Matt's DIY pedals

[mjg]

Seeing as we have a brand spanking new area for pedal stuff, might as well post my efforts.

http://graybloomfield.com/guitar/category/pedals/

I think my favourite is the 'Ducky von Quackenstein' - it still makes me laugh when I look at it.

[Andy40]

Wow Matt, they look sensational. I look forward to obtains as much info from you as I can!

[Simon Barden]

I think the 'Ducky von Quackenstein' is my favourite too!

[stan]

So Matt the Brutalist pedal looks awesome and I want one...
I was thinking you might get a more consistent and result if you used a Hebel block - they cut with handsaws and I bet you could use a router on them... you'd have to toss the bit of course

[D.K]

You showed me these the other day and I'm with Simon I love the duck heads on the Ducky Von Quackenstein.

[DrNomis_44]

Cool looking pedals, I like the one that looks like it's casing is made from concrete (Brutalist), and that one in a clear case looks cool too.


Those pedals are a great example of what you can achieve by building DIY pedals, each one is unique, I think it's a great way to personalize your FX pedal board.

[mjg]

So Matt the Brutalist pedal looks awesome and I want one...
I was thinking you might get a more consistent and result if you used a Hebel block - they cut with handsaws and I bet you could use a router on them... you'd have to toss the bit of course

I did think about that sort of approach, but then decided to go the full DIY on it, and pour it with concrete. It was a bit of a nightmare, and took more than one attempt. But I had fun.

[mjg]

Cool looking pedals, I like the one that looks like it's casing is made from concrete (Brutalist), and that one in a clear case looks cool too.

The clear cases were a few of my early efforts - a word of warning though, if you use a case that isn't metal, you might want to put shielding inside, and make sure any metal switches and pots are grounded. That plastic case pedal I built picks up the local radio station when you touch the switches.

[stan]

I did think about that sort of approach, but then decided to go the full DIY on it, and pour it with concrete. It was a bit of a nightmare, and took more than one attempt. But I had fun.

For sure, which is why we do any of this, they are cool

[DrNomis_44]

I did think about that sort of approach, but then decided to go the full DIY on it, and pour it with concrete. It was a bit of a nightmare, and took more than one attempt. But I had fun.

Which is what doing any kind of DIY stuff is really all about, fun, that's the main reason why I got into it in the first place, the other reason is that I seem to learn new skills better/easier just by doing it myself.