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PYPB 44: ...like Tetris with boxes, wires and cables

#14,001
Btbp said:
I wish I had the tools, room, time and expertise to redo a pedal, there's one I really want that has garish artwork that just messes with my OCD, I wish they offered a vanilla version of it.
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Well, I can tell you that I did most of my rehousing work living in a one-bedroom apartment and using nothing more sophisticated than a cheap Radio Shack soldering iron, with occasional help from a cheap hand drill and some sandpaper. I didn't have any "expertise" other than what I could learn from trial and error or looking up info online (the one exception is that I did get some soldering tips from my father, which was nice, although there are thousand videos and tutorials online with similar info). Obviously etching work was done by someone else, but it really isn't especially expensive.
 
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MCS4 said:
Well, I can tell you that I did most of my rehousing work living in a one-bedroom apartment and using nothing more sophisticated than a cheap Radio Shack soldering iron, with occasional help from a cheap hand drill and some sandpaper. I didn't have any "expertise" other than what I could learn from trial and error or looking up info online (the one exception is that I did get some soldering tips from my father, which was nice, although there are thousand videos and tutorials online with similar info). Obviously etching work was done by someone else, but it really isn't especially expensive.
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That's what I was trying to find some time ago, someone who has drilling and painting capability if I were to send a stock box, or, who could paint over an existing box. That car paint cover tings might be an idea, but that wouldn't cover the control labeling.
 
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Here’s my board while I wait for a Magic Pedals Bass Overdriver. And yes, that’s four Rats on my board. It’s glorious!

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Btbp said:
That's what I was trying to find some time ago, someone who has drilling and painting capability if I were to send a stock box, or, who could paint over an existing box. That car paint cover tings might be an idea, but that wouldn't cover the control labeling.
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I don't know anything about painting pedals, but I have gotten good results both by sanding the existing paint off of the pedal and then having the blank box etched, or by simply buying a new blank box and having it etched.

If you want to look into that, the guy that did all of my etching is called Handsome Beard Etching on social media. I don't know if he still does work but if you want you can look him up. Another great option who is definitely still doing etching and rehousing work is a local friend of mine who uses the name Acid Rain Pedal Pedalworks on social media and has been doing a lot of work lately -- including work for existing pedal builders -- and I believe he also will do any other drilling, rehousing, etc. that is desired for any project.
 
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bass-shy said:
I'm not terribly familiar with them. Cioks?

I assume some pedals are daisy chained from the outputs?
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Yes. Both of them are made by Cioks. The 8 is powered directly from the DC7. Those two make for a powerful, versatile combination.

Most of the pedals are daisy chained. The Volt Thrower 1590bb does not like sharing power so that one gets its own port. There are a couple others as well.
 
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kranahan said:
Yes. Both of them are made by Cioks. The 8 is powered directly from the DC7. Those two make for a powerful, versatile combination.

Most of the pedals are daisy chained. The Volt Thrower 1590bb does not like sharing power so that one gets its own port. There are a couple others as well.
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Impressive! Thanks for the info.

While it isn't nearly to the scale of yours, I had to do a similar thing with the power on my board. I used a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 3+ and supplemented the outputs with a Voodoo Lab x4. It really works well and is dead silent. I haven't had to daisy chain any of the pedals (one pedal per power port), but it's good to know that it is an option for the future.
 
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bass-shy said:
Impressive! Thanks for the info.

While it isn't nearly to the scale of yours, I had to do a similar thing with the power on my board. I used a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 3+ and supplemented the outputs with a Voodoo Lab x4. It really works well and is dead silent. I haven't had to daisy chain any of the pedals (one pedal per power port), but it's good to know that it is an option for the future.
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Definitely. I rewire my board multiple times a year because of new pedals. It’s definitely a game of trial and error to figure out which pedals like playing with each other.
 
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HelpImaRock said:
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Well, I've moved to "the big board" and with that comes more pedals because I'm a masochist. I had everything set on the PTnano with the Strobostomp > BC-1x > Multiwave > DD6. Then I had to go screw it up and buy an awesome Squier Mustang that needed a little help in the volume department. So I moved up to the PTjr. The Super Fuzz is strictly in clean boost mode. It's basically a BOSS FA-1.

I GAS bought the Octaver for $25 and added the Carcosa because the Multiwave is already doing an octave up and having the octave down too gets muddy.

Will bring this to rehearsal tomorrow and see what stays. LOL.
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The good news: The Behringer octaver sounds pretty good. Worth $25 and I'm keeping it.
The bad news: Yeah, it's not staying on the board.

I've developed my band sound over the past 6 months and the board will stay how I constructed it. Adding the octaver and Carcosa sounded ok but didn't gel in the spots I wanted them to. That's probably more me than anything else, but them's the breaks. I do like the Super Fuzz in boost mode and it's definitely staying. It does what I need with the Mustang.

Octaver will definitely make the home board. Currently looking like octave > KRAMMSTEEN! > Carcosa > DE7
 
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HelpImaRock said:
The good news: The Behringer octaver sounds pretty good. Worth $25 and I'm keeping it.
The bad news: Yeah, it's not staying on the board.

I've developed my band sound over the past 6 months and the board will stay how I constructed it. Adding the octaver and Carcosa sounded ok but didn't gel in the spots I wanted them to. That's probably more me than anything else, but them's the breaks. I do like the Super Fuzz in boost mode and it's definitely staying. It does what I need with the Mustang.

Octaver will definitely make the home board. Currently looking like octave > KRAMMSTEEN! > Carcosa > DE7
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I couldn’t leave well enough alone before recording starts today. I took the wizard fuzz off, upped the internal gain on the longsword 2nd channel, and used the extra space for my infanem Faye sing and couldn’t be happier. I’m also digging the expression pedal on the filter again.

I’ll likely still bring an extra supply of dirt boxes just in case.
 

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kranahan said:
Here’s my board while I wait for a Magic Pedals Bass Overdriver. And yes, that’s four Rats on my board. It’s glorious!

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The treble level on some of your dirt pedals is blowing my mind - especially the rats. I like a lot of clank and grind, but my tinnitus is flaring up just looking at some of those settings.
 
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Grahams Groove said:
The treble level on some of your dirt pedals is blowing my mind - especially the rats. I like a lot of clank and grind, but my tinnitus is flaring up just looking at some of those settings.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:

None of those settings are accurate. I had to move pedals around and flip the board many times. Knobs were definitely moved during the process.
 
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