Pedaltrain highly recommended (new pedalboard day)

[mrpinter]

I reached the point that all my pedals spread out on the floor got to be too much of a hassle, so I decided to join the real world and I ordered a Pedaltrain PT Pro board. Today I got all the pedals I want hooked up on it, and it's fantastic. I can't say enough good about these things.

 

[Jusatele]

want to do a review on that rotoshere?

 

[mrpinter]

I've had this for a good number of years, when a few friends and I got together on a small group purchase for a really good discount (these things aren't cheap!). What does it sound like? Close your eyes and imagine you're back in a studio or a club standing next to a real Leslie unit with a guitar playing through it. To my ears, it's really that good especially in stereo (awesome). Notice I don't have a phaser on my board - don't need one.
An added bonus with this thing is the real 12AX7 tube inside. Turn the "drive" knob up on the box and you get a mild but pronounced, really fat, tubey overdrive. All in all, it's a really sweet effect and I wouldn't want to do without it. Is it worth the money? I think so. There's nothing else like it.

 

[Jusatele]

I have a friend who plays through a real leslie, and I know how they sound, I have never heard a pedal that did it, but someone told me the rotoshere did.
One question, does it spin up and down in speed like a real leslie?

 

[mrpinter]

Spin up and down? Yes it does. When switching from "fast" to "slow" or back it ramps up or down gradually in speed like a real counter-weighted speaker does. And it has a "brake" button you can step on to momentarily stop the effect, but again it ramps up and down when you do that. It pretty well nails a Leslie. Again, it's probably only REALLY convincing in stereo, but sounds great in mono too.

 

[mrpinter]

And oh I forgot - the Rotosphere also nails the effect of speakers spinning and ramping up and down independently. That sort of completes the effect for me.

 

[Jusatele]

I went over to stereo amps a long time ago, and do not run a chorus any more, but my leslie pedal is much lacking, I just have not found a good one yet, So I will go check that one out

now back to the thread, Nice pedal board, how much?

 

[mrpinter]

I bought the board (with softshell case instead of the flight case) from Musician's Friend, where it is still ON SALE for $119. Ordinarily $149, so that's a pretty good deal. It's very sturdy and has just enough angle to it to avoid some of that "tap dance" with the upper mounted pedals.

 

[Paul-less]

I'll take it you aren't a digitech fan? What type of amp are you running this into?

 

[mrpinter]

I'm running into two Fender silverface champs ( a little bit modded with 12AT7 preamp tubes for a sweeter clean sound, and Weber/Kendrick 4 ohm 8" speakers).

 

[Mapleg4]

I have a pedaltrain board as well, it's great to get a clean setup when you can just run the wires under the board.

 

[GoDrex]

I have a pedaltrain board too - it's good :icon_thumright:

 

[Unrepresented]

I love mine.