Pedal Line Friday :: Vincent A.

The latest ambient rig I am using for Chin Mountain. My rig is a constant evolution, and this setup is created for my specific interests and needs to create deep textures, slow-blooming drones, and moving soundscapes. 

I wanted a dead quiet rig with a zero noise floor and lossless tone. In that quest, I put together a rig that has 2 parts in series. Starting with front-end amp modeling to drive a stereo split deep chain of wet, glitch, granular, and modulation effects. The way this rig is set up creates an effects-loop style of sound and studio rack post-production processing clarity and performance. 

Signal chain: 

(Mono front end section)

Polytune 3 Bonafide buffer

Strymon Compadre compressor

Friedman Be Od deluxe 

Strymon Iridium

Lehle Mono S volume 

Walrus audio Lore

(Stereo split)

Chase bliss-Mood Mk2,

Generation loss mk 2

Hologram microcosm 

Earthquaker Avalanche run v2

Empress Echo system

Meris Mercury 7

Strymon ec-1

Old blood noise Dark star stereo

Strymon blue sky v2 

Ehmx 1440 looper (stereo out) 

All connected with Rattlesnake patch cables, custom breakout cables, custom TRS, and snake weave instrument cables.

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.