Who could build me a toy pedal???

samzadgan

My son is turning 2 in a couple of months and i want to give him a pedal!

He loves playing with my pedalboard...the lights, the knobs and switches.

So i have an idea for a multi stomp pedal with a bunch of lights and some knobs...and an on/off switch. The footswitches need to be like tc electronics which are easy for him to switch on and off.

Ill design the graphics...and im not too fussed about true bypass on this one.

Any builders want to help out???

benvall

Sorry I can't help but that is a really lovely idea. When I unboxed my g system for the first time my son grabbed his toy guitar and started stomping all over it. Someone must be able to help samzadgan out!

meltedbuzzbox

My lad loves my pedal board too. Is favourite is my zoom that I use for recording. 

More lights than you can shake a stick at.

I am guessing the psu would be an issue in this case?

swlabr

That's a brilliant idea!

My kids are all over the pedalboard every time they can lay their hands on it. In fact, most of the paint chips on some of the pedals have been caused by their play.

I think a gorm pedalboard I have unused in a cupboard would make even more "real" for them.

See what the pedalbuilders come up with!

ThePrettyDamned

I could donate a standard sized enclosure to this cause for nothing, but the switch is a clicky one, and it'll only have one light unless more holes are drilled. Also, it's not wired...

If anyone can and would like to, I'm happy to empty it of components and send it on to someone for more drilling, led fitting and switching shizzle.

You might prefer a larger sized enclosure - this one is mxr sized.

chrispy108

I've got the perfect enclosure for this. I'll reply with more later.

samzadgan

Bumping...to see if any pedalbuilders want to take on the project...to be clear i will pay for the pedal, this isn't a charity request

monquixote

What a brilliant idea

My daughter says "DADDY PEDALS!" whenever a parcel arrives at home

chrispy108

Sorry mate, totally forgot about this!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14196839/Photo 03-06-2012 11 23 03.jpg

I've still got the enclosure in the bottom left corner, and I've got loads of parts and a soldering iron.

Drop me a PM if you're interested in putting something together

Shark_Eyes

I had a look though my "draw-o-crap" and didn't find anything you could use mate, thought I had some spare knobs or LED's floating about but I think I gave the LED's away and left the knobs on dimmer switches at a previous flat.

I'll have another look, used to have a broken DOD multi FX floating about too, see if I can find that, unless that's also been cleared out in a previous move.

Nic

samzadgan

chrispy108;390257" said:

Sorry mate, totally forgot about this!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14196839/Photo 03-06-2012 11 23 03.jpg

I've still got the enclosure in the bottom left corner, and I've got loads of parts and a soldering iron.

Drop me a PM if you're interested in putting something together

Thanks man, that enclosure looks perfect. But i have no idea about soldering or putting the pedal together. If i can get a builder to do this project then ill buy that off you.

Forge

I may have parts, proto boards and so on laying in a box somewhere. If I can remember where it is and have enough scrap parts I'll be happy to paint and fit the box in the picture for the postage costs only.

Forge

Yep, got the bits back so if you get that box I can sort it for you. Forget about the postage costs, I am building a custom pink Pokemon mini Rangemaster for my daughter at the moment so I know what it's like!

ROOG

I love this idea, it would be good for your little one to be able to get some "feed back" from it too, you know build a small sound generator which can be passed through the pedals to a simple amplifier.

I built an "electric box" for my kids, it was battery powered, fitted in a cheap plastic cassette carry case, I incorporated coloured plastic toggle switches which lit lamps, a big LED number display that 'counted up' by turning a knob, a buzzer(yeap not a good move that one!) and  get this a sound level meter which had a microphone and indicated on an illuminated moving coil meter! Oh and a timer which switched it off after a time of inactivity. Kids love this sort of thing, still in the loft I think.

I wish I'd thought of pedals that would add a whole new 'musical' dimension.   

Bit like a simple synth! If you have the budget you could pick behringer pedals, (quite good cos they are plastic too) or trawl ebay for a bundle of cheaper stuff. 

ROOG

You could make a simple signal generator using a guitar pick up and a single string, slide guitar style perhaps.

mount it all on a small board, it would make a nice change to the usual keyboard style toys! 

samzadgan

Forge said:

Yep, got the bits back so if you get that box I can sort it for you. Forget about the postage costs, I am building a custom pink Pokemon mini Rangemaster for my daughter at the moment so I know what it's like!

mate...i've PM'd you