Pedal Line Friday :: Fitz

Here's my dirty pedalboard. It runs into a 1974 Pro Reverb, a 1966 Bandmaster, a 1983 JCM800, or a 1969 Bassman depending on mood. All amps were bought broken or in need of service and restored by me. I have a 1962 blonde Tremolux on my workbench fight now, and have a Monotone JTM45 kit that was butchered and in need of rebuilding. It never ends around here, the tinkering.

Signal chain: Mu-Tron IV envelope filter. I allow myself one silly effect pedal that doesn't fit in at all with the type of music I listen to or like to play at home, and this is that pedal. I treat it mostly as a toy. I am not a Jerryhead, I just love how it sounds. It's so smooth.

Boss CE-1. I found this listed in Tokyo for about half the price of a working one. It was listed as broken with a few minor issues I felt I could fix. I took a chance on it and found that it needed one new foot switch, it had a bad potentiometer, and a couple of bad solder joints. I also converted it from 100V to 117V on the transformer taps so that it would be a little more comfortable running on US voltage.

Boss TU-2. It's the Boss TU-2.

Xotic BB Preamp. It always sounds good, at all settings, no matter what, with any guitar, amp, at home, recording, or in live settings. It is a mandatory piece of equipment.

Boss DA-2. It's the best distortion pedal ever made. It was released before we as guitar players really started warming up to the idea of digital gain en masse (the Kemper had not quite taken off yet, nor had any of the other incredible IR solutions we have today). I think if it had come out today, it may not have been discontinued so quickly. I bought this one cheap a long time ago the nobody wanted them, but the prices are quite spicy today.

Boss DD-3. It's the Boss DD-3.

Boss RV-2. This is the last pedal in the chain. It's unbelievably noisy, to a fault. But the plate setting sounds so cool and I like the idea of having a 12-bit reverb on a pedalboard, in an age where modern digital reverbs are basically as close to perfect as any effect can be.

The cables are all homemade except for an old 70s-era coil cable I like to use. BUT, I do own a Rattlesnake audio probe for pedal build troubleshooting. Luv u bye

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.