BUILDING A GUITAR PEDALBOARD

When I decided to build a guitar pedalboard, my main goal was to have a certain “vintage guitar tone” without using a computer and digital plugins.

After searching YouTube for guitar pedal reviews, I became aware of the products Behringer and also of TC Electronic, which is also a sub-brand, of Behringer. I’ve learned from several videos that most Behringer products are “exact copies” of some of the most iconic guitar pedals of all time, like the Ibanez Tube Screamer, translated to TO800 – Vintage Tube Overdrive, by Behringer!

I was super happy to know that TC Electronic is a Behringer brand and that factor gave me more confidence to try out some pedals before investing in other products from this brand. I first bought and tried the MojoMojo Overdrive, paired with the TO800 (amazing combination by the way!!) and the Drip Spring Reverb. Both TC Electronic pedals are very well built, really robust metal housing and incredible sound quality and totally surprised me.

As for Behringer’s TO800 – Vintage Tube Overdrive, I love the sound quality, but the build quality is clearly inferior to TC Electronic’s. The pedal box and controls are made from recycled plastic (this in itself is amazing!!), but I think they will hold up well to use. In the end, I think the sound is the most important factor here!

The guitar pedalboard I planned would have to include a multi-power unit for power effects pedals (with isolated connections) to connect to a single power source and distribute the necessary power to all the pedals. So I ordered the Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-2 Pro, multi power unit for effect pedals with 8 isolated outputs, filtered and protected against short circuit eliminating noise and hum.

To play in tune and in harmony with the bands, I wanted to include a pedal-shaped guitar tuner, easy access and comfortable, so I ordered the Harley Benton CPT-20 , a chromatic floor tuner for guitar and bass.

As a fan of Jimmy Hendrix, I wanted to have the classic sound of Fuzz available, the famous Dunlop Fuzzface, so I included the Behringer SF300 on the pedalboard. Then the audio path, I wanted to render the overdrive pedals the MojoMojo Overdrive, paired with the TO800. After this process the audio signal goes to the Behringer UT300, followed by the Digital Stereo Multi-Effects Pedal Behringer FX600. Finally, the signal includes the Behringer VD400 Analog Vintage Delay followed by the TC Electronic Drip Spring Reverb.

I ordered some Pro Snake Patch Angled Jack 0.15m, some Sssnake Effect Pedal Adapter and the sssnake Effect Pedal Adapter Straight to connect the audio path between the pedals. I also ordered a pair of sssnake IPP1030 to connect the guitar input and the pedals output to the amp.

The pedalboard is all covered by Velcro and the pedals are fixed to this surface and all closed by a travel case for easy transport and protection!

I just tried this pedalboard and I can say that I am convinced with the sound palettes available with this pedal combo! Quite diverse, sound warm and defined and quite robust.

And you? Would you change some of these pedals on this pedalboard?

Keep an eye out for YouTube! I will record a video review about these pedals and also to show you all the details about this pedalboard!