Favorite Brand/Model of Pedalboard?

I think I might be in the market for a pedalboard. So what brand and model of pedalboard is everybody using, and what did you pay for it? And if you've got pics, let's see `em!

I love my Pedaltrain 2: http://pedaltrain.com/pt/

If I was going to get a custom-made board, it would definitely be a Pumaboard: http://www.pumaboards.com/

These are some of the coolest I've seen: http://www.trailertrashpedalboards.com/.

I haven't got one though, I have a special Olde English pedalboard, a big piece of wood.

I have a PedalPad AXS, and it is fine. I just don't like the velcro tape mounts. The velcro comes off my pedals too easily (gets hot in Phoenix, and the adhesive looses its stick). Otherwise, really straight forward, and easy to use...if a little heavy.

Have thought about getting the smallest pedaltrain for my bass pedals. It looks pretty solid too.

The both beat the couple of pieces of plywood I used to wosh-bang together for a pedal board. And I do have to admit, the velcro is easier to use than drilling the ply and finding longer foot screws for the pedals, but not quite as secure.

I love my grey plastic Boss pedal board. I believe it cost around $150 or so. Not too big, but not too small, and easy to assemble. It is very rugged and practical, but both my latch "clips" fall off when I unhook them. Other than that, it's great.

I love my Pedaltrain 2: http://pedaltrain.com/pt/

Forgive me but in all honesty that board could be made yourself for less than $50. Wood would be easiest but even aluminum could be simply made with a bit more time


If I was going to get a custom-made board, it would definitely be a Pumaboard: http://www.pumaboards.com/

Now these are SWEET! But again...if you are good with your hands this would also be easy to make. For me the only "hard" part is the electricity outlet but but I am sure even that couldn't be that difficult to figure out.

Sorry if I am being rude. I just have a hard time paying that kind of money for something that I could design myself and make for less than half the price.

Forgive me but in all honesty that board could be made yourself for less than $50. Wood would be easiest but even aluminum could be simply made with a bit more time



Now these are SWEET! But again...if you are good with your hands this would also be easy to make. For me the only "hard" part is the electricity outlet but but I am sure even that couldn't be that difficult to figure out.

Sorry if I am being rude. I just have a hard time paying that kind of money for something that I could design myself and make for less than half the price.

As one who has done this both ways, making just a pedal board is pretty easy. Adding the road case around it is tougher. Actually, the electric parts are, overall, one of the easier things to do. Finishing a case can be easy (just spray on some paint) or tougher (upholstery and carpet). I am pretty handy and I have tools. But still...I have bought manufactured.

So, at the end of the day, if I say my time is worth nothing (or view it as a previously sunk cost), and my wife agrees that I have no more honey-dos to finish before I can work on my pedal board, and I have easy access to hardware like the special hardware necessary to make a decent road box, then yes it is cheaper for me to build one. But, for me, lumber costs something, the special hardware that it takes to make it a road box cost something, finishing costs are something and wifey-dearest always thinks that there is something around the house more important than building something for pedals. And gas just getting around to the several places I need to go to gather parts costs something. So, pre-manufactured seems to work out for me.

On the other hand, just something to put in the "music" room and leave there, then $5.00 worth of plywood and some firing strips are fine. But if I want something road-worthy, store-bought works out. Then I have more time for much needed practice and learning new songs.

You're not rude, you just account for your time differently than I do.

Forgive me but in all honesty that board could be made yourself for less than $50. Wood would be easiest but even aluminum could be simply made with a bit more time



Now these are SWEET! But again...if you are good with your hands this would also be easy to make. For me the only "hard" part is the electricity outlet but but I am sure even that couldn't be that difficult to figure out.

Sorry if I am being rude. I just have a hard time paying that kind of money for something that I could design myself and make for less than half the price.

It just depends on what your time is worth to you...

Sure, I could get the aluminum, weld it up, paint it, then find and buy a case for it; I have a welding & fabrication business, so it wouldn't be tough to do... just time consuming. I've even had the wood sitting around in my shop for 3 months, to make a Pumaboard-style pedalboard (my original plan). Between working, spending time with my family, gigging, home repairs, and keeping my guitars & amps going, time is a pretty scarce commodity; to me, it was worth the "extra" $60 to be able to NOT have to spend time building the pedalboard.

just something to put in the "music" room and leave there, then $5.00 worth of plywood and some firing strips are fine. But if I want something road-worthy, store-bought works out.

