Dave Stinson’s board started off as a small DIY project to save a few bucks. But once he started exploring pedal options, the board got bigger and bigger. “I built the board from scratch using pine and screws and a couple of coats of black paint,” explains Stinson. “Given the variety of pedals, I had a variety of polarity requirements and power adaptors, and I had to hide them across two power bars mounted on the underside of the board. I made all the instrument cables myself. I soldered four of them to an input jack by the wah pedal and send/return, and amp jacks on the front. I also designed an LED circuit that lights up the O’s on the front and works with my Visual Sound 1 Spot power supply. Putting together a custom pedalboard was a big learning curve but it’s definitely paid off.”
Stinson currently uses these effects: Fulltone OCD, MXR EVH Phase 90, Z. Vex Sonar Tremolo, Z. Vex Super Hard On, ISP Decimator G String Noise Reduction, EHX Big Muff Pi, B.K. Butler Tube Driver, EHX POG2, 1986 Ibanez Tube Screamer TS10 (with mods), Sonic Research Turbo Tuner, Xotic Effects SP Compressor, Strymon TimeLine Delay, Eventide Space Reverb, Pigtronix/Mission Dual Expression Pedal, and a Dunlop Kirk Hammett Signature Wah.
One of our favorite pastimes is racking up good ol’ pedal envy by ogling the setups of our fellow players. It seems you don’t tire of it either, because pedalboard mail keeps rolling in!
Here are some of the latest board submissions, from a crafty all-in-one board to a fuzz-sick stomper to a bunch of boxes on a cutting board. There are plenty more where these came from (pedal lust has no end), so look for Reader Pedalboards Part 2 next week!
