GigRig pedalboards

[JiveTurkey]

Pedalboards

The GigRig has everything you need to complete your guitar fx pedalboard, from pedal board tape to signal splitters to patch bays, so you can focus on playing your guitar! For users of multiple amps, for effects loops, isolation, buffers and phase reversal to deceptively useful patch bays with...

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Very cashy but I LOVE the tiered implementation

 

[Eagle]

The G2/3 are some of the only front end loopers that you can’t hear. Great stuff on the whole.

 

[Orvillain]

The Warwick Rockboard boards are the best boards IMO. I've got two of them - a Quad 4.2 and a Quad 4.4. I really like how they're not slat designs like the Pedaltrain stuff is, so you're not really limited to where you can put stuff. They're not too bad cost-wise.

These GigRig ones... I dunno man.... nothing to go absolutely doolally over. I suppose they'll do the job. But once you get everything you need, you're probably looking at £800 for a board with power and signal routing doohickies; but without pedals. And that is for their 'Large' board, which is significantly smaller than the Quad 4.4 I just got. True enough I got it used, but it only cost me £80 with the case.

 

[laxu]

Very hard to justify the cost for just the board. The Medium Single Tier model is similar in form to the Nux Bumblebee L size, but with a bag it's about 4x the cost of the Nux.

Rockboard, Temple Audio or Nux would be my choices. Depends on what form factor you prefer.

I find that I always struggle with the sizing of any board where it's wrong in some dimension for the pedals I want to use. The Nux Bumblebee M is my current choice, but I really wish the S size was just a few centimeters wider to be able to comfortably fit 3+3 dual footswitch Strymon pedals.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Very hard to justify the cost for just the board. The Medium Single Tier model is similar in form to the Nux Bumblebee L size, but with a bag it's about 4x the cost of the Nux.

Rockboard, Temple Audio or Nux would be my choices. Depends on what form factor you prefer.

I find that I always struggle with the sizing of any board where it's wrong in some dimension for the pedals I want to use. The Nux Bumblebee M is my current choice, but I really wish the S size was just a few centimeters wider to be able to comfortably fit 3+3 dual footswitch Strymon pedals.

I mean, it comes with a built in hard lid. Comparing it to a Nux is pretty ridiculous.

The wussy among us probably have a bigger problem with the weight than the cost.

 

[laxu]

I mean, it comes with a built in hard lid. Comparing it to a Nux is pretty ridiculous.

Is it? Functionally it's pretty much the same. I've never really considered a hard lid to be a necessity if I'm carrying the pedalboard myself with the bag that comes with the Nux or Temple Audio.

If it's heavier, that's another minus.

I guess these are priced more against something like the Schmidt Array that is more expensive with the lid.

 

[Orvillain]

I guess these are priced more against something like the Schmidt Array that is more expensive with the lid.

That's exactly it. They're trying to claw at the dentist disposable cash.

 

[laxu]

That's exactly it. They're trying to claw at the dentist disposable cash.

If I was spending dentist money, I'd still go for the Schmidt just because it looks much cooler.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Is it? Functionally it's pretty much the same. I've never really considered a hard lid to be a necessity if I'm carrying the pedalboard myself with the bag that comes with the Nux or Temple Audio.

If it's heavier, that's another minus.

I guess these are priced more against something like the Schmidt Array that is more expensive with the lid.

perfectly fine to find that there is no added value in the things that cause this to cost what it does, but that doesn’t mean that tent and a one room log cabin should be compared price wise just because they are functionally equivalent for a lot of use cases.

 

[JiveTurkey]

The Warwick Rockboard boards are the best boards IMO. I've got two of them - a Quad 4.2 and a Quad 4.4. I really like how they're not slat designs like the Pedaltrain stuff is, so you're not really limited to where you can put stuff. They're not too bad cost-wise.

These GigRig ones... I dunno man.... nothing to go absolutely doolally over. I suppose they'll do the job. But once you get everything you need, you're probably looking at £800 for a board with power and signal routing doohickies; but without pedals. And that is for their 'Large' board, which is significantly smaller than the Quad 4.4 I just got. True enough I got it used, but it only cost me £80 with the case.

Very hard to justify the cost for just the board. The Medium Single Tier model is similar in form to the Nux Bumblebee L size, but with a bag it's about 4x the cost of the Nux.

Rockboard, Temple Audio or Nux would be my choices. Depends on what form factor you prefer.

I find that I always struggle with the sizing of any board where it's wrong in some dimension for the pedals I want to use. The Nux Bumblebee M is my current choice, but I really wish the S size was just a few centimeters wider to be able to comfortably fit 3+3 dual footswitch Strymon pedals.

I mean, it comes with a built in hard lid. Comparing it to a Nux is pretty ridiculous.

The wussy among us probably have a bigger problem with the weight than the cost.

Is it? Functionally it's pretty much the same. I've never really considered a hard lid to be a necessity if I'm carrying the pedalboard myself with the bag that comes with the Nux or Temple Audio.

If it's heavier, that's another minus.

I guess these are priced more against something like the Schmidt Array that is more expensive with the lid.

I have a handful of boards at home. Pedaltrains (classic and for some dumba$$ reason a Terra . That slant is not enjoyable at all), Amazon cheapies, Temple Audio (don't like the slant, mounting plates are a good idea but a pain to put in place, side modules and wiring through small board holes is not ideal), an OLD Rockboard (which is old af and is a square piece of black painted plywood in a shiny metal briefcase), and the Nux large Bumblebee. I wish it was taller, deeper and wider with shorted sidebars. It's about as perfect as I can get for mass produced product.

