Anyone Rocking a Holey Board?

[DinoTrousers]

Re: Anyone Rocking a Holey Board?

Check out Aclam Pedal Boards. They're a Spanish company that just came to the states. Same concept as the Monarch (pressure grips), but they've been in production for years. Really, really cool. But pretty expensive.

 

[Stratman]

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Nice man , can the Octa Switch do amp control or just pedal control?

Pedals only so far.

Amps are Mesa Boogie TriAxis into Rane 26s mixer and TC Electronics G Major 2 feeding a Mesa Boogie 2:90 & two Mesa Thiele cabinets

 

[mantis]

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Sounds like a pretty killer setup you got there. The Tri axis I have been wanting to plus into one for quite some time. Looks very interesting and seems like you can get any Mesa Tone from the last few decades.

 

[JohnWest]

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I prefer and use industrial strength Velcro, it cost me like approx $20 for 15ft as on amazon.

 

[Mincer]

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I like using zip ties. The hot Florida sun and high humidity usually causes the glue side of Velcro (even the industrial kind) to fail, leaving pedals in a pile at the bottom of the case. I like the Holleyboard idea, but my concern is the weight. I've never used one or seen one in person, though. Currently, I am using a PedalTrain Fly.

 

[stratguy23]

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I currently have a Holeyboard Amp Top, the smallest model.

I like it a lot. Weight is not an issue b/c it is so small.

Zip ties pose no issues in terms of damage to pedals b/c in practice, they don't contact much of the surface of pedals. Often the zip tie is touching just the right angle edges between top and sides.

Zip ties are extremely fast and clean to work with. I keep an extra set of kitchen scissors handy to cut zip ties. No velcro, no residue, nothing falling off. You can turn the pedal board upside down, and everything stays. I will never work with velcro if I can help it.

Speaking of upside down, the Amp Top model has space below the main surface, since it's meant to be stacked on top of the next larger Holeyboard. So one can use the bottom of the surface to mount pedals as well = more working surface overall.

I like the Holeyboard concept a lot, and think that the only faults are (1) curved orientation not optimal for rectilinear setups, e.g., if using large switcher, and (2) the offered soft and hard cases, while looking nice, are a far cry from road cases.

 

[dystrust]

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I like using zip ties. The hot Florida sun and high humidity usually causes the glue side of Velcro (even the industrial kind) to fail, leaving pedals in a pile at the bottom of the case. I like the Holleyboard idea, but my concern is the weight. I've never used one or seen one in person, though. Currently, I am using a PedalTrain Fly.

I have a Holeyboard Evo Wide:

The board is 32" wide, but it's made of aircraft aluminum that's maybe 3mm thick; it weighs around 5lbs with no pedals on it. Of course loaded it weighs closer to 30, but I'm guessing you'd want a smaller board than I have. Since that pic was taken, I swapped the OD-9 for a Wampler Tumnus.

longcat has an Evo Amptop that weighs roughly 1-2lbs empty; with 5 pedals + tuner it's maybe 5-8lbs total.

 

[Mincer]

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Hmm, I don't know why I was thinking the Holey Boards were made of something that was much heavier than 5lbs. I know my Pedaltrain Fly is really light (approx 24x14) and zip ties work really well on that, too. BTW, how do you zip tie that EVH wah on there? Looks like an awkward shape to tie down.

 

[stratguy23]

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Hmm, I don't know why I was thinking the Holey Boards were made of something that was much heavier than 5lbs... BTW, how do you zip tie that EVH wah on there? Looks like an awkward shape to tie down.

Holeyboards have been made out of different materials through the years. I believe at least two different kinds of wood compositions have been used; the newest iteration seems to be of lightweight aircraft aluminum. Holeyboard should market more around that, because I've seen people complain about Holeyboard weight in the past.

I can't speak for dystrust, but it's easy to zip tie pedals of any size/shape. If one needs more length than a standard 14" zip tie, just attach 2 zip ties together to make 1 long one. It's secure and works well.

