So, about forever ago, I started craving a pedal board. I started off by buying pedals that I could use with my synths (since that's what I primarily play these days), and got Strymon's Timeline, BigSky, and Mobius. Great pedals, and they do exactly what I wanted them to do.
Next up on my list of things to get was a compressor and a distortion pedal. I've had a decent amp with my Panama Fuego X, which works well for the price, but I knew deep down inside that it wouldn't do in the long run. So I decided that a flexible distortion would keep me going until I got either a good preamp pedal or a good amp. I ended up with a Strymon Riverside (starting to see a running theme here?). I figured since I've already invested so heavily in Strymon it wouldn't hurt to continue doing so, thus I bought their OB.1 compressor, and man it's sure a thing of beauty.
After I got the distortion and compression figured out, I decided that I wanted some kind of octave pedal, because they're just that cool. I picked up a pog2 for a good price, and I couldn't be happier.
Finally I decided that the Panama was no longer cutting it for me, so I did some research, found that I wanted a good clean pedal platform that also had a good distortion side to it. I found that in an Effectrode Blackbird-SR71. This pedal is glorious, and has amazing clean tones and a wonderful set of distortion channels. I found one that was modded to do stuff in a way I found more practical.
Lastly, since I am primarily a keyboardist I figured I don't need a power amp/cab, so my Torpedo Studio works just fine for the power amp and cab sim. So at the end of the day, I am finally done with my rig, for now. It's taken about two years for me to get everything that I wanted in the rig, but it's totally worth it.
TL;DR: Guitar > Strymon OB.1 > POG2 > Strymon Mobius (pre) > Strymon Riverside > Effectrode Blackbird SR-71 > Strymon Mobius (post) > Strymon Timeline > Strymon BigSky > Torpedo Studio
Pictured is everything before I finished doing a nice job of wiring everything up/finalizing a few connections.
Next up on my list of things to get was a compressor and a distortion pedal. I've had a decent amp with my Panama Fuego X, which works well for the price, but I knew deep down inside that it wouldn't do in the long run. So I decided that a flexible distortion would keep me going until I got either a good preamp pedal or a good amp. I ended up with a Strymon Riverside (starting to see a running theme here?). I figured since I've already invested so heavily in Strymon it wouldn't hurt to continue doing so, thus I bought their OB.1 compressor, and man it's sure a thing of beauty.
After I got the distortion and compression figured out, I decided that I wanted some kind of octave pedal, because they're just that cool. I picked up a pog2 for a good price, and I couldn't be happier.
Finally I decided that the Panama was no longer cutting it for me, so I did some research, found that I wanted a good clean pedal platform that also had a good distortion side to it. I found that in an Effectrode Blackbird-SR71. This pedal is glorious, and has amazing clean tones and a wonderful set of distortion channels. I found one that was modded to do stuff in a way I found more practical.
Lastly, since I am primarily a keyboardist I figured I don't need a power amp/cab, so my Torpedo Studio works just fine for the power amp and cab sim. So at the end of the day, I am finally done with my rig, for now. It's taken about two years for me to get everything that I wanted in the rig, but it's totally worth it.
TL;DR: Guitar > Strymon OB.1 > POG2 > Strymon Mobius (pre) > Strymon Riverside > Effectrode Blackbird SR-71 > Strymon Mobius (post) > Strymon Timeline > Strymon BigSky > Torpedo Studio
Pictured is everything before I finished doing a nice job of wiring everything up/finalizing a few connections.