Hello everyone!
Today I want to talk about building your own pedalboard.
As you can see on the web, pre-built pedalboards prices starts from 50€ and often they can only contain a few pedals.
I got the idea because I need a small pedalboard for my reharsals (But I’m building a big one right now :D).
PHASE 1: MATERIAL (15/09/2016)
1) I found this shelf and I thought it was simply perfect.
http://www.ikea.com/it/it/catalog/products/40290578/
This board measures 77×47 cm and costs 11€, but I ordered it from the web because I don’t have an IKEA near home, so I paid 6.99 € for the shipping.
total expense: 17.99 €
2) I bought 1 meter of velcro (5 cm width) to test if I could paste it on the board.
It costed 1.10€
total expense: 19.09 €
3) I found “Pattex Mille Chiodi Forte&Rapido” (A powerful glue) at home.
a tube with 400g costs 6.45€
total expense: 25.54 €
STEP 1
- I used the glue to paste the velcro on the wood. If it works I’ll get more velcro and more glue (cause the one I had was almost finished)
- I built a simple brush by pasting a piece of velcro around the top of a pencil, so I don’t have to wash anything after working! (see pictures below)
18/09/2016
The test was good: the velcro is solidly attached to the wood!!
So I bought 4 more meters of velcro for 4.40€ and a couple of door buffers to raise a side of the pedalboard for 1.10€
Let’s update the total:
total expense: 31.04 €
STEP 2
I pasted all the velcro on the board: see the result in the pictures below!
One last thing, I’m gonna get a woodcut to raise the pedalboard from the rear and to have a place where attaching my multiple socket…
STEP 3
I bought a piece of wood and I attached it to the back of the pedalboard, to raise it.
It costed 7.55€
total expense: 38.59 €
See the final result in the photos below!
MEANWHILE…
I realised also a mini pedalboard with the remaining material. This was the reason why I started this project.
I only had to buy the extra velcro, for about 2,00€
