Hello all!

I'm new to this forum. Thought I'd post a pic and description of my rig. The signal chain is as follows:

Home-made A/B switch (output B routes to StroboStomp tuner) --> AnalogMan Mini Bi-Comp --> Hermida Mosferatu M1 Mini -- > Hermida Zendrive --> Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus --> MXR Phase 45 --> Guyatone TD-X Tube Echo --> Barber Launch Pad --> Rivera Jake 1x12 combo

The Voodoo Lab Chorus is making it's second appearance on my board. I am using it for a faux leslie effect and for this it works well. I'm not using it much so we'll see how long it lasts this time around.

The Guyatone TD-X provides a warm echo effect. With humbuckers and a heavy attack my TD-X will overload the 'tone' circuit and clip the attack on the repeats. This really isn't audible with the settings I use (very subtle and distant echo) but it does limit how I can use the pedal. I'll send it back to Guyatone for repair service in January.

The StroboStomp tuner is a vast improvement over the Boss TU-2 it replaced. 'Nuff said.

The AnalogMan Bi-Comp is awesome! I use the Juicer side alot for clean solo'ing and the ROSS side for some comping and funk rhythms. Very musical compressors both.

There's alot of buzz here regarding the Zendrive and there's something to it. The Zendrive is perhaps the most dynamic and natural sounding overdrive around and a real bargain! This is the pedal that gets the most love on my board. Gain stays around 1 o'clock.

The Mosferatu is brand new but it's quickly growing roots on my board. I use it for very low gain stuff with the gain set to ~9 o'clock. I guess this makes the Zendrive my 'medium' gain pedal. I don't like alot of gain.

I've owned that MXR Phase 45 longer than any other pedal I've ever owned. Sounds magical - especially with a rich clean tone.

The Barber Launch Pad is both a switchable signal buffer and a clean boost for me. It's off most of the time as I really like what ~50 feet of guitar cable does to the signal (usually described as loss but it works for me). I also like the tone of the LP as a buffer set to unity gain - it's very much like plugging straight into the amp with a 15' cable. If I'm going to need a clean boost I'll reach down and set the LP's output accordingly and switch in on when needed. I'm thinking about modifying the Launch Pad with a second switch and output pot allowing me to switch between bypass, on/unity gain and on/boost - in the same size case as the Bi-Comp.

The custom A/B switch - I basically built the A/B switch from a design that Fulltone provides on their Tech Tips page in a really small Hammond enclosure. Small, functional, and rugged. It also provides a cheap interface to the pedal board just in case my guitar cable becomes a trip wire. I can repair the switch or build a new one for $30.

The Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 is indispensable. I was getting some noise when I had a daisy-chain power supply in place. The noise went away when I switched to the PP2. Expensive but no regrets.

The board is a PedalTrain. I picked it up cheap at a local dealer earlier this year. I added some real rubber feet secured with screws rather than adhesive. I also used screws and cable ties to secure the power cord along the inside of the back rail. Nothing moves on the board without applying some force.

The amp is a Rivera Jake Studio 1x12 combo and it's a great do-all amp that doesn't sacrifice tone for flexibility.

THD Hotplate for when the volume has to come down.

I have two electric guitars that I use regularly. The first is a first year PRS CE24 with Duncan Seth Lover PAFs. The other is a custom Strat that I built using USA Custom Guitars wood, Hipshot trem, and Lindy Fralin Unbucker & Real 54s.

I don't play professionally and I haven't gigged regularly for years. I do play out on rare occasion but mostly jam sessions with friends. I also write and record with my brother. I built this rig to suit the many styles I enjoy playing for these varied activities and the rig works exceptionally well for rock, blues, country, and fusion. It's been a good year!

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Hello all!

I'm new to this forum. Thought I'd post a pic and description of my rig. The signal chain is as follows:

Home-made A/B switch (output B routes to StroboStomp tuner) --> AnalogMan Mini Bi-Comp --> Hermida Mosferatu M1 Mini -- > Hermida Zendrive --> Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus --> MXR Phase 45 --> Guyatone TD-X Tube Echo --> Barber Launch Pad --> Rivera Jake 1x12 combo

The Voodoo Lab Chorus is making it's second appearance on my board. I am using it for a faux leslie effect and for this it works well. I'm not using it much so we'll see how long it lasts this time around.

