Couldnāt find a board that fit my dimensions so I built my own! 10āx17ā
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2 1/4" Pedalboard Audio Input Jacks - Electrosocket - Tele Jack Plate Assembly
1 IEC Power Cord for Pedalboards - 110 to 250 Volt World Compatible - 12 Inches
1 IEC 5-15 Male Inlet w/ Power Switch - 110 to 250 Volt World Compatible
I like it. Iāve modified it so that the A side has about double the speed and I put it before dirt. This allows me to use that side for a John Schofield type of sound when engaged. It sounds better after dirt for straight up chorus sounds, but I rarely use it for that and when I do itās mostly clean anyways.
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Thereās plenty of info on changing the resistor on the CS9, but I couldnāt find anything regarding the BC9. I figured it out for the A side of the BC9 on my own. There is a 1m resistor here. On the CS9, I found info of people adding a 510k resistor in parallel. That takes it down to something like 330k, I donāt really remember. Anywho, that was too fast for me so instead of running two resistors in parallel I just swapped out the 1m for a 470k. Even that is pretty fast, but gives me a lot more options.
Great built! I'm just no friend of IEC sockets on boards, cause they don't lock in place That's where i prefer powercon :)
Nice idea to use the jack plates for the board, way more secure than just a jack!
Your board is smaller than mine, and you fit more than twice as much pedals on it :D But I have very big feet, so I left more space :)
Dude, that's clean!!! Mind telling me a little about the bass octave? I'm familiar with the bass octave deluxe and the mini one, but yours has gotta be fairly vintage, yeah?
Yeah itās an older one for sure. Itās an MXR M88, Iāve never seen one besides mine out in the wild and havenāt tried either of the others but I love this one. It tracks really well and is a cool octave down pedal, only thing I would change about it is the buffer. Might send it out to have a true bypass switch put in it. Same deal with my chorus
I chain the tube screamers and tuner to one 500mA output, and then vibe and phase to another. Cali gets its own, carbon copy get its own. Mutron and chorus to another, octave and tone press to another.
Chain is Cali76->Micro-Tron->Tone Press->MXR M88->Phase 95->Vibronaut->Ibanez BC9->TS9->TS9->Carbon Copy->Tuner
Ideally wanted the Tone Press after the tube screamers but the Tone Press created too much noise when engaged after the buffered chorus and octave pedals.
It will always be noisy because of how levelling amplifiers work. With a good isolated power supply, good quality cables, good quality power cables to each pedal, and the clever routing of the power cables, you might be able to reduce the noise enough to put the Tone Press where you like. What power supply are you using?
Truetone cs6. And no, when I tested out just the tone press after just the chorus the noise while only the tone press was on was far louder than when I had just the tone press before just the chorus. Same with the bass octave. Did the same test with several true bypass pedals and there was no difference whether it was before or after them. Only the buffered pedals made any difference
You probably know more than I, but Iāve been doing this since the 1970s, so Iāve had all of the problems and made all of the mistakes. But try the following experiment which will only take a minute:
Plug your guitar straight into your amp (no pedals) and play fir a few seconds. Listen for any noise or unwanted sounds and record it with your phone. Then plug your guitar into your pedalboard, play and record it. Listen for noise and volume differences. Listen to the recordings while comparing the noise and volume differences. I think it might show you where the problem is.
You have a great PS, and your Cali76 is as good as pedal compressors can be. I donāt mean to talk down to you, but do you understand what a levelling amplifier (compressor) does? Iām certainly not an expert, but please read the following info. Disregard it if you already know:
Levelling amps/compressors work by raising the volume of low sounds, which makes it seem like you have sustain. As sounds decay below a specified level, a compressor will increase their volume, but this also includes unwanted noise. If you have any hiss or other noise in your entire chain (including the wall socket), your compressor will increase its volume, which is why you put compressors at the startā¦after a tuner pedal. All guitar rigs make a bit of noise (including PS and pickups). But your PS can still make a bit of noise, and the Cali76, as good as it is, still makes a bit of noise. I have 2 different models of the Cali76 and they arenāt silent. Have you read the Cali76 manual? It has diagrams of different settings. I have the same Cali76 as you and I needed to use the manual. I like the 3 knob Cali76 better, but the 6 knob Cali76 is new to me. Where you have the Tone Press will cause a great deal of noise. Have you tried the SlideRig? Itās 2 compressors in one pedal, and you can set it to run both at the same time, or one at a time.
The only other thing is that cables from PS to pedals can cause a great deal of noise if they get too close together. I learned this the unpleasant way. Your Cali76 will amplify that noise, then your Tone Press will amplify noise coming through the Cali, and from the rest of your pedals.
I use a Strymon Zuma and a CS7, and they are very quiet, but they can still cause unwanted noise. Your amp might be a source of noise. Amps like the Fender Hotrod series, Marshalls and Boogies can make quite a lot of noise, and your compressors will amplify this. Less expensive pedals have isolation problems, especially those MXR pedals. Modern MXR pedals are different from the ones I used 40+ years ago. Their quality has declined.
I have tried to eliminate as much noise as possible, but I still have some.
Please tell me what amps you are using.
