So, Just How Much Has Your Pedalboard Cost ?

Wazmeister

It's the question we shouldn't ask I guess !

What is the total cost of yours ?

I ask because some of us struggle with GAS, and I've had a huge sell-off in the past 12 months, but still...

This is how much my small board has cost... what about yours ?

£90 - Pedaltrain Metro 24 
£160 - Strmon R30 Power Supply plus extension 
£300  - Strymon Timeline 
£400 - Strymon Big Sky
£100 - Multiswitch
£350 - King Tone Duellist
£250 - FTT Avatar
£211 - ThorpyFX Fat General
£199 - Gigrig OMX 4
£100 - wiring
£40 - Polytune

GRAND TOTAL OF £2200 !!

And that's a SMALL board....

thecolourbox

I've been clearing out recently to put money into savings and into a better hobby, and itemised everything with "bought for" and "sale value" costs. So I'm down to:

Digitech Whammy - £90
Digitech GSP1101 - £130
Digital Music Corp Ground Control midi controller -£50. But it doesn't work yet as no power supply I possess seems to fit it
So £270 plus a guitar and monitors to complete the set up

That said, it doesn't sound that great...

Everything else is for sale so whilst I still have them they aren't in use so can't count them in this.

dindude

About 2k including cabeling and case. Not so much considering I use it almost daily, even a 10 min practice has me plugging in and using all these pedals. I can’t abide having expensive (or cheap) stuff sat around not being used though, but this lot justify their keep.

https://i.imgur.com/SDyiMrC.jpg

Fuengi

Three Strymon pedals at £260 each, Boss looper and tuner, Fuzz and drive £120 each so around £1,150 for a very small home use board!

....plus patch cables. Made my own board for £8 though 

soma1975

Board - £60
BMF Wah - £229
Analogman RCA Sunface with extras - £280
Custom made OC44 Treble Booster - £150
D'addario Tuner - £65
JHS Unicorn V2 - £160
Tone City Sweet Cream - £40
Rockett .45 caliber - £200
Dunlop Echoplex - £200
Digitech Polara reverb - £110

One Control Agamidae - £200
3 Monkeys cables - £150
PSU and cables - £100

Total - £1,944


Not including the £500+ I have lost on buying and trying and then selling stuff in the last 12 months for it.

thecolourbox

soma1975 said:

Board - £60
BMF Wah - £229
Analogman RCA Sunface with extras - £280
Custom made OC44 Treble Booster - £150
D'addario Tuner - £65
JHS Unicorn V2 - £160
Tone City Sweet Cream - £40
Rockett .45 caliber - £200
Dunlop Echoplex - £200
Digitech Polara reverb - £110

One Control Agamidae - £200
3 Monkeys cables - £150
PSU and cables - £100

Total - £1,944


Not including the £500+ I have lost on buying and trying and then selling stuff in the last 12 months for it.

But just think, Ariel probably goes straight from guitar to amp so at least you don't sound like that

tone1

Boss DD-2 £100 ish
Analogman Chorus £150 ish
Palmer Distortion £50
Hudson Broadcast £150
Skreddy 1971 Fuzz £200 ish
Board £75
power Supply £20
Boss patch leads £5  

So about £750 in total 

Jota

A little less than 800€ (£700).

english_bob

What would it cost to cut straight to what I have now if I hadn't been "experimenting" for the 20-odd years I've been playing, or what have I spent on pedals and paraphernalia in that time? *that's* the figure I really don't want to think about.

I've "only" got £950-ish invested in my current board(less cables and stuff, so let's call it £1k), none of it bought new, but I've probably spent at least that much just on delay pedals I don't have any more.

english_bob

Also, in before this dissolves in to a total "my money dick is bigger than yours" sausage contest.

Barney

I use a G system so around £500....but in all honesty my 50 quid boss DD3 would do me ..and thats all i use a lot of the time 

Winny_Pooh

I never have paid over £200 for a single pedal. Just because I don't really see the benefit. 

Current board is around £1400
And includes budget stuff like a fuzzdog diy build, Marshall & EHX pedals. Previous board was nearly half of that. 



So I guess what I'm saying I that as we get older it's nice to have nice stuff, and some just go further than others in pursuit of that depending on their means and personal logic.

