Here's a custom pedal board my father and I built to accomodate performing gigs on a weekly basis. I'm able to setup in about 20 minutes now when it used to take an hour. This was a ton of work but the reward was well worth it!
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Here's a custom pedal board my father and I built to accomodate performing gigs on a weekly basis. I'm able to setup in about 20 minutes now when it used to take an hour. This was a ton of work but the reward was well worth it!
Like Tremoloman, I was tired of the time it took me to set up all my pedals, so I made my own pedal board with an integrated power strip. Now, instead of hooking up all my pedals individually, I just connect the input and output of the pedal chain and plug in the amp. All the connections between pedals and their power supplies remain connected between sessions. Saves me a ton of time!! As you can see, I have room for expansion, too.
I'm thinking of redoing it, making a version 2. For some reason, the power strip doesn't have the expansion capability I was expecting and the overdrive pedal seems to be stuck. Could it be the wood? I left it unfinished so it would have resonance and breathe. Maybe wrapping the 12V cable around the wood is creating a reverse resonance field, sucking all the tone from my playing.
By the way, nice board Trem. It looks a lot nicer than mine! :D
Here is mine - I made it out of a suitcase ;)
http://www.dolphinstreet.com/uploads...board_2005.jpg
Great board, blogan! It has two uses, pedal board, and payment persuasion device at the end of the gig.;)
Very clean rig, Robert!
Robert, dont you have Das Fuzz on the board??
Very ingenious Robert! I only went for a custom built model becuase I have access to a precision sheet metal shop. If it weren't for that I was going to do the same exact thing out of either a hardshell suitcase or briefacse. All the so called "great" ones for sale on MF and such are like $300 and are POS in my opinion. NICE WORK!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert
I recommend zip tying the wires together and taping them down so they dont get pulled out. I spent a long time routing the wires on mine so I'd never have to worry about a loose or pulled plug ever again.
I use a power supply from GodLyke that sells for $39.99 and allws you to power up to 40 pedals with it at once! they sell all kinds of different attachments that allow various connectors such as standard BOSS, Reverse polarity, 9V batteries, and so forth. A little investment saves having to deal with 4 power supplies like I used to do. Unfortunately my Hendrix Pedal has its own power supply and can't use it due to the odd voltage. My Danelectro pedal is also an odd one and uses an 18V power pack, hence the 2 power supplies on my board.
Thanks... but it doesn't matter what it looks like. All that should matter is that it works and you are happy with it. My previous one looked a lot like yours. I used a piece of plywood and just drilled some holes and zip tied the pedals down. It lasted a bit, but then started to break apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by blogan
I can't put the Wah on my board due to the angle... it messes me up too much.
Here's mine at the moment.....
Attachment 311
J/K.
I haven't yet Spuderized my real pedal board/bag yet cause I'm too busy digging my new amph. I'll get to it one of these days. Nice board Trem. *thumbs up*
SuperSwede, that picture is old - I didn't have the Das Fuzz back then.
Tremoloman, I could tie them down, I had planned on it, but I keep swapping my pedals out and move them around on the board all the time so I find it easiest to just leave them cables hanging loose like that. Once I get plugged in, I have no problems.
I changed pedals depending on what kind of gigs I do. I notice I hardly use my Fulltone wah ever more :( maybe I should sell it.
This is my main board.
It goes: Guitar>Rotovibe>535 Crybaby>Boss Loop Selector>DS1>TS9>FL9>DD5>Tuner>amp.
I'm working on another board that will augment this one and will have an A/B pedal to switch between boards.
It may go: Guitar>Thomas Organ Crybaby>Tonebone British>DS1>Tone Driver>Phaser>Synth Wah>Loop Station>Amp.
Spud, you have a real rotovibe?!?! Man I always wanted one of those!!! The Hendrix pedal does emulate it incredibly, but I'd still love the real thing... *drool*
Just finished my "custom" board tonight. Picked up a $2 suitcase (yes, it really was $2 just like Robert's :D ), some misc. hardware and went to town.
The plywood insert is covered in automotive fabric (similar to carpeting and floor mats) that I picked up at a local hardware store for $12/roll. I have lots left over, obviously, if and when this stuff ever wears out. Velcro hooks on the back of the pedals and everything powered up with the good ol' 1-Spot.
