Chris Buck Pedalboard Build

Friday, July 12, 2019

In this episode we welcome the fantabulous Sir Christopher Of Buckshire back to TPS Manor.
Chris is the Buck in Buck & Evans, about which you can discover more on ye olde Interwebs:

Chris visited us back in August 2018 where we made this video: and in this visit he returns to update his pedalboard with a full G2-based system. Dan and Chris discuss the layout and other requirements before cracking on with the build. We then plug it in and have a good listen… of course.

Massive thanks to Chris for his time and always-excellent hangs!

Enjoy the episode!


Pedals & stuff in this episode…

• Alder & Ash The Earl Pedalboard
https://www.alderandashpedalboards.co...

• Ceriatone Centura Professional Overdrive


• Snouse Blackbox Overdrive 2
UK & Europe:

• Analog Man King of Tone Version 4


• Vs Audio Straight Flush


• Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe
UK & Europe:
Australia:

• TheGigRig Humdinger


• ThorpyFX Gunshot Overdrive
UK & Europe:
Australia:

• GraceTone Effects FF-01 Fuzz


• Catalinbread Echorec
UK & Europe:
USA:
Australia:

• Dawner Prince Boonar
UK & Europe:

• Hello Sailor Effects Custom Range Master


• Supro Delay
USA:


• Supro Tremolo
UK & Europe:
USA:

• Love Pedal Rotary Reverb


• Korg Pitchblack Mini
UK & Europe:
USA:

• TheGigRig Modular Power System


• TheGigRig G2


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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- If we’re going to do a fake intro, at least let’s make it really wooden: 0:00
- 24? What? 0:53
- What is on Chris’s old board? 1:00
- Chris’s G2: 1:25
- Pulling the old board to bits: 2:40
- Thinking about layout: 3:50
- The Boss pedal bottom plate trick… and disco: 5:45
- Cable tie considerations for a tidy board: 6:30
- 13 pedals: 7:30
- Making audio cables: 9:50
- And another trick… 10:50
- Testing a patch cable: 13:00
- …hang on, we need to save some time here: 15:25
- Let’s plug in: 16:45
- How Chris runs his amps: 17:00
- Ceriatone Centura: 17:35
- Chris’s first reaction: 19:30
- Snouse Black Box OD 2: 21:05 (22:03, appropriately enough)
- The OD pedal journey: 23:00
- Are you embarrassed by your pedalboard? 23:28
- Origin Cali76 Compact Deluxe: 24:10 (25:39)
- Analogman King Of Tone: 27:55
- Centura - Cali76 - KOT: 29:15
- VS Audio Straight Flush: 30:00 (32:58)
- Centura - King Of Tone - Straight Flush: 33:54
- Thorpy Gunshot: 36:20
- Hello Sailor Treble Booster: 38:55 (41:45)
- Gracetone Fuzz: 43:30
- The wet-dry first listen: 45:35
- …with some delay: 47:20
- It is wet-dry, honest: 48:40
- Supro Delay: 52:17
- …and tremolo on the dry amp: 53:33
- Why two Echorec-style pedals? 57:15
- Chris plays us out: 1:00:06

Guitars in this episode:
• Fender Highway 1 ’60s Stratocaster with Radioshop Chris Buck Signature ID Pickups
• Yamaha Revstar RS720B

Amps in this episode
• Victory V140 The Super Duchess and Zilla Custom 112/EVM12L Speaker
• Victory V40 Deluxe with Victory V112-WC-75

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