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Tele Master
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05/11/2005 8:14 pm
Well I finally made one. It works amazing. My power bar and power supplies are attatched, along with 7 stompboxes, with room for 2 more. My wah and channel select are not on the pedalboard. There are 2 levels. All cables run underneath the 2nd level, so the board looks very clean. A handle on both sides of the board make it easy to carry. And I will be getting a case built for it soon. I recommend building a board for anyone who was 5 pedals or more. Or even a small board, because it makes set-up so much easier. Now, I just go on stage, plug in and play!
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05/11/2005 9:35 pm
well lets have a picture then !!!
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05/11/2005 10:02 pm
sorry...no digital camera..i will try to find something that looks close
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05/11/2005 10:15 pm
Use paint.
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05/11/2005 10:20 pm
http://kidcosmic.home.mindspring.com/images/pedalBoard.jpg

except the wah is off the board. The second level is moved over to the right. The power bar is running along the left side. It's painted black.
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05/12/2005 1:45 am
thats awesome, I dont know how to make a pedal board and I would probably screw it up really bad
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05/12/2005 1:46 am
Just take a piece of paper. Draw out how you want your pedals set-up. By some plywood or some other thin wood and make it.
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05/12/2005 5:38 am
Sounds cool. How do you keep the pedals on the board? Velcro?
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05/12/2005 6:10 am
I once made one that used velcro to keep the pedals on the board...I never did get the powersource thing right though, and ultimately abandoned the whole thing...Tho I am keen to try again...so Tele, could you explain how to get the powersouce thing right, so ast to supply 9v power to many pedals, with only one plug to the wall, if you can, I'll give you a big hug!you'd love it wouldnt you? :eek:
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05/12/2005 7:38 pm
I use one of these to power my pedals.
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05/12/2005 11:33 pm
OK...there is a power bar on the left hand side of the board that runs vertical. On the bottom of this power bar there are 4 holes for set screws..so thats how the bar stays on. I then have 3 seperate power supplies (2 BOSS and 1 DUNLOP)..the DUNLOP goes out to the wah because it is seperate from the board. 1 BOSS goes to an Ibanez daisy chain power cable which goes to 5 pedals. One pedal uses a battery because I bought it second hand and the first owner broke off the power supply inside. And the Last power supply goes to one pedal, however I will be getting the Ibanez daisy chain because I will soon be getting the EH Reverb to slap on.

Yes, all pedals are held on by velcro.
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05/12/2005 11:34 pm
And the power bar as a home-made extension cord which leads to power bar #2...the second one powers my amp and has an extension cord running to the wall.
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05/12/2005 11:45 pm
how do you make the pedals stay on the board? screws? how long of a screw did you use....cuz i want to make one but without messing up my pedals
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05/12/2005 11:46 pm
how did you plug them all up?
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