Come one Come all, Come see the fugliest pedal of them all! (VHS)

[Barry]

I like it! Reminds me of a prop from the movie Wall-E.

IMHO, the knobs should be beat-up and/or corroded to match the look of the case.

Or at least mismatched, like they'd been replaced here and there

 

[Barry]

Beautiful! For me, it's a drive-in theatre window speaker.

Oh yeah, maybe black chicken head knobs

 

[steviejr92]

Or at least mismatched, like they'd been replaced here and there

Another great idea!

 

[WheatAndBarley]

this is sick, straight up looks like something that fell off the Millennium Falcon

 

[steviejr92]

this is sick, straight up looks like something that fell off the Millennium Falcon

Dude my brother would totally agree!

 

[music6000]

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[steviejr92]

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I love the big knobs! I’m guessing they’re supposed to be rusted? Or wooden looking? Cause either or looks cool lol

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I was going to suggest copper tele knobs and then I remembered these little 6 buck stewmac ivoroid numbers. Both are stupid expensive but those kind of options deserve mention too.

 

[Pauleo1214]

Thanks man i still think its pretty fugly

It looks pretty darn cool, even if fugly.

 

[steviejr92]

It looks pretty darn cool, even if fugly.

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I think so too! All you guys made me really fall in love with it! So I’ve settled on a “part of a ship” that’s what it looks like most to me or some old school equipment that’s seen use! Thanks everyone for the dope comments!

 

[steviejr92]

So I finally got those aluminum knobs in. They came in prestine condition. Which is what this particular build did not need. So I thought about how to “age” them and my first thought was to etch them. Then it hit me that I didn’t want to get any etch in the holes for the little “screws”. So my 2nd option was to put them in a zip loc bag with rocks and shake shake shake. After about 5 or so min I took them out and decided I wanted more of beaten look to what the rocks had done. So I then came in with 320 grit sandpaper and just went to town all over trying to be as random as I could. This is the result.







And here’s how they look on the pedal






I’m not sure the pics do it justice but I think they look pretty cool on there and match the overall aesthetic.

And here’s a pic of them before(didn’t take a before shot )