Jason's new pedal board

Foot to the floor

I’ve been pretty fortunate recently to have reviewed and bought a few different effects pedals for a new pedal board. It’s been expensive and time consuming but I’ve now got a T-Rex pedal board crammed with everything I need for future gigs and shows. With a T-Rex fuel tank classic powering everything and cable connections courtesy of George L and Elixir the line up is:

Digitech Hardwire tuner

www.digitech.com/products/Hardwire/HW_Tuner.php

Providence Velvet Compressor VLC-1

www.providence-effects.fr/crbst_10.html

Providence Stampede Overdrive SOV-2

www.providence-effects.fr/crbst_7.html

Providence Heat Blaster HBL-2

www.providence-effects.fr/crbst_9.html

Zenkudo overdrive

www.tanabe.tv/top/kudou/index-e.html

Ernie Ball jnr volume pedal

www.ernieball.com/products/category-534-Volume-Pedals

Eventide Modfactor

www.eventide.com/AudioDivision/Products/StompBoxes/ModFactor.aspx

Digitech Hardwire delay

www.digitech.com/products/Hardwire/HW_DelayLooper.php

All these pedals are put in front of a Boogie F50 1x12 combo.

While I don’t have a favourite pedal, I suppose what has generated the most interest on gigs are the three boutique distortion pedals. I have a lot of tonal options with them so have opted to set the SOV-2 to a mild blues crunch (it’s heavier distortion is fantastic too though), the HBL-2 set to a rocky rhythm/lead tone and then the Dumble amp-like Zenkudo pedal set to lead. They’re expensive and not easy to get in the UK (visit the websites to order) but they’re pretty much the best drives I’ve tried to date. Of course, I love the chorus, rotary and phaser settings on the Eventide Modfactor (the chorus is really nice). Then there’s the brilliant flexibility of the Hardwire delay pedal –tap tempo, looper, slapback, reverse, modulated and analogue delay types makes for the most versatile delay in a compact pedal design I know of.

Am I having a blast with this setup? You bet!!!

Jason