Anyone dislike redoing their pedal board as much as me ?

[ewill52]

This is why I like elixirs so much, they last ages

i've moved over to NYXL's, they seem to last at least twice as long. I rarely break strings, i usually don't change them until i start noticing tuning issues or they just feel gross. the NYXL's are legit worth the money.

 

[cetanu]

I hate pedalboards and I'm procrastinating for months instead of finally redoing mine that I rarely use.

 

[romanianreaper]

I’ve grown to hate restringing my guitars with a passion. I like fresh new strings so I’m constantly changing strings.

I hate changing strings but hate the sound of new strings. I feel like I'm an anomaly in that. I hate how slinky and clangy they sound. I'd much rather have older strings that are broken in.

 

[stratjacket]

I have to be in the mood to spend the time to change it, otherwise I just let it be and play. I go in cycles where sometimes I’m on a tone chase and I may change things around and sometimes I’m in a learning/practice phase (most of the time) where I don’t want to take time for anything else.

 

[thenine]

I got annoyed with my last pedalboard, I’d spend a bunch of time getting everything laid out right, making custom length signal and power cables, and then when I wanted to change something (which was all the time) it always became a mess. I tried to avoid Velcro for a long time, and used zip ties. What a headache.

but most of all I got sick of dealing with pedals with shitty buffers, clipping buffers with other loud boosts, trying to work in a loop switcher or two to avoid having 5 buffers in a row. I finally just made a pedalboard with an integrated loop switcher, and laid it out with hidden cables/wires and enough slack/room that I can swap pedals around easily. Now I just have my favourites of the moment on the board and change it whenever.

It’s all boosts and drives since the only other effects i use are reverb and delay and I have a rack processor for that. And every amp/guitar combo has its own favorite boost.

I don’t play out so it’s just a home board.

This is awesome but how do you make your own power cables? I’m always suffering for those!

 

[mnemonic]

This is awesome but how do you make your own power cables? I’m always suffering for those!

I just used some 2.1mm barrel jacks and some two conductor wire. The 2.1mm barrel jacks are easily found on eBay. Wire probably also but not sure of the gauge. I just buy this from a component supplier here in the U.K. and cut it to size

https://www.bitsboxuk.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=225_232&products_id=1694