Members six acre lake Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 It seemed like everyone had a huge board and a lot of folks were sweating dat Radiohead guy and dat Incubus guy with tons of individual pedals. Then it seemed collectively, without any real rhyme or reason the HCFX community at large down sized to trim and to the point small boards... Now with multi effects (M9, Eventide, Strymon, etc) being all the rage folks have been gravitating back to the massive board but now with thousands of more options? When will the great ebb and flow lead us all to the purge? I know I am in the middle of my purge. Gotta simply so I can expand if you know what I mean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Frankenstrat86 Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 It seemed like everyone had a huge board and a lot of folks were sweating dat Radiohead guy and dat Incubus guy with tons of individual pedals. Then it seemed collectively, without any real rhyme or reason the HCFX community at large down sized to trim and to the point small boards... Now with multi effects (M9, Eventide, Strymon, etc) being all the rage folks have been gravitating back to the massive board but now with thousands of more options? When will the great ebb and flow lead us all to the purge? I know I am in the middle of my purge. Gotta simply so I can expand if you know what I mean... less is more, and errbody poor poor. I know my ass just doesn't want lug {censored} around constantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Lou-Dog Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I reckon it all depends...... Some pedals (Space, M9 etc.) that have become quite popular recently have done many jobs well...... You definitely don't see many boards consisting of all single function pedals..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faldoe Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 wow SAL, sounds like you're really setting the standard. How big of a purge are you doing? just pedals or amps and guitars too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Villano Dude Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I don't know but I have always been a fan of the bigness. The dumb part is, the more gear I have, the fewer shows I play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 My pedalboard is probably considered too large. I mostly use one function boxes, but I really try to use only what I need for the job. And I try to orchestrate my changes so that they don't affect my performance. That way it's never too much to have to do at once to get the right sound. Plus practice. I just use only one or two kinds of modulation per song. It works for me anyway... If something isn't being used, then it usually comes off. Whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WeStartToDrift Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I love having a big board at home, but hate using one at shows. I hate tap-dancing and so many things can fail when you're using a lot of pedals that I try to keep it down to a few. Plus I play at such high volumes that you don't need a whole lot of pedals that are subtly different from each other. Moral of the story, I hate troubleshooting under duress, and thus I use a smaller board than Radiohead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members six acre lake Posted March 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 Everything must go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I've always kept 5 or less pedals. I just don't know what to do with anything more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Andmoreagain Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I uh, only use a black big muff and a small lafayette tube amp. I don't even know why I'm here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mmolteratx Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 Now that my expensive multi effects are shipped to the new owners, I can say that the Axe II I got {censored}s all over the Timeline, Space, El Cap, etc. that everyone fawns over. Not even a contest, IMO. Much better UI than the Timeline as well and the Space {censored}ed with my sound like crazy. I'd been having problems with my Diezel being too dark but as soon as I took the Space out of the loop, all of the high end returned. Main rig has gone to just amp, AxeII and tuner/fuzz/wah/RJM MIDI controller on the floor. Still have a medium sized board for when I go jam with someone else's amp but {censored} ever going back to PITA stomps with no headroom for the main rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eric.chambers Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 My needs are simple. tuner - dirt - fuzz - trem - delay - verb For what I do, I don't need much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fetch Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I could start on a "when I started" rant but I'd end up insulting so many of you Needless to say the age of "regurgitating information, stats and quotes" is well and truly underway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shardy Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 6 pedals TOPS! Everything else is too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 lol yeah I aint sellin nothin but I have been on an unintentional downsizing lately been using a small wattage amp cranked for practice and using the guitar volume for clean/dirty and man is it fun been playing mandolin in a bluegrass band so no amps/pedals/bs there my pedalboard died halfway through the last gig and played with just a dirt pedal on that gig and was still a blast. doesn't surprise me man, I remember when we jammed you had a great sense of melody, which is way better than any pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rizza Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I don't have a car and I can't lug {censored} around and I can't afford anything music related anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strat87 Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I'm pretty sick of lugging a PT-pro around. My bass layer just picked up a pt-nano and I'm super jealous. I could never get away with that few pedals though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I feel like there's been less new users the last year or so around here. I think that contributes some. The more clique-y HCFX gets, the less likely new people are to become regulars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cryptosonic Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I just got sick of the whole pedal business: Lovepedal, Freakish Blues, PGS, Strymon and their bull{censored} hype and fake scarcity, tone buzzwords, shills and 'demos' that are actually compensated endorsements. {censored} it, sold everything and now I make what I want. Funny thing is after a couple years building I have a sizable collection again but the majority of the time it's just fuzz face>dmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Villano Dude Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 Now that my expensive multi effects are shipped to the new owners, I can say that the Axe II I got {censored}s all over the Timeline, Space, El Cap, etc. that everyone fawns over. Not even a contest, IMO. Much better UI than the Timeline as well and the Space {censored}ed with my sound like crazy. I'd been having problems with my Diezel being too dark but as soon as I took the Space out of the loop, all of the high end returned. Main rig has gone to just amp, AxeII and tuner/fuzz/wah/RJM MIDI controller on the floor. Still have a medium sized board for when I go jam with someone else's amp but {censored} ever going back to PITA stomps with no headroom for the main rig. Balls man, that sounds awesome. I should seriously look into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OMTerria Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I generally don't have all of my pedals hooked up at once when I'm just messing around at home, but I like the extra options. Even if I was in a band that didn't need many effects, I'd still own many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CaliStyle Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 I think, that for a time, people wanted pedals that did all kinds of wierd things and/or had a bunch of functions. I admit I tried a few, but realized a lot of the sounds are not useful in a band/live situation. So I think a lot of people went through that too, and just started going down to the bare minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 Since I don't play out, my board could be any size I suppose. But even then, too much of a good thing, is too much. So I pretty much limit myself to the PT2 board. Whatever I have (except wah/vol) needs to fit on this board. If I have too much, something usually gets sold. I might start "hoarding" some modulation pedals I like but don't use all the time, especially the inexpensive MXR pedals. I might try a PT Mini board, with just reverb, delay, fuzz/overdrive and compressor, and probably nothing else. I can't quite do it yet, but will definitely get there at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted March 24, 2012 Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 when i first started coming round these parts six acre lake was a really nice guy on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members six acre lake Posted March 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2012 when i first started coming round these parts six acre lake was a really nice guy on the forum. I still am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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