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Pedal Alley 2019: Reader Boards

Whether it’s collections of old-school straightforward stomps or elaborate circuits for spacey experimentation, each year we’re blown away by the different pedalboard setups our readers come up with. Here’s a dozen for the tonal takeaway.

10. Theodore Burghoff: Next Level

This is my traveling pedalboard, and it goes like this:
• New Standard Holeyboard by Chemical Design Werks
• All effects except TC Electronic Ditto Looper switched through OneControl Iguana Tail Loop 2 five loop with tuner out
• Oldest first: Voodoo Lab Proctavia distortion into Keeley Caverns delay/reverb
• J. Rockett Audio Designs Archer (Klon clone) into TC Electronic Alter Ego delay
• Boss FB-2 Feedbacker/Booster
• DLS Effects RotoSIM rotary speaker emulator into Keeley Compressor into TC Electronic Viscous Vibe modulator
• Dunlop CAE Wah (I could live with this thing alone.)
• Korg Pitchblack mini tuner
-Powered by Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus (and a couple of Trutone 1 SPOT power supplies)
• TC Electronic Ditto Looper

It’s that time of year, when Premier Guitar readers wow us with the intricate details of their pedalboards. A few highlights for 2019 include a surf board station, a bright board with LED lighting, a Nashville guitarist who gigs on Lower Broadway, and a pedal setup with no frills … and literally no board at all. (All this player needs is beer and broken glass.) As an added bonus, a pro pedal builder shares his demo board and tells us why and how he started building pedals from scratch. Read on, play on, stomp on!

UAFX Enigmatic ’82 Overdrive Special Review

The range of clean, dirty, and complex tones available from this high-quality, carefully crafted Dumble modeler make it a formidable studio and performance device.

Fantastic variation in many delicious sounds makes it a bargain. High-quality. Easy to use and customize. Killer studio path to lively, responsive guitar sounds.

Price may be hard for some to swallow if they don’t leverage the whole of its potential.

$399

UAFX Enigmatic ’82 Overdrive Special
uaudio.com

4.5

I’ve never played a realDumble. I’d venture most of us haven’t. But given my experiences with James Santiago’s UAFX modeling pedals, most recently theUAFX Lion, I plugged in the new Dumble-inspired UAFX Enigmatic confident I’d taste at least the essence of that very rare elixir. You could argue there is no definitive Dumble sound. Each was customized to some extent for the customer, and they are renowned nearly as much for dynamic responsiveness and flexibility as their singing, complex, clean-to-dirty palettes.

Jeff Kollman Rig Rundown

Pedal Alley 2019: Reader Boards

Whether it’s collections of old-school straightforward stomps or elaborate circuits for spacey experimentation, each year we’re blown away by the different pedalboard setups our readers come up with. Here’s a dozen for the tonal takeaway.

10. Theodore Burghoff: Next Level

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This episode is sponsored by PRS Guitars.
Learn more: https://prsguitars.com.

UAFX Enigmatic ’82 Overdrive Special Review

The range of clean, dirty, and complex tones available from this high-quality, carefully crafted Dumble modeler make it a formidable studio and performance device.

Universal Audio Enigmatic '82 Overdrive Special Amplifier Pedal

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Pedal Alley 2019: Reader Boards

Whether it’s collections of old-school straightforward stomps or elaborate circuits for spacey experimentation, each year we’re blown away by the different pedalboard setups our readers come up with. Here’s a dozen for the tonal takeaway.

10. Theodore Burghoff: Next Level

This episode is sponsored by PRS Guitars.Learn more: https://prsguitars.com.

The range of clean, dirty, and complex tones available from this high-quality, carefully crafted Dumble modeler make it a formidable studio and performance device.

This episode is sponsored by PRS Guitars.
Learn more: https://prsguitars.com.