AJ567 Posted November 16, 2019 Posted November 16, 2019 (edited) Here we have a unique expression pedal designed and and built by yours truly! The idea here was to have an expression pedal that allows very granular control while taking up minimal pedalboard space in a 1590a enclosure. You control it by moving your foot forward and backwards on the wheel. Forwards is "toe down" and backwards is "heel down". Must be fitted at the edge of your pedalboard so that the wheel overhangs. If you have a t-rex or mono type board (I.e. "thin") then you can mount it underneath the board, so you get expression control while taking up zero space. Will work with any pedal that wants a TRS jack and 10k linear pot for the expression input. A lot of effort went into this, with no expense spared because I wanted to make it as robust as possible. Uses a switchcraft jack and a ridiculously expensive alpha pot. The wheel is mounted to the pot shaft using a clever little gadget from an Italian robotics company (meant to be used for attaching motor to drive shaft)... very hard to find! The fun bit is you can swap out the wheel for any normal skate wheel, in any size! The one I have on there now works nicely for a size 10uk foot. Works best with flat soled shoes, for obvious reasons! NB. I strongly reccomend attaching this to your board with 3M low profile dual lock. Feels rock solid underfoot. Velcro also works but dual lock is better. This project turned out fantastically well, the degree of control is amazing, much smoother than a standard wah-type pedal. I'm only selling because I just don't need it anymore! £40 posted. Edited June 11, 2020 by AJ567 4 1
AJ567 Posted November 21, 2019 Author Posted November 21, 2019 Will also chuck in a TRS patch cable with this!
AJ567 Posted November 26, 2019 Author Posted November 26, 2019 Understand this represents uncharted territory for anyone who's tempted to give this a try, so I'll happily accept a return if you buy it but decide it isn't for you.
stewblack Posted November 29, 2019 Posted November 29, 2019 I think this is genius. You should go into production! 2
AJ567 Posted November 29, 2019 Author Posted November 29, 2019 Haha thanks! I was pretty damn chuffed when I tried it out for the first time. Maybe I'll make a batch if the demand is there...
CameronJ Posted December 15, 2019 Posted December 15, 2019 Presumably the pot has a limit at each end rather than being a totally free-scrolling encoder wheel?
AJ567 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Posted December 15, 2019 4 hours ago, CameronJ said: Presumably the pot has a limit at each end rather than being a totally free-scrolling encoder wheel? Yes exactly 8 hours ago, therealting said: This is REALLY interesting. Thanks mate!
prowla Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 That's an interesting concept - one of those things which is so obvious once you've seen it. I immediately go to thinking that something like this could also be used between the horizontal gaps in a pedalboard.
Berserker Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Is this still for sale? Could be very interested.
Shroombass Posted March 18, 2020 Posted March 18, 2020 Oh My! Im a skating bass player, I think I may have to have this!!! I always wanted the Skate Fuzz, that a company made, cant remember who 1
AJ567 Posted May 16, 2020 Author Posted May 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Stingray64 said: If you make more I'll buy one too! This one is still available!
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