Eg I paid £1200 for a nice mic & £600 for a preamp but refuse to spend £400 on some Strymon big box.

tone1

dindude said:

About 2k including cabeling and case. Not so much considering I use it almost daily, even a 10 min practice has me plugging in and using all these pedals. I can’t abide having expensive (or cheap) stuff sat around not being used though, but this lot justify their keep.

https://i.imgur.com/SDyiMrC.jpg

@dindude I love your cables going into the quartermaster... what brand are they?  

soma1975

thecolourbox said:

soma1975 said:

Board - £60
BMF Wah - £229
Analogman RCA Sunface with extras - £280
Custom made OC44 Treble Booster - £150
D'addario Tuner - £65
JHS Unicorn V2 - £160
Tone City Sweet Cream - £40
Rockett .45 caliber - £200
Dunlop Echoplex - £200
Digitech Polara reverb - £110

One Control Agamidae - £200
3 Monkeys cables - £150
PSU and cables - £100

Total - £1,944


Not including the £500+ I have lost on buying and trying and then selling stuff in the last 12 months for it.

But just think, Ariel probably goes straight from guitar to amp so at least you don't sound like that

Me reading your post all

soma1975

Winny_Pooh said:

I never have paid over £200 for a single pedal. Just because I don't really see the benefit. Refuse to buy strymon stuff as its overpriced. 

Current board is around £1400
And includes budget stuff like a fuzzdog diy build, Marshall & EHX pedals. 

How did you get a Vibe Machine and a Mini Vent for under £200 each?

lukedlb

soma1975 said:

Winny_Pooh said:

I never have paid over £200 for a single pedal. Just because I don't really see the benefit. Refuse to buy strymon stuff as its overpriced. 

Current board is around £1400
And includes budget stuff like a fuzzdog diy build, Marshall & EHX pedals. 

How did you get a Vibe Machine and a Mini Vent for under £200 each?

Both are v1. 

Winny_Pooh

^
£170 for the vibe machine on here
£160 for the mini vent on an ebay promo

Maynehead

I bought almost everything 2nd hand, some for ridiculous deals, so hopefully my cost to quality ratio is pretty good.

pedaltrain + corona chorus + flashback delay + soul food £90
Voodoo Lab pedal power 2+ £70
Hof mini £45
Joyo 6 band EQ £25
KH wah £80
J Rockett .45 £120
Looper (new) £20
Polytune 3 (new) £72
patch cables £20

Total £542

https://i.imgur.com/fPKQdvT.jpg

dindude

tone1 said:

dindude said:

About 2k including cabeling and case. Not so much considering I use it almost daily, even a 10 min practice has me plugging in and using all these pedals. I can’t abide having expensive (or cheap) stuff sat around not being used though, but this lot justify their keep.

https://i.imgur.com/SDyiMrC.jpg

@dindude I love your cables going into the quartermaster... what brand are they?  

I imported them from the USA because I’m a tart. I like the way you can choose very precise sizes and connectors without ever having to speak to someone or go through a lengthy email exchange of retirements - and I gave up on solderless a while ago, life’s too short. These don’t work out to expensive even with tax etc. Here’s the link.

https://www.covenantcables.com/

soma1975

Winny_Pooh said:

^
£170 for the vibe machine on here
£160 for the mini vent on an ebay promo

result!

roberty

Gorilla pedal board = £25
Soft case = £40 (LOL)
Korg Tuner = £59
Whammy = £120
Turbo Rat (LM308) = £65 + diode switch mod + £30
MXR 108 Mini Fuzz (not shown) = £100
LS-2 = £46
Warp Sound = £80
Triangle Buff = £45
Bright Onion micro tap = £28
EHX Bad Stone (not pictured) = £67
DD-3 = bought used nearly 20 years ago
Phase 90 = £50
DC-2 = £150
DD-7 = £130
Polara which I literally never use = £100
Voodoo Labs Pedal Power = £170

== £1,205

Plus patch/power leads

I've built a few fuzz clones so I'm thinking of making another mini board and patching it first in line before this one

edit: I've just realised this isn't nearly as tidy/pretty as the others posted here!  It gets the job/s done though