I have some experience of pedalboard now. With Manx Loaghtan as fuzz distortion section is what I want. I don’t miss versatility of Giygas. Manx Loaghtan sounds better and works really well with Revv G2. Now question is do I dare to run it with 18v instead of regular 9v. It can take both but I might forget it is taking 18v when I change it in future and destroy a pedal. Revv G2 and G3 can give all overdrive and distortion I need. So far Tone Corset has done its job. No need to change it urgently.
Haven’t got Polychrome yet but I start to think Lost Highway has to go. It doesn’t bring much to flanger and Night Wire. I like Night Wire’s phaser into distortion more than Lost Highway. On clean sound Lost Highway works better. I like Lost Highway but I might not be able to justify its place on the board. I think two versatile modulation pedals is enough. T2 will probably have same faith. Surfybear is the main reverb. It is just the greatest. Digital reverbs sound dull compared to it. I might get one or two spare ones later. I don’t have much need for other reverbs and R1 is enough when I do.
T2 will probably be replaced by Old Blood Noise Endeavors’ Expression Ramper. It needs power so it will take place of one pedal. Expression Ramper connected to Tonal Recall makes more sense than having T2 as third reverb. T2 was there to fill the board anyway. This would mean no dedicated weird pedal to effect loop. Which mean D1 will likely find its way to board and replace Obscura. D1 can do weird to some extent and should do everything I want from delay Tonal Recall and Rubberneck can’t do.
I don’t know what to replace Lost Highway with. I have few potential pedals but none of them have given feeling I have to have that pedal. I get that could be useful and interesting feeling or that would be weird and cool feeling. Current pedals and ones I am considering adding are there because they give me something I want from pedalboard. There isn’t exactly anything I really want these pedals can’t give. Other pedals could do somethings better or differently but I don’t want many pedals doing the same thing. Pitch shifter or octaver is missing from the board but I am not sure if I need one. Ones I am considering haven’t given feeling I need them. I will keep Lost Highway there until I find pedal which makes me want it.
I am probably not going to use NS-2’s loop. With current pedals it is noiseless enough. I can make it noisy behind NS-2 when I want. It gives nice effect when I want it noisier. Revv G3 gives enough distortion for Lost Highway and Night Wire when not using highest gain. Then noise isn’t problem. I think Lost Highway and Night Wire work better with moderate gain than highest gain.