bubs_42 Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Seems are last thread got archived, so lets start another one. I purchased for a dollar a large sheet of plexi glass for making a pedalboard a long time ago. Well, I wanted to make a board this weekend so I started by cutting a sheet out, getting a heat gun out of the garage and working a little magic. I still have a couple pedal inbound for a small board with a few pedals. Light, easy on the eyes and practical. Get some pics up when its complete.
hamerhead Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Hey Dingus - you can't say 'Pedalboard Pron' and then not have pictures. What the hell is wrong wih you?!? Plus, the first time you stomp on your plexiglass board, it's going to be many many smaller randomly-shaped boards. You from Illinois or what?
velorush Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Requested pron: ETA: of course, to Bubs' credit, Trailer Trash has been doing plexi-topped boards for quite a while.
bubs_42 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Posted December 12, 2016 1 hour ago, hamerhead said: Hey Dingus - you can't say 'Pedalboard Pron' and then not have pictures. What the hell is wrong wih you?!? Plus, the first time you stomp on your plexiglass board, it's going to be many many smaller randomly-shaped boards. You from Illinois or what? I'm working on it dammit! I'm not going to half ass it. Wait, I guess I already did....
JES1680 Posted December 14, 2016 Posted December 14, 2016 Not as pretty as a Trailer Trash, but functional. Fairly static now with the occasional swapping of treble boosters. Not sure why this pic make my looper look all cockeyed.
Sugartune Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 A friend of mine made the board for me. It was a nice gesture and it turned out to be pretty nice. At the time, I only had 4 pedals (Tuner, FD2, a Range Master clone and a different delay). It's changed and expanded a bit I need to add a riser level for the back row.
tbonesullivan Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 One of these days/months/years/decades I will finally get a guitar pedalboard together. Until then, i just have my bass pedalboard. I have since cleaned up the wiring a bunch.
tobereeno Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 At the moment I can't remember where I bought this pedalboard from online, but it's wooden and has two tiers. There are two Voodoo Labs power supplies tucked under the raised portion. Send/return/channel switcher are ziptied together on one end, I plug my guitar into the other side, and I need one 120V cord to power the board. Messy cables on stage drives me insane; this is designed to put amp and pedalboard in place, plug in the pedalboard with one cable bundle, power up the board and amp, plug in guitar and I'm good to go. I need to get my VHT Valvulator fixed and put back on, but otherwise this is pretty much it. It occurred to me recently that I don't really have much in the way of crazy time-based effects. I wanted to have a complete analog signal path and this is what I came up with. I rarely if ever turn a knob; I've found settings that I like and I took a photo because sometimes my toddler son will come over and start twisting knobs and I'm too old and senile to recall where everything was set. I have a love/hate relationship with the MXR compressor; I think I may start hunting for something that isn't so heavy-handed in squishing the signal. But I do live in Nashville; owning this pedal is mandatory....
Armitage Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 The Diamond CPR1 is the most natural compressor I've ever heard... if your looking...
Sugartune Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 That's a Holey board! I might give one a go if I need a new board anytime. I just don't like the look of the zipties. Petty. Yes.
tobereeno Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 Just now, Sugartune said: That's a Holey board! I might give one a go if I need a new board anytime. I just don't like the look of the zipties. Petty. Yes. yep neither do I, so most of my pedals are velcroed the traditional way. I generally only ziptied pedals that have rubber feet that are too much of a PITA to remove~
Sugartune Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 I have a question about those smaller/neater cables some of you have. What are they? Are they kits, (solderless or not?), ones you built? etc.? I spent a small fortune on these Monster and Fulltone cables, lifetime warranty, all that jazz...but they're big a bulky and don't look as neat and tidy. I've read up on some of the solderless kits, but apparently many of them should be replaced yearly (????). Oxidization or something like that...Pretty expensive proposition to have to replace that regularly. I'm probably reading the wrong things, but please enlighten me!
tobereeno Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 28 minutes ago, Sugartune said: I have a question about those smaller/neater cables some of you have. What are they? Are they kits, (solderless or not?), ones you built? etc.? I spent a small fortune on these Monster and Fulltone cables, lifetime warranty, all that jazz...but they're big a bulky and don't look as neat and tidy. I've read up on some of the solderless kits, but apparently many of them should be replaced yearly (????). Oxidization or something like that...Pretty expensive proposition to have to replace that regularly. I'm probably reading the wrong things, but please enlighten me! George Ls on the pedalboard. They have a particular sound which I'm not super crazy about, but I don't mind it either. They're convenient and compact. But when something sounds not quite right, that's a lot of solderless connections to wiggle to find the one that's gone a bit loose. Then there's the guitar cable. I keep that one short; you can buy pretty much anything in a 10' length. If I'm playing on a stage that has me moving more than 10' from my pedalboard, I'm in a dream where I'm opening for Rush and kindly do not wake me up. I'm currently using two different Mogami cables with Neutrik silent plugs, largely again because that Silent Plug feature is very convenient. One is a Mogami 2524 that's thinner than normal (but not George L thin) and has this new-fangled thing called an Ultimate Plug; there's a four-position rotary knob on the plug that's basically a tone knob. The other is a Mogami Platinum, because I wanted to feel the insanity of paying over $100 for 10ft of cable. Cross that one off the bucket list; it sounds good but I won't buy one again. I think that once you get past a certain point in cable quality, the differences are literally inaudible by most people. I also have a Canare cable I've had for years, recorded and gigged with zillions of times and I'm sure if I really, really paid attention and really, really cared, I might hear a difference in tone. Maybe.
