What I see in this DIY video is not a good pedalboard, I see an amazing wife who is lacking the right tools and still gets things done. You are one lucky man. Cherish this woman.
this video rocks, i'm about to make one for my boyfriend for his b day. Also- people, get over it! His wife built it, so what? she likes projects and if she can do a better job at it than he can then why the hell not?! It's pretty great how they were able to work together on this because she probably needed his help (with instructions) just as much as he needed help building it sheesh
A good tip when sawing wood by hand is to mark the line you're cutting by with a knife. This severs the grain fibers and gives a path of least resistance for the saw to follow. Much easier and more accurate than the eyeball method. Additionally, when gluing wood together, it's best to glue surfaces that do not have an sort of coating on them. Otherwise the glue doesn't provide any structural rigidity. Glue needs a rough surface to adhere properly.
So ended up acquiring wife as instructed in the video, but oddly instead of building me a pedal board she got pregnant and made me build a crib. Any ideas? Is mine malfunctioning?
I had the same problem with a woodsplitter i got, it was a 65" model, looked really good and stacked the firewood as well. It was also cheap to run and worked great for the first couple of years, but it got clogged up from the stuff I was filling it with and the obstetrician had to take it apart to get the obstruction out. Twice! I'm still splitting my own wood nine years later...
@@thatellipsisguy8984 You gotta wait I'd say another couple of years, and then take the obstruction out one Saturday morning and teach it to chop wood while you sit on a stump and drink beer. Be encouraging and proud when it succeeds. Don't give it too hard of a time when it fails, just show it what it did wrong and tell it try again.
Thank you for this very helpful tutorial. My son wants a pedal board and my eyes rolled when he showed me the price ! Off to Ikea and now a happy teenager and dad with his pocket intact. Hats off to your wife, the noble lady who did the sawing, drilling, etc, very impressive and puts me to shame. Thank you again from London, UK
+whyshouldidothatnow Its actually something different. The GORM is discontinued and the Hejne is similar to it. Thanks for the advice though, I bought one on your recommendation
You are a champion! I bought a Hejne the other week thanks to your clarification and now I've just about finished the board it. Setup is actually easier than what he did in this video and it looks killer!!!
thanks! as a 15 year old who doesnt have money to spend on a pedaltrain (because i spent it all on a peavey 6534) this is very useful, i told the rhythm guitarist in my band to build one and he is building it now... its very sturdy and of course since it is wood it is very easy to mod, thanks!
It might also be worth mentioning that IKEA also calls this a "HEJNE". That helped with my confusion upon picking it up. Thanks again for all the helpful instruction!
2022 and just seen this video. Got to hand it to your wife for being innovated using hand tools and improvising measurements! I am 60 years old and I did all my wood working with just hand tools. Until just a few years ago did I get some power tools. Why did I not do this sooner? Circular saw, reciprocating saw, got to have to save your back and time! Hand router and orbital sander also. Along with a good square and straight edge. Table saw would be nice but not everyone has room for one. These power tools are needed if you want to save your back, and wrist. I just want to point out, a good hand saw comes in handy for the small jobs. Oh and one other tip, when spray painting or any painting, use gloves!
Great work JJ's wife! I was really impressed you ripped that board (lengthwise) using a hand saw. JJ maybe get her a circular or jig saw, she earned it.
Be advised that this project has recently (last 2 months) become somewhat more difficult. IKEA Hejne shelves (the replacement for the discontinued Gorm shelves) - have been re-spec'ed to use a heavier-gauge nail. This makes disassembly of the shelves nearly impossible without damaging them. Your best hope is to use a rubber mallet instead of a claw hammer - but this requires the delivery of quite a lot of force.
Thanks JJ, you saved me a ton of cash. My girlfriend and I put one together in an afternoon. It works great! I wnat to say with all the materials it cost roughly $50.00, most of the cost was velcro and Walmart was out so paid $30.00. I have enogh matrrials left over to make a small board so 2 for one is awsome! Thanks again, we enjoyed your video it was very helpful!!!
Just finished making one ... Awesome video! Thanks a lot :) P.S for anyone who's thinking of making one, The shelf is now called Hejne instead of Gorm.
I honestly can not believe you are making you wife do all the work while you hold the camera, it's almost as frustrating as that jazz/blues guitar in the back ground. What a man.
Just want to say thanks for this video. Used it pretty much all the way to make mine last week. After experiencing how fun and rewarding making my own was, I'm convinced I will never buy anything professionally made. Save well over $100 dollars making mine in what felt like under 2 hours of actual work. There are plenty of videos using the same IKEA HEJNE shelves you used, but I love the detail in this one. Thanks again for saving potentially hundreds of dollars for me in the future! Rock On!
Don't listen to the trolls. I thought it was great that your wife helped you out. She's cute and seemed very enthusiastic. Good idea and good video. If you don't want to buy the shelves you could do the same thing with some pieces of 1x4 and 1x2 strips or pieces of 1" molding. Those are US measurements, but I'm sure there is an equivalent size across the pond. I built a coffin-shaped pedal board a few years ago. Looks great, but is totally impractical, so I'm going to use this idea with some scrap lumber I have around the house. Thanks.
