Pics of my "Steel Organized " box that I built

Wade Branch · Post by **Wade Branch** » 29 Sep 2007 7:06 am

I got tired of all my effects being out of reach on the floor and my cables going every which way.So I built this box that has my tuner and effects already hard wired in.There is a power strip in the bottom of the box that is wired thru an external switch on the outside of the box to turn the boxes power on and off within an arms reach.I run a Hilton electronic volume pedal, so I installed an external plug on the front of the box (Closest to the pedal bar)to power it up.On the back of the box I installed a recessed male plug to plug my (1) extension cord into,to power up the switch.There is a trap door on the back and the side,the little door on the back is to run my cables thru,one goes to the amp and one to the VP ,but I keep them hooked up inside the box and just roll them up and store them inside the box when Iam done.The side door opens up and I store my extension cord inside there.I also bored a couple of holes in the top one to hold a cold beer and the other holds my bar while Iam on breaks.It has really worked out great.

Billy McCombs · Post by **Billy McCombs** » 29 Sep 2007 9:55 am

Wade that is pretty cool, I like it, thanks for shareing it.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 29 Sep 2007 10:00 am

Outstanding, Wade, you are one handy guy!

Of course the final touch of genius is the beer holder!

Steve Hitsman · Post by **Steve Hitsman** » 29 Sep 2007 10:00 am

Wade, it's guys like you that make slobs like the rest of us look bad. Very nice.

Thom Beeman · Post by **Thom Beeman** » 29 Sep 2007 10:07 am

Wade, looks good! That red western print looks familiar.hahaha

Wade Branch · Post by **Wade Branch** » 29 Sep 2007 10:22 am

Thanks guys,yes I stole the idea of the tooled leather material from Thom the steel seat god,haha

Dick Wood · Post by **Dick Wood** » 29 Sep 2007 11:14 am

Hey! You didn't build that on company time did ya?

Nice job,now get back to work Tator.

Wade Branch · Post by **Wade Branch** » 29 Sep 2007 1:42 pm

HaHa Dickey Poo,no actually I took it to work to show it off,but no one even knew what a steel guitar was much less a steel guitar box,one guy thought I covered my home PC with carpet. $:\$

Rodney Garrison · Post by **Rodney Garrison** » 29 Sep 2007 4:55 pm

Wade-- Great job !!

Are you gonna sell these ?

I think you should look into this.

Good lookin' stuff as far as I can see.

OBTW-- Great pic of you ol' whats' his name.

RG
Bowie, TX.

Gregg Thacker · Post by **Gregg Thacker** » 29 Sep 2007 9:07 pm

Wade, You should get that thing "pattened". You could make a mint with that! Put it on the market.

Gregg

Tamara James · Post by **Tamara James** » 30 Sep 2007 12:52 pm

Locking Wheels on the bottom would have been a great touch.

Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 3 Oct 2007 1:19 pm

Wade,
Super neat idea, good job.I like the idea of tooled (leather?)LOL

BF

Ben Jones · Post by **Ben Jones** » 3 Oct 2007 2:37 pm

i LOVE stuff like this. thats super cool.

I'd be a bit concerned about having my beer holder sooooo close to my effects tho. especially since they are in a recessed box like that...one slip of the cup and they'd be swimming in sweet beer. ah but Im sure you know what your doin.

very very cool.