Eric Johnson has my favorite pedalboard.... :grin:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/494260228_b60f5db78d_o.jpg

Eric Johnson has my favorite pedalboard.... :grin:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/494260228_b60f5db78d_o.jpg

Now THAT's what I'm talkin' 'bout. But gettin' it to the gig is a bit problematic.

This is NOT my board nor have I tried building this. I just love posting this and seeing the responses.

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=144651&highlight=boring

That's a cool board.
And Mike, the guy who built this board cops to 15 hours of time, but I'd bet it was more than that. At a very modest $10/hr, that's $150 plus materials.
The $120 for the Pedaltrain is beginning to look pretty attractive.
That's something that I've learned as I got older. Just because I *can* do something, doesn't mean I *should.*
My time, not to mention my sanity (tenuous though it is) is worth something, too.
allen

Eric Johnson has my favorite pedalboard.... :grin:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/494260228_b60f5db78d_o.jpg

Yep, that's it, I have that SAME brand of pedal board! :smile:

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/pedalboard.jpg

Home brew!

http://www.artisticremodelingofva.com/johnf/pedalboard.jpg

Home brew!

http://www.artisticremodelingofva.com/johnf/pedalboard.jpg

Ingenious! Why didn't I think of putting a handle on mine?! Yours is the Rolls Royce.

Can't beat the old wood scraps by the Dumpster board.

Henceforth I think they'll call this "The Day The Wood Cutters Hijacked The Thread!"

Anyone else got wood, as it were?

Ever notice how the real men always do the wood thing with a TS9 tubescreamer? Or maybe TS9's just have really big rough wooden baseplates?

:grin:

That's a cool board.
And Mike, the guy who built this board cops to 15 hours of time, but I'd bet it was more than that. At a very modest $10/hr, that's $150 plus materials.
The $120 for the Pedaltrain is beginning to look pretty attractive.
That's something that I've learned as I got older. Just because I *can* do something, doesn't mean I *should.*
My time, not to mention my sanity (tenuous though it is) is worth something, too.
allen

What about a sense of accomplishment? Pride? Alternate forms of creativity? Now I don't gig or play out anywhere but I'm sorry if I can build something similar for half of what someone is charging then I will. Plus I like to create...music, art, needed items, etc. My triple decker board I made from scraps of wood and it came out fine for a home unit. I made a smaller one out of a cutting board and a laptop bag for about $15 and 45 minutes of time. I just old fashioned. I think humans have gotten lazy. It used to be you HAD to create in order to survive. I love technology but there is such a thing as TOO MUCH or a good thing.

I've never owned a "real" pedalboard. I just carry pedals and cables in a duffle bag, and lay them out on the stage. It works for me.

I just have a hard time paying that kind of money for something that I could design myself and make for less than half the price.

During the period I last spent actively touring ('80's) I used a homemade wooden pedal board, primarily because there wasn't anything else out there to use. I made it to fit inside a small Anvil briefcase-size case, which held all my chords, extra strings, and the sort. This very thing is what attracted me to the Boss unit - all I need to do is take off the lid, plug in my power source, guitar, amp, and I'm ready-to-go. When I'm done I unplug, cram the chords back in the case, pop on the lid, and stick it in the car.

No need for a bag to haul chords, and all the chords stay plugged into the pedals. Can't get any easier than that.

What about a sense of accomplishment? Pride? Alternate forms of creativity? Now I don't gig or play out anywhere but I'm sorry if I can build something similar for half of what someone is charging then I will. Plus I like to create...music, art, needed items, etc. My triple decker board I made from scraps of wood and it came out fine for a home unit. I made a smaller one out of a cutting board and a laptop bag for about $15 and 45 minutes of time. I just old fashioned. I think humans have gotten lazy. It used to be you HAD to create in order to survive. I love technology but there is such a thing as TOO MUCH or a good thing.

So you're saying that the rest of us can't have a sense of accomplishment, pride in our work, or be creative unless we follow your lead and use scrap wood & cheap materials (and throw it together in 45 minutes)? No offense, but it really doesn't sound like you're building something "similar" to a Pedaltrain... and that's ok; everybody's needs are different, especially if you're gigging. And I'm really not sure how a Pedaltrain board is "too much" technology... it's aluminum channel & tubing welded together.

It seems like you're trying to turn this thread into some kind of a "backwards" pissing contest, when the original poster simply asked what we were all using & were happy with. And btw, I gigged for years with a pedalboard made from a piece of bookshelf and NO case; total cost? $8 and 30 minutes... :mrgreen:

http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/412GPTS99EL._AA280_.jpg

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/512P7838B8L._SS400_.jpg

SKB PS15 Guitar Pedal Case - I love the carry case that it slips into. You can store tons of guitar cords in it.

