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Post by Admin on Mar 5, 2014 16:32:14 GMT -5
I was rhinking about building a beginning pedal board for my Rock son in law. What are the essentials.
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Post by steve on Mar 19, 2014 16:51:06 GMT -5
Do you mean in terms of pedals or construction. I can't help with the latter but I can throw in a few ideas in terms of my opinion of the essential pedals.
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Post by Admin on Mar 19, 2014 19:16:40 GMT -5
Do you mean in terms of pedals or construction. I can't help with the latter but I can throw in a few ideas in terms of my opinion of the essential pedals. Essential Steve.
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Post by steve on Mar 24, 2014 15:14:17 GMT -5
Well here goes: I would say that it is definitely worth getting a distortion pedal. Now I don't like a lot but I do like to get the "just breaking up" tone at reasonable volumes and a decent distortion pedal can do this and the better quality,, the more they will emulate a cranked up amp. This means that you can get a kind of compression going on that adds a bit of sustain.
I'd also say to get a decent reverb pedal (assuming there isn't one on the amp) as you can often buy a pedal that has a richer warm reverb tone.
I also like EQ pedals as they can fine tune the sound. I can get a pretty decent tone from an amps bass, middle and treble knobs but I often use an eq pedal to fine tune it. Also, if you don't want to mess with the tone-set the eq flat but a little higher than the incrementation line and use it as a clean boost.
I would say a nice delay pedal- as this can give you so much to bounce off. Messing with the timing/amount of the delay can be very rewarding and creative.
A good quality tremolo pedal is also very rewarding- some of them have a lovely warm "buttery" feeling to them.
That looks like a lot and I suppose it is but armed with that little lot you can cover a lot of ground, be creative and have tons of fun. But if you are on a budget and want to keep it to a minimum then I'd say distortion and reverb. All ther above is my opinion and as such, can be ignored without causing me any offence.
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Post by earleg on Mar 26, 2014 13:49:11 GMT -5
One thing noticed with just basic layout is figuring out which type connectors will work or work best. The 9V adapter ones can be straight or right angle. Usually right angle work for majority of layouts. For 1/4" connectors there are HD rigid or thinner flex right angle or straight, completely solid aligned or offset plugs. I ended up with extras due to multi pedal alignment and plug location combinations.
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Post by steve on Mar 26, 2014 15:41:51 GMT -5
All good stuff there- I didn't think about that but you are absolutely spot on.
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Post by Admin on Apr 22, 2014 14:54:00 GMT -5
At top left: Power supply Bottom - Left to Right: Delay, Reverb, Distortion Wah pedal Top between Wah and Volume: Tuner Bottom between Wah and Volume: Compression Volume Pedal On the front I ran strips of loop velcro with matching strips of hook velcro on the backs of the pedals. I joined the two volume type pedals to the board by running cable ties round and over short lengths of bamboo cane. If was going to make this again I would replace the 12" strip with three more 4" pieces. The gaps between the wood are useful for threading cables.
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Post by earleg on Apr 23, 2014 9:33:55 GMT -5
Nice layout Jim. What is the L x W of the board? I'm still working on a layout myself. So far trying to fit into a high impact plastic elastomer case. Not sure it will be totally "foot friendly" so may have to fit the pedals onto a removable board or an adjustable riser.
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Post by Admin on Apr 23, 2014 10:37:29 GMT -5
Nice layout Jim. What is the L x W of the board? I'm still working on a layout myself. So far trying to fit into a high impact plastic elastomer case. Not sure it will be totally "foot friendly" so may have to fit the pedals onto a removable board or an adjustable riser. The board is made from pieces of 1/2" pine. The thin pieces are 2" x 26" the wide piece at the bottom is an off cut from a shelf and is 6" x26". The five pieces are joined together with PVA glue and short wood screws then sprayed black. Overall dimensions are 14"X26" approximately.
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Post by steve on Apr 23, 2014 15:45:34 GMT -5
Neat job Jim. I just bought a pedal board for about £30.00 and that worked for me.
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Post by earleg on Apr 24, 2014 10:18:05 GMT -5
Good info there. I bought a similar size 1/2" Poplar board at Home Depot for $1.98. Think I will just get a 2nd one, shorten the lengths of both then join the 2 similar to what you have. I saw another manufactured one that had a small handle attached on each end. Not sure if that would fit here but might try to do something similar on a smaller scale.
Would sheet rock screws work to attach cross pieces along with the glue? If not a good idea there are very likely wood screws in the garage.
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Post by Admin on Apr 24, 2014 21:00:48 GMT -5
George, they probably would do fine. I use them everywhere myself.
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