I absolutely love the Ironman Mini. I really like the idea of having it at my feet for a solo boost. I had problems boosting an already hot SV to get it louder for solos. I was out of headroom but loved my tone. The Ironman Mini completely solved my problem, and to make things even better…it sounds and feels much better than my Weber Mini Mass. I was actually doing ok with the Mini Mass but the Ironman is on another level. The Ironman retains all of the feel of my SV. I can’t live without this attenuator.
Another coincidence - I used to do some larger gigs with that same Furman SPB-8 when I was using the Marshall JVM410H. That's the one with the wheels and the extendable handle, right? It was really nice. My pedalboard was huge and weighed a ton; it looked like NASA; it got more attention from musicians at gigs than me or my guitars & amps.
LOL! I love your cat. He looks like he's about to get into trouble.Nice and tidy.
Ha! It's identical to mine except instead of a chorus I have a noise gate. I just added my Morley WahLock before the tuner yesterday.Currently working this one up. Still need to make some longer cables with the Switchcraft pancake right angle plugs for the amp send / effect send and put hook & loop on the pedals. The TC Hall Of Fame will be swapped out for a BOSS REV-3 when / if I ever get my dirty mitts on one. Missing in photo: Marshall foot switch for 1987 Marshall JCM 800 2205 head and Gibson Flying V.
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In my opinion, everything in this post and pic and pedalboard is perfect. I especially appreciate the callout about space on board for the extra right angle plug for fx loops, the reality that you'll be swapping out OD pedals, and the variety provided by the Cloudburst. All these things resonate loud and clear with me!!!Nothing really important, I was just working on this tonight and felt like posting about it. I have a larger pedalboard full of stuff I rarely use, so I wanted to make something really basic that I can use with any of my maps. If you guys also have mini pedalboards, I'd love to see some pics.
The only effects I "really" need are reverb, delay, and a distortion box. Plus, I always need a tuner and a noise gate. Those are all the basics. Everything else I have is just for varietry.
I have other reverb and delay pedals, but for this mini board I got an Ibanez Analog Delay Mini which I haven't even tried yet (but I'm familiar with them since their release), and I'm going to try using the CloudBurst as just a reverb pedal. The reason I'm going with the CB, is because it's a WAY more versatile pedal than my reverb-only pedal. If it doesn't work out, I'll just go back to my TCE HOF box.
The only thing I use delay for is soaring lead solos. I don't do much of that dotted 8th/U2 stuff, though I'm interested in pursuing it sometimes.
You will notice extra space between the FX Loop side and the Front End side for two reasons: 1) there needs to be room for the two right-angled cables - I always have two FX loops, front & back as you can see, and 2) I'll be changing out distortion boxes for different front-end gain flavors as desired. Right now, I have 4 gain pedals that I like: the Mad Professor Bluebird OD, the OCD v1.7, the BOSS SD-1, and the TCE Spark (transparent overdrive). The mad professor gives a boost at just the right mid frequencies to make humbuckers guitars sound like old PAFs. I don't use its delay.
I'll be using this with a:
Marshall JCM 800 SC20H,
Marshall DSL20HR,
Mesa/Boogie Mark Five: 25,
Fender Custom 68 Vibro Champ, and,
Monoprice 15.
I put big buttons on the switches, because I'm just jamming at home and they're easier to click when I'm wearing socks.
That's about it. What do you think? Got any pics of your own mini boards?
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I've also got the Decimator II, which is the full-size chrome model. (BTW, the chrome looks disgusting after a while.) The only advantage is that the Dec-II allows it to run on a battery. I was done using batteries in stomp boxes by 2003. Now that many notorious pedals come in mini format, as long as any of the features aren't sacrificed, I'm gravitating that way. One bad example is TEC's pedals like the HOF Reverb, Flashback Delay, and others, where the only way to get the big brother settings on the mini, is to download their "Tone Prints", and I want nothing to do with that. On the positive side, there's the MXR Carbon Copy for example, which actually is a true mini version of its big brother.
Ha! It's identical to mine except instead of a chorus I have a noise gate. I just added my Morley WahLock before the tuner yesterday.
That's really all you need, isn't it? A tuner & and a boost, and few FX in the loop. The more complex, the more you have to keep bending down and tweaking.
I like Morleys because they turn on as soon as you step on them (no footswitch). Back in the day I used the Bad Horsie II. What's different about the WahLock ("lock" being the keyword), is that, in addition to being a wah pedal, you can use the 'Notch' control to dial in your favorite point in the pedal travel, and then just switch it on & off as desired. 'Loud' is your signal volume, and the 'Whoa' switch expands the lower range of the wah (sounds like 70's Disco - like "The Love Boat" and stuff.
Oh - and the white print on the pedal glows green in the dark.
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No, but to me the only thing that's important is how well they work. The ISPs work better than several other gates I tried years ago, including the hideous MXR M135 Smart Gate, and one from BOSS. There's no need for attack and release settings, or other "features". With the ISP's, you turn the knob until the noise stops, and then you forget it's even on your board.
