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GUITAR PEDALBOARD

I needed a pedalboard that fit a weirdly specific spot in my home studio (aka bedroom), so I built one from plywood, borrowing the layout of the Warwick Rockboards I used to own. I added a porthole in the back to fit one of the Rockboard Mod patchbays, cut the slots with a hole saw and jigsaw combo, rounded the edges with my trim router, and glued/brad‑nailed the whole thing together. A spray‑poly finish and 25 mm loop velcro completed the build.

01 — ROUTING THE DECK
Routed plywood risers for the pedalboard deck, cut on a workbench
02 — DECK ASSEMBLED
Assembled plywood pedalboard deck with cable-routing channels, unfinished

Power is handled by a Harley Benton ISO‑10 AC Pro, and the board is wired with Harley Benton solderless patch cables I made to length. The signal path goes: Guitar → Your Face 60s → Hairy Show Fuzz → Euna Clone → StroboStomp HD → Centavo → Kanso → ODR Mini 2 → TS‑9 → ’73 Rams Head → Sonicake Vol/Wah → SCF Gold (stereo from here) → RT‑2 → DL4 MKII → RV‑200 → UAFX Enigmatic → Rockboard MOD 2 → Headrush FRFR‑12 or my interface.

03 — FULLY LOADED
Finished pedalboard loaded with the full pedal chain, top-down view
04 — WIRED UP
Rear view of the finished pedalboard showing cabling and the power/MIDI riser