DEMO Relay based effectsloop box customized for my pedal board with Demo

[cooder]

Here's a fairly simple but cool utility box for my pedal board. I find it particular useful to loop in my tube based 'Gainiac' preamp which is a Matchless Hotbox into JCM 800 pre into a tube fx loop boost.
This allows me to back home to insert it seamless into the pedal board after the first upper tray with gain and vibe, boost pedals, before time based pedals, then going from there into amp. Delicious overkill, I know, but somehow we gotta make use of all those pedals, right!
Right?
As it's relay based I can trigger the relay via plug in footswitch or via push button on box, if I don't want to mess with footswitch.
The loop jacks are switching, so if nothing is plugged in signal goes through anyway.
Also of course allows other other pedals into board, or a whole row of other pedals into it. Because we have a few.

I had a similar box with a manual toggle switch but I wanted to upgrade this and while a simple concept I'm quite pleased with it, also of course because I can switch it via foot switch. And we love foot switches, right?
Anyway, here's a few photos of it which explain it all me thinks, and I even couldn't resist turning into a silly noodling mini demo.

Hope it is of some inspiration out there, could be easily built with relay board available at your favourite web supplier.
You know who.

How it integrates into pedal board:

A bit of senseless noodling. No woolen socks were harmed in the video. The Univibe is on until 0:37, then switched off.

 

[jezkemp]

This is such a great utility pedal concept. Bright Onion Pedals in the UK were the first ones I saw producing these, I've always wanted to take one apart and check the components. Does your board have anything to help with pop? I've used relays for remote switching on a couple of pedals and the functionality is fine but there's always a significant pop; one of my next steps is to try optocouplers eg like the Fuzzdog Optopuss, TH Custom Optotronic bypass, etc. Good work and thanks for sharing

 

[cooder]

@jezkemp thanks! No I don't get really any pop that is noticable enough to be a pain. It's the same bypass board that I use these days in my pedal builds.
It's based of @Chuck D. Bones schematic in the boneyard section.
Works great for me.
I would think the bypass boards offered here by pedalpcb
Will be great as well. Don't hear many or any complaints about relay popping on those I think?

 

[bluedmc777]

Nice!

 

[anevilspar7an]

Pretty bitchin' board man, top choices.