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Still have to finish my new looper before I'm 100% ready to slap pedals onto this but in spite of innumerable cockups on my part, it's somehow come out pretty nicely!

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Looks great! (And slightly hilarious in that last photo with just the LB box!)

Did you use a plan, or make it up yourself? I always admire people who can do good carpentry.

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Scott

My band, Austin Hollow

Thanks! I had a rough idea of what I wanted in mind and winged it from there.

And let me assure you, I made a ton of mistakes building this (and thankfully also learned a ton of lessons).

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I love this stuff. Very Nicely done!

As they were requested on another forum, here's my half-assed attempt at plans if anybody can use them.

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Firstly: The pedal board looks great. I wish I had the tools and talent to build something like that. Nice work.
Secondly: I dig the cut-out (sunken-livingroom/orchestra-pit) for the looper. Great use of real-estate.
Question1: Will your looper sit low enough that the cables will have straight ends that go out under the pedals?
Question2: Can you add photos when you have your looper installed?

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Thanks!

Although let me assure you that with some time watching woodworking channels on YouTube, a few key tools, and a little practice, just about anybody can get to where I'm at right now. Main lesson I learned this time: 3/16" is not enough material to properly support a tenon.



No, there's not enough clearance for that (at least with 'regular' straight plugs; there may be some lower profile ones which will work) although right angle plugs (especially George L's) work quite nicely. I think I'll have plenty of clearance on the left side for the four cables running to my amp to use straight plugs, however.



I was planning on doing just that. I've drilled the enclosure and am planning on applying the waterslide decal and finishing it this weekend while I wait on PCBs from OSH Park:

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Subscribed...
Looking forward to the 'looper-in-place' results.

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Alright, probably the final installment on this one; while I'll probably be fiddling with my pedalboard layout for a while now (and I need to get more patch cables so I can put a few more toys on it), the looper is done and my tap dancing routine has gotten much simpler.

A bit about it: I had a few design specifications going in:
-Buffer/splitter at input to function as an input buffer and a dry out for recording purposes
-Integration of my Blackstar's channel switch into my "dirt" loop
-Flip/Fop circuit for my B9 or other "synth" type effects I may end up screwing with
-A stripped down Englishman clone to add "chime" for when I want a "VOXier" sound and also because it helps bring out the drone strings on my 12 string
-Buffer between gain circuits and everything downstream of them
-Ability to toggle between all loops being inline with each other or integrating my modulation and time-based effects into an effects loop without ripping the board up.

I ended up having to make a few compromises as far as overall tightness of the layout and reducing some of the on-looper options (I wanted there to be one more loop and I had to move the channel footswitch into its own enclosure) but overall I'm really happy with how it came out.

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Bikers have more fun that people do.

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Haha! I get it! My wife and I used to watch that show all the time. Definitely one of those phrases that has made it into our lexicon.

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MasterDelayer/Reverbrador/Ampaholic/TopJacker

The thought struck me like the third time I was revamping the boards/overall concept and it stuck because it made me giggle.

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Bikers have more fun that people do.

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Over the top!!