I switched out my traditional pedal board for a Fractal FX8.
This is the Mark I version and is about 4 years old. They have dropped in price and I picked this one up for a good price. It is in like new condition. I added the EV-1 expression pedal for wah/volume/whammy. I am not using the 4CM because there is no drive coming from the amp. The Fractal is dead silent so I have not needed any "humbuster" cables.
After about a week, I have a good understanding of how the interface works and what options I have for configuring the footswitches. I came up with this basic pedal board and configuration so I thought I would share it. I compared every sound to the "all off/amp only" sound to make sure I had unity gain throughout the pedals.
The signal chain is Gibson SG standard-cry babe wah-drive 1-drive 2-GEQ-script 90-mono tape delay-Quilter Pro Block 200-Celestion Neo copperback 250W
Drive 1 has the Esoteric RCB and PI Fuzz
Drive 2 has the Zen Master and Ruckus
There are many different sounds available:
-clean amp only
-light OD
-80's type crunch
-80's crunch with boost stacked
-fuzz tone
-distorted lead tone with delay
-a switchable volume boost
-a wah that automatically turns on and off
-switchable modulation (currently a phaser)
-switchable delay
Please post any tips and tricks if you have experience with this product.
Thanks for watching!
