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  2. I finally completed the building of my board...here are some pictures of the re-working, from start to finish.

    My grandfather built the actual board for me, as he had some spare wood lying around. I bought the velcro and laid 5 strips across the board. When my grandfather painted the board black, he used a small bit of grain mixed in with the paint to give it a little grip for the velcro, which you can see slightly in this picture.


    Because I don't have the "slats" going across the board like on a PedalTrain, I have to lay the cables on the top of the board instead of routing them underneath. Some simple copper plumbing brackets from the hardware store- package of 12 for 99 cents- cleaned that up nicely.


    Purchased from Redco Audio, these components are screwed into the side of the board and act as input/outputs. This way, the board is its own entity and I can plug straight into/from the board from one location instead of worrying about doing it to/from a specific pedal. The jacks are locking, as well- a nice feature so that the guitar doesn't come unplugged.


    Because the input/outputs route to underneath the board, I put a small hole in the center-ish of the board to pull some cable through. It cleans up the top of the board, as well as gives me a place to put a power supply cord to keep it out of the way.


    Here you can see the underneath of the board, with the input/outputs routed up into the actual board. There is a power supply there as well. The cables have all been bracketed so that nothing hangs off the board.


    I drilled two half-circles into the bottom of the board that sits on the ground, so that the power supply unit on the actual pedalboard can be routed down and plugged into the supply underneath the board, and that power strip can be routed back out of the board and into whatever outlet I need. The unit on the board didn't have a long enough cord, so I had to rig it up this way. It works very well.


    And here is the completed project!
  3. It looks great Matt!

    I've gotten my Korg A3
  4. WOW MATT
  5. I'm thinking of whether I should get the standard Big Muff Pi or the Little Big Muff Pi, because I do want a Muff.
  6. Wow that board looks fantastic! Glad those input things worked out!

    Bought a bass today with christmas money Really good price and really good reviews, even feels better than the mexican p-bass I rented in the summer. It's a squier vintage modified p-bass! Looks like this:
  7. gREAT AXE, aLEX!!! _o_
  8. How much did building that pedalboard cost for you, Matt? I think it'd be a pretty good idea for me to build one for myself. If not for anything else not having pedals spread out on the floor would help me with the order in my room...
  9. Not counting all the pedals?

    Wood = Roughly $20 or so, but my grandfather made it for me for free.
    Paint = $5
    Velcro = $20
    Power Strip = $8
    Daisy Chains = $15
    Copper Brackets = $1
    Extra Cabling = $10
    In/Out Jacks = $15

    So depending on what you already had, you could probably do it for around $80 or $100. It wasn't the money though, it was definitely the work. It took a lottttt of time to get it all perfectly set. Drilling, bracketing, etc.
  10. *bump* this should always be in the top things

    just recently bought a fender tuner pedal for 30 bucks and im actually pretty impressed. I never put my tuners in my chain so I couldnt say how it does as far as a tone sucker, but for 30 bucks its a great little machine. Also bought an ernie ball jr volume pedal. Now I just need a board and the cash to get my gretsch outta the shop (i had tv jones installed in it).
  11. The Ernie Ball VP Jr. is the last thing I need to add to my board before it's "done".

    The only gripe I have with the Fender tuner is that I feel like I'll break it when I stomp it to tune...if I recall correctly, the switch is plastic. Material aside, it is a great tuner...one of our previous guitarists used one.
  12. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:The Ernie Ball VP Jr. is the last thing I need to add to my board before it's "done".

    The only gripe I have with the Fender tuner is that I feel like I'll break it when I stomp it to tune...if I recall correctly, the switch is plastic. Material aside, it is a great tuner...one of our previous guitarists used one.

    heres the thing...if i could count how many times ive been done...hahah youre never done
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