Recommend me a small pedalboard please

[veebass]

Nice. I thought it might be some kind of GK grind emulation pedal.

I do miss having everything in a rack. Pedals are new to me after 25 years of playing. I always was a bass, chord, amp kinda guy so this is foreign to me.

Yes that was me for years as well. I love the Petersen tuner and rack mounting the GK Head just makes sense to protect it. Last couple of years since we went three piece I have added a few pedals.

 

[Nick von Nick]

I really like the gator ones. I had a vt deluxe and tuner on it, fits just about perfect.
Much prefer it over my pt nano but it does costs a bit more. The case is better on the gator IMO of course.

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I will second the Gator. I've had one for a year, and it does everything I need it to (I run seven pedals and mount the power supply underneath). The construction is pretty solid, and the mounting supply bracket is quite useful.

Best,
~Nick "Klaus" G.

 

[Big Hoss]

3/4 inch plywood and velcro. Power with a one spot and call it good.

 

[GMcClinsey]

Made this one from scrap wood...

 

[Nephilymbass]

I had the larger gator board when I was using bigger pedals (bass whammy, jamman, m5) its sturdy as hell. Id almost say they used to much alluminim because it's much heavier than my pedaltrain. Different people like different things. I actually sold the gator board to my guitarists and he still uses it. I'm more into flat boards so I prefer the mini. I will say when it comes to cases the case for the mini is holding up better. The gator boards case already has a rip in it where the corner of the board touches

 

[Ron Johnson]

Get a board of wood, cut it to size, attach felt feet, paint (optional), attach velcro tape, attach power supply...
Now you have an extremely durable pedalboard that cost nearly nothing.

 

[BazzTard]

PT Nano

put a battery power pack underneath, a Volto or Joyo will do the trick.

 

[someguyfromNC]

I do like my mini. With pancake plug ends I can easily put 5 pedals on it with a bit of extra room. I think you should be able to put all the ones you are talking about on it just fine. For power I have heard they make a power supply specifically for the mini board.

 

[CharlieC]

Here is my Dynamic Duo.

Construction was a 10" x 6" x 1/2" piece of plywood painted black with spray-on truck bed liner and 4 screw-in rubber feet. Pedal-Links were used to mount the pedals instead of Velcro. Power cabling by way of a 5-connector daisy chain cut-down and heat-shrinked to just 2 connectors and then zip tied to the board.

Cheers!

 

[Macch5]

The NYC pedalboards "lunchbox"

 

[someguyfromNC]

piece of plywood painted black with spray-on truck bed liner and 4 screw-in rubber feet.

I have never thought of that
Great idea.

 

[Big Hoss]

Wow, you guys make me feel like my board is a monster now...

In actual use I am finding at least so far 2 things...

#1. I have yet to use the Moog Expression pedal like I thought I would.
#2. The tuner built into the Zoom B3 is a far better tuner than I expected. I don't absolutely NEED the Snark, but it is easier to read, especially in bright light / mid day outdoor situations.

I could chunk down a large bit of lumber here by simply deleting the expression pedal and using a right angle adapter for the output to the amp. Also deleting the power strip all together and relying on the One Spots already extensive cable length and perhaps an extension cord would do the trick. (I don't do batteries in my pedals).

I am going to have a V2 of my pedalboard coming up shortly, once I get some 3/8" ply. I want to do a major redesign and lighten it up in the process... And yes the black spray on bedliner paint is in my plan as well...

 

[macmanlou]

The new [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] is about 4" wider than the original Nano.

 

[JMic113]

+1 on the homemade option, building one to your exact needs for next to nothing is really a great approach. I have nightmares about all the cash I've pissed away on pedalboard over the years before I began to make them. I picked up a 7$ heavy duty plastic cutting board from Walmart with a handle covered it in Velcro and have 3 I can switch out depending on my needs. There are tons of homemade ones on eBay a little more expensive then they should be but still a better value.

 

[Big Hoss]

I just finished my design. And I have the lumber to do it. 1" nominal pine (1x6 rough pine). I will need to surface it, and plane to 1/2" (If you can't DIY that, just get 1/2" plywood, I am doing a Run What Ya Brung project...).

I am doing 3 2" slats with a 1" space between, and a purpose drilled hole to pass a right angle cable for the Fender footswitch (a non Fender right angle cable has to dump straight down, or straight up, it cannot go to the back, the body of the pedal is in the way...

Materials to be used are...

1x6" SYP, jointed, planed and thicknessed to 1/2" thick.
2" Velcro sticky back hook and loop tape. Probably recycle from my current board, use 3M Super 77 spray adhesive to help get it to re-stick...
1.25" #8 wood screws
Titebond II wood glue.
Paint primer.
Flat Black spray paint.
Small hammer on rubber feet.

I already have 100% of the materials in my shop. So this is a no additional cost aside from my time project, and I get to build it to my exact specs, after finding out what doesn't work well / make me happy on my current build.

 

[mistergoats]

I run a VT Bass Deluxe and use a Boss TU-3 tuner. That's all I have and don't plan on using anything else. I am not much of a pedal person.

I can't seem to find a board that fits my requirement. I would like a small powered board that is durable. Most of the smaller ones I see look flimsy.

Am I the only one who is looking for a small board or am I just looking in the wrong places?

Here's a great place to start.... Show me your compact pedalboard setup | TalkBass.com

Most of us in this thread use the Pedaltrain Nano. It's not powered, but you can add power to it without much problem in a DC Brick or a Voodoo Labs unit.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

The NYC pedalboards "lunchbox"

That's what I use with a One Spot. I can get a Boss sized pedal, a TC Electronics Polytune Mini and a wireless base unit on there.

 

[DDXdesign]

I am liking the gator. I just wish it was powered for that kind of money.

I've got a powered Gator Pedaltote now, which I think is less money than the aluminum ones. It's about 16x12 (so, 4-5 pedals wide x 2 rows), angled, and carpeted for Velcro, and has a power supply on the bottom with 8x9v and a couple 18v, like the DC bricks. I only needed a board that big because my wireless receiver is huge and didn't fit right in my PTMini setup. But it's nice. I like the angled way better than the inch-high flat of a PT.

 

[Matty Koff]

I don't have "small pedalboard" but I have to give props to pedaltrain. The hard cases are built like tanks (I almost wish I had ordered a soft case instead with my pt-3.. the case weighs like 10x more than the board itself, probably a non issue with a pt-nano.) It wasn't too difficult to drill holes for mounting my power supply underneath. Just a couple taps with a decent hole punch to get the holes started and then drill. Took me like 10 minutes to drill my holes. The velcro that comes with it is rather durable. It takes a bit of effort to pull a pedal off of my board, and I have plenty left over. That being said.. if you're handy and like DIY projects.. you could probably build something for your needs for way cheaper than a pedaltrain product.. but if you value time over money.. I don't think you'd be disappointed in the pt-nano.

 

[dheafey]

I ended up picking up one of these for 4 pedals (Pitchblack->BDDI->Empress Compressor->Radial JDI). I added a Snark 9 Volt power supply and Snark daisy chain to power everything.

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