Here’s my super simple pedal board that I took out last week and it worked great.
Gator Aluminum board (Small) that comes with it’s own padded case GPB-LAK-1
CIOKS Sol power supply
Korg Pitchblack X tuner
Ampeg SGT DI Preamp
With room for a dedicated compressor pedal in the future or I can lose the tuner pedal and squeeze on the HX Stomp for tuner and all the effects 
Its alive!!!
Here is my Frankensteins pedal board
Signal Path:
Bass>>>Wahfull>MultiComp>Bass-X>LittleStubby amp [Plasma pedal in FX loop]>(loadbox+reamp)>TranZformerCMP>>>FX return of R500-115combo amp
I may have misunderstood the assignment regarding the board part 
It goes well with some extra cheese and snacks. 
Nice setup!
Attempt No. 1
The board is a locally produced jobby.
I have a daisychain power supply with 5 outlets. The mixer is powered by its USB DAI connected to a computer.
My idea for a chain, actually two chains is
Bass → noise gate → HB Bass Expander → Circle looper → Boehringer → monitors and computer. The HB has a compressor built in
Bass → noise gate → SH1 → Empress Bass compressor → Circle looper → Boehringer → monitors and computer. I heard that the compressor should follow the noise gate, but the Empress doesn’t play nice with the noise gate directly.
Suggestions welcome and super appreciated.
Hi all,
Besides the obvious considerations on creative freedom, from a purely technical standpoint does it make sense to mix brands of pedals or would it be better to stick to the same pedal maker to ensure some consistency in operation and tone?
I have never heard of anyone that sticks to a single brand unless they only have 1-2 pedals. There is no reason to.
Looks cool
Have you tested your chain ideas out?
I would try:
bass>sh1>empress>hb>noise gate>looper>boeh
get your tone from sh1 then comp it, then use hb to put any final eq (or further comp or gain) touches on it after the empress compression,
then I would try the noise gate here before the looper (use the hb to help tweek the signal going in the noise gate if needed)
I haven’t read about a Noise Gate needing to be before Compressor.
I would try this first…
Bass > Compressor > Noise Gate > Expander > Tech 21 > Looper > Mixer
If you have any issues from there, then look at changing things. Come back and let us know how it goes. There is some trial and error that goes along with getting what you want out of pedals.
Edit: Just saw the post from @g13dip. Try his first.
thats not a bad idea either @eric.kiser , the sh1 might be good near the end like that…
maybe even something like: bass>hb>empress>noise gate>sh1>looper>boeh
could work too
I like to get my tone ‘close to the pickup’ so I would try the sh1 early and process the tone from there, but tone shaping with a preamp like the sh1 near the end of a chain is good too (especially since it has a speaker/cab sim in it)…whatever setup works in your head and for your ears is best
So, I wrnt with @g13dip suggestion. The only thing is that I eliminated the noise gate. It has an absolutely terrible latency, when I stop playing a note, it continues to hiss for a fraction of a second.
Also, it turns out my bass has some grounding noise. ass soon as I touch the strings, it stops. That’s a grounding issue, innit?
Yep.
Unless you work with lots of gain/drive I would typically not recommend a noise gate for bass.
For signal path I would go: bass > looper* > compressor > preamp > looper *
** depending on your need if you want a unprocessed or processed tone
Personally I would not use the mixer on your board and keep it near the computer. It’s not as sturdy as a stomp box either.
Just my 2 cents. Good luck with your build!
This is my current pedalboard. I don’t really use the delay pedal very much, it’s just my newest pedal and I’ve been having fun with it. The rest of it works pretty well for what I play.
How’s the Micro Synth? Do you have any covers posted using that one? Would love to hear it in action. I’m guessing there is some stuff on YT, I should look there as well.
delays can be fun if there is space in the song and I see you have a flanger too for even more wild options
if you need any pedal gas recommendations 
keep an eye out for a nice compressor to add to the board or a sculpting eq pedal (dials not sliders) to add some tone shaping options
they are not as dramatic as your other effect pedals but are key ‘always on’ pedals in my set up
I mostly, 99% of the time, use it as an octave pedal. In this cover I am using it with the Big Muff pi and possibly the chorus pedal.
I have a EHX bass preacher compressor. It worked great for a while, maybe a year. But something happened, I don’t know what, and now it makes a ton of noise so I benched it.
sounds like a good excuse to get a 2nd compressor 
Yes it does. 
Thanks for sharing dude! I like what I heard. 
Can it do more retro-wave synth-y things too?
