Your Effects Pedalboard * Pics *

[ibanezjunkie]

I'm constantly moving stuff around and re-arranging, but this it my home made pedal board so far. I bought a Gator Keyboard case to carry it around in.

It's an old piece of counter-top, spray painted black with industrial strength velcro on it. I might go out this week and buy some metal corners, as it's starting to get pretty chewed up from constant transporting.



Thus far:

Guitar >> Korg Pitch Black Tuner >> Digitech EX-7 >> Vox Wah >> Dunlop Univibe >> Boss NF1 Noise Gate >> Digitech Screaming Blue OD/Distortion >>Boss DS1 Distortion >> EH Double Muff >> ZVEX Box of Rock >> Digitech Whammy >> Vox Cooltron Snake Charmer Compressor >> Vox AC30CC amp > effects loop >> Boss RT20 Rotary >> Marshall Supervibe Chorus >> Dunlop High Gain Volume >> TC Electronics Nova Delay >> *not on pedal board yet, but on order* Line 6 Verbzilla > effects loop return

I think I might downsize fairly soon...my back get sore from this thing...

have you had some fun with photoshop, or is there really an oldskool nintendo controller on your pedalboard?:rotflmao:

 

[rylanmartin]

have you had some fun with photoshop, or is there really an oldskool nintendo controller on your pedalboard?:rotflmao:

I found that at a gift shop. It's a little metal box for mints. I put velcro on the bottom and keep picks and a nail clipper and small furry woodland creatures in there. When my Line 6 Verbzilla comes and takes that spot, I will sadly remove it probably.

 

[duhvoodooman]

This is what happens when you DIY....

I don't use a board, cuz I just play in my back room. But I seriously lost control of this pedal chain at some point about a year ago. Oh, yeah--there's 16 more unused pedals sitting just off camera to the right.... :thwap:

FWIW, here's how it's set up:

From the guitar, I go into that little blue-gray A/B switch at lower right, which splits to either the main pedal chain or into that dark gray Behringer tuner tucked in between pedals on the left.

The main signal chain then runs into a BYOC Triboost and ESV Fuzz (neither of which like to be behind a buffered pedal), and then into the white Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor. The noise reduction loop of the NS-2 has almost all of my "gain boxes", which is that entire front row from the NS-2 down to the orange phaser, and around the corner to the Rabid Rodent (modified Rat clone) and Mega-Muff (modified EH Big Muff). I've also got my wah, an envelope filter (autowah), and that orange phaser pedal in the loop, too, because I like having gain pedals before and after them, for different sounds. The output of the Muff clone runs around the back of the amps and into the "return" jack of the NS-2.

From there, the signal goes through the Radial Tonebone Classic (I wanted one gain box after the NS-2 loop, and that's a very quiet pedal) and on through my modulation/time-shift effects--tremolo, chorus, flanger, analog delay and finally a Digitech DigiVerb reverb pedal. Into the amps from there....

 

[ibanezjunkie]

DVM, thats an impressive setup considering you only play in your back room. gotta get up on stage and make some noise!

i suppose most of your setup is made up of your own builds, i wish i had the time/concentration/knowledge to build those BYOC kit things, but they dont seem to be available britside anyhow :reallymad:

 

[duhvoodooman]

i suppose most of your setup is made up of your own builds....

Yup, mostly. 19 pedals there (not counting the little blue-gray AB switch at the bottom right)--12 are mine and 7 are commercial pedals.

i wish i had the time/concentration/knowledge to build those BYOC kit things, but they dont seem to be available britside anyhow :reallymad:

Au contraire, mon ami!

http://www.vibe-o-tronic.co.uk/products.php?brand=1&type=1

 

[rylanmartin]

Voodoo, how hard would it be to create a boost pedal out of my metal nintendo mints container? It's the size of an original nintendo controller. Call it a "1up" or something.... Is that attainable?

 

[duhvoodooman]

Voodoo, how hard would it be to create a boost pedal out of my metal nintendo mints container? It's the size of an original nintendo controller. Call it a "1up" or something.... Is that attainable?

Prolly not too hard at all. Can you give me the exact measurements of the Nintendo enclosure? Depth tends to be the controlling factor, since you need to be able to get I/O jacks in there.

What kind of boost did you have in mind, Rylan? Rangemaster-style treble boost? LPB clone? Something like Jack Orman's Mini or MOSFET boosters? Maybe a ZVex SHO clone? They're all pretty small circuits and should fit in there fine....

 

[ibanezjunkie]

i bet a clone of the EHX LPB-1 would fit easily in the nintendo box, the nano-pedal cases (nano muff, LPB, nano metal muff) are tiny anyhow.

 

[ibanezjunkie]

ive been thinking about adding moreto my pedalboard now ive got the board space, im not too fond of the digital wah, so im gonna get an analogue wah pedal at some point (probably a V847a) and maybe a more br00talz distortion for metal and stuff, line6's distortion models are noisy, the floor podwould simply become my reverb, phase,flange, chorus, delay and echo pedal.

would i be plagued by idiot's remorse if iwas to setup like this?

guitar-> analogue wah pedal -> brootals distortion -> multi FX processor -> boss distortion-> EQ -> amp

?

