My Pedal Board Configuration

Here is how I get killer tone out of my vintage amp by combining old and new technologies:




1. Starting from the right and going to the left: Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, Boss Master Power Supply, Boss Metal Zone, Boss Compressor, Boss Octave, Boss Super Chorus and Boss DD-5 Digital Delay with tap-in delay time.




2. Here is the actual order in which they are connected: Guitar output to Master Power Supply input. Master Power Supply to tuner. Then to Metal Zone, Compressor, Octave, Super Chorus, and DD-5 Digital Delay output to Volume Pedal. (My volume pedal is the older version, without the tuner jack) Volume Pedal out to amplifier input. This allows me to tune without sending a signal to the amp.


I have found this setup to be very versatile and relatively simple. In the past I have had rack mounted guitar effects units and found it to be a pain in the butt connecting midi cables to the foot controller and cables to the amp, etc. I can get any sound I want to get with this setup. The distortion sounds very creamy and thick without having to blow all four walls down. I can get dreamy delay and a nice warm octave sound. If I want clean jazz tone, I can just use the Twin Reverb with no effects and that sounds great, too. This setup gives me an Al Di Meola kind of tone, which I personally like.




3. Which guitar I use also colors the sound a little, too. When I use my HRR Strat, it sounds very bright. When I use my Ibanez, it sounds more like a Les Paul.

 


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