New pedalboard!

[metropolis_4]

The board arrived today. This Brazilian company Hands Custom had a 21% off sale and everything looked like what I’m going for, so I thought I’d take a chance and check one out.

This is the 12x24 VTX with the shelf.

First impressions:

The bad:

• The soft case is super cheap, but should get the job done
• Some of the finish work is a little sloppy (see the pic of the rivet on the top shelf)

The good:

• I love the teak sides!
• Plenty of space under the board for a power supply
• I love the on/off switch and 1/4” jacks. I’ll probably add a couple XLR jacks in the empty slots
• The size should be perfect.
• Seems sturdy and generally well built (with a few flaws)
• I didn’t give Vertex any money

Can’t wait to start putting it all together!

 

[JiveTurkey]

This thing looks killer!

 

[Whizzinby]

Those Hands boards look dope!

 

[Mongillo19]

I can't wait to see it put together

 

[QQQ]

Very nice!!

 

[Richard_G]

Yeah, very nice!

 

[metropolis_4]

Is there anything LESS fun than spending $350 on patch cables…

 

[Richard_G]

Is there anything LESS fun than spending $350 on patch cables…

Having shitty, low quality patch cables...

 

[metropolis_4]

Having shitty, low quality patch cables...

Haha, yeah when you put it that way

 

[dronerstone]

Is there anything LESS fun than spending $350 on patch cables…

I swapped all of mine to EBS Gold Flats and haven't found a dud among them yet. Costly, but also strangely satisfying.

 

[gearJunkie]

I swapped all of mine to EBS Gold Flats and haven't found a dud among them yet. Costly, but also strangely satisfying.

I bought a few of those to try out, and I also found them to be of superior quality and "strangely satisfying".

The only reason I didn't invest in more of them is their lack of repairability. It's an issue for me because I am always modifying my boards and tend to unintentionally mistreat my cables.

 

[laxu]

I bought a few of those to try out, and I also found them to be of superior quality and "strangely satisfying".

The only reason I didn't invest in more of them is their lack of repairability. It's an issue for me because I am always modifying my boards and tend to unintentionally mistreat my cables.

Yeah the EBS Flats are good but I still find the solderless Evidence Audio SIS + Monorail stuff more practical as you can have the exact right length needed. I mainly use EBS for TRS and TRS -> 2xTS cables.

 

[gearJunkie]

solderless Evidence Audio SIS + Monorail

Absolutely!

 

[metropolis_4]

Evidence Audio SIS + Monorail

This is what I went with.

I found 8 right-angle plugs and 2’ of Monorail cable in one of my drawers of random stuff so I figured I might as well make use of that and save a little. I remember it worked well for me in the past

 

[DrewJD82]

Is there anything LESS fun than spending $350 on patch cables…

Man, I’ve been having pretty good luck with these solderless kits off Amazon-

https://a.co/d/3fRbolx

I did my FM9 board with them, but that thing is so zip-tied down it’s not surprising it’s held up. The real test has been on the pedalboard in my studio where I’m constantly plugging/unplugging/pushing pedals all over the place and not being neat and tidy about it at all. I’ve yet to yank a wire out of the jack and can’t hear any audio issues/degradation anywhere. I’ll likely use them when I finalize/wire up the board with the loop switcher.

 

[metropolis_4]

Man, I’ve been having pretty good luck with these solderless kits off Amazon-

https://a.co/d/3fRbolx

I did my FM9 board with them, but that thing is so zip-tied down it’s not surprising it’s held up. The real test has been on the pedalboard in my studio where I’m constantly plugging/unplugging/pushing pedals all over the place and not being neat and tidy about it at all. I’ve yet to yank a wire out of the jack and can’t hear any audio issues/degradation anywhere. I’ll likely use them when I finalize/wire up the board with the loop switcher.

I almost went with either those or Kurrent Electric. I’m sure they would have been just fine, but I chickened out at the last minute and went with what’s worked for me in the past