thinking on my first multi

[copachino]

hi all, im thinking on a all in multiple build pedal, but im not so sure what to put in...

this are my pcbs builded ad verifed ready to box and already rocked,

zero point micro II, SMD RIOT by Billy, shoot the moon, and nurse auqckey from the message, a SHO from rullywow, lovepedal englisman by me, and minivache by alanp, my idea its a portable pedal with all you need to play at least normally, id like to get a phaser in there but, i have never build one, im not so sure why it scares me.

the pedal its a gift for a firend almost a brother, we know each other since child and start playing guitar the same age, for reason of the life, we live on different cities, but id like to give him something to remind the past and the friendship have, so  a pedal will be that, but as he lives making tattoes and travel too much, have to many pedals will be bad.

so tell me what would you pull off, and what should i incorporate, also which order must the pedals go, booster before or after the overdrive, should i add a good buffer?? boards are small, most layout for 150A so they would fit nicely on the monster.

[juansolo]

A really big box. You can get 5 stomps and still get to them on a 1550G, but it's tight. Any more and you'll start to get into pointy shoe territory. 7-8 is a lot in a standard enclosure.

Are any of the effects charge pumped? If so try to run all the ones that are from a single pump if possible (multiple pumps can cause problems). Clocks can be an issue generally, you'll want to keep signal lines away from those.

There's a thing on building multi's on my site. Generally speaking though. I don't just throw things in there. It's good to test before hand and see what order they want to be in and how well the match with other effects. Otherwise you end up with a bit of a scatter-brain effect and when you get bored of one of the circuits in there, you can't just swap it out like you can on your board. You want to be sure it's exactly what you want.

Basically, planning. It's all about the planning.

[alanp]

And winklepickers?

[juansolo]

Tonnes of space inside a 1550G, could easily get 8 effects in there. But there's a limit to what you can do with a pointy shoe. I buggered one up slightly and the stomps were a little close together and I know it causes problems for the guy.

[Willybomb]

The G is roughly 30mm wider all round compared to a DD, looking at the hammond PDFs (and about 15mm higher).  Hmm.. I like a bit of space between my footswitches and 3 on a DD feels good to me.  4 sounds ok on a G, 5 might be tightish.

[copachino]

probably i wont use all the pcbs i have, but just as a question, what would you put in a essential pedal??, pcbs are small most of the to fix on a 1590A, but i think i have to put only the most useful things.
must be a delay, booster,overdrive distortion, maybe a reverb, or a phaser or a tremolo.... i was thinking on 5 only

[mandrewbot3k]

my absolute essentials to play are Compressor -> Overdrive -> Boost

Usually I use a second overdrive as a boost.

You'll soon find that no matter what 'essential' board you have, youll change what you want in each. I'd just make a small board aside from your main board so you can swap in and out your new pedals. I change ODs everytime I get a new one it seems.

Right now its a dynacomp -> Timmy ->RC Booster
Soon itll be a bear hug -> Timmy -> OCD/FatPants

[alanp]

Quick question, how well would a De Profundis going into a Moodring work? I've got both the circuit boards almost built, but no enclosure, yet. I was thinking of a Hammond 1456 of some sort.

[juansolo]

Delay into reverb works well, can't see that being a big issue other than 5 (counting the brick as 3) PTs will be a little power hungry.