Mittle Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Eeeeyyy! I'll continue my thread-posting-spree and make a new one. I'm currently working on designing my own pedal board/train/thing and I need input from you pedal fanatics in here. I'm currently building my rig into the rack world, which means a cleaner stage and pedal board. All I'll be using on the ground at the moment is a Voodoo labs Ground Control Pro, 2 BOSS FV-500H pedals, and 1 TC-helicon Voicelive Play as well as a Korg Pitchblack rack tuner. I've made some 3D sketches, please tell me what you think. Its inspired hughly (pun intented) by Matts previous boards and Chris' current(?) pedal board/box. Please look at my sketch, tell me what you think and what you don't(?). Also, to clear things up, the holes in the back are for the inputs. Ill install XLR, MIDI and 1/4" jack sockets into them, the large one is for a power socket. This way Itll be plug and play! Also, Im actually in dialogue with a company that makes flight cases who will be building this for me with a flight case that fits Both file and link: http://imgur.com/2dMdAja Edited March 11, 2015 by Mittle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave. Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittle Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thanks Here is the design I made for the flightcase. Ignore the lack of details, never been drawing in 3D before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 For someone who's never used sketch up before, not bad. But take it from me, best tip for 3d work is to be as painstakingly accurate as you can, and use keyboard shortcuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittle Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 For someone who's never used sketch up before, not bad. But take it from me, best tip for 3d work is to be as painstakingly accurate as you can, and use keyboard shortcuts. Im impressed that you could see I used sketchup And yea, I kind of just rushed it and tried my way through. This is only to give the production people an idea of what I'm thinking. They'll do all the picking and measuring in order to get it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Is this supposed to be a practical gigging thing? If so I hope you're playing massive stages and have roadies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittle Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Is this supposed to be a practical gigging thing? If so I hope you're playing massive stages and have roadies Its more of a project , no massive stages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 As someone who owns too much shit to fit in my house, I would consider the practical implications of investing in a massive, bulky piece of kit, which you may not get much use out of. I have pedal boards and cabs and racks all littering my studio. Shit that I wish I'd not bought or made. Just trying to give some benefit from my experience But maybe you're loaded and have a big house, in which case, ignore me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittle Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Yeah, I expect it to be very large. The dimensions are 50x110cm... But it´ll be cool having your own "custom made" pedalboard However I have quite some space to rumble around on so space won´t be an issue here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyjackk Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 let me know how it goes, i'm considering a similar type of setup atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Why don't you sell all your pedals and just buy a Zoom FX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittle Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 let me know how it goes, i'm considering a similar type of setup atm Yeah I will keep this thread up to date. I've just sent the schematics to the factory and they're looking at it as we speak. Dying to know what it will cost.. Why don't you sell all your pedals and just buy a Zoom FX? Would you buy a zoom fx? I want the feeling of individual pedals as well as quality simulated pedals and rack hardware, and I want to control it with one pedalboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 and I want to control it with one pedalboard With a Zoom you can control it with one pedal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 just about the tuner... You realise you'll have to detach the display from the gubbins to be able to fit it into that design? Are you sure you can do this with the model you've chosen? Whenever I see these boards with a weird wrap-around shape, I think of how impractical they are. How do you stack that in a van with a drum kit and a couple of cabs? How do you carry it etc? I used to use an old keyboard flightcase and even that was an unwieldy bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Whenever I see these boards with a weird wrap-around shape, I think of how impractical they are. How do you stack that in a van with a drum kit and a couple of cabs? How do you carry it etc? I used to use an old keyboard flightcase and even that was an unwieldy bastard. He posted an image of it going in a (large) rectangular flightcase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittle Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 With a Zoom you can control it with one pedal And yeah, space will be an issue with the case. I havent purchased or made anything yet. Maybe Ill just sell all my stuff and stick to a Line 6 POD or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave. Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Don't you motherfuckers be talking shit about Zoom, ya hear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerd herd Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Don't you motherfuckers be talking shit about Zoom, ya hear? This. I still have a Zoom pedal that's served me well for 8 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittle Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 He posted an image of it going in a (large) rectangular flightcase Oh derp, I must have jammied my whammy Anyway, yeh, zoom multi effects is all you need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittle Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Oh derp, I must have jammied my whammy Anyway, yeh, zoom multi effects is all you need But I don´t want zoom.. I want expensive stuff I don't really need :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 you're going to waste your money on toys you'll never really use to their full potential, while there are people STARVING in the world who would give anything just to have a zoom multistomp. It's fucking sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muse59200 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 you're going to waste your money on toys you'll never really use to their full potential Many people (including me ) here should sell all their stuffs then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Could just start gigging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Im impressed that you could see I used sketchup And yea, I kind of just rushed it and tried my way through. This is only to give the production people an idea of what I'm thinking. They'll do all the picking and measuring in order to get it right. I use sketcup pretty much every day for my job. But I use it to design buildings and ultimately produce images like this: Ultimately, the idea behind it is good, but again, I wouldn't use sketchup for something it isnt. Nothing beats a drawing with dimensions on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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