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Update on My DIY Pedalboard on the Cheap

Mar 28th, 2011
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Last summer, I wrote about my DIY effects pedalboard made from IKEA shelving parts. This is a simple & inexpensive design I got from Armchair Bronco over at Harmony Central forums.

I’ve been taking this board to shows ever since and it has held up very well.  I’ve also loaded it down with more pedals.  In effects chain order, I now have:

  • Boss TU-3 Tuner
  • Fulltone OCD – tone sweetener, always on
  • Fulltone Plimsoul - for screamin leads
  • Cap’n Crunch (GGG ITS-8 kit with Boutique Mods) – clean boost for clean leads
  • FrankenWah – Heavily modded Vox V847 Wah
  • Ernie Ball VP Jr Volume
  • MXR Carbon Copy Delay

I play my Warmoth Strat or G&L S-500 through it, into my 1st gen. Peavey Classic 30.

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DIY Tubescreamer: It Works!

Aug 23rd, 2010
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I was away for a week but managed to finish my GeneralGuitarGadgets.com ITS8 pedal kit. Imagine my joy when I plugged it in and it lit up & worked! I played it only a short while so as not to keep the kids up, but this pedal is very cool. Nice and versatile & a good complement to my OCD. And I can’t say enough good things about GGG’s excellent instructions. Next I’ll have to decorate it a bit and record some soundclips. Man this DIY bug is powerful stuff..I hope it’s contagious! :)

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DIY Tube Screamer

Jul 28th, 2010
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I’ve been working on a bunch of music lately, some original stuff for our church play and some new tunes for a duet project that’s just getting off the ground.  But last month I caught a sale over at General Guitar Gadgets and picked up this ITS8 kit plus the boutique mod kit.  Yep, all those parts go in that little box (well, most of ‘em, anyway).  The ITS8 is their Tube Screamer copy.

I don’t know when I’ll get to it, but I had to share this exhilirating (and somewhat intimidating) array of parts just waiting to feed my amp & ears some punchy & jangly goodness!

Fortunately the instructions at General Guitar Gadgets seem quite good.  I had been thinking about getting a boost pedal, but I got so much more!  :)

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DIY Pedalboard on the Cheap

Jul 25th, 2010
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Angled View. Note the bolts sticking out pretty far. I ended up countersinking them later.Angled View. Note the bolts sticking out pretty far. I ended up countersinking them later.
Angled View. Note the bolts sticking out pretty far. I ended up countersinking them later.

Just before I left for tour with Joyful Noise, I put together this awesome DIY pedalboard with shelving parts from IKEA.  I got the idea & plan from Armchair Bronco over at the Harmony Central forums.  His detailed step-by-step guide is excellent, so be sure to check it out!

The beauty of this board is that I made it in one afternoon (about a day and a half including stain dry time) for a grand total of $44, which breaks down as follows:

*You can probably save even more money on the Velcro.  15 feet is WAY too much, but I wanted the 2″ wide stuff & that was the only one they had.  Checking out Velcro’s website, they offer it in smaller doses.  (Hmm, I wonder how sticky Velcro’s website is…heh heh).  O well, the stuff comes in handy & the Mrs. has already been using it.

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