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recommendations for a pedal board

lowendmetal

lowendmetal

Jan 30, 2013
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Greetings tbers! I have officially stepped into the pedal game, and am looking for recommendations on a board to keep everything tidy. Dimensions are in the general area of 28 inches long, 11 wide, 3 deep. This is approximate because I'm not 100% if all pedals will be on at all times. But if anyone has a favorite board or case I would love to hear about it. Thanks!
 
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lowendmetal said:
Greetings tbers! I have officially stepped into the pedal game, and am looking for recommendations on a board to keep everything tidy. Dimensions are in the general area of 28 inches long, 11 wide, 3 deep. This is approximate because I'm not 100% if all pedals will be on at all times. But if anyone has a favorite board or case I would love to hear about it. Thanks!
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Tiny? I recommend the Pedaltrain pedal boards - they're small, lightweight, built well, and affordable too.

Here's a pic of my Pedaltrain Nano
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Another DIY:er here ... it costs peanuts to put some velcro on a piece of wood compared to buying something like a Pedaltrain, and is a good way to test things out until your pedal selection and space requirements stabilize (if they ever do :)).
 
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That's a great thread, maybe this summer if I get two seconds I'll see if i can get something together. Also, I don't know if I'll be happy with "what I have", with all the shiny new toys I keep seeing :D
 
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I wanted to DIY my board but lack every single piece to do so. No wood, no glue, no paint, no suitable velcro or ties, etc… A pedaltrain nano is 20.00 more than buying all the ingredients I need separately. And will be more rugged than some wood I hack together so I just went that route. I feel decidedly unmanly but I don't have much extra time anyway. This is not a plug for the company just that for my needs it made sense.
 
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I was thinking of getting a small inexpensive pedal board myself, probably the Gator G-Bone or Pedal Train Mini.

I had previously made a DIY board for my guitar rig using some scrap wood spraying it black and decorating with some Boss decals (the ones you get with their stomp boxes). I lack any real carpentry skills so it didn't turn out too well. I think I'll just buy one this time round.
 
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I built my own as well. I love my board. Its served me well and Im sure will continue to for years to come. I used the dimensions of a PT Pro but adjusted slightly here and there to suite my needs. Plus the way I mounted all my power needs underneath my board suites my needs much more than a PT would have. It even fits in PT Pro bag. It was a lot cheaper too. If you have the materials, build your own. If not, then IMO SKB and Pedaltrains are good solid choices.
 
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A few years ago I had a g bone. I had picked it up for the one or two pedals I had at the time (before I found talkbass and my head exploded). The issue I had with it was that one side is larger, obviously for a whammy. I don't usually use a whammy as either the first or last pedal so that kind of limits where you can put which pedal. This was also why I wanted to ask for suggestions, want feeling the Gator again
 
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That's a really good point about the g-bone.

I came across the Warwick RB 23110 yesterday. Small board which suits me but is powered and has inboard cable jacks for inline signal and fx loop.

Any know if these are any good?
 
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SCOMan said:
That's a really good point about the g-bone.

I came across the Warwick RB 23110 yesterday. Small board which suits me but is powered and has inboard cable jacks for inline signal and fx loop.

Any know if these are any good?
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IMO I would skip running my signal through jacks on the board. It's just more crap inline that your signal needs to go through.
 
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If you want to build your own, the hardware store will likely cut a piece wood to size for you for free.

Then you just cover it with the kind of carpet used for DIY car subwoofer builders as Velcro sticks to it. Search for "speaker box fabric/carpet".
 
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drewfx said:
If you want to build your own, the hardware store will likely cut a piece wood to size for you for free.

Then you just cover it with the kind of carpet used for DIY car subwoofer builders as Velcro sticks to it. Search for "speaker box fabric/carpet".
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Plus one on getting a piece of board cut, sometimes DIY or lumber stores even have big enough cut-offs for cheap or for free in the scrap pile.

I'd advice against the carpet, I've tried that and it's not that great, the pedals don't stick well to it and the carpet gets "hairy" once you reposition the pedals a couple of times. Much better to add velcro strips to the board.

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FretNoMore said:
Plus one on getting a piece of board cut, sometimes DIY or lumber stores even have big enough cut-offs for cheap or for free in the scrap pile.

I'd advice against the carpet, I've tried that and it's not that great, the pedals don't stick well to it and the carpet gets "hairy" once you reposition the pedals a couple of times. Much better to add velcro strips to the board.

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I totally second that on the Velcro strips. I made a couple "scrap" boards and used the carpet stuff. It kinda ruined the vibe of the board. If you want it to look nice, clean and streamlined, go with frets idea. IMO anyway.


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