[B]It seems like you're trying to turn this thread into some kind of a "backwards" pissing contest, when the original poster simply asked what we were all using & were happy with.{/B] And btw, I gigged for years with a pedalboard made from a piece of bookshelf and NO case; total cost? $8 and 30 minutes... :mrgreen:

It's kind of funny because I was beginning to feel the same way about your post. I gave the ORIGINAL poster MY opinion...period.He asked what we were all using AND happy with and I told him. I even said in my original post Sorry if I am being rude. . To me $150-$200 for a pedalboard is criminal. But hey if you got money to burn by all means spend it. I'd rather get more pedals or even a cheap guitar to mod with the money.

Now I think this thread has been hijacked enough so let's get back to HELPING the original poster.

The best type of pedal board? Homemade:

http://xs115.xs.to/xs115/07190/board.JPG (http://xs.to)

An old shelf + a roll of gaffa tape and I was off!

Ingenious! Why didn't I think of putting a handle on mine?! Yours is the Rolls Royce.

Thanks, I've gotta make mine a little bigger now (I have my tuner and a new delay on there as well as hopefully a homebuilt boost pedal that's not going so well).

It was just scrap I had laying around. Funny thing is I started to come up with really complicated designs and then the simplicity struck me. It was like a sudden clarity! I'm very happy with my board and will continue to use this design for myself.

I am building one for the rythm guitarist in my band for his birthday next week. It will have trunk corners, a suitcase style handle and drawbolts to hold a cover on it. It's ungodly heavy, but that's cause he uses forty thousand pedals! I'll tyr to remember to take pictures before I hand it off and after he has populated it.

I love my wood..... :}

I have a pedaltrain 2. When I bought it, it was a good deal. I bought it because I liked the nice case. I know all you haters will say there's nothing to the board, which is true but the case makes up for it for me. I can pile a bunch of stuff in there.

I love my grey plastic Boss pedal board. I believe it cost around $150 or so. Not too big, but not too small, and easy to assemble. It is very rugged and practical, but both my latch "clips" fall off when I unhook them. Other than that, it's great.

I have one of the Boss pedalboards as well.....the BCB-60. It closes up easily and protects the pedals when you're toting it around. Highly recommend if you don't have a large amount of pedals.

http://bigbikeriders.com/photopost/data/500/4612Pedalboard.JPG

I have a pedaltrain 2. When I bought it, it was a good deal. I bought it because I liked the nice case. I know all you haters will say there's nothing to the board, which is true but the case makes up for it for me. I can pile a bunch of stuff in there.

Do you have the hard or soft case?

I got the soft case with my Pedaltrain 2, as the hard case was a little more than I needed. So for, it's been holding up. The hard case is a good deal, though, for the extra bucks (especially if you need a flight case). Both of the PT cases do have a lot of extra room in them; I think if I start packing mine a little more carefully, I can quit carrying a separate gig bag.


I have one of the Boss pedalboards as well.....the BCB-60. It closes up easily and protects the pedals when you're toting it around. Highly recommend if you don't have a large amount of pedals.

That's a cool pedalboard, but the dual Zendrive's are even cooler! :mrgreen:

Well, I can give you a not-favorite... the cheap plastic-velcro Johnson ones. That in mind, I use mine all the time. Just because I'm too cheap to splurge on a really good one.

I just converted to this monstrosity...and I LOVE it!!

http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=SPB-8C

It's big, but I like the freedom to arrange my pedals however I want.

It also has a 4 AC outlets that are isolated to eliminate ground loops and a patchbay that allows one to split to two amps without having to use an ABY.

The 9vdc outputs each have 120 mA of current and power every pedal I have tried with zero hum.

I love it.

Buddaman

Kudos to the DIYers!

Favorite Brand/Model of Pedalboard? To get back to the thread topic, I'm in the market for a pedalboard that houses the power source, has AC out and perhaps 1/4" in/outs. I've looked at CORE (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Core-Equipment-Pedal-Board?sku=155510)
that a buddy uses, also Trailer Trash.

What builders am I missing?

thanks much,
Drew

I finally took an updated picture of my DIY board...however the DIYer in me want to build one like the PumaBoards (http://www.pumaboards.com/gallery/index.php). I am always trying to build a better mousetrap!! :mrgreen:

http://guitar.mikespe.com/images/gallery/S3500005.JPG

Another board I'm looking at is the Pedal Pad AXS (http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/product/buy_pedal_pad_axs_pedalboard?full_sku=159501).

I would drill and mount an AC connector.

