pedalboard economy

Post by **Mike** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:38 am

haha

I've never seen a band with in-ear monitors, but I still see a lot with wireless stuff. Standing inches from their amps.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:43 am

Mike wrote:haha

I've never seen a band with in-ear monitors, but I still see a lot with wireless stuff. Standing inches from their amps.

i haven't seen that for a while. mind you, last time i did see it i wanted to stab my eyes out with a broken bottle after the guitarist lept off the stage and ran around the perimeter of the venue whilst playing. fucking dreadful.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:43 pm

stewart wrote:
Mike wrote:haha

I've never seen a band with in-ear monitors, but I still see a lot with wireless stuff. Standing inches from their amps.
i haven't seen that for a while. mind you, last time i did see it i wanted to stab my eyes out with a broken bottle after the guitarist lept off the stage and ran around the perimeter of the venue whilst playing. fucking dreadful.

Lol, we've all done it - i know i have. j/k
Depends on the act, they like that kind of shit at working mens clubs, and if its a Queen tribute band that like to see Ryan May play solos whilst stood at the bar.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:48 pm

Fran wrote:
stewart wrote:
Mike wrote:haha

I've never seen a band with in-ear monitors, but I still see a lot with wireless stuff. Standing inches from their amps.
i haven't seen that for a while. mind you, last time i did see it i wanted to stab my eyes out with a broken bottle after the guitarist lept off the stage and ran around the perimeter of the venue whilst playing. fucking dreadful.
Lol, we've all done it - i know i have. j/k
Depends on the act, they like that kind of shit at working mens clubs, and if its a Queen tribute band that like to see Ryan May play solos whilst stood at the bar.

this was an open air venue with about 10 people watching, including a tramp who repeatedly threw himself onto the concrete in some sort of 'cider-dance'. it was bizarre.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:55 pm

stewart wrote:'cider-dance'

hahaha

les mots juste!

Post by **dots** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:33 pm

timhulio wrote:On a similar note. It's been ages since I saw a painfully average local band with wireless units and in-ear monitors. Maybe the message is getting through.

only reason i'd consider an in-ear system would be to hear myself better on stage, but in most club situations (where one would benefit most) they're just not practical to get setup when time is of the essence.

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:37 pm

Hurb wrote:I'm struggling with my pedalboard like never before. I don't want just any old noise makers on there...I want a theme sort of. and also I want my noise making to not be obvious, Like I could add loads of kool weird sounding pedals on there and make all sorts of awesome weird sounds, but it's kinda obvious...I dunno I am thinking organic if that's not such a lame sounding term? So I am sticking to fuzz's mostly and trying different ones and the shit that happens when they get stacked. but It's also the size of the pedal board I am struggling with....I want less is more.....but it's not that practical and its restricting. aghhhhhhhhh!!!!!

but saying all that this is what I am left with tonight

I want to add a blue box on there and space echo one day....but I guess something would have to go then.

Bear in mind that a Blue Box will need it's own booster, and possibly a loop (for convenience).

Post by **Doog** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:46 pm

Isn't there a widely-known cap snip mod for the Bluebox volume issue?

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:50 pm

I always heard that was bogus. I also heard that you could replace the output pot with a higher value one, but that seems bogus to me. A pot's resistance is either infinite (off) or a set resistance (max). In my mind increasing the value would just make it quieter by adding more resistance. Although I'm not good at this stuff....

Post by **Hurb** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:55 pm

When I tried kims blue box at doogfest it was plenty loud. hers had had the snip to cap mod though.

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:58 pm

Ok, I did a bit of reading, and maybe that isn't so bogus. it's cap C11. I may solder mine out this weekend.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:30 pm

mezzio13 wrote:Ok, I did a bit of reading, and maybe that isn't so bogus. it's cap C11. I may solder mine out this weekend.

Just snip one leg. It increases the volume a little but its nothing to write home about. Some people complain the pedal makes a ticking noise afterwards as well.
Trying to completely remove it is a nightmare as the circuit board is so small with so many parts. I tried changing some components and made a bit of a mess so just circuit bent it. Its twice as loud now but i lost the blend/octave effect.