Pedal Boards

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:21 am

I wanna make my own ultimate pedal board out of a suitcase. Aside from foam, what does the ultimate pedal board need to contain? Special outlets? A coaster? A pic of Hurb, etc?

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:26 am

- shelf to raise back row of pedals up, under which you hide the power supply.

- lots of velcro and carpet.

- Wheels and handle on the suitcase - so you can wheel it along instead of carrying it!

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:27 am

p.s. i was looking through the shortscalegear demos - you and sub have soo many good pedals and amps! AND YOU HAVE THE J MASCIS JAZZMASTER - IM SOOO DAMN JEALOUS!!

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:31 am

If you need wheels on your pedalboard you have failed.

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:35 am

It is a lot. We have a small cabinet full of pedals where we store our pedals that aren't in rotation. There's a synth pedal, Hendrix Pedal, big muff, english muff, etc. in there. I wish we had better amps, Fredo's twin reverb is the best. The Peavey was our guitarist's which he sold...

, and mine are the stack of broken bass amps in the corner. We also have 3 unused keyboards (crappy brands) and a mini Korg, 32 electric guitars, a few acoustics, I have a Mapex drum set and a piano, and Fredo has a sitar and electric sitar.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:37 am

come on Mike, anything to make life easier.

anyway i forgot the most important part of any pedal case:

- stickers all over the outside. extra points for the old classic "bass players do it lower" (ho ho!).

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:39 am

aphasiac wrote:"bass players do it lower" (ho ho!).

That doesn't even make sense as innuendo.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:43 am

Mike wrote:
aphasiac wrote:"bass players do it lower" (ho ho!).
That doesn't even make sense as innuendo.

you're right - too early. its actually:

"bass player do it deeper"

boom and tish!

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:44 am

Guitar players have thinner G strings

Post by **Doog** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:45 am

"Bass players have long ones. Necks." said in an Alan Patridge voice.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:49 am

aphasiac wrote:
Mike wrote:
aphasiac wrote:"bass players do it lower" (ho ho!).
That doesn't even make sense as innuendo.
you're right - too early. its actually:

"bass player do it deeper"

boom and tish!

That's just filth.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:49 am

Doog wrote:"Bass players have long ones. Necks." said in an Alan Patridge voice.

haha, thats made me giggle like an idiot..

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:37 pm

guitarists lick better

kim · Post by **kim** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:46 pm

i am both

lolz

pedalboards ... i made one myself that i use when i gotta carry it somewhere, it's just a piece of plywood with tape and velcro all over it, then i have a pedaltrain which is really cool because you can route cables underneath and send the adapter connection through a hole on the back, clean ! it's also raised a bit towards the back

but it's made of metal and starts to weigh quite a bit when you gotta carry it i guess, and i've the jr. so i bet a large version is quite heavy loaded with metal pedals

but whatever, what does a pedalboard REALLY need ? different colors of neon lights duh !

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:53 pm

i had fairy lights at one point.

.......then trod on a bulb and shorted the whole lot.......

kim · Post by **kim** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:55 pm

fail lol

euan · Post by **euan** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:59 pm

LEDS wired in parallel.

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:01 pm

in an ideal world, yes. However these were uber cheap and nasty but did the job for a bit...

aen · Post by **aen** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:11 pm

Baritone players could go either way.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:26 pm

I say a really sturdy board with dozens of rubber feet would be the bare minimum to keep in mind, I'd probably glue two huge masonite artboards together and bind it with a rubber lip if I had the space and patience to take care of it.

Of course I'm quite lazy and ended up saving me pennies for a real deal, made locally and and hecka strong.