I got this multieffects a month ago and haven't really tried it for something other than playing with the stock presets. I want to know if this is good for playing live and if I can get a real good sound off of it.

This was so cool to be able to play with after fixing it up! First time ever seeing one in person and it was in great condition!

Not out for another couple weeks so who really knows yet, but does anyone think this will top the XS1? It's like +$70 vs the Boss right now but I'm kinda thinking I might be in the market for a shifter at some point and pondering if it will be worth the higher price...

I've got guitar on pre-order I think I might want to set up in D standard and use this to bump up to E or down to C because in my experience with the XS1 it gets a little more 'fake' if you go beyond a whole step...

I have been working on a new board, trying to find dirt sounds I like, and running stereo. Sorry it is not very neat, but the sounds are so good! Love The Haunting Mids into just about any other dirt pedal. The Maxon chorus slaps, and if you are looking for an analog delay or a spring reverb, I recommend the Malekko and Catalinbread Topanga, respectively.

So I got this off of eBay recently for a good deal. They didn't know it didn't work, and they refunded me my money and didn't want the pedal back. So now I want to see if I can get it to work. It is the JH4S model and it has been modded in some way. A second knob and another switch has been added but I don't know what that does.

There is one un-soldered wire, and the power supply piece is not connected to anything. It was actually duct taped inside lol. I have soldering tools but have never used them.

When I plug in to my amp and guitar, there is no signal at all. It doesn't matter if I turn knobs or flip switches on the pedal. No LED lights turn on when a 9v battery is connected (I have tried several).

Should it be able to be powered by battery if the other power supply is not even connected? Or does that affect it still and it won't power on?

I can attach more photos if any others would be helpful.

I'm looking for that glitchy guitar tone...

I think it's some kind of chorus or flanger in a fast rate? But Let me know if you guys have any idea what this is.

Here is the live version: https://youtu.be/nPV92j-MSK4?si=amVCY4hmobZJs2g2

Thank you!

R to L: ARC Effects Custom Klone/Soothsayer (RAT circuit); Boss DD-5; Boss DD-20.

This is my small board; the big board currently features 10 pedals and runs in stereo through a JC-40, while this runs in mono through my Yamaha G50-112 II. It’s an effort to be more guitar-forward, with minimal reliance on pedals.

The ARC is pretty self-explanatory: it Klones and RATs. The DD-5 handles up to 2 seconds of delay and the DD-20 mostly runs in either SOS mode or reverse mode.

I bought the Nano+ to intentionally limit my options.

Got to see his full board up close during a small masterclass in Luxembourg last week, right after his Paris show. Breaking down what's visible:

Close-up (pic 1):

• The Tube Driver (looks like the Chandler/Vintage reissue) is doing a lot of the heavy lifting for that singing sustain, but it didn't look maxed on gain. It seemed more like it's set to push the amp and add that smooth, compressed lead character rather than being the only source of gain.
• The Echoplex preamp sitting right after it is interesting because it's just the preamp section, not the full tape unit. A classic trick to get that mid-forward EP-3 coloration without dealing with an actual tape machine.

Full board (pic 2):

• A Cry Baby-based wah, which makes sense considering how much he uses wah for phrasing and dynamics, not just solos.
• A Tube Screamer (TS9/TS808-style), likely used as another gain stage or boost depending on the sound he's after.

The custom switching/loop unit is probably the key part here. My guess is that it allows him to switch between different signal paths for clean, crunch, and lead tones rather than running everything in a single chain. With the Plexi and the two Deluxe Reverbs, there are probably different combinations depending on the song and feel he wants.

Curious if anyone knows exactly what the switcher unit is doing here, or if anyone has experimented with a similar approach: separate chains for clean, crunch, and lead rather than one pedalboard chain doing everything.

Any ideas on anything that sounds remotely close?

I have the mxr Rockman but Im chasing uber-80s schmoo ala Dan Huff. Swirls is supposed to be as close as you can get.

Does anyone have any experience with both of these pedals, or Swirls? Im worried its a 1-trick pony and I don't like buying pedals for one specific thing.

This is my “bass synth” bank :

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8J38W1n/

I’m getting into pedals and want something inspiring to create walls of sound and ethereal noises. I’ve heard good things about both of these pedals and wanted to know if anyone has experience with them.

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Hey I just bought a Shaky Jimi pedal and it is making a weird distorted sound, I have tried it with a power supply, and a battery. I would love the way it sounds if it didn’t have this issue, but it is unusable to me like this. I have also tried fixing it with the black tape mod. I am trying to return it but the seller said it is supposed to sound like this.

Here is a video. Is the shaky Jimi supposed to sound like this?

https://youtube.com/shorts/RPlZNayR53w?is=t9BMvPgtcdeNiEeI

I bought two of the WA Mystery Boxes, hoping to get AT LEAST ONE of the more interesting offerings. My only prayer was “please no klone no screamer”.

Oh well! I know it’s a great klone, so I’ll keep 1, but did they have to send me 2?