With humbuckers and a heavy attack the Guyatone TD-X will overload the 'tone' circuit and clip the attack on the repeats. This really isn't audible with the settings I use (very subtle and distant echo) but it does limit how I can use the pedal. I'll send it back to Guyatone for repair service in January.

The StroboStomp tuner is a vast improvement over the Boss TU-2 it replaced. 'Nuff said.

The AnalogMan Bi-Comp is awesome! I use the Juicer side alot for clean solo'ing and the ROSS side for some comping and funk rhythms. Very musical compressors both.

There's alot of buzz here regarding the Zendrive and there's something to it. The Zendrive is perhaps the most dynamic and natural sounding overdrive around and a real bargain! This is the pedal that gets the most love on my board. Gain stays around 1 o'clock.

The Mosferatu is brand new but it's quickly growing roots on my board. I use it for very low gain stuff with the gain set to ~9 o'clock. I guess this makes the Zendrive my 'medium' gain pedal. I don't like alot of gain.

I've owned that MXR Phase 45 longer than any other pedal I've ever owned. Sounds magical - especially with a rich clean tone.

The Barber Launch Pad is both a switchable signal buffer and a clean boost for me. It's off most of the time as I really like what ~50 feet of guitar cable does to the signal (usually described as loss but it works for me). I also like the tone of the LP as a buffer set to unity gain - it's very much like plugging straight into the amp with a 15' cable. If I'm going to need a clean boost I'll reach down and set the LP's output accordingly and switch in on when needed. I'm thinking about modifying the Launch Pad with a second switch and output pot allowing me to switch between bypass, on/unity gain and on/boost - in the same size case as the Bi-Comp.

The custom A/B switch - I basically built the A/B switch from a design that Fulltone provides on their Tech Tips page in a really small Hammond enclosure. Small, functional, and rugged. It also provides a cheap interface to the pedal board just in case my guitar cable becomes a trip wire. I can repair the switch or build a new one for $30.

The Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 is indispensable. I was getting some noise when I had a daisy-chain power supply in place. The noise went away when I switched to the PP2. Expensive but no regrets.

The board is a PedalTrain. I picked it up cheap at a local dealer earlier this year. I added some real rubber feet secured with screws rather than adhesive. I also used screws and cable ties to secure the power cord along the inside of the back rail. Nothing moves on the board without applying some force.

The amp is a Rivera Jake Studio 1x12 combo and it's a great do-all amp that doesn't sacrifice tone for flexibility.

THD Hotplate for when the volume has to come down.

I have two electric guitars that I use regularly. The first is a first year PRS CE24 with Duncan Seth Lover PAFs. The other is a custom Strat that I built using USA Custom Guitars wood, Hipshot trem, and Lindy Fralin Unbucker & Real 54s.

I don't play professionally and I haven't gigged regularly for years. I do play out on rare occasion but mostly jam sessions with friends. I also write and record with my brother. I built this rig to suit the many styles I enjoy playing for these varied activities and the rig works exceptionally well for rock, blues, country, and fusion. It's been a good year!

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Looks like very professional stuff, Dennis...
Really good job...

Thanks Barbiche!

This was a project that I started at the beginning of 2004 with a goal to have a GAS satiating variety of professional tones on tap in a single rig by years end and I'm happy to report that it is a wholesale success. I've jammed alot with this rig, recorded with it twice, and played one gig with it and was more satisfied with the results than with any gear that I've owned in the past, in part or whole.

I went through quite a few amps this year in search of something with a killer clean voicing, good clean headroom, and a vowel-like expressiveness. I started off the year with a Fender Super Champ (Rivera designed) that I'd owned for more than a decade - gigged and recorded with excellent results. It was just a great do-all, grab-n-go amp for a hobbyist musician with a family and a day job. There was a slight sharpness to the treble that I didn't care for but it was very slight and the tone, weight, and flexibility outweighed this flaw. The Rivera Jake has everything I loved about the Super Champ, doesn't exhibit the sharp treble, and met the criteria for the Super Champ's replacement (and then some).

I'll find myself GASsing for an amp or pedal from time to time. When this happens I go downstairs, fire up my rig, play a little - the GAS quickly subsides and is replaced by a guaranteed ear-to-ear grin.