Evolution of my Pedal Board part 6

Nothing much has changed from the last version of my Pedal Board. However, at this stage, I am still experimenting my reverb. I've always wanted a cheap but good reverb and the Biyang Tri-Reverb is such instance. The problem with the Beta Aivin RV-5 is that it is too digital and cold sounding. I prefer something more warm. The Biyang Tri-Reverb is a true bypass pedal that has digital circuits that emulate analog reverb. It has tons of setting to boot. Although, I  pretty much only utilize the subtle reverb mode. This stayed in my board for a long while. To be continued

Evolution of my Pedal Board part 5

At this point of time, I was pretty much quite sure on what I was going for. The previous casing was not big enough to contain all my pedals and as such, I shifted to a soft casing instead. Which is actually a lot lighter compared to the hard case. Also, since it's longer, it also allows me to fit in more pedals, which actually isn't a very bright idea considering how much they weight when together.

Anyway, I was lucky enough to snatch a MXR EVH phaser pedal which is used by Steve Vai. That immediately replaced the Biyang that I had before. Also, adding to the list of modulation effects that I have is a Beta Aivin RV-5 reverb pedal. To be very honest, this pedal is actually a clone of the Boss RV-5. No prizes for guessing! Having both a Delay and Reverb pedal allows me to achieve that "For the Love of God" Steve Vai kind of tone on pretty much any amp I want.

Additionally, I've also managed to land myself an Ibanez TS-9DX Tube Screamer pedal on a local forum at a really good price. This is once again a pedal that was being used by Steve Vai when he wants to do solo boosting. He actually replaced this pedal with the Jemini and his version of the same pedal is actually a Keeley modded version. However, mine remains stock. I use this pedal as a booster to my other drive pedals, to give me a thicker, creamier saturated tone. This is especially nice when boosting a modded DS-1.

It is actually quite hard to see in the pictures but the DS-1 I have is actually a modded version. It is done with the Monte Allum Mod and it has all 3 sounds of the DS-1. The stock, All Seeing Eye and Ultra Mod sound. This is particular useful as it allows me full tonal control over the kind of sound I want. Also, with all 3 different drive pedals, I am able to achieve different gain intensity, which pretty much allows me to do any drive voicing from slight over-driven blues to Heavy Crunchy Metal Distortions. To be continued

Evolution of my Pedal Board part 4

As stated in my last post, this is the time where my Pedal boad evolved really fast. I really wanted to go for something similar to what Steve Vai had. Actually, to be honest, most of my pedal purchase doesn't make much tone sense. It's more of, "Oh Steve Vai uses that, I shall get me one of those" impulse buying.

We can see from the picture that I added a Digitech Whammy and a Boss CE5 pedal into the mix. The main reason of getting the Digitech Whammy pedal, other than the reason being "cause Steve Vai has it" is that I wanted a harmonizer pedal. Something like what Rob Marcello would have. Of course, I bought it without actually knowing how it sounds like. I later realized that I actually need 2 amps to get that Rob Marcello Harmonizer sound. The CE5 is actually a great pedal. It's one of those subtle kind of Chorus pedals without overpowering in your face. It has a mellow and warm tone and it's great if I want to do Shoe Gaze (Not that I do that) or atmospheric kind of sound.

Well and of course, Steve Vai once used it during his Fire Garden Tour. How do I know it? There is a picture to prove it! To be continued

Evolution of my Pedal Board part 2

This is the second incarnation of my pedal board. This is the time when I actually started saving up money for "better" pedals. You can see in the picture that there are 2 new additions to the board. The Jemini and the Biyang TS7. I am a huge Steve Vai fan and as such, the Jemini is pretty much a no brainer when it came out around that time. I got it at a very nice and irresistible price from a friend. Special thanks to you if you are reading this.

The Biyang TS-7 was actually also bought second hand from him. I wanted to see what was all the rave about with Ibanez Tubescreamers and well, as a boost pedal it is really amazing. The Biyang TS-7 is actually a modified Ibanez Tubescreamer clone with boost switch and true bypass by the way.

There still a lot of Danelectro pedals, or rather all of what I've owned within the board. However most of them are sold later on when I slowly cycled out for "better" pedals. That being said, Danelectro pedals are still bang for the buck pedals with good tone. For budget guitarist,I highly recommend it. To be continued.

Evolution of my Pedal Board part 1

Facebook is such an amazing tool for keeping track of our memories. I was looking back at old pictures of my gears. Some of them are still around while some of them, have already been sold. This is the very first incarnation of my pedal board.

Danelectro pedals are really cheap and actually, pretty good. When I just started learning how to play the electric guitar, being a student, I wasn't too rich in resources to buy expensive pedals. Even Boss was still too expensive for me to be able to afford. Hence, used Danelectro pedals seemed to be the perfect choice. Note that there are pretty much all kinds of fanciful effects in the chain. I pretty much thought that if I have every effect, I can create super cool sounds. Apparently, that isn't true at all. To be continue.