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Pedal evolution:
A Love Story
One musician's feeble foray into effects pedals and tone.
May 2008
My first show with effects. Pedals used (and chain used): Boss Chromatic Tuner, Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb, Blackstar HT-Drive, Digitech JamMan (with channel changer).
June 2008
Another restructure of the pedals (and chain): Morley AB switch, Boss Tuner, Holy Grail Reverb, Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Overdrive (new), Rocktron Banshee Talkbox (new) JamMan (with changer).
August 2008
New pedal restructure (and chain): AB switch, Boss tuner, Holy Grail Reverb, Boss DD7 Delay (new), Banshee, Twin Tube, Boomerang+ Phrase Sampler (new), JamMan (with changer).
September 2008
New pedal setup (and chain): AB switch, Boss Tuner, Holy Grail Reverb, Twin Tube Overdrive, Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler (with expression pedal, in hand) (new), JamMan (and changer).
October 2008
Before I went on my "Taste of Chicago" Tour in Oct '08, I knew I needed a board to keep all the pedals on (it was taking far too long to set up) so I built one.
Here's this setup (and chain): AB switch, Boss Tuner, Holy Grail Reverb, Banshee, Twin Tube Overdrive, Boomerang+, DL4, JamMan (and changer).
Here's this setup (and chain): AB switch, Boss Tuner, Holy Grail Reverb, Banshee, Twin Tube Overdrive, Boomerang+, DL4, JamMan (and changer).
Nov 2008
As you can see, I simplified. I traded in the majority of my pedals for the Line 6 M13 and bought an Expression Pedal for the M13 as well. The Rocktron Banshee started to fail on me so I ditched it.
So here's the simplified chain: AB switch, Line 6 M13 (and expression pedal), JamMan (and changer). I was pretty happy with this for quite some time, but gear heads are never truly satisfied.
So here's the simplified chain: AB switch, Line 6 M13 (and expression pedal), JamMan (and changer). I was pretty happy with this for quite some time, but gear heads are never truly satisfied.
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