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Updated pic showing the whole family (except the Korg multifx which is at work and the Peavey footswitch for channel selection and verb). The Chorus Ensemble CE-5 is the one you can't read due to reflection.

 

[Guitar-Chris]

Update of my board

My old board in a Warwick Rockcase got to small so I had to build a new one:

Its dimensions are 80*40 cm.



Boss TU2
HB01 WahWah
DIY Linear Power Bosster LPB-1
Digitech Bad Monkey
DIY Box of Rock Clone
HB OD-100
Boss DS-1
Marshall Guv'nor Plus
Artec Soloist Distortion
EHX Small Clone
HB DD-2
Boss DD-7 (with DIY TapTempo)

Half of them are screwed down to the board, the other half has got Velcro underneath.

 

[schenkadere]

I'm strictly a bedroom player these days.

 

[markb]

Kind of settled on this for now. The pedal on the amp is an Ibanez 60s Fuzz I'm thinking of using instead of the "Marshall" channel on the amp. The footswitch is for channel switching.

 

[deeaa]

This is my current 'sized down' setup.

First the wah, then tuner, then a pan pedal for choosing between rather clean and rather driven inputs 2 and 3 on the amp.

On the clean side I have a compressor (ED-1) and on the dirty side I have the Jackhammer OD (JH-1).

I had to put the OD after the pan pedal because I just think that the sound of the OD is only right when it goes directly to the amp...if it sees just another silicon chip the sound is quite different indeed. And now that I have it set up like this I can keep the OD and comp on all the time, all I need is rock the pan pedal to change between sounds. Sweet! I hate doing the pedal dance.

 

[FusedGrooves]

Pretty simple - Boss ME-50 Fx with Boss RC-50 Looper.....

This pic was when I first bought the case a few weeks back, have since re-routed things and made it look a bit neater (sorry for poor pic qual)

 

[Bobbo]

 

[epi0205]

I get a kick outta this ol' Boss GT6. Tons of stuff to
roll thru. I did pick up a Barber LTD about 2 weeks
ago. Really cool disto/gain... Have an older Digitech
GSP-21 legend that's alot of fun too..?

 

[tony grazioso]

my effects Pedalboard *Pics*

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total cost + labor = next to nothing!!!!

the tube screamer has the 17 point mod. I'm also thinking of stripping the paint off of the thing and buffing it out to a high gloss shine. the old Wah also has a few mods done to it, mostly changed out a few resistors. I think what really brought this thing to life was throwing in a 100k resistor, just like the old clyde wah's.

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[deeaa]

That's great! I wonder...maybe it'd be possible to use plastic ties for attaching pedals. That'd be firm if you can find a way to attach them.

How rigid is that frame? Doesn't it buckle when you press the wah on etc? I have this problem that I use a lot of pan pedal and wah and hopping on them sometimes moves/jerks the whole board so that cable contacts break for a while causing breaks in signal...even though it's pretty sturdy wood.

 

[tony grazioso]

That's great! I wonder...maybe it'd be possible to use plastic ties for attaching pedals. That'd be firm if you can find a way to attach them.

How rigid is that frame? Doesn't it buckle when you press the wah on etc? I have this problem that I use a lot of pan pedal and wah and hopping on them sometimes moves/jerks the whole board so that cable contacts break for a while causing breaks in signal...even though it's pretty sturdy wood.

Hi Deeaa, the frame is pretty rigid. i had to adjust the switch of the wah so i dont have to stomp on the thing to turn it on and off. if you check out pics 11-13 i show how i attach the pedals to the frame (the frame, which is shelving from home depot)..if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.
:AOK

 

[deeaa]

Hi Deeaa, the frame is pretty rigid. i had to adjust the switch of the wah so i dont have to stomp on the thing to turn it on and off. if you check out pics 11-13 i show how i attach the pedals to the frame (the frame, which is shelving from home depot)..if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.
:AOK

Yeah I saw the metal plate system..clever but I dunno how'd I make those or get the wide velcro...would get pretty expensive methinks. How do you get the metal plates with the threaded bolt sticking out the middle? Are they all sized as pedals? Mine are all different size from large round ones to long wah etc.

I've used bicycle chain loops...you know, remove the back plate, put the screws back and a chain loop between so it sticks out and you get these 'ears' to screw the pedals down with. It's sturdy, but hard to change pedals around.

 

[deeaa]

Hi Deeaa, the frame is pretty rigid. i had to adjust the switch of the wah so i dont have to stomp on the thing to turn it on and off. if you check out pics 11-13 i show how i attach the pedals to the frame (the frame, which is shelving from home depot)..if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.
:AOK

Yeah I saw the metal plate system..clever but I dunno how'd I make those or get the wide velcro...would get pretty expensive methinks. How do you get the metal plates with the threaded bolt sticking out the middle? Are they all sized as pedals? Mine are all different size from large round ones to long wah etc.

I've used bicycle chain loops...you know, remove the back plate, put the screws back and a chain loop between so it sticks out and you get these 'ears' to screw the pedals down with. It's sturdy, but hard to change pedals around.

