New Pedal Board and DIY Pedal

Joined: 14 Aug 2012 Posts: 95

Hi All,
Been bit busy recently tinkering with building stuff so thought I'd share the end results!
Decided to build a pedal board based on the stuff I use and what I had lying about the place without spending too much cash (keeps the wife happy!) Kept it fairly simple and all cabled up ready to go!
Probably going to replace the big muff at some point. really want to put a delay and a chorus in there

Purple pedal is a Brian May treble boost from pedalparts.co.uk UK based and really helpful! thoroughly recommend. Been a while since I soldered this level of component so not as neat as I'd like but hey

Sprayed with Ford purple velvet, not that happy with final result, has a chip on a corner already but was really impatient with spray and clear coat! all my fault but there you go. Kids picked sticker for it and thought it was funny so went for it!

Love the way the pedal sounds, really adds bite and volume to solos. Already got a compressor from same place to replace the Ibanez as switch going.

Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 614 Location: Yorkshire, England

Cool! I might check out that DIY pedal website.

Joined: 14 Aug 2012 Posts: 95

NorthernMonkey wrote:

Cool! I might check out that DIY pedal website.

Go for it! have already got a compressor to build too, and a list of other stuff to get too! Very Happy

Customer service was awesome too really helpful and even put up with noob mistake troubleshooting!

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:15 pm

Cool!! gonna check it out!

He how did that compressor turn out? i mean was it hard to build? (weeks/months/years?)

Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 379 Location: Kent, UK

So thats the big muff... gas.

Are you UK based then?

Joined: 14 Aug 2012 Posts: 95

Haven't started the compressor yet, am spraying the box first so I don't rush it! that purple one is a boost and is a really quite simple kit. Took about 3 hours to do PCB then an hour to connect up in box.

I did electronics at college about 15 years ago ish with soldering and was bit rusty! It's not pretty but works, but found it fairly easy to put together. One thing I would say though is print off a resistor colour guide and get that down as you could work from picture but he recommends recognising components and diagrams!

Yeah UK based! sunny Kent Very Happy

Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 379 Location: Kent, UK

chuffed-addick wrote:

Yeah UK based! sunny Kent Very Happy

No way!? Where abouts in Kent? I'm in the middle of the Maidstone, Rye, Tunbridge Wells and Hastings circle. 30 an hour max to get to each of them.

Joined: 14 Aug 2012 Posts: 95

longhurstgb wrote:

chuffed-addick wrote:

Yeah UK based! sunny Kent Very Happy

No way!? Where abouts in Kent? I'm in the middle of the Maidstone, Rye, Tunbridge Wells and Hastings circle. 30 an hour max to get to each of them.

Pretty much down the road! about 45 mins away. Company I work for has an office in Maidstone too so up there fairly regularly. Very Happy

Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 379 Location: Kent, UK

chuffed-addick wrote:

longhurstgb wrote:

chuffed-addick wrote:

Yeah UK based! sunny Kent Very Happy

No way!? Where abouts in Kent? I'm in the middle of the Maidstone, Rye, Tunbridge Wells and Hastings circle. 30 an hour max to get to each of them.

Pretty much down the road! about 45 mins away. Company I work for has an office in Maidstone too so up there fairly regularly. Very Happy

First time I've spoken to a 'local lad' on here. So I can come pick the big muff if I buy it. Which is handy. Cool

Joined: 14 Aug 2012 Posts: 95

longhurstgb wrote:

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First time I've spoken to a 'local lad' on here. So I can come pick the big muff if I buy it. Which is handy. Cool

Course! I even have the box and packaging, has velcro on it at the minute but easy to peel off as only been on there a month tops!

Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 379 Location: Kent, UK

chuffed-addick wrote:

longhurstgb wrote:

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First time I've spoken to a 'local lad' on here. So I can come pick the big muff if I buy it. Which is handy. Cool

Course! I even have the box and packaging, has velcro on it at the minute but easy to peel off as only been on there a month tops!

And how much would it be? Smile

Getting more tempted to buy it soon... run it with a fuzz face and make the room explode. Twisted Evil

Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 379 Location: Kent, UK

chuffed-addick wrote:

longhurstgb wrote:

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First time I've spoken to a 'local lad' on here. So I can come pick the big muff if I buy it. Which is handy. Cool

Course! I even have the box and packaging, has velcro on it at the minute but easy to peel off as only been on there a month tops!

And how much would it be? Smile

Getting more tempted to buy it soon... run it with a fuzz face and make the room explode. Twisted Evil

Joined: 14 Aug 2012 Posts: 95

longhurstgb wrote:

chuffed-addick wrote:

longhurstgb wrote:

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First time I've spoken to a 'local lad' on here. So I can come pick the big muff if I buy it. Which is handy. Cool

Course! I even have the box and packaging, has velcro on it at the minute but easy to peel off as only been on there a month tops!

And how much would it be? Smile

Getting more tempted to buy it soon... run it with a fuzz face and make the room explode. Twisted Evil

erm, £30 with power supply???

Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 379 Location: Kent, UK

chuffed-addick wrote:

erm, £30 with power supply???

Dibs! I'll take that offer up, I'll let you know when I can buy Smile