EQ and Chorus are for my acoustic (the red jumper goes to a DI box), RP-80 and Blues O/D are for my electric. The A/B switches the output of my wireless receiver depending on what signal path/guitar I am using. I can switch to the RP-80 and use the tuning feature with my acoustic (handy :cool: ).
I also have the footswitch for my Vox, but if you've read my earlier posts in the "Amps" section, you will know that I won't be using it much live.
Can't wait to try it out!
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This is my handmade pedalboard:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/elavd/01.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/elavd/03.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...pedalboard.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...edalboard2.jpg
My pedals are (not all of them shown):
1) Custom made Line Selector
3) JAM (boutique) compressor
2) Dunlop CryBaby Wah
3) Boss SD-1 Overdrive
4) Marshall BB-2 Overdrive
5) Boss DS-1 Distortion
6) Custom made Fuzz Face
7) Danelectro Fish & Chips EQ
8) Danelectro Tuna Melt Tremolo
9) Boss CH-1 Chorus
10) Digitech DigiDelay
11) Boss DD-20 Giga Delay
12) Digitech DigiVerb
Awesome job elavd! very classy. Nice selection of stomp boxes too!
Thanks a lot t_ross33 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by t_ross33
Here's another one:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...pedalboard.jpg
The cables are George L's
That's cool. It is pretty much the same thing I have done in the past, using two levels. It allowed me to hide and protect the power supply. Later when I reduced the amount of analog pedals I was using I mounted my midi controller on the top row. I no longer use midi and use fewer pedals live. Now my board is much smaller.
Here's mine, a tad fuzzy due to brightening the pic up.
http://riley-music.com/Pics/GuitarGe...Board-7-06.jpg
-Peace
-Nate
What cables did you use to wire that up?
Is that a DD5 I see?
ooooh, sweet pedals Nate! Which one is your fav?
Thanks guys! Those are George L's pedal board kit for connections, I use a Pedal Power 2 unit under the pedals to power them, and yup that's a Boss DD-6 I believe. My favorites, well for extra boost on my Plexi channel or just going from clean to overdrive on my blackfaced channel the OCD wins hands down, and it's an older one with the 100k volume pot. The new ones have a 500k pot. But for smooth as butter OD the Zendrive is it! I'm partial to the BeanoBoost when I used my plexi channel to play some old Cream or early Zeppelin though. :)
-Peace
-Nate
I don't have a picture of my full pedalboard, but here are pictures of my pedals. My pedalboard is an old keyboard tray from a desk with a (badly) added second level.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...lurrySmall.jpg
Maestro Phase Shifter
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Distortion.jpg
My most used pedals.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ngModPedal.jpg
compressor.
Heres mine, its pretty simple. And thats my toe at the bottom left curling up because i was trying to move it out of the way of the picture, but I didnt move it fast enough.
Here's my latest layout. Only thing new not shown is a Planetwaves Chromatic pedal tuner.
http://riley-music.com/Pics/GuitarGe...ard-9-2006.JPG
-Peace
-nate
Riley, whats the Box of Rock? Looks interesting!
Man, you've got some sweet pedal Nate!
I have been looking at all the pedal boards on this thread. Outstanding pieces of work there Gents. I have one question about the settings on the stomp boxes so note on the pedal boards. Do most of you keep the same settings on each pedal or do you change them for the each song(s) list that is played for a gig?
Thanks doods! The Z.Vex Box of Rock I have is basically a JTM45 Marshall in a box, with the added bonus of a boost. I used to own a 1964/'65 JTM45 clone, and the Box of Rock sounds very much like it! It's a pricey pedal, but worth it in my book. Mine is actually the second (serial #002) one ever build and sounds even better than a later serial number I had for a short time. I'll post two clips demoing it I did in the sound page. ;)
Ok I promise this is the last version of mine for a while! LOL!
http://riley-music.com/Pics/GuitarGe...oard-10-06.jpg
LED's
http://riley-music.com/Pics/GuitarGe...-10-06-LED.jpg
_peace
-Nate
That looks like space through a deep space spectrum telescope. Wowww! Cuel! Groovy baby!
Nice pedal board set up bro.
Hey Nate how do you like that Micro Vibe?
