "the ugly black guy" was and now I'm even more lost. Interesting.

and I concur, playing live is indeed the best.

[QUOTE=FlamingCouch;18161417]I asked because a page or two back someone asked who "the ugly black guy" was and now I'm even more lost. Interesting.

and I concur, playing live is indeed the best.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that's just Raayl being Raayl. She's neither black nor ugly... also, not a guy.

Yikes.

I don't know if I ever asked for specs on the rig, Spiff. Whattaya got?

Hey and since I'm bored and can post attachments... stay tuned.

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a shot one of the other band's members took of my gear at our show last Friday.

gonna try to find a full band shot.

What the fuck is that in the middle? It looks like a light switch. Haha.

Guitars:
Fender Custom Shop Telecaster, chambered body
Fender Jazzmaster Lee Ranaldo sig
Ibanez ORM Omar Rodriguez-Lopez sig

Amp:
Vox AD100VT

Pedals:
Boss TU-2 - tuner
Ibanez Tubescreamer TS8 (I think? Maybe TS9?)
EHX Big Muff
Digitech Whammy IV
Boss BF-3 flanger
Danelectro Cool Cat chorus
Danelectro Dan-Echo delay
Line 6 PodXT Live

Let me see if I can get a picture.

[QUOTE=gaslight;18161477]What the fuck is that in the middle? It looks like a light switch. Haha.[/QUOTE]

foot switch for the Jazz Chorus.

from the left (by the martian) to right:

- Danelectro French Toast octave distortion
- my friend Simon's custom-built 'Chicken' pedal - built with the schematics of a Russian model big muff pedal.
- Boss chromatic tuner
- Jazz Chorus foot switch.
- Boss flanger
- Boss digital delay
- wah wah

The ammo case is for tools, cables, strings. The martian is for support.

So the signal chain starts with the wah? That is groovy.

[QUOTE=gaslight;18161484]So the signal chain starts with the wah? That is groovy.[/QUOTE]

I actually plug the guitar into the french toast and the wah trails into the amp... the signal chain was entirely unintentional and was simply the way I arranged the pedals before I fashioned up that miserable, shitty excuse for a pedal board that I absolutely love to pieces.

Unless that's how signal chains actually work; I dunno, I just drive the bus. Simon tried to explain the whole thing to me also but I basically adhere to 'if it's broke don't fix it'. The only pedal that is absolutely always on is the delay anyway and everything else is just flourishes.

Nah that's cool I was looking at the picture back to the front, going in order from wah back to the other end would be pretty unusual.

Ah.

I might play around with it sometime, I want to get this phase shifter that's for sale on the cheaps in town so after that I might re-organize that board or just actually build a good one from scratch and then experiment with the pedals. I was pretty happy with the sound I got from the get-go anyways though so there's a good chance I'll just keep it as is.

It's always worth trying different combinations just in case you come up with something really good and unexpected.

I've finally come into a decent surplus financially so I'm looking at getting my first new pedal in years, a nice compressor for my bass.

I do agree, that's very true. But I usually just stumble upon one good thing and go with it. One of these days though I'll most likely switch it up for the hell of it.

I actually plugged my Stratocaster in the other day and was amazed with how, once again, it felt like absolute shit. I'll need to swap strings and clean it and probably re-arrange the board to get something good out of it if I ever want to use it live again.

and after farting around with Simon's set-up for the band, I was somewhat spoiled by playing bass through effects. Now I almost want to plug my Jazz in through a bunch of crap too. :|

Okay, the picture is sideways but you can see the pedals. My friend built the pedal board for me. It's a real heavy duty and durable case. It has a top that has latches and the whole thing locks up nice and secure.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs414.snc4/47674_144188388953239_119956041376474_196851_7201897_n.jpg

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;18161504]Okay, the picture is sideways but you can see the pedals. My friend built the pedal board for me. It's a real heavy duty and durable case. It has a top that has latches and the whole thing locks up nice and secure.

[img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs414.snc4/47674_144188388953239_119956041376474_196851_7201897_n.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

/can't see image hosting sites at work :(

I'm guessing a pelican case?

[QUOTE=FlamingCouch;18161505]/can't see image hosting sites at work :(

I'm guessing a pelican case?[/QUOTE]

I don't know what that is?

