Guitar Pedals Boss

By Tony Olegro. A guitar effects pedal board is a board (or panel) on which guitar effects pedals are laid out on, connected and powered. Because a guitar effects pedal board acts as a patch bay and power supply (containing its own transformer and power cables), guitar effects can be easily transported without the need for disassembling and reassembling them each time.

Besides the benefits of easy transportation and setting up in live performance, a guitar effects pedal board is very useful in recording if you happen to use effects pedals in recording your guitar. You will create less clutter in your recording space by minimizing the number of things strewn across the floor, and if you go over to another person or studio to record, your effects pedals will be easy to transport and set up. The order of effects, their placement, power options, and signal routing all affect your guitar playing as well as sound, so it's important to know how to set up a guitar effects pedal board.

While you can buy a guitar effects pedal board, knowing how to set up a guitar effects pedal board yourself can save you some money. Plus, you'll be able to customize it to your exact needs (which is much cheaper than getting one custom-made for you). There's also the coolness factor that you're going to be using something that you made yourself. So, knowing how important a pedal board can be and how making one yourself will save you money, if you want to know how to set up a guitar effects pedal board, our guide will show you how...

Creating a Board

The first step in how to set up a guitar effects pedal board is to get a piece of wood that you will use as the board and put your effects on (plywood is a great choice). The size should not only accommodate the amount of effects you will use but also have enough room for expansion, leaving space open for any future effects you may add. You can use the wood as it is, or feel free to paint or cover it with a fabric or carpet. If you want your board to be tilted, then you can attach some legs to the far left and right corners on the bottom (one simple way is to nail some small blocks of wood).