Been a while since I've participated in the forums!!! (The last time was like 25th May '06 .pg 53 #527, when boutique stuff was not readily available in shops.)
Everything has changed except for the Proco Rat II that I got from MrMisse back in 2005
. A very musical pedal, sensitive to dynamics and stuff. Thou it's normally associated with being a fuzzy/ heavy distortion, I'm in love with the light overdrive the Rat's able to produce. I've gone through a few overdrives (BB+, Nobels ORD-s, Sparkle Drive, Ross Distortion, Black Star....) all great pedals but I came back to the Rat. The Rat, when engaged, eats up the guitar's bass frequencies but I find that it helps me stay in the mix better as it prevents me from becoming muddy and overlapping the Keys and Bass. Plus it stacks well with the BB preamp
. Btw, the Rat is not modded i just swapped in the ultra bright LED from a FAB pedal.
Right now, Im waiting for my DL4 DIY Kit mod to come in from Daniel aka Drasp.
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?2167275-Modded-DL4s-Gear-Repairs-Mods If your interested (thou I don't see many uses of DL4), you can get him at,
drasp@earthlink.net. Dan's a really nice guy to deal with.
Patch work is abit complicated. Used to have the Nova Mod after my Vol pedal nut realised that the volume pedal was 25k and was sucking up all the treble in my tone. So I put the buffered pedal(nova mod) before the vol, and the trebles all came back. Just that I can't get my stereo chorus and flange sounds anymore.
Guitar > Budda Wah > Rat II > Ep Booster V1 > BB preamp > Nova Modulator > EB VP Jr > Boss DD7 > DL4 > Amp
Wired & Powered with George Ls + Pedal Power II.
Some really really nice boards before me
. Very inspiring indeed. This thread has definitely influenced my pedal decisions quite abit. Thanks everyone for sharing your gear.
Cheers!