Voo - your wish is my command!
Justa - I did the same thing that you mentioned. I used a piece of 1x2 on the top to raise it some from the floor. This board is 1x12 pine and is 36 inches long. I'm not taking it anywhere either so I didn't care about portability. I like having my pedals in line with each other instead of staggered. I get way better signal from the short patch cables. I also took off the little power strip from the old board and attached it to the top of this one so that I'd have even more connections. I run most of the pedals off the TU-2 and I use the old strip for my 1/8" mini connectors (the MXR Micro Amp). I could still put more pedals on there if I wanted to but I still don't want to stagger.
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I run a 1 foot patch cable from the looper to the FS-5U switch but it's not there in the photo. Again I attached the pedals to the board with a simple eye hooks and cloth covered rubber band system. Easier for me to disconnect the pedals and they stay on the board without coming off as they did with velcro. I thought about covering the board with some of that material that you talked about Justa but I remember that my other board with the fuzzy velcro material used to get wicked dusty and would stick to the fuzz real bad...that's why I just spray painted it black. Easy to dust off.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz