Customising pedals to make them look better (or worse)

[Yorkshire Bottom End]

In the quiet lull between Christmas and New Year where you have nothing to do but eat and watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and endless Indiana Jones films, I thought I might have a play with a couple of cheap pedals I bought to try that have stayed on my board.

 

Caline CP-24 and Sonicake Levitate Reverb and Delay. Bang for buck they are two really good pedals. Run quiet, don't suck any tone out, and do what they say they do.

 

So I got the sandpaper out and some paint and wrecked them. Not quite finished yet but I think they look good, a bit 'industrial' and almost boutique-ish at a push. And they still work.

 

Anyone done a similar (and presumably better) job on their pedals?

 

[PaulThePlug]

Nice job yours look better than mine. but i'm not a fan of those switch toppers.

My Joyo British

and Mid-Modded Behringer BeadyEye

Edited December 29, 2024 by PaulThePlug

[Yorkshire Bottom End]

47 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Nice job yours look better than mine. but i'm not a fan of those switch toppers.

My Joyo British

and Mid-Modded Behringer BeadyEye

Nice. Like the lettering on your Joyo. Are they transfers? I went with the Boss style knobs for the Sonicake which give it that retro feel I think. I'm in two minds about the switch toppers but I'm giving them a blast. They match my current pedalboard and my TE cabs. They're also more comfortable when I'm practising at home in my socks!

[Higgie]

I replaced the LEDs in my Boss LS2 and replaced the knobs so that they aligned with the LED colours for a Lehle switching unit I’ve got, to make it easier to confirm which inputs/outputs instruments were being routed to. I was pretty pleased with the result!

[Gank Bass]

Does the edge lord wah count?