Pedal Line Friday :: Christopher L.

My board... the first reaction from people is usually just plain shock.

It's really not that complicated. The songs are more dynamic than blues or punk or country or most other rock bands, so I found that different sounds are required to achieve different moods. I once even had some keys plugged into it, joining the loop right in the middle where the Boss LS2 Line Switcher is located.

The good people at Temple Audio build one of the best pedal platforms in the business, and it's literally just "plug and play". They make use of these cool modules you can install into the frame, so I have a direct input and output lines, as well as a direct line into my Cioks Ciokolate power source installed underneath the right board, which powers every pedal. The inner wiring was provided by 3 Monkeys Solderless, so I'm able to save space with much smaller patches than most others provide.

The chain begins at the right wall of the board with the input module, and is wired to the Lehle Sunday Driver, which helps push my guitar's natural crystalline clean from start to finish, resolving any signal degradation issues. The line ultimately zig-zags three times between the two boards before hitting the output module on the left side of the left board.

Lehle Sunday Driver 

Boss TU3W

EQD Warden

Digitech Mosaic

AMT Japanese Girl optical wah

Caroline Wave Cannon

Arc Effects Crimson King

Wampler Triple Wreck

Mesa Boogie Line Switcher, creating two channels:

a.) EQD Palisades, Boss HF2

b.) Ravish Sitar, the only ehx pedal I'll tolerate

GigFX Pro Chop

J Rockett Alien

Fulltone MDV3

Boss LS2

Fairfield Circuitry Randy's Revenge

Jack DeVille Dark Echo

Digitech Whammy IV

Hardwire CR7

Hardwire DLdM8

Catalinbread Manx Loagthan

Subdecay Baby Quasar

AMT LLM1 volume

MI Audio Tube Zone

Boss DD5

EQD Sea Machine

Strymon El Capistan v1

Boss RV5

Hardwire Supernatural

Someone once referred to it as "Geek Space Nine".

Submit Your Pedal Line!

About a million years ago, I used to run a blog called EffectsBay. On that blog, the most popular feature I would run was Pedal Line Friday. This is where readers of the site would send pics of their pedalboard and a short (sometimes long) write-up of routing and thoughts about specific pedals and the reasoning why they liked it, etc. Readers. loved this. It was a great way to learn about new applications or techniques regarding pedals. It also brought a little inspiration and knowledge about pedals you were not familiar with. It also brought a great sense of community - people like sharing and absorbing cool things, right? It was a super popular feature, and I loved putting them together.

All you have to do is send a pic of your pedalboard (or pedal line - it doesn't have to be on a board) along with a short (or long) write-up of the board. We want a list of pedals (manufacturer/model), routing would be great, and, most importantly, why you use those particular pedals. Also, this is a great way to promote your band or musical project - include that information as well!

You can send the pic and the write-up to pedalline@rattlesnakecables.com.