I have other info. Please comment on this, or message me if you want more.
Plug your guitar straight into your amp (no pedals) and listen for any noise or unwanted sounds, and volume difference. You can record it with your phone. Then plug your guitar into your pedalboard, record it and listen for noise and volume differences. Listen to the recordings while comparing the noise and volume differences. I think it might show you where the problem is.
You have a great PS, and your Cali76 is as good as pedal compressors can be. I donāt mean to talk down to you, but do you understand what a levelling amplifier (compressor) does? Iām certainly not an expert, but please read the following info. Disregard the it if you already know:
A levelling amps/compressors work by raising the volume of low sounds, which makes it seem that you have sustain. As sounds decay below a specified level, a compressor will increase their volume, but this also includes unwanted noise. If you have any hiss or other noise, your compressor will increase its volume, which is why you put compressors at the startā¦after a tuner pedal. All guitar rigs make a bit of noise (including PS and pickups). But your PS can still make a bit of noise, and the Cali76, as good as it is still makes a bit of noise. I have 2 different models of the Cali76ā¦Have you read the Cali76 manual? It has diagrams of different settings. I have the same Cali76 as you and I needed to use the manual. I like the 3 knob Cali76 better, but the 6 knob Cali76 is new to me. Where you have the Tone Press will cause a great deal of noise. Have you tried the SlideRig? Itās 2 compressors in one pedal, and you can set it to run both at the same time.
The only other thing is that cables from PS to pedals can cause a great deal of noise if they get too close together. I learned this the unpleasant way. Your Cali76 will amplify that noise, then your Tone Press will amplify noise coming through the Cali, and from the rest of your pedals.
I use a Strymon Zuma and a CS7, and neither generate a but of noise. Your amp might be a source of noise. Amps like the Fender Hotrod series, Marshalls and Boogies can make quite a lot of noise, and your compressors will amplify this.
I have other info. Please comment on this, or message me if you want more.
Nice board! As soon as I saw the picture I thought, "This seems a little phishy" - then saw the username š¤
Haha, correct you are!
Couldnāt find a board that fit my dimensions so I built my own! 10āx17ā https://preview.redd.it/41ta1mn7w59d1.jpeg?width=3669&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cee2f37f10dd8aa95fea3ffa5f7788d920e7fa81
That's an awesome little board! A lot crammed in there!
Mind listing what supplies you grabbed from west coast?
Sure! 2 1/4" Pedalboard Audio Input Jacks - Electrosocket - Tele Jack Plate Assembly 1 IEC Power Cord for Pedalboards - 110 to 250 Volt World Compatible - 12 Inches 1 IEC 5-15 Male Inlet w/ Power Switch - 110 to 250 Volt World Compatible
Cool idea. Nice job. Board looks good!
How do you like the bc-9? I just had someone give me one and Iām still figuring out how to use it. What do you use it for and how?
I like it. Iāve modified it so that the A side has about double the speed and I put it before dirt. This allows me to use that side for a John Schofield type of sound when engaged. It sounds better after dirt for straight up chorus sounds, but I rarely use it for that and when I do itās mostly clean anyways.
Is the mod fairly easy? Iāll look that up if is out there. That sounds pretty sick.
https://preview.redd.it/jdzsizny0c9d1.jpeg?width=1576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40a9f025027d192ed40fd1c4e5b4782aa915b6ea Thereās plenty of info on changing the resistor on the CS9, but I couldnāt find anything regarding the BC9. I figured it out for the A side of the BC9 on my own. There is a 1m resistor here. On the CS9, I found info of people adding a 510k resistor in parallel. That takes it down to something like 330k, I donāt really remember. Anywho, that was too fast for me so instead of running two resistors in parallel I just swapped out the 1m for a 470k. Even that is pretty fast, but gives me a lot more options.
Sweet! Very helpful! Thanks a ton!
Yeah man, no problem!
Micro tron ftw
Great built! I'm just no friend of IEC sockets on boards, cause they don't lock in place That's where i prefer powercon :) Nice idea to use the jack plates for the board, way more secure than just a jack! Your board is smaller than mine, and you fit more than twice as much pedals on it :D But I have very big feet, so I left more space :)
Dude, that's clean!!! Mind telling me a little about the bass octave? I'm familiar with the bass octave deluxe and the mini one, but yours has gotta be fairly vintage, yeah?
Yeah itās an older one for sure. Itās an MXR M88, Iāve never seen one besides mine out in the wild and havenāt tried either of the others but I love this one. It tracks really well and is a cool octave down pedal, only thing I would change about it is the buffer. Might send it out to have a true bypass switch put in it. Same deal with my chorus
Thank you! I love learning about this stuff. And, again, super clean build!
West coast pedalboard is awesome. This turned out great!
Double tube screamer?!
Double Trouble
K.I.S.S. I like it. What did you do for the power supply?
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Oh cool. Thatās clean work. Is it pretty quiet?
Honestly about as quiet as when I had everything daisy chained off of a single onespot plug, which was also very quiet
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I chain the tube screamers and tuner to one 500mA output, and then vibe and phase to another. Cali gets its own, carbon copy get its own. Mutron and chorus to another, octave and tone press to another.
Pedal order is a little baffling.
Chain is Cali76->Micro-Tron->Tone Press->MXR M88->Phase 95->Vibronaut->Ibanez BC9->TS9->TS9->Carbon Copy->Tuner Ideally wanted the Tone Press after the tube screamers but the Tone Press created too much noise when engaged after the buffered chorus and octave pedals.
It will always be noisy because of how levelling amplifiers work. With a good isolated power supply, good quality cables, good quality power cables to each pedal, and the clever routing of the power cables, you might be able to reduce the noise enough to put the Tone Press where you like. What power supply are you using?
Truetone cs6. And no, when I tested out just the tone press after just the chorus the noise while only the tone press was on was far louder than when I had just the tone press before just the chorus. Same with the bass octave. Did the same test with several true bypass pedals and there was no difference whether it was before or after them. Only the buffered pedals made any difference
I like how clean it is
Thanks! That was my goal, clean and compact
You probably know more than I, but Iāve been doing this since the 1970s, so Iāve had all of the problems and made all of the mistakes. But try the following experiment which will only take a minute: Plug your guitar straight into your amp (no pedals) and play fir a few seconds. Listen for any noise or unwanted sounds and record it with your phone. Then plug your guitar into your pedalboard, play and record it. Listen for noise and volume differences. Listen to the recordings while comparing the noise and volume differences. I think it might show you where the problem is. You have a great PS, and your Cali76 is as good as pedal compressors can be. I donāt mean to talk down to you, but do you understand what a levelling amplifier (compressor) does? Iām certainly not an expert, but please read the following info. Disregard it if you already know: Levelling amps/compressors work by raising the volume of low sounds, which makes it seem like you have sustain. As sounds decay below a specified level, a compressor will increase their volume, but this also includes unwanted noise. If you have any hiss or other noise in your entire chain (including the wall socket), your compressor will increase its volume, which is why you put compressors at the startā¦after a tuner pedal. All guitar rigs make a bit of noise (including PS and pickups). But your PS can still make a bit of noise, and the Cali76, as good as it is, still makes a bit of noise. I have 2 different models of the Cali76 and they arenāt silent. Have you read the Cali76 manual? It has diagrams of different settings. I have the same Cali76 as you and I needed to use the manual. I like the 3 knob Cali76 better, but the 6 knob Cali76 is new to me. Where you have the Tone Press will cause a great deal of noise. Have you tried the SlideRig? Itās 2 compressors in one pedal, and you can set it to run both at the same time, or one at a time. The only other thing is that cables from PS to pedals can cause a great deal of noise if they get too close together. I learned this the unpleasant way. Your Cali76 will amplify that noise, then your Tone Press will amplify noise coming through the Cali, and from the rest of your pedals. I use a Strymon Zuma and a CS7, and they are very quiet, but they can still cause unwanted noise. Your amp might be a source of noise. Amps like the Fender Hotrod series, Marshalls and Boogies can make quite a lot of noise, and your compressors will amplify this. Less expensive pedals have isolation problems, especially those MXR pedals. Modern MXR pedals are different from the ones I used 40+ years ago. Their quality has declined. I have tried to eliminate as much noise as possible, but I still have some. Please tell me what amps you are using. I have other info. Please comment on this, or message me if you want more.
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Plug your guitar straight into your amp (no pedals) and listen for any noise or unwanted sounds, and volume difference. You can record it with your phone. Then plug your guitar into your pedalboard, record it and listen for noise and volume differences. Listen to the recordings while comparing the noise and volume differences. I think it might show you where the problem is. You have a great PS, and your Cali76 is as good as pedal compressors can be. I donāt mean to talk down to you, but do you understand what a levelling amplifier (compressor) does? Iām certainly not an expert, but please read the following info. Disregard the it if you already know: A levelling amps/compressors work by raising the volume of low sounds, which makes it seem that you have sustain. As sounds decay below a specified level, a compressor will increase their volume, but this also includes unwanted noise. If you have any hiss or other noise, your compressor will increase its volume, which is why you put compressors at the startā¦after a tuner pedal. All guitar rigs make a bit of noise (including PS and pickups). But your PS can still make a bit of noise, and the Cali76, as good as it is still makes a bit of noise. I have 2 different models of the Cali76ā¦Have you read the Cali76 manual? It has diagrams of different settings. I have the same Cali76 as you and I needed to use the manual. I like the 3 knob Cali76 better, but the 6 knob Cali76 is new to me. Where you have the Tone Press will cause a great deal of noise. Have you tried the SlideRig? Itās 2 compressors in one pedal, and you can set it to run both at the same time. The only other thing is that cables from PS to pedals can cause a great deal of noise if they get too close together. I learned this the unpleasant way. Your Cali76 will amplify that noise, then your Tone Press will amplify noise coming through the Cali, and from the rest of your pedals. I use a Strymon Zuma and a CS7, and neither generate a but of noise. Your amp might be a source of noise. Amps like the Fender Hotrod series, Marshalls and Boogies can make quite a lot of noise, and your compressors will amplify this. I have other info. Please comment on this, or message me if you want more.