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Boutique Boards

#21
Another option is Alder & Ash woodworks in the UK. I am currently using a flat pedalboard that I am very happy with and was able to choose the hardwood of my liking in addition to a range of tolex/tweed options. I think he might have scaled down full customization, but could probably cater to most needs. Very high quality and the prices aren’t too bad.

Alder and Ash Custom Woodworks | custom guitar storage cabinets

Alder & Ash Custom Woodworks hardwood pedalboards & cabinets for guitar and instrument storage
www.alderandashcustomwoodworks.com www.alderandashcustomwoodworks.com
 
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I just built my first board on a Mono rail small. I think they are worth it for the bag alone. Before that I was deciding between the looperwerk (Germany) and Pivotal Pedalboard (Canada). I think if you use pedal planner and plan it out, you can great results with a "stock" easily available board. The only thing I wish Mono has is integrated parchbays like rock board or temple audio.
 
#26
My version of custom boards, bass on the right:

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These are from last spring: the boards have evolved, of course, but are baking racks with mini bungees and One-Spots. I have a lot of pedals that I use, and so a lot of boards, and I'm a cheap-is-best guy.
 
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vvvmmm said:
My version of custom boards, bass on the right:

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These are from last spring: the boards have evolved, of course, but are baking racks with mini bungees and One-Spots. I have a lot of pedals that I use, and so a lot of boards, and I'm a cheap-is-best guy.
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Your cable management is making my OCD howl in agony from some dark recess of my brain, but I gotta hand it to you the baking racks are kind of genius.
 
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FWIW and as said, my cheap-design boards are to keep the pedals organized for various ongoing recording projects (3 at this mo'). That said, while not the most elegant or even functional approach, they do serve the afore-mentioned purposes, particularly as I move between ongoing projects where I want a semblance of a consistency of sounds (more important with guitars, IME, as on bass they are less used and then typically only with a comp and a dirt or mod pedal and mebbe a HPF per song or section, whereas some guitar tracks are extended effects chains being constantly manipulated).

And organization aside, it's much easier to lift that baker rack with pedals loosely attached and wired than to try to move a bunch of individual pedals out the way ...

And also relevant , I hate velcro on pedals and boards.
 
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vvvmmm said:
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FWIW and as said, my cheap-design boards are to keep the pedals organized for various ongoing recording projects (3 at this mo'). That said, while not the most elegant or even functional approach, they do serve the afore-mentioned purposes, particularly as I move between ongoing projects where I want a semblance of a consistency of sounds (more important with guitars, IME, as on bass they are less used and then typically only with a comp and a dirt or mod pedal and mebbe a HPF, whereas some guitar tracks are extended effects chains).

And also relevant , I hate velcro on pedals and boards.
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I can respect that. We definitely come from different worlds though, even on my experimenting boards I have dual lock everywhere.
 
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TonalSYNTHesis said:
I can respect that. We definitely come from different worlds though, even on my experimenting boards I have dual lock everywhere.
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I didn't even like wearing a wedding ring when I was indentured - I will say I like dual-lock better to the extent you don't get as much schmutz in the rat-hair side. Or dog hair in the hook side.

But the mini-bungees are super-convenient, non-marring, cheap, flexible, and kinda weird.
 
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