My Minimalist Studio Pedalboard Build
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Who hasn’t thought about building a “studio pedalboard”? Well count me in the “I have” category and this project gave me the excuse to do one. It was a hell of a lot of fun and I got to work with lots of my favorite people while getting to know some new folks along the way.
I hope you dig it.
Keith
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This is a great video. That board definitely seems pretty legit. I'd be proud to play that one.
Wow, I need more study, but that board seems to provide the greatest number of options with the least number of devices!
A "one better" response is that I'll never question your choices (on anything) and always question my own (on everything) – also leaving that choice to you.
Is the Plus pedal going to be available or ??
This is very nice, Joe Robinson uses only a Crybaby Mini, nobels odr mini, a hall of fame mini and pulls out great tone from his strat and tele.
As one who was clad in pass me downs, I concur; too big is a fit ! Great video Keith.????
I am currently working on my third pedal board. It is a recreation of the board that I had 32 years ago. Some of the pedals are not available anymore or they will cost an arm and a leg to purchase. So I will go digital with that for the reverbs, delays and modulations and use an effects processor. The drive section was the main factor. So I was able to get the main drive that I used back then. It was triple the cost used than it was 32 years ago new. I have made a few updates but the overdrive should sound the same. I have a second board that is awesome and does everything I want but I wanted to recreate the tones of yester year. I was I would have kept all those pedals back then.
Always find your videos very interesting and informative. Keep it up I'm a big fan and don't forget to subscribe everyone
Very very nifty board . Truetone rocks for sure!
This is exactly what I have been thinking about for a while now.
What pedals do I really need to carry to gigs and practice? There are pedals I have, that don't get used much.
The Boss pedal is crooked. Driving me crazy! Otherwise, great board!
I love to watch your journey from start to finish(?) Rest assured that I am not going to buy anything on your board just because it's there. I am thinking about getting a buss pedal but that was in the works long before this video. If you need ideas for a new video, I would love to watch all the boring parts where you make all the little adjustments until you get the tone you are looking for. That and some commentary on your thought process would be greatly appreciated as I try to dial in my own board. Keep up the great work Keith. If I ever find myself in Siracuse again (I was just there 2 weeks ago) I would like to buy you lunch.
Can someone tell me what's going on with Jedd Hughes' strap button?
One question Keith. Why a HX Stomp XL rather than say an HX Effects? Let's face it. It's highly unlikely a session guy is going to use amp models. Was it simply a question of the form factor?
EDIT. Just got notification that my Plus has been delivered. ????
No velcro is one of my mottos. Godlyke Power-Grip is my choice for grip tape.
Truetone is the stuff for power supplies!
Yes, musicians abhor a pedalboard vacuum ????
HX Stomp is a great choice! super versatile for it's size!!!!
love the circuit tattoo!!!!! at 16m 40s
to me, through studio monitors, these do not sound like the amps mentioned… not a jtm or a dumble…. sounds flat and dull
Saw Jedd Hughes last video using your board…or one you lent him. Bukovac's board is not for your average, non professional, non touring player. That has to be incredibly heavy ! Anyway, to each his/her own…on a personal level, I think less is more when it comes to pedals. Three channels I enjoy watching, …yours, John Cordy's and Jedd's.
great content… saw this board somewhere else earlier being built… delivery is a bit dry thou 🙂
I have to agree with @rascaltwitch22 below, there is nothing minimalist about this. That's not a criticism, this board is a powerhouse of sounds and options for a studio guy. I never do studio work. So it's way more than I could imagine learning, never mind using. So, when does "options" become gimmick? When they exist but you never have a use for them. Great "dream board" though, and great pedal choices, and a great architecture.
Jedd sounded great in the intro! What a talent that boy is!! Great share, Keith!! Thank you, sir.
Compressor, SD-1, Tonex One, 10-band-eq, 100 Watt power amp, 2×12 V30. DONE!
Interesting! Thanks! 🙂
It does surprise me that there are still guitarists that put their beloved and often not that inexpensive gear on the floor in front of them and continuously step on it ????.
But seriously, apart from the obvious dangers to your gear and the inconvenience of having to crawl on the floor to adjust any settings, this setup also creates a long and complex signal chain, especially in a 4CM setup. And the solution is so easy : get a simple midi controller (M-vave, 30 bucks, wireless !) and a effect loop switcher (i.e. G-LAB midi switcher for 4 effects) for your stompboxes. Put all your effects safely in a box close to your amp, and easily reachable without crawling on the floor. Put the midi controller on the floor. You can still put your amp channel switcher on the floor as it is not part of your signal chain.
Same experience, but simple, safe and sound, and no crawling required ;))
Beautiful, Keith. Thanks for letting us help in your quest!
I have a minimalist recommendation. The Ampero II Stage. I use it with an expression pedal and one external overdrive a Notaklon by JHS. This suit is a great modeller and it will also do amp capture. All for under $1,000. Give it a look.
Id love to know the HX stomp settings and routing
You sound slightly different. New mic or recovering from a bug?
When you look back to even twenty years we didn't have have as many opinions Go back fifty and you had only three maybe four options at best Things certainly have come a long way.
My minimalist build is a Fractal FM9.