Gear Photos

Today my Ramble FX Twin Bender V3 arrives, and I'm stoked. I'd love to know in detail what is similar about it versus what differs versus the original Tone Bender. It'd be so cool to have it tagged with circuits, transistors, etc. But right now, there is no hierarchy in the similar items, and they are not as obviously useful as they could be. Soon, we will introduce a hierarchy system, so the more similar the item the more prominently it will be featured.

I'm already doing that, I go from most schematically similar to least when I do a link up.... unless I can't remember :-[

so I posted 2 suggestions previously in my rambling way that I think are good: visual rig routing tool in 'my gear' and also a beginners hub that's more than guides

and if its got the correct HFE for the germanium transistors it doesn't matter if theyre glass mullards, you'll lvoe it

in short, I don't know that the devil wears prada quote is always applicable

Of course.

So if there is agreement around this sentiment, how can we do better?

1) just starting with guitar, because, look, I'm now accepting guitar will always come first.... we could have like a rig layout thing with signal flow like how the old guitargeek layouts were done.... so you can show your layout and add notes to share your methods.... that simple.... sometimes this stuff is better shown visually... this could grow to studios, I think a lot of younger people shy away from patchbays for example because its hard to visualize and loaded with electronic hurdles but its way better for workflow

This is a great idea. It's intuitive and could be a helpful guide for new users.

who has #2?

More template guides? Idk. There's not that much that can be done with a photo.

Today my Ramble FX Twin Bender V3 arrives, and I'm stoked.

Will a first impressions video be posted on Equipboard's YouTube? ;)

To be honest, I would be more interested in seeing community videos than community photos. They're much more dynamic. I can also put those on in the background as I work and I get to hear the equipment being used. It's also harder to hide a lack of practice in a video, haha!

The subreddit r/guitarpedals is very good about detailed outlines and video demos. They might be worth checking out.

To be honest, I would be more interested in seeing community videos than community photos. They're much more dynamic. I can also put those on in the background as I work and I get to hear the equipment being used. It's also harder to hide a lack of practice in a video, haha!

The subreddit r/guitarpedals is very good about detailed outlines and video demos. They might be worth checking out.

videos are a pain, and your kid always susses out that you're shooting one and makes it into an oral history of sonic the hedgehog

I just had this happen.... Iw as doing a humorous how to mix video and he totally recked it.... I had a bottle of champagne in it and everything it was great

videos are a pain, and your kid always susses out that you're shooting one and makes it into an oral history of sonic the hedgehog

It's not for everyone, but it would certainly be useful documentation. We could make a priority list for gear with few or no videos online and in that way we can get sound demos for them. For example, it would be really cool to hear a demo of an Erickson Audio Research PFL-1 Pro Flanger and it seems yallappa_halageri has one(!).

Iw as doing a humorous how to mix video and he totally recked it.... I had a bottle of champagne in it and everything it was great

If it's a humorous video, wouldn't that still work as a brief tangent?

you think I ramble in print, wheew.... Lucian never stops.... he talks and talks, his poor 1st grade teacher

For starters, there needs to more clarity to users that this is not a platform for self-promotion.

I'm curious if this is true. Don't get me wrong, I don't want people creating pro artist pages and filling them with drivel, but what if we just made a place on Equipboard where it is appropriate to do some self promotion? What if gear photos had embedded soundcloud links so you could assign certain tracks to gear photos so that you could hear the specific gear in the photo? I might like that.

I found myself liking the Vox AC4HW from Jim's demo, but I only found it through the forum post he made. It'd be cool if that was featured elsewhere too... maybe.

Anyway, tell me more about the signal chain flow. Right now, I'd have to think about how to technically make it better than just writing it in the caption/notes.

I know we have gear guides like that but they could be living breathing hubs like the freshman labs in art school....

I want more of this. How do we make it happen?

what if we just made a place on Equipboard where it is appropriate to do some self promotion? What if gear photos had embedded soundcloud links so you could assign certain tracks to gear photos so that you could hear the specific gear in the photo? I might like that.

okay, that's a cool avenue, but I think RIGHT NOW its not a place for self promotion nor should it be a palce to promote yourself to non-musicians, this is a peer group not a posting for your EPK....

we should do a classifieds/bulletin board like in old timey music stores 'band seeks drummer in UK', 'looking for remixers for EDM' or 'studio open cheap rates' too

I found myself liking the Vox AC4HW from Jim's demo, but I only found it through the forum post he made. It'd be cool if that was featured elsewhere too... maybe.

okay so 1 thanks, I'm not a big self promoter unless I;m really proud of something and I get drunk and want to share the love.... interestingly that guitar now belongs to Ace Frehly's personal road manager, totally weird day hanging with that guy with masks on in a hotel in NJ, I should call him.

But the signal chain thing for guitar you could have generic movable graphics for like overdrive, distortion etc and you would number them, then a generic amp combo or head and cab.... then you add detail with text everything would get numbered in order but for parallel or whatnot you could also allow connecting arrows to represent signal flow including splits.... I'm trying to explain it maybe if I draw it later

what if we just made a place on Equipboard where it is appropriate to do some self promotion? What if gear photos had embedded soundcloud links so you could assign certain tracks to gear photos so that you could hear the specific gear in the photo? I might like that.

okay, that's a cool avenue, but I think RIGHT NOW its not a place for self promotion nor should it be a palce to promote yourself to non-musicians, this is a peer group not a posting for your EPK....

Seconded.

we should do a classifieds/bulletin board like in old timey music stores 'band seeks drummer in UK', 'looking for remixers for EDM' or 'studio open cheap rates' too

That would be cool!

But the signal chain thing for guitar you could have generic movable graphics for like overdrive, distortion etc and you would number them, then a generic amp combo or head and cab.... then you add detail with text everything would get numbered in order but for parallel or whatnot you could also allow connecting arrows to represent signal flow including splits.... I'm trying to explain it maybe if I draw it later

I like what micky_hennemann did here.

right, that! what mickey did is the thing but maybe something generalized because we can't just have every pedal be movable we don't have good enough pictures for everything and well, what a job!

I like what micky_hennemann did here.

I did something like this as a joke for the grunge challenge when every band with a gated reverb snare form late 80s seattle was accused of sounding glam, Iw as like its the snare(!!!!!) and I posted the 'how to ruin a snare drum signal flow chart.' It got a lot of laughs especially when I said the lines were red because no one should do this to a snare drum!

right, that! what mickey did is the thing but maybe something generalized because we can't just have every pedal be movable we don't have good enough pictures for everything and well, what a job!

Pedalboard Planner, ModularGrid and Pedal Playground already exist for that. Besides, then we wouldn't get any photos!

I'm curious if this is true. Don't get me wrong, I don't want people creating pro artist pages and filling them with drivel, but what if we just made a place on Equipboard where it is appropriate to do some self promotion? What if gear photos had embedded soundcloud links so you could assign certain tracks to gear photos so that you could hear the specific gear in the photo? I might like that.

That works for what I'm doing here! Oh, and people could tag their gear to the songs they used them on! Check out what Celestial Effects has on its website.

okay so pedalboard planners out but that was the springboard to be able to show signal flow for OTHER THINGS guys.... OTHER THINGS which goes along to the embedded track to hear the gear

okay so pedalboard planners out but that was the springboard to be able to show signal flow for OTHER THINGS guys....

I did mention ModularGrid.

okay so pedalboard planners out but that was the springboard to be able to show signal flow for OTHER THINGS guys....

I did mention ModularGrid.

maybe the whole idea is flawed.... I mean, my sound is my sound, its like a fingerprint... don'tget me wrong, I like to see what the big dogs use and I've aped a tone here and there as a reference on a record, but usually I get ideas of what people use and then figure out how I use it and walk my own path with that gear

That works for what I'm doing here! Oh, and people could tag their gear to the songs they used them on! Check out what Celestial Effects has on its website.

I think this celestial effects setup is fantastic

Michael, did you get your tonebender? how is it treating you?

https://equipboard.com/gear_photos/10566

Time to plug in!

wow, they drew the shape on it and gave you controls to set the amount of pickup loading and the transistor bias, see without those the old ones were hit or miss.... you had to get a good one, although they're more consistent than say a fuzz face

I really like the Celestial Effects method also.

When you guys are looking for gear to make a certain sound in your head now, how do you go about finding it?