Integrating several pedals into one box?

[gary mitchell]

I am going to a rack processor, and a small up and down pedal maybe, DBX ProVocal it has an instrument input. I play at church and don't need that much effects maybe a chorus , delay and reverb. I have pedals but I am tired of the pedal dance, and at church between songs I can just reach over and quickly use my finger. i will keep what pedals I have they ain't eating nothing and they are all payed for. I haven't got it yet if something happens and I don't get it I am going to get a TC Electronic M100. TC Electronics assured me I could plug straight into the input and straight from the out put in to the front of the amp.

 

[GwenOnBass]

EDIT: Oops.... didn't see the post above.

A friend swears by her Invalid Link Removed. They will make a multi-pedal using any of their pedals innards from just two to lots of effects. This below is one enclosure with eight (i think) of their effects. They'll also do custom enclosure graphics too.

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This example makes me consider GAS potential for a multifunction bass pedal that looks like

drool drool drool

 

[LowFactor]

West coast pedal boards does this. They'll take your existing pedals and mount the guts into a single enclosure...

 

[Spectrum]

I would take it a step further and include input /output jack on every individual pedal. Using patch cables you could change the order of the effects , or add new effects to the chain in the future

Cool idea, your multi-pedal would look like a Moog modular synthesizer, lol.

Which brings me even a step further: I always wished my pedalboard was just a patch panel and the pedals were just modules with a standard size that you pop in and out without having to mess with cables and Velcro and all that stuff. Will never happen, of course, unless I build all my pedals myself, but it's a thought.

Check out Make Sounds Loudly Pedals, who do this sort of thing all the time: Make Sounds Loudly Pedals

Probably cool, but it seems after a brief search that they don't have a real website, so for those of us who don't use facebook I guess we're not invited.

 

[timmo97]

COG Effects, as well.

 

[superheavyfunk]

I would take it a step further and include input /output jack on every individual pedal. Using patch cables you could change the order of the effects , or add new effects to the chain in the future

I'm pretty sure this is just called a pedalboard.

 

[elgranluis]

I'm pretty sure this is just called a pedalboard.

Lol , I think the OP posted that he wanted all the effects in a single enclosure.

 

[devnulljp]

Has it been done?

Sure. That's how Pete Cornish makes his money. He takes a Big Muff and a Dynacomp and a Boss Delay pedal , puts them in a big box and charges you $5000 for it.

 

[Thumpin6string]

The guitarist I was jamming with builds custom pedals and has done this many times. What would be nice is if you could compact them down to a lot smaller footprint by stacking the boards or some other way.

 

[M-rek]

I was thinking about doing this for my pedals, but then I started changing up effects again or not using any at all, or just this, next day I wanted something else again... Can't decide on my go-to pedals and if I just put all of them in one enclosure, I could just bring my existing pedalboard instead!

 

[Whippet]

great idea, but if one didn't function properly, you could be out of an entire set of pedals.

I guess the alternative is to just pick up something like the Zoom.

 

[subdude67]

Thanks for all the input, some nice pictures there, some of those pedals are a bit too colorful for my taste though
I just thought that having my 3 effects plus looper hardwired in a single container would be just so much easier. I understand that there is no flexibility for swapping stuff around but I don't see that as a problem as I don't ever swap the pedal chain around not do I think to add anything more to it.
I will reflect on the basic design and execution now.

 

[Novarocker]

Why not? Saves space, easy to transport, fun, etc.

 

[Nunovsky]

Basically, this is the idea behind the Fly Rig by Tech 21 and if they are making a profit with it, then more people think it's a good idea.

EDIT: In fact, this is the idea behind the first multieffects units produced by companies like Boss that simply took the circuits of the individual pedals and arranged it into one box.

 

[Janforth]

How about this - take an existing analog pedal (or pedals in one enclosure) and add a preset feature, similar to sans amp's programmable bass driver

 

[DDXdesign]

I was thinking about doing this for my pedals, but then I started changing up effects again or not using any at all, or just this, next day I wanted something else again... Can't decide on my go-to pedals and if I just put all of them in one enclosure, I could just bring my existing pedalboard instead!

That's why I've started thinking in "chunks" myself, and have been working with Tom at Cog Effects to design my perfect little mini-multis: one with filter and chorus, one with phaser and delay, that kind of thing. It's lots of fun!

 

[Adhesive_X]

I change pedals like underwear. I'd rather have a pedal with multiple loops for flexibility.

Cause that next pedal is going to be everything I need and be my last one....but I just need to add this one too. Then I'll be done....

 

[HolmeBass]

Pete Cornish has made a living off this for decades

I was going to make this point. He also designed a really clean buffer, and has had success selling the buffer separately, but it was originally just to front-end his pedal consolidations.

 

[Two-Spirit]

Has it been done?

In the 70s pete cornish boards

Pete Cornish

get ready to wring you wallet. You can also get switching pedals like the Octaswitch

 

[Yango]

I know a guy who did this back in the 80's. He made about a dozen pedals into a rackmount unit, so all he had at his feet was a small controller to switch the units on/off. If I recall correctly, he could alter the sequence of pedals as well.

So, yeah, go for it.