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Ths came about earlier,and now I'm just curious,as are you I'm betting.do you gig with the pedals you build? I have been using mine during rehearsals and the intent is to gig them after the first of the year.what say you?

I use mine at church :)

Kingslayer, La Vache, Multiplex, Collosalus (plus a Korg tuner and Ibanez phaser, which I'm going to take off once the Collosalus has a SCPA chip.)

I use mine at church too, but I have sold many a pedal that are now gigging regularly with other players other places.

All of the above!

absolutely

Only thing on my board I haven't built is the Boss TU3 tuner. That is until I get a strymon delay...

I don't gig, but people who've got my pedals who do certainly gig them.

I would hazard a guess that all the pedals built here have a lot more care, attention and love put into them than any mass produced stuff (I'm excluding the quality boutique stuff of course).

As long as your carefull when putting everything together there is no reason not to gig them.

I'm gigging with my pedals - as are the rest of my band (drummer excluded of course).

on my bass board I have a sunking, 2-in-1 with wolfshirt/mudbunny, and GGG DOD 250.

on my guitar board, the DIY's are JMK standard fuzz, Neutrino, Cherrybomb. sometimes I get my weener out at gigs as well  8)

hoping to add a chorus/vibe/phaser, aquaboy deluxe, and a trem to the guitar board...

Weekly rehearsals and a gig about once every 2 months, and they hold up fine! Only mishap so far is the LED bezel on my Porkbarrel, on which the little nut on the inside of the enclosure worked itself loose..

Paul

Yes, use them out twice a week.  Never had to fix one of mine, but I know how.  :D

Josh

These reolts make me happy. Thanks guys.

+1 for the church gig so mine get played every week for rehearsal and two services.  Cosmopolitan, Current Lover, Afterlife (very fitting name, I figure), Smoothie, Karate Shop, Lavache. Commercial ones are Line6 MM4 (will likely get replaced with a tremolo), NovaDelay, and Korg tuner.

Guys, whats with all the guitar playing in church? Don't want to offend anyone, so I'll explain where this question is coming from: I was raised in a very strict christian family, and went to church a lot until I was about 18, but never saw a band with an electric guitar there! If that would have been the case, I might have stuck around a bit longer... I think you are doing a good job keeping the young kids interested in the whole church as a community thing. Is that a regular thing in the US, modern music in churches?

Paul

The North American Evangelical Protestant Church is probably very different than you experience Paul. It's very common, if not typical, to have very dynamic, full featured bands as a part of the Sunday Morning Service. Some churches hold multiple services, so an electric guitarist could see 3-4 'gigs' on a weekend at church.

Even here in Canada, it's very typical. I will often lead from an electric guitar, and if I'm fortunate, I'll sometimes get to play 'lead' guitar.

P&W style has become a very predominant type of electric guitar genre.

Jacob

Thanks for the reply Jacob! I think the kind of church you are talking about is indeed way different from what I experienced in my youth. I would love to see you play 'lead' guitar, sort of like a 'church of rock'! I know a bit about the P&W genre, but that never really landed here in europe, we're stuck with the euro-dance crap...
Paul

All the time. I've got a few great little low wattage amps, like my Swart Atomic Spacetone Pro. That and my Aristocrat (wish they still made that one!) and my Deadringer. I have used the single KOT, and various vero layouts that I've done, mostly from Harald Sabro's website...like a REALLY nice OCD, and a really nice Zendrive. You should Google Harald at Sabrotone if you're not already familiar with that sight. You've really gotta pinch yourself sometimes, to realize you're playing a pedal similar to those that people are willing to pay $2-300 or more for, that you got for the price of parts and engaging in a fun hobby.

Another church player, here. I've got my EGO driver, Sunking, Tummy, and Krunkee for drive duties, and pretty much they all get used sometime or other (OK, the Krunkee less so). I've also "gifted" a few pedals to friends, and those show up on their boards as well.

Another P&W player here, though I haven't played a church gig in a few years as when we lived in Germany that wasn't the thing (also didn't understand the services).  It is lots of fun.  Currently commissioned to build some pedals for a P&W duo out of Nashville.

Haven't used my DIYs live yet, however, once the new house (complete with practice space) is done, I'm going to actively seek out some new band members.  Actually building two 5-in-1 pedals (one for in front of the amp, on for the loop) specifically to play out with.  Loading in a pedal board with 12-20 separate pedals tends to get old fast.

Count me in as another "worship team" guitarist. I would 'gig' with my pedals if I had a band, free time, etc. I use my Sea Urchin, Tonepad Rosscomp, Tonepad Tubescreamer, LaVache, along with any other pedal I have thrown together in my garage. What's the worst that can happen?

I've gigged with my diy stuff for hundreds of sessions, gigs, tv stuff, radio stuff, cruise ship stuff, I love em, use em all the time, oh and I'm at Uni studying music, so I use them there on a regular basis too!

So it was discussed on another thread about the pedals, and one person commented that he only noodles on his diy pedals at home and saved the commercial stuff for gigs, and assumed everyone else did also. I was horrified to read this and wonderd if I was building for the wrong reasons. I got my answer, thanks guys, and thanks for the support as well, what a great community to be a part of. Merry Christmas to you all.

I am kind of int he way of thinking that i am not a gear snob, but a tone snob, if i can build a pedal that sounds awesome, and people are saying "what is that" or "where did you get it" why shouldn't I use it at gigs? Doesn't matter if it's branded or not!

G

I'm spoiled rotten playing the church gig that I do. In-ear monitors, speaker cabs in iso boxes (100watt Marshall cranked?...no problem), drums in a plexi cage, and a bunch of killer players and singers.  We do contemporary stuff but it's also not unusual to whip out a Greenday, Snow Patrol, or even an Edgar Winter tune from time to time.  Light guy, video guy, graphics, and sound guy. It's like the best bar gig you'll ever play without drunks spilling beer on your pedal board.

I don't have a band, so I don't really play out, but I'd use the hell out of my pedals if I did. However, pedals I've built for other people get gigged constantly, and my builds also get a lot of use at the studios where I work.

I don't gig a lot in front of ppl nowadays, it does happen though. Last time was about a month ago or so. I do rehearsal abt twice a week with the guys.

Yes, sure i use my own boxes. My basic setup today is
guitar->[korg tuner]->Orange Squeezer->Low Rider->Kingslayer->Blüe Monster->Amp.
Named stuff is what i carry with me everywhere. Sometimes i add a wahwah (CryBaby original) and a delay. The Low Rider is - obviously - not "on" alltime.

... the Kingslayer is dialed very "gentle", gain knob just a liiiittle bit above zero. Then i take all amounts of OD/distortion from the Blüe Monster.

I think, really, this gives the basic sound i've been lookin for. I've found it:)

Cheers

I'm in an indie rock band playing all originals, maybe 2-3 times a month. I use 5 of my "roll your own" pedals to gig. I love having people stare at my board trying to figure out what I'm using, since they are all white powder coated enclosures, with black lnobs and not a single graphic or label....gets people interested.....

To me the white powdercoated mystery pedals are more mojo than anything you could buy.

Hells yeah man! I use all DIY pedals except for my Carbon Copy Delay and my Boss Tuner. I would throw the multiplex on instead of the Carbon Copy but it's a little too big. Maybe the aquaboy that I plan on building will replace the CC soon ;D

Forgot to add some famous touring dudes have comissioned stuff from me and that has travelled all around the world so I think a local gig for my own band should be fine

Like others Im pretty sure our DIY efforts are more roadworthy than some commercial offerings.

I agree^ 

Some of the crap i've seen when you open shop bought pedals, and some of if is shocking in terms of build quality.

George

Imma go with "no" but I hope to soon!
I've used them some in recording situations; lent them to musicians, used a Neutrino on keys and bass to try to get a warmer sound. They're ok for that purpose, somewhere in between the nice amps/gear they emulate and less responsive plugins.

Lovin my first build (Modified Ross Comp) and will be using it for our next gig...

Gigging [festivals/clubs] with my DIY Tonepad MXR Filter,Kingslayer,EA Tremolo and Ross Comp clone. Soon to add my 3in1 Fatpants>Egghead>Runt!

I'm pretty anal about these when I build em. If I screw up a trace or something its probably not going on my board,even though its an easy fix. My wiring could be neater but that doesnt bother me.

The only problems I've encountered over the years is with the Chinese DC jacks and a faulty 3pdt.
Heck, I've had a Soundtank on my board for 10+ years,so no worries about anything that I build!  ;D

I as well as most of my friends at this point are using something I built live. That was the purpose of getting into this right?  :)
I'll feel even more complete when I have my own DIY chain completely built by me, comp>fuzz>wah>modulations>delay>reverb  ;D

The first number of pedals I built weren't at all gig worthy, but I wasn't too happy about that.  It's a pain in the rear having a pedal go out even if you're just jamming at home.  I don't gig right now, but I have built a number of pedals for local guys in bands.  Depending on the particular music scene/genre, there's a decent chance something I've built is being used at some point in a local show.  My goal when I build a pedal now is that it can be taken on tour without a disappointing email or phone call taking place somewhere in the middle of it.

I have a checklist of ways to handle the pedal and circuit before giving it to someone that ensures confidence when I hand it to them or accept any monies.  I mean, nobody would want an amp or guitar that may or may not work at any given point, so I view pedals the same way.

I only play out a few times a year, but my yellow shark is on my board.  The sea urchin I built became a Christmas present for my other guitarist (and gives me an excuse to build another one)...