When playing with is band De-illumination in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sazzad Arefeen plugs into a TC Electronic PolyTune, which goes to a Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor and then into his 2-channel Carl Martin Octa-Switch. The Octa-Switch’s first channel is programmed as follows:
1 - MXR Zakk Wylde Phase
2 - MXR Super Comp Compressor
3 - Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer
4 - Wampler Triple Wreck Distortion
5 - Fulltone Catalyst boost/OD
6 - Boss NS-2 send on Octa-Switch input, Octa-Switch send on Boss NS-2 return, Boss NS-2 send on Octa-Switch return.
7 - MXR Zakk Wylde Black Label Chorus
8 - T-Rex Reptile 2 Delay
The Octa-Switch’s second output runs through an MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ and TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb before hitting the amp. Everything is mounted on a Pedaltrain Pro and powered by a Decibel Eleven Hot Stone. “It was pretty hard to make this board from Bangladesh,” writes Arefeen. “It took me almost two years.”
Checking out the pedalboards of our fellow players never gets old—and there’s so much creativity on display in this latest batch.You’ll encounter classic effects deployed in imaginative ways … ambitious switching/effect loop schemes … and a vast menagerie of hip boutique boxes. Thanks for the ongoing inspiration, readers!
