Pedalboard More Expensive Than Your Amp?

[M_scow]

Or your guitar?

This was brought up in another thread, but it got me thinking. Do you have more invested in your pedalboard than your guitar or your amp? Do you run hand painted ZVEXs into a Crate? or are you running Behringers into a 65?

I do! but not by much, I have about $250 each in my guitar and amp and a little over $300 in my pedalboard.

GGG Orange Squeezer Clone -> Maxon D&SII -> Carl Martin Delayla

[gtrguru]

I probably have $ 800 in pedals that I use regularly, $ 800 in two amps, and $1000 invested in two electric guitars with all of the mods I've done.

[Ecadad]

My pedalboard is way more expensive then my amp. I have about $900 in pedals, running into a $300 amp... I always want to save for a better amp but whenever I get a little bit of cash to save towards an amp I have to spend it on some pedal instead.

[jonhart]

I have a little over $500 into my board, but I have $1200 into my 66 Fender Super Reverb. I also have my 66 Basssman wich I have $450 into when you count the cab. I still have more to buy for the board though, so it could get pretty close.

[fezz parka]

I use a tuner and a Bad Bob. So the amp and guitar cost more.

[mal paso]

Guilty.



The Tele was a gift, the amp was $500, and I figure I have spent much more than that on my pedals

[11 Gauge]

My amps are more expensive, but that is going by their current value. I got them all for a relative bargain versus what they are worth now. And other than maintenance, it's a one time investment.

These are amps that I absolutely love - Fender BF/SF stuff, especially my Vibrolux Reverb and Super Reverb.

The pedals on my main board range from the price of a cheaper Boss or similar pedal up to a handful that probably aren't much more than about $180 new. To go higher in price than that, there had better be something absolutely exceptional about it. And I really don't need absolutely exceptional - I need pedals that work with my rig. So it's a matter of practical usefulness.

Folks who know me here know that I can essentially build whatever I want, so that may say more about my board in itself. There's no Klone or scratchbuilt DM-2, really none of that stuff. I think that like many guitarists who are mainly concerned with the process of making music, my board would not win any eye candy contests.

But I don't really want to appraise either my amps or my board just by currency, and just separating one part of the rig is ignoring the overall value. I've chosen everything because it works well together.

It's a tricky thing to try and assign value this way, I think. I was at a show on Saturday night, and the guitarists in the band had some really nice guitars, what I would constitute as decent working guitarists' pedals, like stuff by Boss, Barber, Visual Sound, EHX, etc., and then one guy had a Super Reverb RI, and the other had a Twin Reverb RI. Bottom line is they sounded great.

If someone puts thought into their gear needs, I think there is no constant in the way of which parts of the rig should be "premium." I've heard some great stuff with rigs that other guitarists might conclude had a "weak link," like an Epiphone guitar, or Peavey Classic 30, or "just Boss" pedals.

[superlightweigh]

mine is worth more than either the amp or the guitar, but not really by choice....if you wanna play in a cover band you gotta be able to make all the cool sounds!

I almost never use any when I'm playing for myself or practicing

[bossking7]

Originally Posted by superlightweigh

mine is worth more than either the amp or the guitar, but not really by choice.

I almost never use any when I'm playing for myself or practicing

+1

[tele_bob]

Depends on the configuration. Mostly a Rogue analog delay and a couple of patch cords. Definitely more on the guitar and amp.

[camatillo]

Mine is worth more than all my guitars together, about worth all my amps together, Just is a lot of fun playing with them. No duplicates and the main amp is a vintage
Sunn model T.
Keep wanting to sell the Sunn amp but can't bring myself to do it. Problem is, can't play a 150 watt amp in my bedroom, or anywhere really. Not playing any large venues that I can see in the future, but it makes me smile just lookin at it,

[Paul in Colorado]

It depends on the amp and the pedalboard. I have a Peavey Backstage Plus that I've been gigging with recently. I paid $20.00 for it, so even my cheapie PB is worth more then that amp. Heck, some of the pedals alone are worth more then that amp and none of them cost over $50.00.

I've never added up what I have in my "good" PB. I've probably put as much into it as I have some of my amps, but I have a couple of amps I paid more for. I never gave it much thought before.

[Jellyroll]

Pedalboard worth more than my amp and the two guitars I gig with combined. Slightly embarassing until I actually play and hear how good it sounds and then I don't care. Some of my pedals have been disco'd as well so they went way up in value....

[sax4blues]

My pedalboard complete, including case and connector cables, is probably close to $1,000.
Amps are $600, $970, $1,400
Guitars are $700, $725, $1800.

[rugrat]

YES I DO!!!!
On my pedal board I have spent about $1,374 (although some of my pedals I got a lot cheaper than what they are worth) so its more around $2k for my pedals and ATA case.

My amp is a Roland JC-55 picked it up for $75 but its worth about $350 and my guitar is 1972' reissue thinline I got for $550....

[armyofbees]

I'm $300 into my Blues Junior III
and $815 into my pedal board

[Magnawolf]

My pedalboard is $620 my DRRI was $700. My Guitars were $520.

[6stringelectric]

I have 5 pedals - 3 are Boss, all bought used over the years - maybe $100 total.
The other two are custom hand built - but they were built by me, many years ago, from plans in Guitar Player magazine. Parts cost me about $20 total, back then.

So, in short, no.

[JonathanVL]

I have about 1300 dollars worth on pedals, and a 250 and a 900 dollar amp.
I have the same problem as Ecadad.. I always want to buy a new amp, but somehow i always end up spending the money i saved on more pedals or another guitar..

[MCgardyloo]

I was about to say my pedalboard is the most expensive thing I use at a time, although I have two electrics and a couple amps so in terms of my collection it's all about even...then I remembered my beloved Martin OM-18GE, it's not even close. haha, funny thing is I play that guitar the most by far of anything I own but it almost never crosses my mind when I'm on this forum.