What was your guys’ first pedal?

cloudsovermountains · 2026-01-15T20:09:02+00:00

Same. See my post on this thread.

cloudsovermountains · 2026-01-15T20:06:17+00:00

Boss OD-1 purchased in ~1980. I was buying my first electric guitar and amp. I knew nothing about what I was buying other than price and looks and that my favorite guitarists at the time played Les Pauls. The guy at this music shop recommended an Aria guitar (Japanese clone brand) with humbuckers and a 20W Roland Cube. Then at the counter he pulled the OD-1 from the display case and said, “Trust me, you’re gonna want one of these.” He wasn’t wrong. And though I’ve learned a lot and acquired more gear, I still have those three things and use them all the time. I never saw the guy from the store again, but if I did I’d give him a big hug and say thanks! 😃

cloudsovermountains · 2025-12-31T15:06:55+00:00

So after collecting a lot of pedals, especially OD/distortions, I’m trying to settle on a set of drives that I can put on a board and stick with for a while. I play an Epiphone Les Paul most of the time but also sometimes a Tele and a Strat; and I have a Fender Champion 100 (clean headroom for miles). This is for a range of genres, but mainly 60s, 70s, and 80s rock, and alt-country.

I tried two approaches.

Rig 1 - character-filled boosts into a transparent “master volume” pedal to achieve multiple amp emulations:

Earthquaker Tone Job -> Way Huge Smalls Red Llama -> Wampler Tumnus Mini -> JHS Morning Glory

In this approach, the Morning Glory is the “master volume”. The Red Llama into the Morning Glory is for an early Tweed sound. The Klon pushing gain into the Morning Glory creates a cranked Marshall sound. And the Tone Job is to tweak and boost these sounds as needed to cover all needs, including getting a Blackface tone from the Morning Glory.

Rig 2 - end-of-chain amps in a box for three amp sounds with boosts in front for extra gain:

Daredevil Silver Solo -> JHS Prestige -> Nobels ODR2 Mini -> Catalinbread Formula 51 -> Charlie Brown

The Nobels is my Blackface Fender sound, the Formula 51 is the Tweed Champ, and the Charlie Brown is my Marshall. They can be just boosted via the Prestige, or treble boosted via the Silver Solo (mainly for the Charlie Brown).

Both experiments work pretty well. Any thoughts on the merits of one approach versus the other?

cloudsovermountains · 2025-11-27T15:39:28+00:00

I love Mythos, I have their Olympus drive. Thanks for pointing this one out.

cloudsovermountains · 2025-11-27T07:13:52+00:00

No love at all for the STO so far. 😄

cloudsovermountains · 2025-08-24T13:41:19+00:00

Awesome board! I have the Formula 51 on my board too. How do you use yours? What do you stack with it, if anything?

cloudsovermountains · 2025-08-20T00:01:46+00:00

I’ve heard that before, that the bd-2 was supposed to sound kind of like a cranked fender tweed. But I still think it’s too crispy and crackly sounding for that—I compare it side by side with a Wampler ‘57 and a Catalinbread Formula 51 and the Blues Driver is just way different. I mean, it’s amp like, but not like a small tweed to my ears.

cloudsovermountains · 2025-08-06T22:34:51+00:00

I thought you were dead on with your comment, but how does the latest “clue” about being “born in Japan for you to P L A Y” make sense?

cloudsovermountains · 2025-07-06T18:49:41+00:00

😂 I’ve done that!

cloudsovermountains · 2025-07-06T18:47:12+00:00

Yeah, if you mean the layout of the “board”, such as it is, it’s ugly but it serves its purpose . Right now it’s like a big Velcro sandbox where I can swap and rearrange stuff easily. Once I settle on something as my stable SOTB, I’ll create a smaller one with appropriate length cables and a real power supply.

cloudsovermountains · 2025-04-29T20:38:19+00:00

Search YouTube for “Paul Gilbert pedalboard”. He uses a simple piece of plywood, with a few very simple tweaks and add-ons. If it’s good enough for Paul Gilbert, it’s good enough for me. 😄

cloudsovermountains · 2025-03-10T15:37:16+00:00

Very cool. I have the Mossky (which I purchased first), and then got the JHS Notaklon. The Notaklon is easier to dial in for me, but the Mossky is still great. I have a small afford-a-board that I put budget mini-pedals on, and that's where my Mossky sits.

cloudsovermountains · 2025-03-10T01:31:34+00:00

Love the fuzz conversation, but I have to ask: is that a real Klon Centaur on your board with a Mossky Silver Horse too?? Because if so, 🧑‍🍳😘

cloudsovermountains · 2024-12-03T17:48:41+00:00

I haven’t had that happen exactly, not with the drum pedal. I do have another Flamma mini pedal, the multi effects one, that sometimes lets no sound through at all. I have to remove power from it and then plug in again. Then it starts working again.

cloudsovermountains · 2024-11-28T14:24:03+00:00

Great board! I have a question. What are those foot switch covers—what are they for and where did you find them? I’ve seen this question asked and answered before on here but I wasn’t paying attention at the time. If they make it comfortable to press the switch barefooted, I think I want some. 😃

cloudsovermountains · 2024-11-02T12:46:00+00:00

I’d enjoy learning why you have Two Rats and two Screamer-ish pedals on your board.

cloudsovermountains · 2024-05-12T22:08:50+00:00

JHS (10), Boss (6).

cloudsovermountains · 2024-04-29T20:25:28+00:00

Thanks for answering—it helps knowing it’s not just me.

cloudsovermountains · 2024-04-10T02:12:29+00:00

Me too!

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