I love my Pedaltrain 2: http://pedaltrain.com/pt/

If I was going to get a custom-made board, it would definitely be a Pumaboard: http://www.pumaboards.com/

I wish I had known about Puma boards before attemping to build my own. At least there is an option if mine doesn't meet my expectations. Great looking board!

Does anybody else worry about having 120VAC directly under the cup holder on their mic stand? I do, and I use a wireless (but not for that reason, I just like the freedom). I've played with drummers who consistently knock over a half-full glass of Jack and Coke, not only making a mess, but possibly causing electrical damage if there happened to be a wire with high current and/or voltage present. Any of these pedalboards present a solution for this problem? I'd like to get something on the less expensive end of things, small, lightweight and easy to set up, probably using a one-spot or godlyke power supply, which will keep the AC away from the pedalboard. I play mostly bars and clubs, usually with little or no stage, and don't need or want anything fancy.

I'll most likely kill this thread with my post, since anything I've ever responded to on TDPRI for some reason drops like a rock, I just don't get that, but anyway, I know most here don't care at all about Beringer products, and it's easy to see why when your looking at pedals that cost $19.00, but I just bought their new 12 pedal hard case , complete with power supply, daisy chain, and all the patch cords for under $100 at my local store. It comes with 1/4" jacks and seems to be very rugged, also I like the non skid rubber runners on the bottom side. Just an option and for those that like Boss, this is already set up with 12 spots with cut-outs in the interior padding to fit boss, like Beringer same size. I just thought it was a good bargain after seing a Boss 6 space board for $160.00 at Ken stanton music.
http://www.studica.com/products/product_detail.cfm?productid=54175

I also wanted to add that I build custom houses for a living and I've been a custom woodworking since I was 15 years old. I too wanted to build myself a board but there's just no time these days. I couldn't have built a enclosed 12 pedal case for $100.
Best wishes

Jeffro

Another big fan of the Boss BCB-60. Got mine new for $129. I also have a BCB-30, for just a couple pedals and a tuner when needed, but nowhere as cool as the BCB-60.

I'll most likely kill this thread with my post, since anything I've ever responded to on TDPRI for some reason drops like a rock, I just don't get that, but anyway, I know most here don't care at all about Beringer products, and it's easy to see why when your looking at pedals that cost $19.00, but I just bought their new 12 pedal hard case , complete with power supply, daisy chain, and all the patch cords for under $100 at my local store. It comes with 1/4" jacks and seems to be very rugged, also I like the non skid rubber runners on the bottom side. Just an option and for those that like Boss, this is already set up with 12 spots with cut-outs in the interior padding to fit boss, like Beringer same size. I just thought it was a good bargain after seing a Boss 6 space board for $160.00 at Ken stanton music.
http://www.studica.com/products/product_detail.cfm?productid=54175


Jeffro

OK...just to prove you wrong this thread won't die with your post! I also like some of the Behringer products. This is the first I have seen this board but it looks great! I would probably replace the patch cables to better ones but other than that this looks GREAT! Thanks for posting this!

I use the Pedal Pad with the Power Pad II - 7 pedals and a wah fit comfortably.

the PC-85 (large) looks like it would "foot" the bill:

http://www.coreoneproduct.com/pages/coreequip%20web/pedalboards.html

$99 from MF. I think I like a hard case more than a soft, even though it's heavier because settings aren't as likely to get messed up, and I like the fact that the bottom of the case is also part of the pedalboard. Just stash the top with the guitar case(s). I worry about durability though. Sometimes I like to stand on my volume pedal. I wonder how thick the plywood is.

Rondo has 2 nice cases: CNB PDC-410H Huge Pedal Case (http://www.rondomusic.net/pdc410h.html) and CNB PDC-410I Gigantic Pedal Case (http://www.rondomusic.net/pdc410i.html). They have smaller cases as well.

This is my BBM board it was around $50.00 total, all ppower self contained underneath and master power switch
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Bigredhog/DLite/Pedalboard.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Bigredhog/DLite/Pedalboard2.jpg


BBM=Built By Me

Thanks Mikespe..........!

Jeffro

Here's mine attached. Very heavy, but built like a tank.

Keep an eye out on e-bay for "TMcases" brand pedal boards. They went out of business but used ones pop up on the 'bay every now n then.

if you play out and you need something dependable...

these are really good. (http://www.analogman.com/rockcase.htm)

This! (http://www.rondomusic.net/pdc410f.html)

Seems to be similar. I intend to do some customizing to it.

Here it is!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/Bluesbob/newpedalboard2.jpg

Thanks Mikespe!