Pedal Line Friday :: Trevor S

Hi Hank, I've been on your list for a while love what you're doing up there in MT, really enjoyed your piece on Steve Albini (rip). Im a Wyo/CO native, hobbyist/diyer. Anyway finally thought I'd share my boards (sorry no cables to showcase). First one is my home guitar noodle board...I play bass in my band. As a tube amp home brewer I like the idea of 'channel' options but prefer simplicity of a single channel build, so the obne signal blender is a winner for live playing having up to 3 base sounds w level control for each...and then a/b/c/y parallel combos! seriously can't praise this $120 pedal enough!

Signal chain is:
Tuner-> obne signal blender;
Loop 1 is my 'clean' channel, mod effects:
JHS Unicorn ->EHX bass clone chorus -> MXR carbon copy -> EHX oceans 11
Univibe into delay into the trem verb of the oceans 11 gets some great swirly sounds

Loop 2 is the dirty channel:
Fulltone ranger (rangemaster, but is really a great overdrive to cut thru the mix w a very powerful master volume to slam downstream) -> beetronix overhive (excellent standalone overdrive but does great distortion too, again excellent master volume) -> beetronix octahive (switchable silicon fuzz or Octavia sounds)...and don't forget the green channel on the obne, this is a clean boost (again with separate volume control) that is stand alone or combine in parallel with the loops.

Pedal Line Friday - 11/22 - Trevor S - Board 2

Next one is my bass board, in our pay to play rehearsal space often the amps are trash so this board gives me lots of options to run as a preamp into the power amps if needed.

Signal chain is:
Tuner-> EHX germanium muff (it was $50 used! But great overdrive and classic muff sounds'definitely has a weird vibe w temp changes) -> empress bass comp (best bass purchase I've ever made, but has some tricks up it's sleeve and works great with guitar too) -> trufi colordriver 9v v1, ok this is the best all around germanium overdrive/fuzz/preamp ever! The level control on the side has so much gain it works as a preamp or just slam the front of your amp. Next is a beetronix royal jelly (great for a bass fuzz on the overdrive side, and the level and blend controls give tons of options) -> way huge atreides (crazy fuzz/phaser/octave'one trick pony but on bass is really cool), finally a dod bass flange -> diamond memory lane (mostly for a slap echo but is a very wide range of classic delays w a tap tempo).

And yes boards are both diy with joyo Li battery power supplies (no cords, holds charge for a couple weeks of regular playing and $69!)

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.