Pedal rehousing ideas and suggestions wanted

[Jimryan]

Morning all,

This could probably go in accessories and misc, but it'll be going on my board so I've put it in effects.

A while back OBBM made me up a great cable to allow the use of wired IEMs and at the time, I tried a behringer Headphone amp as a cheap experiment. Either way the experiment failed after the amp blew. The cable was put back in the drawer until I discovered it again recently and set about trying it again.

After reading a few reviews, I've gone and ordered one of these...
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First off, the belt clip needs to be removed for it to sit nicely on my board. Then I started thinking about power. It runs on a 9v battery and the whole thing needs to be taken apart to change it. Not very convenient, especially when the buggar is Velcro'd in place. To resolve this I've ordered a diago battery adapter thing, and though of drilling a whole in the side and thus making it PSU friendly. That set off another thought. If there's no battery inside it, I could maybe reduce the size of it. Then I found this...

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With the battery out of the way, it would allow for a slightly smaller enclosure, but what? At first I started thinking just a smaller metal enclosure, but felt inspired by my super Fuzz boy...

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And thought, why does it have to look like a pedal/standard enclosure.

So. Any thoughts? Suggestions?

Cheers,

James

[ahpook]

An old tobacco or sweetie tin ?

I think I'd be after something metal - it's going to be underfoot even of you're not treading on it.

That said, the Super Fuzz Boy is very very cool.

Edited May 6, 2017 by ahpook

[Jimryan]

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1494068893' post='3292987']
An old tobacco or sweetie tin ?

I think I'd be after something metal - it's going to be underfoot even of you're not treading on it.

That said, the Super Fuzz Boy is very very cool.
[/quote]

So far my ideas are either an N64 rumble pack (though it's not smaller), or possibly building a small lego enclosure for it.

[ahpook]

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1494070726' post='3293009']
So far my ideas are either an N64 rumble pack (though it's not smaller), or possibly building a small lego enclosure for it.
[/quote]

I like the Lego idea - pretty robust too.

[Jimryan]

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1494072919' post='3293024']


I like the Lego idea - pretty robust too.
[/quote]

And I certainly wouldn't want to step on it barefoot.

[ahpook]

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1494074985' post='3293037']
And I certainly wouldn't want to step on it barefoot.
[/quote]



Talking of things not to tread on with bare feet, how about stickle bricks for the enclosure ?

Edited May 6, 2017 by ahpook

[bazzbass]

it's almost doable to put it in the bass's control cavity..........

[Jimryan]

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1494136833' post='3293468']
it's almost doable to put it in the bass's control cavity..........
[/quote]

It is and not a bad shout. If it wasn't for having a pretty specific plan for this, I would probably look into going down that route.