 

[tony grazioso]

Yeah I saw the metal plate system..clever but I dunno how'd I make those or get the wide velcro...would get pretty expensive methinks. How do you get the metal plates with the threaded bolt sticking out the middle? Are they all sized as pedals? Mine are all different size from large round ones to long wah etc.

I've used bicycle chain loops...you know, remove the back plate, put the screws back and a chain loop between so it sticks out and you get these 'ears' to screw the pedals down with. It's sturdy, but hard to change pedals around.

the bike chain sounds like a really great idea!!!...:dude ... the metal plate system was easy. First cut a strip of metal proportioned to the pedal (a hardware store should be able to sell you strips of metal stock)Then, drill a hole in the metal plate. Its important to drill a countersink hole so the top of the screw sits flush with the piece of metal. After that, cut a piece of velcro the same length as the metal and apply....its that easy!!!..some people dont like to have velcro on the bottom of their pedals...:what..if this is the case try tracing your pedal on a sheet of aluminum and cutting that out and applying the velcro to that......here are some more pics of the pedalboard including underneath...now, i just need you buy a case for the thing.

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this is the velcro i used...it could hold an elephant to the ceiling!!!!
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:AOK

 

[wingsdad]

Kind of settled on this for now. The pedal on the amp is an Ibanez 60s Fuzz I'm thinking of using instead of the "Marshall" channel on the amp. The footswitch is for channel switching.

Wow...forsaking the 'Marshall' Channel on the T60 for the IBZ Fuzz... Why, praytell ? I'm guessing you used to use the Boss FS with your forsaken ME-50? I still use the Channel/Boost switch that came with my T60, and the Behringer AB200 is hooked to the ME-50 for switching banks and bypassing.

 

[Spudman]

I've used bicycle chain loops...you know, remove the back plate, put the screws back and a chain loop between so it sticks out and you get these 'ears' to screw the pedals down with. It's sturdy, but hard to change pedals around.

The idea is to get all your pedals together in the configuration that you want first. Mentally plan how they would go in order on your board as well. Spend weeks getting this figured out first. Then position and mark slightly on the board the place where each pedal would go. If you do all of this first then changing pedals around should not happen too often. In which case it only takes a minute to remove 4 screws that are holding each pedal in place. Make it easy on yourself and don't use long fixing screws. I use a 3/8 or 1/2 inch wood screw like this

and it takes no time at all to unscrew 4 of them to make changes.

The Velcro and plate thing is really a time water to build and costs a lot more than bicycle chain. I've found the bike chain to be the simplest most secure way to affix pedals without altering anything about the pedal.

 

[mainestratman]

Here's my old pedalboard... I'm actually going to make another one because I want all the cables and power underneath... as well as a dedicated power outlet to plug in my Dunlap power supply and Rocktron... oh yeah.. and two new-to-me pedals that are en route. :-D

 

[rylanmartin]

My pedalboard has taken an interested evolution over just the last year.

It started out as just a Line 6 POD XT Live, then I traded up for the POD X3 Live. I just started going crazy with stomp boxes this last year. My first true pedal board is this beast: Fig.1

It's a piece of countertop I spray painted black and covered in velcro. I carried it around in a keyboard case.

As this got to be VERY heavy I felt the need to downsize. I purchased a Pedaltrain 2 and tried to limit myself to it's dimensions. Which brings me to Fig. 2

I then got bored and threw just about everything up for sale and swapped, sold, and traded away. I have now ended up with this indulgent control room of toys... (Which includes an addition of vocal effects - TC Helicon Voice Live - Which I have never used in the past) My current rig - Fig. 3

And I still keep my POD around as a backup. I use it a lot when I'm teaching lessons: Fig. 4

 

[Kazz]

Ok...finally got around to starting my pedal board project yesterday. I had a waste strip of some pretty good MDF that was about 18" deep. I cut 2 boards out of it that are 24" wide and 18" deep. Did that so I could get some height off the floor. Then I had a piece of Cherry laying around from an old books shelf it is 8 7/8" wide so I cut it down to 18 inches leaving me 6" of non raised height at the end where the Wah will sit. I decided to go with the 8 7/8" Cherry vertical riser because it was deep enough for my new (to me) Big Muff Pi to sit on and the Jekyll and Hyde pedal and BBE Fuzz fits up there pretty good and elevates them so that when I use the single size case pedals on the lower row it will not interfere. I will post some pictures probably this coming weekend before I start with the flat black paint to black it all out. I am still thinking about getting some inexpensive black/gray carpeting to cover it with...but from my computer experience, the static electricity possibilities worry me some. I will be using Spud's bicycle chain method to fasten the pedals to the board. I bought a new chain some time back and borrowed a co-worker's chain tool to take about half of the chain apart so I would have enough links to last me pretty much a lifetime .

 

[Kestrel]

Here's what I'm currently using.

TC Electronic Polytune into the Digitech RP1000 with a ModTone Aqua Chorus and a Visual Sound Garage Tone Analog Delay in the pedal loop then to a Digitech JamMan Solo looper.

 

[deeaa]

My pedalboard model...um, XVII or somethging: