I recently broke up my pedal board. I've since been putting together a modular system that adapts to various situations, depending on how much I want to carry and what I'll be playing.
From my guitar, I go through a WiC PRA wireless. The receiver is plugged into a SMS Steel Guitar Black Box. In the full set-up, the signal then goes to a Digitech IPB-10 effects unit. It is an older discontinued model that uses an old model iPad. Instead of digital menus, the iPad shows pictures of the pedals being used and adjustments are made by "turning" the knobs on the iPad screen. It has the most accesible interface I've ever encountered in a floor unit. It has 87 different pedals, and a bunch of amps and cab simulations that I don't use.
The IPB-10 has a "stomp" loop to add other effects. Through this I run a Pedal Train Nano+ board with the following mini pedals, all powered by a Volto battery underneath:
Dunlop Mini Crybaby
Valeton Katfish envelope filter
Mooer Slow Engine volume swell
Pigtronix Disnortion Micro
Mooer Tender Octaver (clone of EHX Micro POG)
Polytune II mini tuner.
For quick grab 'n go jams, I just bring the Nano+. I accomplish the same as an OBEL by running volume on my guitar at "10", and placing a volume pedal at the end of my chain. With the full set-up, I use the footpedal on the IPB-10 as a volume. When I use only the Nano+, I add a Dunlop mini volume and, sometimes, an EHX B-9. I can also easily swap out pedals on the Nano+ for different situations. I use 3M Dual Lock instead of velcro which makes changing pedals very easy. The Dual Lock works better than velcro, sticks to the board better, and the pedals are attached more solidly than with velcro.
The funny thing is, with all these options, I play without any effects >95% of the time. I just like having all the options available if the mood hits, especially for improvisational jamming.
Bill, tgo
