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Topic: Any ideas for a practical pedalboard design for pedal steel? |
Joseph Carlson
From:
Grass Valley, California, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 5:25 am |
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I ended up ordering a little camping table from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HKCXVWU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Folds down small and flat, plenty of room for my pedal board, sometimes I run sound too, so a small mixer fits.
Also, it gives me a spot to set my steel case when I unpack so I don't scratch up a table at the venue or have to pick my steel up off the ground. It's only rated up to 60 lbs., so I wouldn't set a D10 on there, but works fine for my SD10 Pedalmaster. |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2018 5:48 am
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This is a Pedal Train that comes with a hard box I got on Craigslist. Also used to hang on the side of a rack set up.
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Mike Bacciarini
From:
Arizona
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Posted 29 May 2019 10:11 am
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I noticed that at the Spring Jam in Vista, CA that many players use a rack on their right. Some do use a couple of pedals on the floor or clipped to a leg. I'm using a rack case, but with the individual pedals I like built into the top (wheels on bottom lid). Inside are the power supplies, and loads of room for VPs, cables, accessories and a sandwich.
Some may think this is a lot of gear, but I downsized from:
(After getting it all set up, their wasn't any room left for my steel, or time left to play)
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MCI Arlington S-10 3+5, George L E-66, BJS & Emmons bars, Fender Princeton 65W, Fender Satellite SFX, custom FX rack, 1983 Dobro 60D, SX-8 lap steel, Martin D16GT, Ibanez AS73, 1978 Rickenbacker 4000 custom. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 29 May 2019 12:05 pm
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Mine. It sits on top of my NV400 head (and on top of the heads case) to my right. I have all my effects in a loop, except the Zoom MS-50G, which is in the front effects loop of my amp for reverb and delay. I go from guitar to the Black Box, to the Loop Box, then the signal goes through the effects. I also have LED light strips on the back and front edges of the bottom so I can see the amp controls in the dark. Also have a clip on light to see the effects and light up my guitar neck(s) in the dark. Also have a clip-on bracket for my iPad, which I use as a Peterson tuner (since I fried my Strobo-Flip). Also to use for set lists.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, NV400, NV112 . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 1 Jun 2019 3:51 pm
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Alesis Midiverb 4.....Telonics midi controller ..got rid of all the pedals
 
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Excel steels & Peavey amps,Old Chevys & Motorcycles & Women on the Trashy Side |
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2019 4:50 pm
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The main thing is to be able make some changes from time to time.
I play clean most of the time with a little reverb and delay.
Hauling an effect around in your seat and then that song comes up....Damn the stomp box is not hooked up.
I like when I occasionally kick an effect on it will turn some heads!
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MSA 12 String E9th/B6th Universal.
Little Walter PF-89.
Bunch of stomp boxes |
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C. D. Maclean
From:
Scotland
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Posted 2 Jun 2019 11:59 am
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Here's my solution. A cymbal stand with the top bolted to a small LCD TV bracket, the other half of which is on the back of a standard guitar pedal board. Worth replacing the normal velcro with super strong stuff. Also Ive made a joystick control to work various bits of the pedals. Easy enough to hotwire as most seem to rely on shorting the control switch to ground so only one ground required on the joystick. Means I can start and stop loops etc bang on in time without stopping playing to reach over to the board. Also control the rotary speed and delay feedback. The wee silver box has a selector that changes what the joystick does on the right hand move which is the easiest to do in time while playing.
Cheers
Calum
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Jeremy Threlfall
From:
now in Western Australia
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 9 Jun 2019 7:06 pm
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I'm with Larry !!! 
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases. |
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 9 Jun 2019 8:50 pm
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Nice setup Paddy..here’s another...old MSA overdrive....remounted..
 . Right hand controls..button is for Leslie off/on..several Organs in the Alesis...
 ...Larry
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