Members gtrwiz Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 The guys over at LA Sound Design put together this board for my good buddy John Ziegler. John plays in a band called Volto! with Danny Carey. Thought I'd Post it over here... Here is a board we finished this week for my good friend John Z. This is one of the biggest boards we have done. The power supply and interface alone that Martin built took two days to make. Fifteen hours, sixty feet of cable and over sixty Switchcraft ends later-----Boardzilla was born. The sounds that this board gets are unlike anything I have heard. Also there are some of the most rare and expensive pedals out there on it. The signal path is as follows: Custom interface (with built in buffer, power for three pedals, effects loop, Tube reverb loop, footswitch thru, tuner send)---Hi-watt wah--Ross compressor--Whammy--Boss slow gear--Maestro Filter factory--Mutron Octave divider--Octavia--Prescription Univibe---MXR Phase 90--mystery pedal--Univox Super Fuzz--DOD 250--ADA Flanger--MXR Chorus--Boss Vibrato--BFD Tremelo--Interface. All the pedals except the Wah are in Loop Master strips. The effect loop send of the amp goes into the interface then to the Volume pedal then to the input of the Xotic X-blender out to a Echoplex EP-4. The vintage Fender Reverb Unit plugs into the REVERB send of the interface into the Xotic X-Blender send and return(blending the dry and the reverb out to the effects loop return. John is using a Diamond Phantom head into a 4x12 with G12H 30's. If you would like to hear this board in action be sure to stop by the Baked Potato on Monday. John is sure to get some amazing tones and well as throwin down some incredible playing. I have to rest now. :calm: David Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stazinish Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kyrreca Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 that's an expensive board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bleepedybloops Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 Really nice, would hit:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jbrazz Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 too deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stazinish Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 too deep. Yeah but it looks like you only use the front switches. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rossowj Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 Yeah but it looks like you only use the front switches. :poke: yeah but the whammy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stazinish Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 Just don't use the whammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kyrreca Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 yeah but the whammy? Unless he's a dwarf, he should be able to reach that without much trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrwiz Posted May 1, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 yeah but the whammy? John is a big boy, at least 6'2", the whammy wont be that much of a problem for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IvIark Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 That's the prime example of a pedal board that needs the effects rack mounted out of the way to get that monstrosity out from underneath your feet. I'd hate to have something that big and cumbersome in front of me, just give me the wah, whammy, volume and 15 stomp switches and get the unnecessary out of the way. Big thumbs down from me :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rossowj Posted May 1, 2008 Members Share Posted May 1, 2008 John is a big boy, at least 6'3", the whammy wont be that much of a problem for him. maybe youre right, I guess you would just have to get used to it. I'm 6'2" and I can't really see that as being comfortable for me, but...whatever floats his boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fatso Forgottso Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 he plays with danny carey? :love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faldoe Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 Volto is awesome. That is a sick board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrwiz Posted May 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 That's the prime example of a pedal board that needs the effects rack mounted out of the way to get that monstrosity out from underneath your feet. I'd hate to have something that big and cumbersome in front of me, just give me the wah, whammy, volume and 15 stomp switches and get the unnecessary out of the way.Big thumbs down from me :poke: He tried it with a rack and a GCX and really hated it, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrwiz Posted May 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 he plays with danny carey? :love: Yeah, Volto! is kind of a Southern Rock jam band, the drummer from Tribal Tech, Kirk Covington, plays keys, sings, and has a small kit too. Killer band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IvIark Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 He tried it with a rack and a GCX and really hated it, so... So he'd prefer a pedal board that looks like a pool table. Horses for courses but that's one ugly mofo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pedalboard Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 Wow. Pretty sweet setup. That's quite the cabling job. If you set up the rack switching correctly, I'd probably like that better, but, as you said, he didn't like it. The board is a little deep for my taste, but I would hit that thing. I would hit it hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 yikes. thats a monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrwiz Posted May 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 Personally, I think it's a cool idea, but wouldn't want to have to carry it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChaseA17 Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 Volto! in action [YOUTUBE]vsS659DhE24[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 Large and in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrwiz Posted May 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 we just weighed the entire board with everything on it, and it's 52lbs. right around the same as most 100w heads...so it's fine by me. and again the size is 37"x24"....into the back seat it shall go. I + car = roadie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrwiz Posted May 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2008 I got to mess around with Boardzilla tonight at the Baked Potato, it's not quite as big as it looks in the pics, and tons of fun tones to be had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jordanjordan Posted May 6, 2008 Members Share Posted May 6, 2008 wow. not sure why, but i didn't think they would be this good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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