(January 2009) I recently got my hands on the Digitech HardWire DL-8 Delay pedal, so that brought about another revision to the pedalboard. I removed the really old Boss pitch shifter/delay and analog delay pedals. I may put back the Boss analog delay, but I'm not sure I'll ever need three delay pedals on there!

I also moved the VariOboost to the top row, which puts it in the effects loop instead of in front of the amp. This makes it's effect MUCH more pronounced. I have it set to tame the insane amount of midrange that I can't otherwise dial out of my Mesa Stiletto. (I don't need it with my Lone Star, though).

That leaves an empty spot on the bottom row for another addition. I'm thinking about the Catalinbread Serrano Picoso boost. We'll see.

One other note.... Those Digitech HardWire pedals have an interior switch that allows you to turn true bypass on or off. I turned true bypass OFF in the reverb pedal, since it's the last one in the chain, and the signal is making a 20 foot trip to the pedalboard and another 20 foot trip back to the amp. The others are true bypass, so I thought it'd be a good idea for one of them to have a buffer on. The same is true for the bottom row - the MXR phaser is non-true bypass, so I have a buffer there, too. (This is probably way more than anyone wanted to know.)

Here's what's on it, in order of signal flow (right to left, bottom to top).

BEFORE THE AMP

• Peterson Strobo Stomp tuner (v1)
• Keeley Compressor
• Fulltone OCD overdrive (v1)
• BB Preamp overdrive (with cool copper finish)
• MXR EVH Phase 90

IN THE AMP'S EFFECTS LOOP

• Catalinbread VariOboost parametric eq/boost
• MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay
• Digitech HardWire DL-8 Delay/Looper
• Digitech HardWire RV-7 Digital Reverb

AND FINALLY

• Amp footswitch (Stiletto switch works identically for my Lone Star)