 

[dystrust]

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Hmm, I don't know why I was thinking the Holey Boards were made of something that was much heavier than 5lbs. I know my Pedaltrain Fly is really light (approx 24x14) and zip ties work really well on that, too. BTW, how do you zip tie that EVH wah on there? Looks like an awkward shape to tie down.

That wah pedal is definitely more than it appears to be... It started its life as an early 2000s Vox with the limited edition Union Jack graphic. It looks cool as hell, but it honestly didn't sound that great and the bypass was terrible. A couple years ago I replaced the guts with a Signature Wah board from Wilson effects, and I also slapped a Wilson Effects badge on the front. These days it sounds like a Teese Picture Wah or Fulltone Clyde, but it's tweakable like a 535Q or RMC-3.

It was actually one of the easier pedals to zip tie. I used a pair of ties positioned toward each end of the pedal:

I was able to tighten them enough so that the pedal doesn't move, which isn't really possible on pedals only able to accommodate one zip tie.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

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One would expect these to be popular with the P&W players...

 

[allbutromeo]

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They now make a Holey Board with pedal switchers in mind. I ordered one last week, should be getting it in the next few days. I don't actually use a switcher, but I have a lot of pedals and I like having the foot switch for my amps, a big a$$ MkV switch, on my board, and didn't know which one would be best.

I never did do a follow up to this.
This is my Holey Board "The Square"
Model. I've since filled in that open area with a Big Muff and an OCD. Weight wise, it is heavy but not that much more than my old SKB rig, and it has more pedals on it. Power supply is the Walrus Audio Phoenix that they offer on the holey board site, it's pricey, but it's got a ton of outlets and is dead quiet, unfortunately it's too tall to fit under the riser.

 

[Mincer]

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That wah pedal is definitely more than it appears to be... It started its life as an early 2000s Vox with the limited edition Union Jack graphic. It looks cool as hell, but it honestly didn't sound that great and the bypass was terrible. A couple years ago I replaced the guts with a Signature Wah board from Wilson effects, and I also slapped a Wilson Effects badge on the front. These days it sounds like a Teese Picture Wah or Fulltone Clyde, but it's tweakable like a 535Q or RMC-3.

It was actually one of the easier pedals to zip tie. I used a pair of ties positioned toward each end of the pedal:

I was able to tighten them enough so that the pedal doesn't move, which isn't really possible on pedals only able to accommodate one zip tie.

Thank you for the detailed pics. I get it now. I think it might be possible to do something like that to my Pedaltrain. As far as the Holeyboard material, I was under the impression it was some kind of plywood- at least I remember early promo pics to be something like that. It is good that they switched materials.

 

[allbutromeo]

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Thank you for the detailed pics. I get it now. I think it might be possible to do something like that to my Pedaltrain. As far as the Holeyboard material, I was under the impression it was some kind of plywood- at least I remember early promo pics to be something like that. It is good that they switched materials.

They still make a wide range of boards using the same type of plywood skate boards are made of, but they have greatly expanded their range of aluminum options in the last year

 

[Gtrjunior]

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They look like a great idea...
But do they make a carry case to put it in so I'm not crushing my expensive pedals every time I need to transport them?

 

[Mincer]

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It looks like their cases are just sort of sacks to carry the whole thing. I don't know how much protection they give. A proper case would be heavy and awkwardly shaped, I think.

 

[dystrust]

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It looks like their cases are just sort of sacks to carry the whole thing. I don't know how much protection they give. A proper case would be heavy and awkwardly shaped, I think.

They offer hard cases too (or they used to), but the price was a bit steeper than I was willing to pay. The "Bomber Case" doesn't have a ton of padding, but it does have some and it's made of really heavy duty nylon. I honestly don't think I could cut a hole in it if I wanted to. My biggest gripe about the case is that I frequently have to reset the knobs on my upper deck pedals as they get bumped when pulling the board in and out of the case.

 

[skyydogg01]

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I'm contemplating building my own board using the holey board square design but MUCH smaller. I don't like using a whole bunch of pedals and only plan on having 5-6 pedals on it at one time. Can someone give me the measurements of the hole spacing and size?