I bought this case awhile back off of E-Bay.. around $35.00-$40.00... It's time to buy another...:) Only due to needing more space..probably just get another like this and lay them side to side.. can get 8 pedals on a board .. The power supply came with it but only allows for 6 connections on the top row.. a few more wal-marts needed to complete it.. it's been a pleasure using it.. The board itself comes out of the case or is velcro in..These come with an assortment of connecters and extra velcro for your pedals.. Zip pocket to carry all the extras.. canvas case seems sturdy enough for light travel and has made a few trips to the mountains.. You couldn't store anything on top of it.. but then to throw it in the back seat or trunk makes for easy carrying.
I think this is a listing of the same one I have...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...9408&rd=1&rd=1
Justa
You can get one of the extenders for the power supply and add several more effects.
If you are using a standard power supply and daisy chain like Boss you just plug this extra cord into one of the sockets and then you can keep adding pedals. You'll need to make sure that your power supply is at least 300 milliamps so your pedals wont sound weak.
Cost is less than $10
Thanks Spuds.. I seen the splitters, but I actually need more board also..:) I got about 2 to 10 more pedals I am looking at...:) thinking another like this one will about do it..and I will have the shoulder straps for each.. Ya know this stuff does add up ... I would hate to be a gigging guitar player without roadies!! I actually had more guitar gear carried to our last trip then anything else.. thank goodness for a pickup and a kind hearted gurlfriend...:)
Justa - I have the exact same thing. Did you velcro the pedals to the board? I did mine but the wah wah pedal kept coming off and pulling the rest of them off when I'd carry the board in the bag. Spud told me to put screws in the back of the board into the pedals so I wouldn't have to depend on velcros. Great idea but I haven't done that yet. I DO have the screws though. I took one screw out of each of my pedals and matched them to longer screws over at Home Depot one day.....I need to attach my pedals yet.
You Fretters are going to need an old style suitcase to carry all those pedals. Make sure you leave an empty space for the Looper.
Speaking of Looping the Drum loops I'm sending you can be imported into the Boss unit. I think they can also be imported into the Jam Man too.
Tone...I did use the Velcro also.. and yeah..when you carry it someplace either the glue comes off the pedals or the velcro just does not hold.. but once set on the floor and arranged with the velcro, at least the cats, dogs and grandbabies under 50 lbs. can't carry them away..:) biggest problem is the velcro glue comming off the pedals.. I am still pleased with the price and features of this cheap board.. I have yet to get a stand alone wah-wah.. (thinking Digitechs Whammy actually) other than the two pedals on my FCB1010 board I haven't put anything that heavy on the pedal board..Quote:
Originally Posted by tone2thebone
Pedalboard for the Germino:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...t/100_0534.jpg
Foot Controller for the Johnsons:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...t/100_0535.jpg
Another pedal board trick:
I have used plumbing strap and/or bailing wire (mechanics wire) to hold pedals to the board.
For this example we are using a wah pedal and the plumbers strap. For Boss and some other pedals you'll need the wire. Boss pedals and other small pedals will only use 1 screw on each side.
Example
You've got a piece of wood (the board) - take a short wood or drywall screw and put it through a hole in the plumbers strap. Then with your pedal located where you want it screw the screw most of the way into the board at the left rear corner of the wah pedal.
Next take the strap across the back of the pedal (under the movable part) and bend it to contour to the wah pedal and over to the board on the right back corner of the wah pedal. Insert another screw through the strap and tighten into the plank. This should hold the rear of the pedal in place. Repeat the procedure for the front of the pedal.
For pedals that don't have the room for plumbers strap use the wire. In this case screw the first screw partially into the board - then wrap a couple of turns around the screw with the wire. Pull the wire across the pedal over to where your next screw will go. Partially screw the 2nd screw into the wood then wrap a turn or two of wire around it. Tighten both screws.
If you do this right you can vary the strap tension on the pedal by how far you screw in the screws.
The pedals don't come off unless you remove the screws. In the case of the wah you only have to remove 2 right or 2 left strap screws to remove the wah to change the battery.
Using this method you don't have to glue anything to the bottom of your pedal. If you want to keep the pedals from getting scratched where they contact the wire then slide a length of hollow plastic tubing over the wire before screwing it down.
It may not look extremely pretty (I spray painted my strap black), but I did this on my road pedal board and they stayed put for years. Obviously this wont work with plastic pedal boards, but if you are making your own with wood it works well enough.
I got this stuff like works like velcro but is as strong as screwing it down from McMaster-Carr. You have to twist it for it to seperate. I HIGHLY recommend it. Trust me, your pedals will NEVER come off unless you want them to!