Designing The Smallest Bass Pedalboard Possible | The Janek Gwizdala Podcast
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- The time has finally come to build the smallest bass pedalboard possible as I need something to stash in my checked luggage for a trip to Morocco in a couple of weeks with The Brecker Brothers Reunion Band.
I'll be using the HX Stomp as the brains of the board, but the other pedals that will accompany it are still a mystery right now. I'd love to have a DI and maybe an octave pedal, but beyond that I'm at the drawing board playing Tetris with a mini Mono board and Tick 2.0.
This latest miniature venture has me highly motivated to finish the new HX Stomp preset pack I promised a couple of months ago. I'm going to be recreating some of the classic Brecker Brothers bass sounds of Will Lee from those original records in the 70’s, and will do my best to get that Mu-Tron sound on “Sponge”, and maybe a little chorus here and there?
More than anything I need that in-your-face fatness that those records captured, so pre-amp and EQ will be a big help with that.
More soon!
Janek
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You should DEFINITELY document your studio build and talk through your process - like you said its a rabbit hole and it would be ace to get your distilled view on what works for you
Thanks Janek, exciting trip ahead. Looking forward to hearing about your HX stomps presets
Thank you Janek Great video as always !!
A vlog of Morocco 🇲🇦 would be awesome! 👏 have a safe trip and thank you for sharing!
Great video and welcome back!
The VLOG !
Great minds man. Just got my novo 24 laid out and cabled for a woodshed session tomorrow with a new project, and saw you just posted this. Building some electronic live drum and bass /noise rock sounds. Dig the mini board Cheers
Great, a new Janek video and I'm late - damn. For a very neutral clean sound, the lehle sunday driver is great. The version without the footswitch would fit under the board. Have not tried it as a DI box yet but I use it as a preamp option. Love fromVienna
I had that same pearl octaver back in the early 80’s but didn’t really use it so sold it to a guitarist friend (Del Bromham from Stray), often wished I’d kept it
I would love a video on what you do to make the acoustics better in your new studio! Good acoustics is something that we are trying to achieve as a starting band! 😊 Would love to see your process, thoughts and techniques.
That Infinity ll is a different animal. Also The Sushi Box WBIM great DI that’s small footprint
Awesome video! I recently got an HX stomp and it came with a one spot adaptor rather than the typical power source, super cool and convenient in theory but I'm getting a lot of noise and I think it's due to the different currents in the power source. How do you power your boards? Is there a separate plug specifically for the HX stomp? Maybe this power thing could be a cool short video idea, since it seems to heavily effect the clarity of sound.
I had some really good coffee in Morocco.
I had the Di in my cart I was so happy, I put the wrong cvv in got an error and then it was gone. Oh well I didn’t need it. But I really wanted it. Anyway good video as always and hi from Croydon
Nice! I just assembled a small board for "outdoor" gigs, as opposed to my goddamn aircraft carrier. Funny how it's mostly different levels of grit and pitch shifting....
Could you take the back plate off of the Teletronix, flip it over, then reattach and put the Duo-Lock on the "inside" of the back plate?
Would love to see a recreation of the Seamoon funk machine for some the envelope filter stuff that Neil Jason, Michael and Randy used on Heavy Metal Bebop!
Have your ever shown your pelican case in depth? I'd be interested to see how customized the internal padding is. Take care!
Hi Janek, awesome video as always ! ☺️
I have a question for you… I’m searching for a good clean, compact and transparent DI preamp for gigs and studio use… I'm lost among the many existing references... what would you advise me ?
Thank you in advance,
Best regards.
Charles
i use the ikea shelves after seeing vlogs of yours during the lockdown…
Janek! You should talk to Mike Manring….im pretty sure he runs in stereo and would be a great interview!
I can imagine that JHS might be able to build you a custom Colour Box V2 (or rehouse one) a bit closer to your spatial specs for the ‘mini board’...
They just might like the challenge..., they’re JHS!
Or, build you one without the actual DI in the unit itself (to save space). One you can easily use with any passive quality (stereo?) DI, like a Radial. The size might just be like the Colour Box V1, or even smaller.
