After a few revisions, my pedalboard was ready! It was just bare wood at this point, but I already had all of my finishing materials purchased and ready to go – tolex, glue, piping and tweed.
So, if you remember from the last installment, I bought some tweed, and some chrome car logo and mudflap girls. What’s up with that?
Well, the design of my board had an oval cutout on the front of it, under which I wanted some vintage tweed – like you would see on an amp. [...]
Like the recessed plug, simply mounting the Neutriks would not provide any sound, so I needed to wire them. Since I was using George L’s for the pedals, I decided to use the same to attach to the Neutriks. Once again, I got assistance on this. Basically, the cable needed to be [...]
After you have your initial design for your pedalboard sketched out, you should start thinking about what – and who – you will need to make your design a physical reality.
I wanted my board to be fully integrated with power and on-board jacks. Yours doesn’t have to be this involved – as I [...]
If your effect pedal collection is taking up more and more floor real estate these days, you have probably thought about either buying or building a pedalboard to house them. While a pedalboard can consist of little more than a plank of wood and some velcro, it CAN be a lot more involved..