Great project, thanks! Just a tip, if your wife is going to build things like this for you, maybe you could run out and get her some of the right tools for the job. Watching you guys rip that board with a handsaw was painful, followed by turning a bolt with an adjustable wrench...
Thank you so much for posting. I made a GORM pedal board that can now hold 16 of my guyatone micro series pedals. I used the enitre length of the board and I put a support beam underneath in the middle of the board
Hey! Thanks for the video! I plan on building one of these this summer!! Good looking pedal board and good looking wife. Good for you on both of those. I hope she got her nails done and shoes for helping. I will be using your video as a reference when I do make mine. Have a great one!
Yesterday in Zlín (Czech city) I bought a wooden board 60x30x1,8 cm, rubber pads, brackets, Velcro, a couple of screws and bolts. It cost me about 450 CZK = about 17 Euro. All in OBI market. :) Now I have a solid basis for the board, which I'll even trick out my own drawings on wood. I am thinking about simple psychedelic artwork. I will place Velcro only under the effects. For cables can I drill a hole. Fuck overpriced pedalboards. This is a really fun and creative work. Indeed, as the music itself. Awesome video! :)
You guys did a terrific job and explained it really well ..especially great for someone like myself ,who is not as skillful with the tools as your lovely Wife is..But still l've decided to give this a go and will follow your instructions..You did make it look pretty easy to do, so l will see how l go..l do live in Australia & in the NSW Country ..which is a very beautifu peacefull quite place to live, but it is a little out of the way also & when you need a special type of shop like an lkea, you do have a bit of a car trip ahead of you..We do drive to Dubbo, which is the closest big town near us every 5 or 6 weeks to do our big food shop & Dubbo is about a 3 hour drive away for us..& it does have an lkea store.. So l will definitely be going to lkea next time we are in town to get my gorm create & parts etc & start this little job..Which will finely tidy things up with my pedals & Wah ..& this will please my Wife and save us some dow & her from the pain of kicking her toe on my cry baby..So that will make everyone a lot happier ..thanks for putting this up guys and going to this trouble as it has helped us out greatly for one. regards Brett
Making this board according to this tutorial as we speak. Found a much easier way to deconstruct the shelfs from the board. Using the hammer as well. But just use the backside which you normally use to get nails out of wood. Use the leverage to crank/loosen up the shelves from the board. Works like a charm and you don't damage the wood in this way in stead of hammering.
It came out great, my hat's off to your wife! I'll hopefully be building my own pedal board soon and it will be a similar low budget project. I'm glad to see other people have done similar things - not every board needs to look like a space ship that costs the price of a used car :-p
Super. Nice videos, nice guitar playing, nice women (and can saw planks !), nice backyard... Happy man! Keep going. (I think she help you because she couldn't stand all that mess with the pedals, wire, leads, wallwarts everywhere ... and the dust clogged on it)
The most important factor that most of these you tubers fail to mention is the size of the pedal board. If you are planning on ever taking it out for jams or gigs, you will surely need a bag. Pedal board bags only come in standard Pedal train sizes. I made a 65x30 pedalboard from these Ikea shelves after watching these videos, only to find out later that most bags come in the max size of 60x25 lol. If you are building one, I'd suggest buying the bag first and then diy-ing one to fit it.
Such nice pedal board and cheap. However, since you mentioned to make the board bigger for future expansion/upgrade of pedals, it would be a better idea to use a t-rex fueltank for power supply. I dont know if they sell them in Netherlands but it is a must have if you use multiple pedals. All in all, great stuff! Thanx for sharing.
I'm in love, that woman is the maximum lol xD. Lucky you. I was thinking about buying a pedaltrail-3, but after seeing this, I do not think it does. I love the wood. thanks for the video.!
European guys rock! Who else could get a girl to go all lumberjack and stuff on their hubby's guitar gear; barefoot too!! JJ, nice tutorial. Good job to you both. I was gonna be lazy and buy a new pedaltrain but nope, I'm making my new one, barefoot btw ;)
Kind of looks very close to my build. The main difference was I stained everything, instead of painting it. I also mounted a door panel on the back for carrying it. The last thing I did underneath, was screw in Velcro cable ties on the bottom with 1/8 screws all around. The reason is any spot wires/adapters/even the main power supply cable(bigger Velcro cable ties for that alone), could all be contained. So litterly, I could pick up my rear door handle and carry it, no cables, pedals(Velcroed in) would ever drop! Hope a few of my hints help others, and like he said, build your own. Mine hold 10 pedals and I can carry it anywhere...
Damn it man! You have $300 dollars worth of effects and you can't buy your wife a $45 skill saw. Nice demo but get the girl some tools for Christ sake.
Thanks for the inspiration, iv built a crappier version of this from some wood i found in the shed. Any chance of a tutorial for the way you play Aint No Sunshine it sound really nice
I got the Gorm shelves more than a year ago and never got around to making my own board. This morning I was looking into buying a Pedaltrain that cost 99€ (incl. a carrying bag of course) and got me thinking that it may be a waste of money since I already got the wood, the velcro, the glue and the rubber feet! I even got a couple of drawer handles to put on either side so I can carry it easily. So now, my question is, where can I get a carrying bag to fit it in? (mine will also be around 50cm long). Great vid by the way - you guys did a very good job.
