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For most of my guitar playing career, Ive schlepped my stompboxes and cables in a paper bag like some digital-age hobo. But last spring, a local singer-songwriter Jill Cohn asked me to join her band, and I decided to upgrade to a rig that would make it easier to get to rehearsals and gigs, and frankly, looked a little less ghetto.

I looked into buying a pre-fab pedalboard, but decided that they cost too much, are overbuilt, and dont have <a href="http://www.cheapepiphoneguitars.com/">epiphone guitars for sale</a>enough room. Its not like I need one of those bombproof flightcase jobbiesmaybe if I were gigging three times a week instead of once a month.

All I needed was a way to transport all my pedals without having to set them up and break them down every trip. Also, Id shelved some of my effectsa wah, a volume pedalbecause I couldnt be bothered to fool with them whenever I wanted to move my rig. The pedalboard would finally give me the excuse to dust off those really useful effects and integrate them permanently into my signal chain.

One major change I made when I decided to build a pedalboard was to invest in a switching system. Id gotten tired of doing a frantic tap-dance routine whenever I needed to switch more than one effect at a time. A switching system enables you to program what combinations of effects you typically use, and assign those combinations to individual switches. Also, effects that arent being used are left out of the signal chain, which means they wont suck tone out of your signal. SWEET!

So the following are instructions for building an awesome, pro-quality switch-system pedalboard, using the best materials and construction with the least amount of effort. I kept cost down where I could, but I didnt skimp on electronics. I spend too much time playing to want anything less than awesome-sounding gear.

The only part that took time and skill (mostly time) was soldering custom-length guitar cables, which was a blast but is by no means necessary if youre averse to soldering. Having used my pedalboard for a year now, I wouldnt do anything differently. Note, however, that this pedalboard will not protect your pedals at all. I feel fine just putting it on the back seat of my car, but I wouldnt put it in the back of a van next to a Marshall stack, ready to topple onto my $250 fuzz pedal.

Good luck!

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