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I was looking online at FX pedal board options, instead of plugging in each of my meager collection of stomp boxes at each gig and came across Holey Boards

http://www.chemistrydesignwerks.com/holeyboards.html
here's theirs, Jon
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Fine Arctic Birch plys, ergonomically designed and fitted, with the site stressng the neatness and convenience of nylon tie straps, yadda yadda...

So I sez to meself sez I, "Hey I got a board and a drill and a bagful of zipties... I can do this thing!"

so I did. here's mine, Jon
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This was the first iteration; I've swapped different stuff in and out, and dang if them ties don't make it quite easy to do so...

Im thinking a skateboard deck, similarly abused might be a slightly fancier presentation, but mine fits in a computer atache' bag and is ready to go plugging in 4 cables (Guitar out to pre volume pedal fx, then volume pedal in/out to post volume pedal fx, then from last tf pedal to amp; and a power supply=30 seconds.)
The feet are spaced to sit on my steel case as a stand, either handle up on edge to my right. or on end depending on how tight the stage is... within easy reach.
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Can't tell which is theirs and which is yours. Could you label them please?


















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Zip Tie... the new duck tape... :lol:
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:)
I am increasingly a fan of anything-other-than-velcro.
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Isn't it called duct tape?
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Not is you're using it on ducks. :whoa:
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Post by Larry Carlson »

Ha!......that is so cool......good job.
You have inspired me.
I need a pedal board badly. My pedals are laying all over my desk top.
I will not spend the asinine price they are asking for pedal boards.
$100 for $10 worth of bent aluminum or a nylon wrapped zipped up bag with a foot of Velcro included......no thanks.
I tried to find a price for that Holeyboard but couldn't. It looks expensive. Really expensive.

Just one thing........
Can I borrow your drill?
I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't.
But I keep on trying.
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or gaffer's tape if you are using it on gaffers
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Larry, total cost of materials maybe $3.98 for zipties
had the board out in the garage from a shelving unit that collapsed under the weight of too many books about guitars... the feet layin' about from another project.

Holeyboards are a bit spendy, but nice
https://reverb.com/shop/holeyboard-peda ... ?_aid=tank
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Post by Lane Gray »

If you're gonna reconfigure your board, you can always use the reusable zipties (with a thumblatch tang attached to the tooth).
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Bill A. Moore wrote:Isn't it called duct tape?
DUCK tape... I invented it... just like AL invented the Internet...
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Post by Kevin Mincke »

No duck tape or Velcro on some of my vintage pedals 😠 so I bought the two tier (local guy in St Paul builds them) and zip ties work well.... & cheap!

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Same with my Gator gig box for my dobro/lap steel accordion acoustic setup. I used plastic electrical wall/switch covers and put Velcro on back, zip tying the covers to the bottom of effects.
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But yours gets the same job done Dave😉
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Hillbilly Pedal Board? And I thought I was the only who had one. We are looking at the "Snakebyte" Split Level. Pedals and switcher on top - power supply and Black Box on lower level. Named by amp repairman for the brand PVC pipe holding it together:
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Side view:
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I recommend the optional carrying case:
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16" x 16" black plastic pegboard specifically designed, manufactured and sold by Walmart with the correct dimensions for pedal steel guitar:
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This is a hillbilly pedalboard:


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Post by James Holland »

Luv the responses. I don't have stage space for a full up board, so my pedals are loose, where they fit within my allotted foot print. I plan to build an angled double decker board, so I can stack pedals, and only use about a 1 square foot of floor space.
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Stomp box

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Talent simulators don't really work! LOL!
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Mike Neer wrote:This is a hillbilly pedalboard:


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That is a DELUXE hillbilly pedalboard/carrying case.

My Midwestern suburban pals call my steel guitars "hillbilly keyboards."
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Post by W. Bill Schmidt »

Here's mine. I leave everything plugged in except the power. It started out with just the pegboard part in the center and grew with pieces of scrap lumber as I added pedals. Weighs a ton! FWIW, I'm running 4 instruments (Supro doubleneck, mandolin, flat-top guitar, and a resonator) through this into a Cube 80GX set on JC Clean (except for Allman Bros stuff). Sets up in minutes! After lugging it around to about 150 gigs in 2 yrs I am retiring it for slightly more upscale piece of trimmed and finished plywood. Yeah baby!
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Had a piece of plywood,some Velcro,and a metal power strip left over.Total cost about 2 bux for a couple of drawer pulls so I could lift it out of my suitcase.
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Old black and decker drill box. All I will ever need
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That photo is a couple of years old. Here are a couple I snapped off just now
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You need to flip your camera around so us NoHemi folks can see them upright :)
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I'm a hillbilly!

And the forum did that perspective shift for us for free. The photos I loaded up were correctly orientated in this hemisphere
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