My friend got all the materials from Home Depot and built this sweet case. I stuck some velcro down and stuck my pedals to it and bam, pedal board.
Can you see the picture as an attachment?

Pelican case:

[IMG]http://www.dphotojournal.com/images/pelican-case.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/b_d_bop/PelicanCase_b.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;18161508]Can you see the picture as an attachment?[/QUOTE]

Yessir. :) as long as it's on a site that isn't restricted (which is almost anything) I'm good to go.

Oh, no. Not that. Planning on adding some padding, though, because that would be sweet.

[QUOTE=FlamingCouch;18161512]Yessir. :) as long as it's on a site that isn't restricted (which is almost anything) I'm good to go.[/QUOTE]

Well, there you go. It's a very nice pedal board/case thang.

Indeed. I'd like to build a little briefcase-style box for a board, but I'd probably actually build a good and proper board first for what it's worth. When I built mine I literally just went into the shed, cut a big ol' warped piece of lumber we had lying around in half, nailed some broken drumsticks and kindling to keep my pedals in place, and then nailed some flooring cushion or whatever it's called on the board. All with the junkiest rustiest nails I could find. I then wrote 'the best the best the best' in permanent marker. Voila, intentionally crappy lo-fi pedal board!

That sounds like an awesome pedal board.

Mine was almost made out of a piece of wood that looked like it used to belong to a shelf or desk that was nowhere to be found. The method would have been the same - stick pedals down with velcro. But it was right around my birthday and before I got the chance to do that my friend presented me with the one he built. It was an awesome gift.

That is definitely real cool. Homemade or found gifts are often the best ones.

Now I need to sell my amp and get a better one. I'm probably going to get a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. It's nice and small and easy to transport, but also as loud as I would need it to be. 1x12, 40w all tube.

What's your current amp, Sir?

Truthfully aside from buying a few more pedals, I think I'm pretty much content with my guitar and bass sounds. As far as the instruments go I've found good stuff that I can play all the time so I'll stick with those, and as far as amps go I'm definitely going to run my jazz chorus until it combusts. I've had real good luck with picking up used amps for fairly cheap and they've been very reliable so I'm going to stick with those 'til they die, definitely.

Now as far as drums go... well I could spend two grand easily. New snare, new cymbals and new skins are all definitely on the list for the kit, but all that's secondary compared to guitar and bass stuff.

[QUOTE=FlamingCouch;18161548]What's your current amp, Sir?

Truthfully aside from buying a few more pedals, I think I'm pretty much content with my guitar and bass sounds. As far as the instruments go I've found good stuff that I can play all the time so I'll stick with those, and as far as amps go I'm definitely going to run my jazz chorus until it combusts. I've had real good luck with picking up used amps for fairly cheap and they've been very reliable so I'm going to stick with those 'til they die, definitely.

Now as far as drums go... well I could spend two grand easily. New snare, new cymbals and new skins are all definitely on the list for the kit, but all that's secondary compared to guitar and bass stuff.[/QUOTE]

My setup:

Guitars:
Fender Custom Shop Telecaster, chambered body
Fender Jazzmaster Lee Ranaldo sig
Ibanez ORM Omar Rodriguez-Lopez sig

Amp:
Vox AD100VT

Pedals:
Boss TU-2 - tuner
Ibanez Tubescreamer TS8 (I think? Maybe TS9?)
EHX Big Muff
Digitech Whammy IV
Boss BF-3 flanger
Danelectro Cool Cat chorus
Danelectro Dan-Echo delay
Line 6 PodXT Live

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;18161552]
Amp:
Vox AD100VT[/QUOTE]

whoops, sorry man. I always overlook amps!

And I like the Vox, it's served me well, but I want something that sounds better. It's a good amp, a lot can be done with it, but it's just not as good as it could be.

I understand. I'm more or less like that with my Spector and my stratocaster. After playing my jazzmaster the strat just feels like crap and I've often thought of unloading it, but I'll probably just kick it up a notch one day. and as far as the Spector goes, on the rare occasions I do play it it's still a great bass, but that's just the issue - I never play it anymore.

Actually, the same goes with my Kustom 16. Simon swears by his but to me it just doesn't sound warm and bassy enough... it sounds way too sharp, I guess. Figures, one of the two amps I buy new (the other one blew up) and it just doesn't do it. heh