ericmeyer4
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So I am finally working on a pedal board! I've been putting it off forever.
Any tips or things I should take into consideration before I build this?
Here is the basic layout....
And the explanation....
The signal flow would be something like this.
A/B box Channel 1->Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wha->TS-9->Big Muff->Boss Flange->Rocktron Delay->PODxt->Boss Looper (Input 1)->DI Box.
A/B box Channel 2->Boss Eq->Boss Looper (Input 2)
The boss Eq is set up for a large Bass boost and cut everything else. This gives me a quasi bass drum sound. If I do loop it is a drum beat. But sometimes it is fun to loop ambient noise as well so this set up works well for that.
The PODxt has a 4 button foot controller so I can switch back and forth between presets. I only have 1 preset at the moment. Super Clean. Basically it is a Roland Jazz Chorus amp set up with a lot of reverb and thats it. I'm not a big fan of the POD's distortion, but that is fine because I don't really play with distortion but when I do I have to use the big muff. I'm sure the POD can do dirty tones, but I haven't toyed with it much because I bought it for clean tones. I have also been enjoying the TS9 for some light overdrive it was a pretty fun pedal.
Delay and Flange are the pedals I use the most and often manipulate on the fly so they get there own spot on the board. Other effects that I don't use much (aka chorus) or use but don't change it much (aka reverb) the Pod will handle because I don't want to be taking up space.
I am going to order some Georgle L cables and everything will be run under the board so it has a nice clean look. I will be powering everything with a Onespot powersupply or the dedicated power supply it came with.
The Pod will sit up on a shelf and under it I will house my DI Box and an on/off switch for the power. I will wire this into a power strip that all of the power supplies are being run off of. The power strip will also be under the board.
The A/B Box, Eq, and POD board will be placed on a riser so I can access them easier and minimize the risk of stomping on a different pedal trying to get to them. I probably won't be switching them on and off a lot so the top row on risers is the perfect place for them.
The last thing I am going to to is wire an input jack into the side of the board so I can plug in my guitar there instead of running a chord straight into the 1st pedal. I've had other boards where I plugged into the 1st pedal and it was always a pain because my chord would be sitting on a few other pedals or I would end up ripping it off the velcro trying to get it in.
Hopefully I can get it painted before this cold weather is here to stay. As long as I get it built and painted here pretty quick I will be okay. It shouldn't take too long to get to the paint stage. (Who wants to bet the prepaint stage is going to be a major pain in the ass?) Build a square use some wood screws and maybe a little glue. The top I will secure with screws so I can get in and out of it easily. The same goes for the bottom.
The sides I am just going to use some scrap wood in the basement, its about an inch so it should give me a nice height and plenty of room on the inside to run cables. For the top and bottom I will probably just just some reinforced paneling or some really thin plywood. I won't be taking this on the road and it will probably never leave my room so bullet proof is not really need. It just needs to not fall apart.
After it is painted I will try to find some metal to put along the edges and a nice big amp handle.
Then I will carefully wire it up.
I don't play out much so this is mainly just a recording rig and I don't plan on buying any more pedals for a while. 1st I don't play enough as it is, 2nd I don't ever really record. Having a semipermanent board I hope will force me to worry less about gear and more about writing and playing songs.
Any tips or things I should take into consideration before I build this?
Here is the basic layout....
And the explanation....
The signal flow would be something like this.
A/B box Channel 1->Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wha->TS-9->Big Muff->Boss Flange->Rocktron Delay->PODxt->Boss Looper (Input 1)->DI Box.
A/B box Channel 2->Boss Eq->Boss Looper (Input 2)
The boss Eq is set up for a large Bass boost and cut everything else. This gives me a quasi bass drum sound. If I do loop it is a drum beat. But sometimes it is fun to loop ambient noise as well so this set up works well for that.
The PODxt has a 4 button foot controller so I can switch back and forth between presets. I only have 1 preset at the moment. Super Clean. Basically it is a Roland Jazz Chorus amp set up with a lot of reverb and thats it. I'm not a big fan of the POD's distortion, but that is fine because I don't really play with distortion but when I do I have to use the big muff. I'm sure the POD can do dirty tones, but I haven't toyed with it much because I bought it for clean tones. I have also been enjoying the TS9 for some light overdrive it was a pretty fun pedal.
Delay and Flange are the pedals I use the most and often manipulate on the fly so they get there own spot on the board. Other effects that I don't use much (aka chorus) or use but don't change it much (aka reverb) the Pod will handle because I don't want to be taking up space.
I am going to order some Georgle L cables and everything will be run under the board so it has a nice clean look. I will be powering everything with a Onespot powersupply or the dedicated power supply it came with.
The Pod will sit up on a shelf and under it I will house my DI Box and an on/off switch for the power. I will wire this into a power strip that all of the power supplies are being run off of. The power strip will also be under the board.
The A/B Box, Eq, and POD board will be placed on a riser so I can access them easier and minimize the risk of stomping on a different pedal trying to get to them. I probably won't be switching them on and off a lot so the top row on risers is the perfect place for them.
The last thing I am going to to is wire an input jack into the side of the board so I can plug in my guitar there instead of running a chord straight into the 1st pedal. I've had other boards where I plugged into the 1st pedal and it was always a pain because my chord would be sitting on a few other pedals or I would end up ripping it off the velcro trying to get it in.
Hopefully I can get it painted before this cold weather is here to stay. As long as I get it built and painted here pretty quick I will be okay. It shouldn't take too long to get to the paint stage. (Who wants to bet the prepaint stage is going to be a major pain in the ass?) Build a square use some wood screws and maybe a little glue. The top I will secure with screws so I can get in and out of it easily. The same goes for the bottom.
The sides I am just going to use some scrap wood in the basement, its about an inch so it should give me a nice height and plenty of room on the inside to run cables. For the top and bottom I will probably just just some reinforced paneling or some really thin plywood. I won't be taking this on the road and it will probably never leave my room so bullet proof is not really need. It just needs to not fall apart.
After it is painted I will try to find some metal to put along the edges and a nice big amp handle.
Then I will carefully wire it up.
I don't play out much so this is mainly just a recording rig and I don't plan on buying any more pedals for a while. 1st I don't play enough as it is, 2nd I don't ever really record. Having a semipermanent board I hope will force me to worry less about gear and more about writing and playing songs.
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