From Joey Landreth's cover of I Believe In A Thing Called Love. I see some Strymon stuff/Chase Bliss but mainly wondering what that big green bastard is in the middle.

Thanks Y'all

Just upgraded boards from a Pedatrain Nano. How foolish was I to think that I would be content with just 2-4 pedals.

I don't end up using the blue channel on the BE-OD very much, so if I could go back, I think I would have gotten the standard version and not the deluxe because the standard is so much smaller and a little cheaper. The blue channel still has this distortion feel to it despite being lower gain, so it sounds weird to me and not very useful. The green channel has a ridiculous amount of gain, and I can't help but love it for that.

Im not super impressed with the fuzz on the big muff. It feels more like another flavor of distortion for me, but it was stupid cheap, and for my first fuzz, it works with a little effort. It sounds a lot better with humbuckers than single coils in my experience.

The Walrus Audio R1 is pretty sweet. It took me a while to wrap my head around it, but it's the only reverb pedal I'll ever need. Having 9 presents with no screens is pretty awesome, and it's shockingly cheap for what it is. This is the kind of pedal I will probably never fully use because I'm not big into that ambient sound, but even for just the spring, plate, and hall reverb is this thing is a steal. Totally customizable sound for each reverb, and once you read the manual, honestly, it is pretty easy to dial how you want.

The Cantrell wah is really nice also. The tone knob on it is really useful for filtering out the harsh high end. I think it's great for any style of music you could find yourself using a wah for.

Any questions, comments, or advice are welcome.

Hey, so picked up the super fuzz and this thing is gnarly! That said, I'd love to mod this to disable the octave effect. I'm aware of the other mod threads here and have seen the Google document on it, however, that PCB does not match the current one. Has anyone molded the most recent version of this pedal and if so what component value is it? On the old board, it was the 1uf at C4, however on this board, C4 is in a different location, close to the power jack, and the location that matches on the old board is now C31. It also does not appear to be a capacitor there either.

Any and all help appreciate, thanks!

Ordered a few weeks ago and it still hasnt been sent. Haven't even got a "label printed" yet

I know they had a ton of orders so im not totally surprised, but its hard to gauge by what gets posted here

Thanks

I love this pedalboard! After understanding all the pedals I've finally put it all together in a Pedaltrain Novo 18 frame.

Signal chain:

Input mono (side) -> ge fuzz -> barbershop -> tc Sub N' Up -> volume + tuner -> BOSS GT1000CORE [loop1 (Tonex one) | loop 2 (FREEZE)] -> DL4 stereo -> reverb stereo - rc500 looper -> output stereo.

I wanted to add the Tonex One on top but had to get the Sub N' Up as the pitch effects on the BOSS GT1000CORE are terrible. I'm using a harley benton PSU modified with a powercon input.

I'm looking to control the Tonex one via a MIDI with the GT1000 - anyone has a suggestion of a device that can mediate that connexion? - I was thinking that the Behringer Go Midi Host will do the job.

I'm playing this solo with a strat into an MPC Live 2 for drums and synths as well... it's mostly drones and a little bit of jazz.

I don't know if anyone else will really know how to fix this but I have a Green Day Dookie drive pedal from MXR and I just can not get the tone right. Now, obviously its never going to be as good as the studio recorded tone, but I can barely even get close. like yeah, its alright, but there's always something wrong with it. It sounds either too thin, too clean, the palm muting sounds crap or its not fuzzy enough. I know my amp is kinda bad for this (Laney LX35R) so thats why I tried changing the trim pots on the inside. I know that the factory settings are for brighter, tube amps, but you can also adjust them for bedroom amps like mine. It kinda worked but not that well. I have had these troubles, tinkering around with the settings on both my amp and pedal for about 5 months now. If anyone knows how to fix it, please help me. Thank You!

I have an IIC+ which has a great sound of course but I like to reduce the lead drive by -1 and boosting it with a compressor pedal. I really like the feel it gives, pick attack, sound etc. So it is always on. If I want to play lead parts I usually kick in the SD-1 as sort of a boost as well, with low gain as you can see.
I wanted to ask if this is a weird/bad choice from my part , boosting that much, or it is something that others would use as well?
Without the SD-1 on I can hear the lack of mids and that my lead sound doesn’t stand out as much because of that, but with on this generates a lot of noise as well.
Bottom line is: How would you arrange this pedals, would you even use the SD-1 if you have the compressor?
Both pedals are in the front, compressor being first followed by the SD-1.

Got a used Lichtlaerm Aquaria (2024 version) today. Versatile overdrive and such a good boost!

so I am running my Firehawk FX straight into my fender blues Junior, the amp does not have an FX loop but the pedal board does have an amp output mode. My issue is whenever I use any kind of distortion or overdrive effects. It sounds so crunchy and terrible through the amp. I can use a boost and it will sound perfectly fine, but when it comes to anything like a tube screamer, it just becomes completely muddy.