All ehx big board build thread, seeking your advice...

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All ehx big board build thread, seeking your advice...

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inspired by the minimalism boards I've seen around, and the constant "could you do only one brand board" threads, I decided to put together an all ehx big box board. I sold off some gear, and was able to pick up a couple new ehx pedals with the proceeds. Using a pedaltrain3, I have the above so far, with a microsynth in the mail. I want to keep it to six or seven pedals, and am considering rotating off a dmm for something that will give a different sound. I also plan to swap the looper out for a staggered model, these ones are just too close together.

I was looking at a qtron, but after trying one out, and checking some demos, it has a lot of sounds I wouldn't do. As the pedals are arranged like above, there might actually be room for a tube zipper, which could get some sounds that the qtron does, but also so an overdrive sound. I've heard iffy things about their reliability, but with the pedal in a true bypass loop, I thought it might help a bit.

So, what other big boxes would you consider? I also have a hog1 that I could run after, so pog is out, and I don't really need a ring mod. Will post updates as more things arrive.
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GOLDFINGER YOU'RE TOTALLY MAD

Love it. Get the microsynth and Hog on there and it's done.
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Flanger Hoax? Lots of sounds.

I also applaud this effort. I have just started filling a big pedalboard for the first time and it's an hilarious mix of huge pedals and tiny space savers jammed between them.
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Just want to say I'm very jealous of your tall font small stone and big muff combo. Aside from the way they sound, I especially love the way the foot switches feel.
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that pedal board is going to weigh a ton :)
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Update, still debating if a tube zipper or English muff'n will fill the final space best, and find a new switcher, I tried this one out and kept tapping 2 switches at the time. I need to find a switcher with 6-7 switches, but I think I might have to go custom to get it to fit.

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Got two of these from a reputable source, each chip is tested and videos are available online for the process.

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The idea is (once I get a job) to send off one of the dmm to analogman, it is a later model designed for 4 mn3008's, but this one has two mn3005's, so it can get double the delay time.
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Sidecar build started, finally had time to try putting pedals on the board, looks like room for a verb

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How much do all of those tones weigh?
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It's actually not that bad, big box ehx pedals are actually quite light, big package but not much inside. I would imagine if it was all boss double pedals, the weight would be drastically higher.
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finboy wrote:It's actually not that bad, big box ehx pedals are actually quite light, big package but not much inside. I would imagine if it was all boss double pedals, the weight would be drastically higher.
But the green Sovteks weigh a ton!
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True, they are tall fonts too, so thick as hell metal
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back from analogman and functioning, definitely clearer sounding in the longer times, though i doubt 1100MS, sounds great.
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finboy wrote:back from analogman and functioning, definitely clearer sounding in the longer times, though i doubt 1100MS, sounds great.
How much did analogman charge you? My old corded DMM needs a tune-up.
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Since when have you had a rotosphere finboy? Very jealous
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Post by Golden_Sonic »

For the verb, Holy Grail Max (the old, big box version) or Cathedral. A Polyphase would be a good friend for your Polychorus
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Progrockabuse wrote:Since when have you had a rotosphere finboy? Very jealous
Got that a while back, had a mk1, thought it got stollen from my car, found this one for a good deal, then my friend found the mk1 around his house when he cleaned up. I sold him the mk1 and kept the mk2.

I was thinking about a standard big box holy grail, it fits the room on the board, and will give me some verb options.
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Post by finboy »

Progress, hnb's decal looks killer, still have to drill the box for inputs and outputs, and order some switches and LED's

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Needs more big muff's
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