Pedal Line Friday :: Twangtown Paramours

My wife and I have a national-touring, award-winning Soulful Folk and Blues duo based in Nashville called the Twangtown Paramours. I recently built a few pedalboards for our live acoustic shows, using Rattlesnake instrument cables and patch cables. We got to try these out on Folkstage on WFMT in Chicago last weekend. Apparently, that show is syndicated and has 100,000 listeners in the U.S.

Here is what I would call a twin pedal board: it's two pedal boards in one. On the right side, you'll see a boss TR-2 tuner simply going into an LR Baggs Venue DI. That's for my wife's ukulele. 

On the left side, you'll see a TR-2 going into another LR Baggs Venue DI. That's for my Gibson Southern Jumbo. Routed into that setup is a Vertigo Tremelo, which is followed by a Rowlin mini-delay, which is followed by a TC electronics Hall of Fame 2 Reverb.

The LR Baggs warms everything up. The Tremelo is great for not losing volume when you use the pedal, the mini-delay is what I had room for, and the Hall of Fame Reverb sounds great. I like the spring reverb and plate settings in particular.

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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.