Pedal Board Help wanted!

[Stu]

Hi All,

I'm planning to overhaul my setup with minimal funds and wanted some advice. My current setup looks like this (picture below).

I'm looking to change to a board in a flight case giving more protection than the gig bag I currently use.
Has any one had any experience with these? - http://www.spider-engineering.co.uk/music/typeproducts2.asp?id=5372-4617

I also find the velcro frustrating as the rubber on the bottom of a couple of pedals does not stick very well so wil be using bike chain links and screws to fix the pedals in place.

My current board is powered so looking to replace it with this: http://www.dv247.com/guitars/visual-sound-1-spot-9v-power-supply--42548 . The daisy chaining might help with keeping it tidy if I'm lucky.

I will use the 1 spot for all the pedals except the time factor for which I will use the manufacturers PSU as I understand the timefactor cannot be easily powered by multi power supplies without noise or spending a lot.

Does this sound like a good plan (total cost £77.98) or can any one suggest any alternatives?

Cheers, Stu

[bandmaster188]

in regard to the velcro problem, i ripped all mine off of my pedal train and now use cable ties, looped around the frame of the pedal board and then 2more ties joined together and wrapped over the pedal and through the loops on the board. they are really secure on there and a bag of ties only cost about £3.00.
there was a picture illustrating this method in a recent guitarist issue.
works for me anyway!

[Tellboy]

I used Johnny Shredfreak fixings for my pedalboard. Requires a bit of DIY but really strong fixings and easy to modify the layout. Also used his power supply and daisy chains

http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/gallery/index.html

Used them in a Stag case. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stagg-Pedal-Board-Case-688x296x83mm/dp/B002810DCE/ref=pd_sxp_grid_pt_0_0

[horsehead]

I've started to make my own pedalboards in the style of pedal trains with my uncle, here's the current one (in the pic attached) and were making them custom sized. It's square tubular metal to keep the weight down & the them slat across with thick metal hatching across the top so that you can add both velcro & cable ties, I personally go for cable ties as they DON'T move. We're chucking them out cheap as it's just to have something to do, but then you can buy a fligh case cheap off ebay to suit.
Let me know if it's any help

[Stu]

Thanks guys,

That Johnny shredfreak site is really useful. It's a shame I've already bought a bike chain as it would be cheaper and less hassle to have got the parts from that site (doh!)

Is that stag case fairly sturdy? I assume the base is thick enough to take the screws used to fix the pedals to it?

Cheers

[Tellboy]

Is that stag case fairly sturdy? I assume the base is thick enough to take the screws used to fix the pedals to it?

Cheers

The Stag case is reasonably sturdy considering the price.. I used a ply base to fix the pedals which is then dropped into the Stag case - this helps strengthen the  case makes it easy to remove/alter layout. I used the shallower 'lid' as the base - this allows the pedals to be placed nearer the edge as jack plugs don't foul the sides and you don't have to 'step over' the higher sides of the base to reach the pedals (only problem is you must remember to open it up the right (wrong) way!) but you can easily lift the ply board out and use it in the deeper base. I was amazed how heavy the finished pedal board was.

[Stu]

Thanks Tellboy, that looks really tidy. Is there much room height wise for your wah when the lid is on? I was thinking of putting feet on the ply board insert so the cables could then be stored underneath using access holes. Do you think this would be possible?

[Tellboy]

Thanks Tellboy, that looks really tidy. Is there much room height wise for your wah when the lid is on? I was thinking of putting feet on the ply board insert so the cables could then be stored underneath using access holes. Do you think this would be possible?

The WAH and some of the other pedals just fit snugly when the case is shut (leaving faint imprint on the lid foam) so I think you would run into problems heightwise if you put feet on the ply board. I wanted to do this to hide the patch/supply leads especially as many of my pedals inputs/outputs and 9v supplies were in different places, but this requires a deeper case.

[Stu]

Thanks, great help. I've just checked and my tallest pedal is about 80mm high. When you add the plyboard which I understand needs to be 12mm thick to accept the screws then I'm not sure it will fit in that case (83mm internal height). Does any one know of a similarly good value case that has more internal height?