(Radial makes a great passive Stereo Pro DI, wich is the same size and build quality as the famous JDI but with double in/out/XLR’s. At least the same quality as the DI in the Colour Box. No Jensen transformer in this Pro DI like in the JDI, but nevertheless a very good one. Good enough for live use, where you don’t really need the Jensen.)
I would not use the Colour Box on a small board myself and fly around the world. I’d bring something small you can get anywhere or even bring one extra as a spare. Like the MXR. Great little indestructible pedal!!
Just thinking with you here...🤓😄
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Please bring back vlogs
Have you considered a portable power source? Milwaukee M18 Topoff has an AC Inverter and may beable to power your travel rig in case you come across shotty stage wiring like previous fiasco.
That could be an option, but unfortunately the shoddy wiring also affected the amp in the most recent situations I found myself in. So the pedalboard could be running clean as a whistle, and I'd still be getting a horrific ground hum from the amp which was what happen in Zhuhai in China a few weeks ago.
Great vídeo. Janek. What power supply do you use?
I use various power supplies by Cioks.
You do so much experimentation with pedals and your sound, have you gone through a period where you tried out different pre-amps or pickups in your bass to find a sound? Do you keep all the boxes the pedals came in?
I have totally experimented with pre amps in basses as well as pickup combinations before. I'm actually right in the middle of doing exactly that for a very unique custom build that's in production at Mattisson basses in Sweden.
I do keep all the boxes my pedals came in. Now... 🤦♀️
For the longest time I didn't , and I have probably thrown away $10k just in boxes when you factor in how much resale value they add to pedals, especially vintage ones. I've owned somewhere between 500-600 pedals over my career, with around 300 in the current library, and have probably 180+ boxes to go with them.
Did you say VLOG!
Janek, I'm on the fence with the stomp. Is it still worth to invest into the stomp (xl) considering the tech is from 2018? Rumors spreading that line 6 will release a helix 2 as that is almost 10 years old.
I have the same feelings about the Stomp. I am trying to decide to get the current version or wait a bit. Thoughts Janek?
at the end of the day it’s all about making pretty sounds for music today. not sure if my advice is worth anything, but choosing the ‘real today thing’ is always better than the ‘maybe tomorrow thing’. partly for already existing, and partly for existing resources like tutorials and presets. it’s worth what the market says, and music gear is a market where good stuff holds its resale. optimize for today’s music!
I was fortunate to have a stomp xl become available to me recently. Here's my thoughts:
I don't regret getting it and I would get it again. It sounds great and is easy to use. Think of it as the ultimate effect machine. So, you're still going to need external pedals to accompany it. The stomp itself would be good enough if I was just playing bass with it. I plan on recording other stuff that requires an expanded/larger bank of effects. All in all, worth it and an amazing tool.
For the access to basically some version of every pedal that's ever existed, I think it could be 50% more expensive and still be worth the investment. Not only is it a solid piece of hardware that has never failed me on tour, but it's constantly being updated with new sounds.
Could there be a new device from Line6 on the horizon? 100%. I have no inside contact that has told me that, I just figure the company isn't going out of business, and a good business is always going to make new products. Now, is that in 6 months? 2 years? who knows?
All I can do is deal with today and let the future come to me when it's time.
The XL adds a lot of access with the added foot switches and alternative display options on-screen, but since I have the Helauxy Duo from Pedalnetics, I have access to FS4/FS5 on the regular size stomp and it only cost me $59 for the upgrade.
I'm not being paid by either Pedalnetics or Line6 to say any of this. I simply use these products on a daily basis and can recommend them based 100% on experience.
@@ArleyMcBlain this is also true
Have you tried Temple boards? It can be a pain to set up but they are not going anywhere once it’s on.
I've seen a bunch of them before, but I'm not crazy about that proprietary locking system. At the end of the day, each lock is still held onto each pedal by an adhesive pad, which is the common point of failure on any pedalboard.
I wouldn’t take the Teltronix, Since they’re kind of irreplaceable?
It is, but it's also amazingly well built, and I definitely didn't buy them as a museum piece. Maybe, since I have two of them now, I dedicate one to the studio only, and use the second for the road?
Either way, I have no doubts about the robustness of the unit.
Check out Telefunken DI . They make active or passive. Mono and stereo in a small footprint.