This GigRig is definitely meant for people with money but I think the tier mechanism is good and the overall look is great. Much better than the barbeque grill Schmidt Array boards, imo. Either way my pedal collection will never be anywhere near the level of bougie and my OCD wiring techniques nowehere near OCD ENOUGH to justify these boards. I just thought they looked killer. As far as heavy goes; the Nux board with the FM, exp and GM800 is surprisingly heavy and clunky carry because it doesn't fit in the bag it came in. I just drape a towel over top and carry in the venue

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Every time I watch an episode of TPS where they actually do anything with the Schmidt Array boards (especially with the tier) they seem really clunky. These seem like a functional improvement on those, and a cost that, while still high, is not absurd when comparing adding a hard case of similar quality to your Nux or whatever.

At the end of the day, these boards only REALLY make sense if you are running a board that uses a MIDI controller and okay having some pedals under a lid. Which already narrows them into a fairly niche group of players that are okay having thousands invested in a pedalboard. At that point, a price difference of a couple hundred on the board isn’t really that big a deal and may be worth it for folks that are transporting the board twice a week or more on a very regular basis. Or for the folks that just wants the boujiest MIDI-controlled-board for the complex switching needs of Madison Square Bedroom

 

[JiveTurkey]

Every time I watch an episode of TPS where they actually do anything with the Schmidt Array boards (especially with the tier) they seem really clunky. These seem like a functional improvement on those, and a cost that, while still high, is not absurd when comparing adding a hard case of similar quality to your Nux or whatever.

At the end of the day, these boards only REALLY make sense if you are running a board that uses a MIDI controller and okay having some pedals under a lid. Which already narrows them into a fairly niche group of players that are okay having thousands invested in a pedalboard. At that point, a price difference of a couple hundred on the board isn’t really that big a deal and may be worth it for folks that are transporting the board twice a week or more on a very regular basis. Or for the folks that just wants the boujiest MIDI-controlled-board for the complex switching needs of Madison Square Bedroom

Populating a board like this becomes it's own hobby unto itself


Looked at the Friedman board kits. They actually look very solid. They aren't cheap either but they look a less OCD required variant.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

The company ain’t called GIGrig for nothin’

 

[laxu]

I have a handful of boards at home. Pedaltrains (classic and for some dumba$$ reason a Terra . That slant is not enjoyable at all), Amazon cheapies, Temple Audio (don't like the slant, mounting plates are a good idea but a pain to put in place, side modules and wiring through small board holes is not ideal), an OLD Rockboard (which is old af and is a square piece of black painted plywood in a shiny metal briefcase), and the Nux large Bumblebee. I wish it was taller, deeper and wider with shorted sidebars. It's about as perfect as I can get for mass produced product.

This GigRig is definitely meant for people with money but I think the tier mechanism is good and the overall look is great. Much better than the barbeque grill Schmidt Array boards, imo. Either way my pedal collection will never be anywhere near the level of bougie and my OCD wiring techniques nowehere near OCD ENOUGH to justify these boards. I just thought they looked killer. As far as heavy goes; the Nux board with the FM, exp and GM800 is surprisingly heavy and clunky carry because it doesn't fit in the bag it came in. I just drape a towel over top and carry in the venue

I have a Temple Audio Trio 21 that I've been meaning to sell and I just always used Dual Lock on it so it never gave me much grief. I like the module system, and wish the Nux would fit a IEC module type thing in some sensible way. But due to not having any plate on the bottom, the underside of my board was a total rat's nest even with some stick on cable routing clips in place.

The Nux is more compact so I like that, but I agree it can get surprisingly heavy when it's packed to the brim and slung on your shoulder, even though I can use its bag just fine. I also wish it was marginally wider and taller on the underside of the board. Could fit more stuff there.

The equivalent Gigrig is over twice the weight of the Bumblebee L for the board alone. Plus with the lid on, it probably looks like you are carrying some portable grill. If you can carry it from that handle in the first place.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I have a Temple Audio Trio 21 that I've been meaning to sell and I just always used Dual Lock on it so it never gave me much grief. I like the module system, and wish the Nux would fit a IEC module type thing in some sensible way. But due to not having any plate on the bottom, the underside of my board was a total rat's nest even with some stick on cable routing clips in place.

The Nux is more compact so I like that, but I agree it can get surprisingly heavy when it's packed to the brim and slung on your shoulder, even though I can use its bag just fine. I also wish it was marginally wider and taller on the underside of the board. Could fit more stuff there.

The equivalent Gigrig is over twice the weight of the Bumblebee L for the board alone. Plus with the lid on, it probably looks like you are carrying some portable grill. If you can carry it from that handle in the first place.

The quoted weights are with the lid.

 

[AutomationBias]

Seems weird that you can fit at most one treadle pedal on their largest board. Am I the only one who uses a volume and a wah?

 

[Orvillain]

Seems weird that you can fit at most one treadle pedal on their largest board. Am I the only one who uses a volume and a wah?

Nope, I do too!

This board just isn't for me. TBH, I'm thinking about flogging my GigRig G3 as well. I'm just not that way inclined anymore. Reformed boardosexual.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I think this vid looks great

I am betting that's at least $3k pedalboard with the everything as shown. Oof.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I think this vid looks great

I am betting that's at least $3k pedalboard with the everything as shown. Oof.

Not gonna lie if I had a crazy budget to work with I'd be swimming in gigrig gear. Their stuff does look really well made and very well thought out. It's just so far outside my budget it's laughable.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Not gonna lie if I had a crazy budget to work with I'd be swimming in gigrig gear. Their stuff does look really well made and very well thought out. It's just so far outside my budget it's laughable.

I started tallying up the stuff on that board in my mind and it was quickly direct to the poor house