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Topic: How many pedal boards? |
Dane Carlson
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Bay Area, California
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Posted 7 Jan 2015 8:41 am |
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Hi guys,
I have lurked for a while, but I just joined and this is my first post.
I'm a resonator guitar player, and the only pedal I have is a Fishman Aura pedal that I use with a Fishman Loudbox Mini (60w) amp.
I'm thinking about getting a lap steel sometime in the near future, and I'm wondering whether I should build one small pedal board for the dobro and a separate one for the lap steel, or buy a larger board to hold all the pedals.
The pedals I'm thinking of getting for dobro would be a tuner, reverb/delay, and perhaps a volume pedal, so I'd only need a dinky board for that. But since the world of lap steel opens up blues, country/western, hawaiian, etc. I would guess that I might want a half dozen other pedals.
I'm interested in your advice....thanks! |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 7 Jan 2015 3:06 pm
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Doug makes a very good point - but looking further down the line, I use a Radial PZ-Pre on my Dobro pedal board ...this has 2 inputs so you could run your Aura JD into one, and the lap into the other input .. it also has a Efx loop and a boost button, both Post and Pre EQ Direct outs, and an output to an amp. Very versatile unit when you consider it also has great EQ controls. I have all this setup on a Pedaltrain Jnr which does the job nicely.
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Bobby Snell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 9 Jan 2015 6:30 pm
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While none of the "talent" boxes are a substitute for the hard work of learning your instrument, there is also some work to learn how to use the boxes -> amplifiers. Practice with these tools at gig volume to see what they can really do. It's worth renting rehearsal space sometimes to avoid annoying the neighbors whilst thrashing through experimental knob twirling.
It's pretty common to have more than one pedal board, whether for type of music or expediency. I've got a big one (w/power), a medium one(w/power), and a couple of 3-box(batteries) size. Some stomps have to do double duty, but they are easy enough to switch around. All my boards have the "tooth" on the boards (so my pedals don't stick to the carpet if they're loose). |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2015 9:24 am
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We could all use one of these:
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Dane Carlson
From:
Bay Area, California
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Posted 10 Jan 2015 9:49 am Re: How many pedal boards?
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Thank you one and all for your valuable posts...perhaps you didn't see the question I posed in my original post... 
| Dane Carlson wrote: |
| I'm wondering whether I should build one small pedal board for the dobro and a separate one for the lap steel, or buy a larger board to hold all the pedals. |
| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
| We could all use one of these: |
Tru dat!  |
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Paul Arntson
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Washington, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2015 10:06 am
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Dane - I would say it depends on whether you:
a) want to lug two boards around
b) use both guitars at one gig
c) change your pedal setup infrequently
I finally went to a little aluminum briefcase lined with foam. It's sloppier but the flexibility was important to me. If you need to stomp a pedal during a song, you can just use longer patch cables for that pedal.
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