JackLondon Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Ha ha...now I've lured you in here you might as well read on to see what the whole fuss is all about Basically my guitarist is a complete artist in making everything a mess and ensuring that even new items stop working immediately after taking them out of the box and that includes his effects, which broke on each of the last 3 gigs. Me being a good bassist thought that I offer him help and decided that I'll build him a pedalboard. I was looking through the internet for some decent advice or how-to guide. One day I stumbled across this little thing : [attachment=31197:pedalboard1small.jpg] [attachment=31198:pedalboard3small.jpg] What I especially like about this pedalboard is that it has a top tier for effects as well as the side bit for a wah pedal. I took all the measurments of the pedals from my guitarist and as he uses 2 wah pedal I have added a second bit on the right to accomodate for both pedals and the top tier sitting nicely in the middle. I'm planning to also put 2 small lights on the board which will be powered by one of the bricks he uses for effects So the specs are as follows Maind board: W = 760mm D = 400mm Top Tier : W = 520mm D = 150mm Bottom : W = 520mm D = 250mm All in all he should be able to fit 2 wah pedals, 4 Boss sized pedal, Old School Q-Tron plus some space left for additional 2 effects. The power supply will be hidden underneath the top tier and all the cables will run under the board as well so it should be neat and tidy. Here's the progress so far : The bitts to hold the bottom and top tier cut out [attachment=31195:bits.JPG] Side of one of the supports for the top tier [attachment=31199:ramp.JPG] And some glueing up [attachment=31196:glueing_up.JPG] I'm planning to spend no more than £15 on doing it up ( excluding cables ) and so far I have payed £7 for 2 760x400 bits of 6mm mdf. I don't have much experience in doing wood as I used to work as a fitter so it's not the same but hopefully this build should be quite entertaining Cheers Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 When I finally get round to getting some pedals I think a board is going to be a must... although the m13 im gassing after is basically a board anyway and so's my amp controller. Maybe I'll just sit them on a plank then ill have something to hit the guitarist with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLondon Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Yeah I've told my guitarist that if he breaks it I will personally stick every bit of the mdf up his arse one by one starting from the smallest ones, pour petrol on them and light it up. If think he understood that you don't mess with half Russian half Polish people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Because? Theyll get drunk on half russian/half polish vodka and be mean? Ironically my russian mate is one of the biggest lightweights I know, maybe they dont make russians right in omsk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLondon Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 no, we're just mean from birth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Interesting fact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLondon Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Here's another one for you : The average height of Polish people born in 1985 is 1.68m The average height of Polish people born in 1986 is 1.89m The reason = Czernobyl reactor blew up, And who said that CCCP didn't give us anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamapirate Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 FLIPPIN HECK! So you're born tall, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Must admit I didn't know Czernobyl was in Poland - I thought it was in Siberia ? :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLondon Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 [quote name='Al Heeley' post='576325' date='Aug 21 2009, 07:44 AM']Must admit I didn't know Czernobyl was in Poland - I thought it was in Siberia ? :wacko:[/quote] Well Poland was one of the countries most affected as the toxic cloud moved through the whole country, Czernobyl is in Ukraine, formerly part of CCCP which is located about 400 km (250 miles) away from where I lived, it took about 4 days for the lovely toxic cloud to come around to us If Czernobyl would have been in Siberia the effect of the explossion woul be much smaller due to the extreme temperatures in the are, sometimes coming do to -65C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Slightly off topic, but I have a lot of love for the Poles. A good bunch all round. Carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLondon Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='576360' date='Aug 21 2009, 08:42 AM']Slightly off topic, but I have a lot of love for the Poles. A good bunch all round. Carry on.[/quote] The whole thread is off topic now, I'm half Polish but I mostly hate Poles for the way that majority behaves, some of us are here to work hard and get on with our lives but majority is here without even being able to speak the lingo and basic understanding of tradition and principles which are uniquely British, such behaviour is basically pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLondon Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Right, very long time without the update I've been a bit lazy with this but it's done now, however I don't have any progress pics so here's a video for ya. on't pay attention too much to commentary from me Tell me what ya think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 That looks f**king awesome, nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskimoBassist Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Nice work, looks pretty sexy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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