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My personal very custom pedalboard build....here we go.

#105
Kosko said:
Looks great with everything in there, snug but open. Nice job wiring job putting actual wall mounts for the power supply, I just zip tied a power strip on mine :P So, how about the bottom of the board? Are you gonna put some custom feet or foam on there to protect the wood?
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Thanks bro, it was designed in width for the actual pedals, I was going to use. I have it designed a certain way to be able to increase the width and depth for more pedals.
The pedalboard is not quite finished, yet. I do have some small feet to put on and am also going to put a thin flat panel of removable plexi-glass on the bottom. That will hold in, any cables. I also have a custom cut logo, being made, to be inlaid on the front on the pedalboard.
 
#107
Bassmanbob said:
I've enjoyed your fine work on these boards and reading about each progression and the rationale behind each one.

Question: Did you use hardwoods instead of plywood for appearance only or did the hardwood weigh less than plywood of equal width?
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I used real wood on the last because of the type and availibility. My original plans was to go with 1/2" plywood and veneer it with tamo ash(outside) and wenge(inside). Maybe an upgrade in the future.
 
#109
Mr. Majestic said:
I do need to also add that the swamp ash was much lighter weight than the 1/2 plywood.
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I'm getting ready to build my own custom board. I'm going to cover it with the cabinet fabric that most cabinets are covered in, so I don't care about the look of the wood. I am most interested in function.

If I used Swamp ash to build the board, would it be strong enough for the outer box or just the inner parts? I"m assuming if I were to use Swamp Ash for the outer parts of the box, I would need to join the pieces together. Would those joints withstand normal wear or do you think they would eventually crack at those joins?
 
#111
Just letting everyone know that I will post some new pictures here in the thread. I am designing a much smaller unit that will be a different species of wood and be much smaller only for 4 pedals.
I plan on working on it this weekend......most likely will be built out of Burled Redwood, Spalted Burled MyrtleWood or Burled Ambrosia. :hyper:
 
#117
Bassmanbob said:
I'm assuming that the open area on the bottom is for the electrical stuff (power supply, power cables and outlets, etc...). But I don't understand why you would leave that open for the wires to fall out? What are you going to do to prevent that?
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Good question, this unit is just an original layout to work out the details on my custom unit. The gap is for the wires and plugs, but I don't like the size, so I'll downsize it later....I'll work it out, recut it and post the updates.
 

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