An Impractical Series of Pedals

[joshua_eiler]

I don't know about you guys but I have found myself with several enclosures that I have either made mistakes in drilling or have recycled from other projects.  After seeing some of the genius ideas of people covering enclosures with fabric I got a spark of inspiration. 

I took these three enclosures and filled the unneeded holes with epoxy and then sanded them flat.  I had this old tapestry laying around and sprayed them with adhesive to glue the fabric on. 

First I build a two-in-one, Madbean Neutrino with a Red Ranger boost from Tonepad.  To make it as impractical as possible  I used a toggle (instead of a stomp switch) for the bypass of the Red Ranger.  I like the way it looks on the outside but it's a mess on the inside!



The next is a Little Angel Mini Chorus made from mostly recycled parts...


The next one is a Tonepad Tube Screamer and the Slambox from Madbean.  The boost seems a little unnecessary but it still sounds pretty nice.



These pedals were meant as an experiment and I had a ton of fun building them thanks to the inspiration of the builds I've seen here!

[Cortexturizer]

lol, actually those are awesome looking!

[joshua_eiler]

lol, actually those are awesome looking!

Haha!  Thanks!

[pickdropper]

Nice recovery.  I don't think anybody will notice anything unintentional with those.  They look cool.

[neiloler]

Really great look! It makes me wonder if you could shellac it with some thinned-out epoxy or something to get the tweed/fabric look of the ol' 50s Fenders. Really cool work!

[joshua_eiler]

Really great look! It makes me wonder if you could shellac it with some thinned-out epoxy or something to get the tweed/fabric look of the ol' 50s Fenders. Really cool work!

That's a good idea!  It would look better with some depth to it and would probably wear a lot better.  Thanks!

[fendman]

My favourite colour, so its all plus from me. I can see you enjoyed the builds well done.

[pickdropper]

Really great look! It makes me wonder if you could shellac it with some thinned-out epoxy or something to get the tweed/fabric look of the ol' 50s Fenders. Really cool work!

That's a good idea!  It would look better with some depth to it and would probably wear a lot better.  Thanks!

I would try pouring Envirotex over that.  It should work great.

[joshua_eiler]

Really great look! It makes me wonder if you could shellac it with some thinned-out epoxy or something to get the tweed/fabric look of the ol' 50s Fenders. Really cool work!

That's a good idea!  It would look better with some depth to it and would probably wear a lot better.  Thanks!

I would try pouring Envirotex over that.  It should work great.

I'll have to read up on Envirotex and give it a go.  That would give it some fantastic depth!

[gordo]

That's a cool idea, and anything purple is the bomb in my books.

The Red Ranger is a cool beast and when I was on the road back in the early 80's my standard rig was a 50 watt Marshall JMP and I used a Red Ranger on all the time in the middle setting to get extra grit on the top end and a bit more thump on the bottom end.  Very cool effect, but I guess if it's your core sound it isn't really an effect...