A few years back i made a pedalboard out of scrap wood with space to fit a power supply underneath for live use. It looked good on the surface, yet was pretty much a screwed together butt jointed affair. Surprisingly robust too with a carpet tile offcut for the pedals to affix to! Fast forward roughly five years to January 2022, a few more pedals in my collection and the need to build something larger/ nicer and hopefully not too heavy.
So taking my first pedalboard as the basis for my new build i laid out the pedals i currently use together with space for prospective pedals and draw out the dimensions of the cuts that i would need, together with other features. I bought wood from Leeds wood recycling, who have some rather nice smaller pieces of wood (a piece of what looks to be old mahogany from a table, maple from a kitchen fitting and some birch ply from an abandoned project) amongst the ply and mdf and started cutting the bits near to size.
So far i have created multiple jigs, learned how to use a plunge saw accurately and got familiar with use of a router. Also happy to report that it all fits together nicely despite having to de-drill dowel holes... So now i am the finishing stage of print transfer/ staining/ spraying. With luck this should be done by the end of March and ready for my bands next batch of gigs!
Build pics:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzFGAN
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Next job will be to spray paint the maple front and back, then clear coat before assembly
and with power and pedals...
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.