So, Just How Much Has Your Pedalboard Cost ?

Freebird

The cost of a used FX8 

Freebird

thecolourbox said:

I've been clearing out recently to put money into savings and into a better hobby.

What is the better hobby?

thecolourbox

Freebird said:

thecolourbox said:

I've been clearing out recently to put money into savings and into a better hobby.

What is the better hobby?

Not objectively better! Just better for me. Singing lessons and an A4 ereader so I can go back to piano instead

JDE

Not finished yet, but “keepers” (at the moment lololol *cry*) are:
Board £30.
PSU £90.
Box of Rock £80.
Tuner £20.
Aqua Puss £80.
Rv5 £80.
Tremulator £80.
Cables £20.

£500 basically. Contemplating a few additions and going back to using a Pedaltrain as my current board is monstrously big and I wanna make my setup as small as possible. Might even replace the Reverb and trem with a Flint. Thank fuck I lost interest in pedals when I did, to get that £500 quid board has basically been the result of thousands of pounds worth of buying and selling. Should have just spent it on lessons.

soma1975

I've been trying to downsize my pedalboard and pedal collection for the best part of 6 months. It's ended up costing me way more than if I'd just left it how it was while i tried and sold and multitude of pedals to get it compact but perfect. 

The single best thing I bought in that time was a Two Notes Captor with the 20db attenuated speaker out for the amp which let me pump up the master volume. 

Now I'm rethinking what pedals I need again FFS. 

kossofffan

Just had an add up and quite surprised, as it's modest setup but comes in around 2k, or £500 depending who's listening

John_P

Both boards - ax8 plus exp pedals and wireless etc and small board with pedals come in around 2k each.   Seems about par.   

Paul_C

I "could" work out how much, but I don't want to.

NorthernStomps

I try not to think about it 

Paul_C

Despite my reservations, I've totted it up and it's not as bad as I thought,

english_bob

Paul_C said:

Despite my reservations, I've totted it up and it's not as bad as I thought,

What about the "money I've spent getting to this point" figure?

Roland

My stuff is either home made or second hand:
MFC101 and Mission pedal from @octatonic. I can’t remember how much.
Bespeco, now replaced by a second Mission. £90
Lighting control boxes about £5 each to make.
Fuse and plectrum tins. Nowt
Johnsons Baby Power. Not much.
Cables, £15 when made.
Board and lid cost £35 to make a few years back.

All this, plus a second hand Axe FX II, was around £2,000.

If I’d used pedals, and bought second hand, the pedal board would have cost about the same. It’s not an apples vs apples comparison because I would have needed a multi channel amp rather than a powered monitor. There would also be the cost of buying, trying and selling pedals. Pedals equivalents would be:
Stage tuner:
Wahs: Cry Baby and Vox
Chorus: Dimension D and Quad Chorus
Phaser:
Tremolo:
Drives: Keeley modified TS-9 and a few others.
Mid boost:
Delays:
Reverbs: Room and Studio
Detune:
Midi switcher for pedals and amp.

LastMantra

A better hobby?! 

builttospill

Boss all board current!

Boss TU-3 - £65
Boss CP-1X -£129
Boss FZ-2 - £120
Boss OD-1 - £150
Boss SD-2 - £79
Boss DM-2W - £165
Boss PN-2 - £120
DMM Big Box - £299
Neunaber WET - £100

£1227 Jesus H Christ and that’s mainly Boss

english_bob

LastMantra said:

A better hobby?! 

Nah.

BintyTwanger77

Chase Bliss Brothers - £250
H9 Max - £520
Timeline - £395
Flint - £109 (got an Andertons voucher for Xmas)
GigRig QMX4- £179
MXR Iso Brick Mini - £108
PT Metro 20 (SC) - £59
Patch cables - £45

£1665

mattdavis

Bearing in mind most of the time I am bypassing all but one or two of the pedals it suddenly feels like spending hundreds on individual units is more insane than I first realised! My pedalboard costs just a little less than my 2007 USA tele but at least I play that for the whole bloody song....

builttospill

builttospill said:

Boss all board current!

Boss TU-3 - £65
Boss CP-1X -£129
Boss FZ-2 - £120
Boss OD-1 - £150
Boss SD-2 - £79
Boss DM-2W - £165
Boss PN-2 - £120
DMM Big Box - £299
Neunaber WET - £100

£1227 Jesus H Christ and that’s mainly Boss

Forgot about 2 x Burkey Flatliner SIX Jr power supply £150
PT Classic Jr £80

builttospill

english_bob said:

LastMantra said:

A better hobby?! 

Nah.

More Sex?

RaymondLin

NorthernStomps said:

I try not to think about it 

i am with you.