murkat Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 Revision II. Guitar plugged straight into the amp. All else is in the loop.
RobB Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 4 hours ago, murkat said: Revision II. Guitar plugged straight into the amp. All else is in the loop. Whoah-whoah there, Hoss! Y'aint gittin off THAT easy. What them buttons do? Spill it!
murkat Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 4 hours ago, RobB said: What them buttons do? Spill it! Amp is a metroplexi the Blue one is the channel switcher, selector of what type, year of Marshall you want. The Red button is just that.... makes the selected channel go red (internal boost / 808 ish with its own vol and gain on the amp, trim pots inside.)
bubs_42 Posted December 16, 2016 Author Posted December 16, 2016 What didn't George think of on that amp? Sounded darn good! I had the day off with a sick kid (so not really a day off) but we worked on a few things together to make the day go by. Pedalboard is about 90 complete, the missing pedal is still at dragans but I replaced it for now with the another OD. My, My does it sound good, really good. If anyone is a fan of the Sparkle Drive they should check out the Saucy Box from Way Huge. Pro Guitar Shops even has a High Clipping Version but man this thing is all i need.
The Shark Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 My Trailer Trash board built up by THE Dave Friedman. Try to get him to build one now. His amp line has blown up in the past three years. A great guy.
HAMERMAN Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 19 hours ago, Sugartune said: I just don't like the look of the zipties I used black lacing cord on my last setup that needed multiple cables. All of the cables were black so it looked pretty good and it allowed the bundle to be pretty flexible.
bubs_42 Posted December 16, 2016 Author Posted December 16, 2016 I've never used a Volume Pedal. The guitar player in the band i'm jamming with uses one for dynamics. I just use my hands...
BruceM Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 This is giving me the heebie jeebies. I need to step away from the computer and go take my blood pressure meds. All those knobs....all those knobs...all those knobs...
bubs_42 Posted December 16, 2016 Author Posted December 16, 2016 25 minutes ago, BruceM said: This is giving me the heebie jeebies. I need to step away from the computer and go take my blood pressure meds. All those knobs....all those knobs...all those knobs... To much IS to much that is for sure. I made the new board and you can pick it up with one finger and it has only what I know i'll need to cover what I need to cover. Best of all, I make it myself with free stuff, other than some screws. Screws are never free.
BruceM Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 This is an interesting thread to me. ...and for the record, I'm just trying to remain in character. I'm not really anti-pedal board; I'm pro-convenience. I'm actually considering a minimalist pedal board, simply for convenience. During my sixtieth pedal board edict party, at which there were so many people moving on and off the stage, it was more convenient (for me) not to have to deal with guys who REQUIRE pedal boards and all the setup time that seems to take. Since then, I've gotten used to having a variety of pedals with battery power floating around the basement. I'd be hard pressed to settle on the ones I wanted for a four pedal board, say, and in recent practices, I've only used a single pedal when playing guitar and learning new songs. I suppose my board should be small with simple velcro attachments and easily reconfigurable. I'm also organizing another gig at the same venue. This time I'll have fewer bands and no equipment requirements, other than the ability to get yourself on and off stage quickly. Jeez, what a hardass.
MCChris Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 25 minutes ago, BruceM said: I'm actually considering a minimalist pedal board, simply for convenience. During my sixtieth pedal board edict party, at which there were so many people moving on and off the stage, it was more convenient (for me) not to have to deal with guys who REQUIRE pedal boards and all the setup time that seems to take. That's the whole point of having a (reasonably sized) pedalboard: for convenience and to keep setup/teardown time to a minimum. Everything's all wired up on a single platform, you just connect power, input, output and go. It's the guys who have to plug/unplug all their individual pedals and worry about how much juice is in their batteries who bog shit down. Don't even get me started about the "front of the amp versus the effects loop" yahoos. If you have a pedalboard and your use of effects isn't 99% hassle-free, you're doing it wrong.
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