Pictures of your gear (Part III)

[rust_relic]

Or put it all in a rack using midi controlled loops and control all from 1 pedal, been using this sort of setup for the last couple years and it's great, I can do multiple combinations of pedals and channels on the VH4 l with 1 All Access pedal (excuse the rubbish camera phone photo)



I had massive pedalboards for years and just took up too much floorspace

[Tom!]

That's an awesome rig RR! How often do you gig it all?

[rust_relic]

Thanks, I haven't gigged for a few years now, when I did I only had about 4 or 5 pedals

[Olly.]

Veery tidy!

[Dominic.]

Yeah Bs, out of anyone on here I really REALLY think you should get a MIDI setup

[cheddatom]

Originally Posted by james90

cheddatom, it is, but the last one I had (just one of those generic ones that are included with most marshall amps) broke after a while, so I wanted to get something slightly better.

I'm not sure how you break a footswitch, but you could build one into your pedalboard. I've done this before, just wired a footswitch to a jack socket and screwed it into my pedalboard. Just trying to make room for you - you can never have enough peddles on your board.

[Bs]

Originally Posted by Dominic.

Yeah Bs, out of anyone on here I really REALLY think you should get a MIDI setup

The thing is, I'm not sure I can really justify it. I've spent a lot of money on these things, granted, but I'm reaching my limit now of what I'm prepared to spend. After the custom is done, I'll be getting the GR-55, and with the possible exception of a volume pedal if I have space and I can find one to my liking, I don't have many plans to spend anything else.

In addition to that, most of my pedals wouldn't benefit from being in a MIDI set up. The probes I obviously need to hand, the Whammy and Memory Man I'm always changing set up on, the Freeze has different options depending on my use, and I need to be able to change the rate on the Stereo Pulsar and stuff like that. Polytune I need to see the screen, so that only really leaves the Fuzz Factory and Small Stone, which would be a bit of a waste of time. The Kaoss and Loop Station wouldn't be practical like that either, because I need access to all the controls.

It would end up being a lot of money for something a lot less practical. In some set ups, obviously it's a great option, but I just can't see it being practical and financially justifiable enough to be worth me setting it up like that.

[Tom!]

You can change the settings on the Whammy via midi, same with the KP. How often do you actually change the settings on things like the Memory Man, Fuzz Factory and Small Stone? You can mount them in a rack within a drawer so you can just slide it out and change the settings very easily. I moved to a midi system about a year ago and I'd never think of using a conventional pedalboard ever again, it's just too much hassle tap-dancing and when moving things about.

[Bs]

Memory Man's Tap Tempo so I change delay time for each song appropriately. Small Stone and Fuzz Factory I leave most of the time as they are. Stereo Pulsar depends on the song...I dont use it or change it too much, just every now and then. The probes would have to be out still, and I don't know about stuff like the Dickinson and Freeze. I could give it some thought I suppose, but can't spend that kind of money for the time being anyway.

[JimboMansonMB-1]

Originally Posted by Bs

The thing is, I'm not sure I can really justify it.

[cheddatom]

If you're not gigging, who cares? Just enjoy the toanz

[Lord MFC]

Originally Posted by cheddatom

If you're not gigging, who cares? Just enjoy the toanz

This!

[james90]

Originally Posted by Tom!

You can change the settings on the Whammy via midi, same with the KP. How often do you actually change the settings on things like the Memory Man, Fuzz Factory and Small Stone? You can mount them in a rack within a drawer so you can just slide it out and change the settings very easily. I moved to a midi system about a year ago and I'd never think of using a conventional pedalboard ever again, it's just too much hassle tap-dancing and when moving things about.

what's your MIDI setup exactly? if my pedalboard gets any bigger, I might consider doing something like that

[haze015]

A MIDI setup would add even more equipment and with a setup as large as that, it is better to have freedom to change everything at a moment's notice.

MIDI setups are far too rigid. If you're doing too much tap-dancing, you're probably using too many effects.

[Tom!]

Originally Posted by james90

what's your MIDI setup exactly? if my pedalboard gets any bigger, I might consider doing something like that

I have a Behringer FCB1010 controlling a Behringer Virtualizer Pro and Guitar Rig 4 (Both for my modulation) and then two G-Lab 2x Midi Loopers, one has a tubescreamer and a big muff in its loops and the other I use as a midi controlled AB box. I don't even really use the two pedals mentioned.