Re: Jazz Looping Pedalboard

["Mark Smart" <mwsmart@insightbb.com>]

> mark-very nice pic and a nice layout of your pedalboard. boy it looks
CLEAN!!!
> i'm trying to set up "my new studio" (got the fostex mr-8 for xmas &
> trying to set it up my system w/ my cd recorder. boy i'm running out
> of space w/ my 4-space rack (which is now too small since my digitech
> ips33 sits on top, etc).
> just nice to see a nice "relatively simple" footpedal arrangement all
nicely
> layed out. boy thinking back to the days when i ran my steinberger
> through a rat pedal and my yamaha digital delay for echo and i was
> happy w/ that.....
> s---

Thanks for all the compliments. It's interesting....I also posted a note on
the jazz guitar newsgroup and one guy's reaction there was "Wow, I've never
heard of a jazzer with so many pedals!" On this list, the reaction is "Wow,
you have such a simple setup!". :)

The George L's cables really help to streamline things. I left some space
between the pedals so that the 1/4 cables could be unplugged without 
lifting
the pedals up.

I am kind of embarrassed that I built this pedalboard last year and still
haven't played out with it yet (other than at music stores to try out
keyboard amps and show off). Right after I built it, I got asked to play in
a real band with a great organist here in Champaign (Russell Cheatham) and
also to restore a huge modular Moog synth. So I kind of dropped the 
project.

Another reason I haven't played out with it yet is....I haven't figured out
how to END a song in a way that doesn't sound totally lame! Maybe someone
can give me some ideas. It sounds really bad to just have the drums 
suddenly
disappear while you play a last chord. I also tried putting a sample of a
bass drum and crash cymbal hit into slot 11 of the second RC-20, and wiring
a pedal up to advance it from 10 to 11 at the end. That also sounds really
stupid. Maybe I could just fade out every tune with the volume pedal, like
"All Blues"...

Another problem is having to bend over to change drum beats. Don't have all
the bugs worked out.

I fully expect to get really weird looks from the jazz audience when I play
out with this.

Mark Smart