Favorite/ least favorite Pedal boards

The Gator

The Gator

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So most of my stuff is stuff I put together back in the 90s. That's when I played the most live. My guitars are all old and at the time I really didn't know of pedal boards. People just made stuff and so did I. When I go to look at pedal boards on reverb it all seems crazy. Some of them are huge. Some have soft cases that go over them. All of them seem overpriced. Maybe that's just because I'm old now LOL.
What are you guys using out there for your live gigs these days? Got a favorite or perhaps at least favorite style or type or brand?
 
I don’t gig much anymore. But I do have regular rehearsals with my band. Early on, it didn’t take long before I got tired of plugging each of my pedals in at the gig. And checking/replacing batteries so I didn’t have to deal with wall warts.

I grabbed a piece of scrap wood in the garage and slapped velcro on.

I like the idea of getting a pedalboard in principle. But the signal chain is never “done”. I believe an old wise man on a mountain once said: The pedalboard is not a destination, it’s a journey.

At this point I have a few different sizes of diy scrap wood boards. The only thing I do different now is use dual lock. That stuff is the shit compared to velcro.

Someone on this forum turned me on to this dude’s work:


I like his angled desktop boards. I thought it would be cool to get enough to display all my builds on the built-in bookshelves in my den.
 
TLDR: I've only ever bought 2. Rondo bad, Mono awesome.

My first 3 were diy plywood, 2x4, and a sheet of fake leather held on with marine snaps. They were not exactly road worthy but they somehow survived.

I wanted better water protection so I eventually upgraded to a hardcase style from rondomusic.com. Sucks bad, don't do it. Gave it away. Between the terrible hardware and ultra thin construction, it was only a matter of time before a catastrophe. My buddy who took it was given all the warnings. I carved his initials into it with my fingernail.

Now I use a Mono pedalboard with soft case and it's protective enough for my needs. If I started touring again I'd consider something heavier. Wouldn't want it rattling around in a gear trailer or anything. The no.1 reason I chose it was that it is tall enough to mount my "always on, rarely adjusted" pedals underneath. I think it's well worth the cost.
 
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I don’t play out anymore so I bought one of the Pedaltrain metro’s. Put some folding legs in the back corners and attached a Cioks power supply under it. Need to get some Velcro to finish it up. I do have a full size Pedaltrain with the hard case and a power supply I need to offload though now.
 
Thank you to everyone for participating in the conversation !
Guardians of the analog - yeah it has to be portable, something I can gig with. I never really have used very many pedals at the same time. I would imagine five or six pedals would be enough kind of depending on whether or not I'm taking a lap steel. Most of the time I just use a Noise Gate, and overdrive, a volume pedal, and a delay. I usually don't include the volume pedal on the board it's just separate. Then for the lap steel I usually run something similar with some compression.
I will have to look atthe pedal train stuff. The hard case sounds like something I might be interested in.
Back in the day I used under the seat truck tool boxes that were molded plastic lol. Actually excellent protection and very lightweight. I wish I could buy some more of those actually lol. Sad I know, we all get stuck in our ways.
 
Luvay Guitar Pedal Board - Extra Large (22" x 12.6") with Bag, 7LB Pedalboard https://a.co/d/3ljxhBv

Pretty much this one. Fits all I could need with some extra space. I might get a smaller one sometime though since this is large for my needs. Cheap and simple like me.
 
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My current board setup on a pedaltrain jr. you could probably squeeze another pedal per row. Cioks DC7 underneath. Came with a soft shell case
 
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