So I played an open mic last night, first one in about eighteen months. I haven’t listened to it yet, so I don’t know if it’s worth posting. It was interesting, in that the venue is owned by a famous guy with whom I’m really not at all familiar. He’s doing some rather wonderful things for communities, so I’m not going to complain that my drink was served in a jelly jar. Anyway, it was not at all a painful experience, and I’m pretty sure I’ll do it at least once more, so thank you to Andrea for suggesting we meet at his club.

I have a new pedal. It’s in the bottom right of the picture below. For those of you who want to tell me how I’m doing it wrong but would like a simplified flow chart, here it is:

Guitar
v
Visual Sound Visual Volume > Boss TU-3 Tuner
v
Electro-Harmonix Pulsar Tremolo
v
VOX V847 Wah
v
Xotic Effects EP Booster
v
MI Audio Blues Pro Overdrive (now extinct, apparently)
v
MXR Custom Badass (Bidet) ’78 Distortion
v
Boss RE-20 Space Echo
v
Boss RC-2 Loop Station
v
Amp

(Powered by BBE Supa Charger)

Hint: it’ll change tomorrow. One pedal, at least. In the meanwhile, I rewired the board, stuck the Supa Charger underneath the board, and jammed for a while this evening, the recording of which is now in the Jams section. It’s a long one, and it goes through a few styles, and I really like the Visual Volume (thanks, Andy!). More on this new setup soon.

I haven’t decided whether or not to put the Guitar Center acoustic room jam up on this site. It might be audible, just squeaky. We shall continue to see...

Tags: New Pedalboard Setup