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My name is Jeff Lindquist. I live in Richmond, VA and have been playing music for 40 years as a guitarist and composer/music director. My current pedalboard, aka, "The Monster," allows be to cover all my needs in two bands that I currently play in.
The signal chain from the guitar first goes into the 3 Leaf Audio Proton envelope filter. I like the vocal sounds I can get from it, especially when soloing.
From there it goes into the One Control Crocodile Tail Loop OC10. This has eliminated the crazy tap dancing that I was doing. It allows me to preset sounds and control pedals with midi i/o. I like having many different sounds, and this allows me to have them easily.
The pedals connected to the OC are in series when engaged. The first pedal – which is almost always on – is the Keeley Compressor. I love the blend knob so I can keep the guitar attack heard, but it sustains wonderfully. It also can get really squishy and jangly, which I use on occasion, especially with my Tele.
The next few pedals are 147pedals, which I build and can be ordered. (link below) I've been making and selling pedals for 17 years. All the ones on my board are the "prototypes."
After the compressor, my second "always on" pedal is my Klon clone. (I know that was a hard guess, given the graphics!) I put it up against an original Klon once, and I could not hear any difference. This is one pedal that has never left my board. I mainly use it as a preamp and keep the gain down very low. I love the buffer in it, and how it works with other dirt pedals. it makes every guitar that i own sound fatter. (I have a smaller board, which uses a Klon buffer on it before the 2 dirt pedals.)
Next up is my 147pedals "Killer Bee," a Bjfe Honey Bee clone, which I modified with yellow LEDs for clipping (instead of the red LEDs in the original) that flash when the signal goes through the pedal. The pedal also glows in the dark. This is my other "never left the board" pedal. It is a wonderful low-gain pedal, especially with my single coil guitars. (You'll also see some Pedal Labels on it, which work really well!)
Next is another 147pedals, the "Z," which is a exact replica of the Hermida Zendrive. It is my go-to when I want a warm distortion sound without getting fuzzy. It sounds great with my 135 and 335 as well as my Tele.
The last 147pedals currently on the board is a clone of the J. Rockett Audio WTF fuzz. I actually use the gated, trombone-sounding fuzz setting that it can do. It is a sound that gets people's attention when I'm doing a single line blues soloing. I also adjust it to sound like more of a traditional silicon fuzz face. (I built a Joe Bonamassa Germanium Fuzz Face and use that when I want real woolly fuzz.)
The signal goes to my volume pedal next, which is a modified Ernie Ball VP Jr. I built and installed the Zeppelin Design Labs VPM-1 Volume Pedal Mod. It adds a gain knob to the output and helps with treble bleed that happens with a passive volume pedal. It also gets rid of fixing the broken string on these! I like having a volume control AFTER my dirt pedals so I can keep the full sound of the dirt at lower volumes. Beside it is my tuner, a Peterson Strobostomp, which is my favorite tuner. I love the "Sweetened Tunings" feature. The pedal is not in the signal chain.
Next is the TC Electronic SubNUp. I use it to blend some low and high octaves into my dry signal. It adds some texture that I like, especially when running a dirt pedal into it.
I love tremolo and have built several. This one is the Quaverto, another kit by Zeppelin Design Labs. I love all the types of tremolos that I can get with it as well as the tap tempo. For the DIYers – his was not an easy build, but definitely worth it.
Next in line is my DLS Chorus/Vibrato which is my favorite chorus ever and sounds great when I'm running a stereo setup. Currently the board is not set up for stereo but it's very simple to do. I've started using it as a vibrato pedal and, when used with my tremolo pedal, it can get a pseudo-Leslie effect which I like for the blues gigs.
Last up are my 2 Source Audio pedals – the Nemesis and the Collider. The Nemesis is my delay and the Collider is only for reverb. I love the Oil Can and the Echorec delays of the Nemesis. I control the tempo with the Boss FS-5 (in the lower left corner. The Collider has a great shimmer sound. I also really like their E-Dome and the Swell. I control both via midi from the OC.
For pedalboard power, there is a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power2 and a BBE Supa Charger. I like both for their switching to 12-18v as well as sagging for my fuzz pedals.
For cables on the board, I make them myself. I have Rattlesnake cables that I use to go from board to amps. I often go wireless from guitar to board, but have another Rattlesnake cable when not running wireless.
As far as amps go, I'll mix and match, based on my mood and/or the gig. I have a 1965 Ampeg J12, an Egnater Rebel 20 (has tube switching!) with a matching 1x12 cab that really sounds great, a Fender 65 Reissue Deluxe Reverb (my favorite), an Epiphone Junior, and a Shaw prototype head (bought off of eBay when Shaw was getting started). They are all great pedal platforms.
For guitars, I use one of my Teles mainly, but have Strats, an Epiphone Dot 335, Gibson 135 (with P100 pickups) and an Epiphone Gold Top Les Paul with P90s.
Currently I am playing with The Mike Lucci Band, a blues band based in Richmond, VA, as well as recording with Beat Motel, an original, prog-ish band that is working on its first EP at Elephant Ears Studio, also in RVA.
For band info, go to mikelucciband.com.
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.
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