I recently joined a 3 piece electro, post-rock outfit so I had a perfect excuse reason to add a looper into my rig. Got a Jamman Solo and after 2 jams, I think it may be just the pedal I need. I already asked a local builder here to make me a FS3X  footswitch clone.

I’m still waiting for an additional set of patch cables with pancake plugs. I’m hoping I could find a way to cram all these into my board.

Current Chain

Boss TU-2 –> Morley Mini Volume –> EHX Little Big Muff –> Fulltone FD2 Mosfet –> MXR Micro Amp –> MXR Phase 90 –> TC Electronic Nova Delay –> Line6 Verbzilla –> Digitech Jamman Solo

Spoke too soon regarding the “usability” of the Shimverb, replaced the small thing with a Verbzilla. The shimmer effect used 5ths so there are instances where using it is a pain in the arse. And I needed a more organic sounding reverb. Plus the Octo setting on the ‘zilla is just damn awesome (And because I can’t afford a Strymon blueSky Reverberator).

I think I need a smaller tuner. And a looper. And a tremolo. And another delay. And a bigger board. tsk

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Finally! Reverb added into rig. \m/

Scrap the Supernatural GAS. I purchased a Mooer Shimverb right after I tried it yesterday. Both the room and shimmer are actually very usable. The small (reeeeallllly small) footprint and price tag is a big factor as well.

right view

Current pedal chain:

Morley Mini Volume –> EHX Little Big Muff –> Fulltone FD2 Mosfet –> MXR Micro Amp –> MXR Phase 90 –> TC Electronic Nova Delay –> Mooer ShimVerb –> Boss TU-2

left view

UPDATE (July 15):

Uh huh.. I tried replacing the CTO-1 with the Dynacomp. Now I’m using it as a booster. Still need to work (and test) this one as the pedal is quite noisy when output is cranked.

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Documenting pedalboard change for mid-2012.

Current pedal lineup (no particular order):

• Dunlop GCB-80 High Gain Volume Pedal
• Boss TU-2
• Fulltone Full Drive 2 Mosfet
• Danelectro TOD v1
• MXR Phase 90
• TC Electronic Nova Delay

I’m considering swapping the GCB-80 to a Morley Mini Vol-Wah pedal.