Pedal Line Friday – 1/29 – Bryan Almaguer

Today’s Pedal Line Friday submission is from Bryan Almaguer. If you have a pedal line (doesn’t have to be in a board) for your rig, please email me a photo, bio, description of pedals and routing to pedalline@nulleffectsbay.com. Every Friday I’ll showcase a pedal line submission. Make sure you include any links to your band or music page.

Hello guys!

Here is my submission for Pedal Line Friday.

This pedalboard is setup up on a PedalTrain PT-3 with hard shell case & wheels. The goal from the beginning was to squeeze as much firepower and flexibility as possible into a relatively compact and stage friendly sized board. At the heart of things is a GigRig G2 switcher. It allows for MIDI presets, it switches all pedals (via 10 isolated loops) and the amp I choose (Mesa Royal Atlantic or EVH 5153). Underneath the board is a Voodoo Labs PP2 Plus and Digital power supplies, and a X2 XD95 wireless transmitter.

The signal chain is as follows. From the wireless to the Xotic XW-1 wah, and then into the G2. This way if I choose to use a cable, I simply plug into the wah. The TC Polytune Mini has its own tuner out from the G2. Loop 1 is the Xotic SP Compressor, Loop 2 is the ‘pre’ effects of the Eventide H9. Loop 3 is the Strymon Mobius (all my fave swooshy effects that I typically prefer in front of the amp). Loop 4 is the Suhr Koko boost, which does amazing things to punch the front of tube amps. Loop 5 is the Suhr Riot, a great distortion box that sounds like a modded Marshall. I only use it when I’m using a loaner amp and run it into the clean channel. Loops 6 & 7 are unused. Loop 8 is used for the 4 cable method. Loop 9 is the Strymon Timeline and Loop 10 is also the Eventide H9 for ‘post’ effects. Loop 9 &10 are routed in the amps effects loop for various delays, reverbs and ambient sounds. All of the G2 and amp connections are routed to a 5 input patchbay (GigRig Cinco Cinco) underneath the tuner. This allows for super quick connections at a show using a custom cable snake I made to go from board to amp. Also, I can jumper two of the inputs and run the entire board into the front of a loaner (clean) amp and use the Riot as my main rhythm crunch. The GigRig allows me to also create a dedicated volume/solo boost without using a separate pedal. To the right of the G2 is a small bank switch made by Bright Onion in England. The T-Rex is there to be used as an alternate drive to the Suhr Riot if needed. After the G2 and at the end of the signal chain is a TC Electronic Ditto Looper (for practice only) and a Mooer Noise Killer that I rarely need to use, only when running on the noisiest pub power.

That’s my rig in a nutshell. I play guitar in two South Bend Indiana based bands. Praise The Fallen, and In Crimson. Also, I play bass in a band called Arson Radio. Check us out!

www.praisethefallen.com
www.reverbnation.com/incrimson
www.reverbnation.com/arsonradio4

Best Regards,
Bryan Almaguer