Pedal Line Friday :: Kurt B.

My board is small, cheap, and a work in progress. I only play at open mikes. I use a Vevor board. I start wit a NUX NFB-2 Lacerate Fet boost. It has a dual boost as the primary boost is fairly clean. By holding the button down it kicks in another level and can really make it crank. That runs into a Donner Alpha Cruncher. For under a $100 you get 3 effects, Delay, Chorus, and Distortion. It takes a fine touch to get it adjusted as the effects can get over the top for what I do, but it's a small, solidly built pedal that does what I want. Right now I am finishing it off with an old DigiTech RP 50. I use this to get the spacier effects when needed. My plans are to add a Donner Triple Threat, which has Echo, Phaser, and Distortion. This is the same footprint as the Alpha Cruncher and was designed with Jack White. Finally, I want to replace the RP50 with a Catalinbread Wake Chorus. I play Tenor guitar in Chicago tuning. This has an octave down function that should add some bottom to my little tenors. It' all powered by a Danelectro Dan Electrode power supply.

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.