thebigcheese
"Hi, I'm in Delaware."
My bassist has been insistent that I should have a bigger pedal board so I don't have to limit my options, and since he has kindly agreed to buy me a PT-Pro, I will take him up on that idea. So at any given time I could have up to 13 pedals on the board (thought 12 is more likely). Personally, I don't see the point of getting just a regular true bypass looper strip. I don't mind having to reach around the board to turn things on and off. If I am to get a switching system, I would like it to actually make things more convenient. I would like it to do channel switching and be able to wire things up with stuff in my amp's effects loop. I would also, ideally, like to be able to change the order of effects, including in and out of the amp's effects loop. Also, for reference, my amp is a Boogie Roadster.
For channel switching, I think I'm probably looking at something like the RJM Mini Amp Gizmo, unless there is something better or cheaper. That would allow me to use MIDI signals to switch channels, so I could program things to, say, switch from dirty to clean and also kick in my chorus pedal (which I currently have to tap dance for).
For foot controller, I would really like something that is long rather than tall so that it really only takes up the bottom row of the pedal board, though if it doesn't take up the whole width (about 32"), tall wouldn't be the worst thing since I can move pedals to the side of it. There are a lot of options and I really have no idea what to go for.
For effect switching, I don't think I have seen anything that will allow me to swap around the order the pedals run. And it generally seems like you need to have a couple for that many effects, which means there is probably no way to change the order of the different units. I guess the ability to change the order isn't absolutely necessary, but it would be nice to be able to experiment. Realistically, I guess I would probably find one order I like and keep things there, but sometimes I think chorus and phasers are good in front of the amp and other times they seem better in the loop, depending on the effect I want. Would be nice to be able to switch things up.
I would really like to avoid a rack, though not for any real reason other than I just like pedal boards. And also a big board was just bought for me.
Any thoughts?
For channel switching, I think I'm probably looking at something like the RJM Mini Amp Gizmo, unless there is something better or cheaper. That would allow me to use MIDI signals to switch channels, so I could program things to, say, switch from dirty to clean and also kick in my chorus pedal (which I currently have to tap dance for).
For foot controller, I would really like something that is long rather than tall so that it really only takes up the bottom row of the pedal board, though if it doesn't take up the whole width (about 32"), tall wouldn't be the worst thing since I can move pedals to the side of it. There are a lot of options and I really have no idea what to go for.
For effect switching, I don't think I have seen anything that will allow me to swap around the order the pedals run. And it generally seems like you need to have a couple for that many effects, which means there is probably no way to change the order of the different units. I guess the ability to change the order isn't absolutely necessary, but it would be nice to be able to experiment. Realistically, I guess I would probably find one order I like and keep things there, but sometimes I think chorus and phasers are good in front of the amp and other times they seem better in the loop, depending on the effect I want. Would be nice to be able to switch things up.
I would really like to avoid a rack, though not for any real reason other than I just like pedal boards. And also a big board was just bought for me.
Any thoughts?