My Pedalboard … a year after
by Rhoy Pamparo on Jan.14, 2010, under Melodic Insights
There is really not a lot of changes except for the dirt pedals and the size of the board. I sold my Sparkle Drive but somehow still thinking that I shouldn’t have done that … I miss the sort-of-clean boost it provides. The SFX-03 is finally kicked out from the board. It is my longest serving pedal (tied with the TU-2, which I got at the same time). A really really tough choice. But between the Half-Gainer’s 2 channels & the Zendrive, I should have a lot bases covered. I think that removing the SFX-03 even made my Zendrive better as I am forced to start looking into other ways of using it. I am not disappointed by this decision at all!
Pedalboard as of January 2009
The Additions
- Barber Half-Gainer
- VL PP2 Plus
The Subtractions
- VL Sparkle Drive
- SD SFX-03 Twin Tube
- EB Volume Pedal
The Constants
- Hermida Zendrive
- Diamond Memory Lane
- Empress Tremolo
- Boss TU-2
The Variables
- Analogman Bi-Chorus
- MaxxPlay I/O
Pedalboard as of January 2010
Some future pedals to consider are compressor, a boost and a 2nd delay for triplets/dotteds. Although coming from a 4-times-a-week, to a weekend-warrior, and now a once-a-month-sometimes-twice guitarist, I am hard-pressed to buy anything else. Heck, I might not even buy a single pedal again in the next 2 years! Oh well … good thing is that these decisions can change in a heartbeat 
January 16th, 2010 on 9:26 pm
What is the colorful thing in the top left?
Your board looks great, there is a lot of versatility there. I have been playing a lot with the Zen and the volume knob on the guitar. Many good tones with setting your main “lead” tone with the volume at maximum, then dialing down to a spongy sparkle sound. Congrats on the new board.
January 17th, 2010 on 3:50 pm
that colorful thing is a hand-painted box for my picks
i’ve been really having fun with my volume & tone knob on the the Tele while using either the Zen or Gainer.
btw, i do have an EP-Booster on the way, too!