Guitar pedal storage ideas.

octatonic

My pedal storage up until this point has consisted of large plastic tubs in a corner of a room.
Fine but not easily accessible.

Someone had a nifty wall display for their pedals a few weeks ago.
I don't want to do that in my studio as I need to be able to move things around.

Does anyone have any good ideas of furniture/cabinetry that will allow me to have all my pedals (about 100 or so) out and accessible in the studio?
I was thinking of a bunch of Ikea Billy bookshelves with extra shelving but open to something better.

I have a 2.3m high ceiling and would prefer something tall and thin, rather than low and wide.

joetele

How about some kind of rack shelving, which has slanted shelves with a lip at the bottom to stop them falling off? 

Kebabkid

The IKEA CD units or Morliden unit, which has a glass door and so would help with keeping dust out?

timbuk02

Map drawers, which would be a bit like having multistorey pedalboards.

Or a modified ikea unit with shallow drawers like this one. They do a tall thin version called 'Alex'.

prlgmnr

Something like:  ?

Idea shamelessly stolen from Lyle Workman

Fuengi

Ikea do a picture shelf or ledge thing in a couple of colours and sizes. I used them to put pedals on, leant back they look good. Also quick to out up and cheap to buy. 

octatonic

Fuengi said:

Ikea do a picture shelf or ledge thing in a couple of colours and sizes. I used them to put pedals on, leant back they look good. Also quick to out up and cheap to buy. 

Won't work as the studio will have soft walls- rock wool covered with acoustic cloth.
I need something portable.

fastonebaz

I'm imagining your studio....

ThorpyFX

octatonic said:

Fuengi said:

Ikea do a picture shelf or ledge thing in a couple of colours and sizes. I used them to put pedals on, leant back they look good. Also quick to out up and cheap to buy. 

Won't work as the studio will have soft walls- rock wool covered with acoustic cloth.
I need something portable.

I use a 5x5 Kallax system from ikea. Some squares are open, others I add the doors too and in the bottom rows I use their pullout bins.....

LuttiS

to summarise the answers.. i think they are suggesting that you need to make a trip to IKEA

octatonic

ThorpyFX said:

octatonic said:

Fuengi said:

Ikea do a picture shelf or ledge thing in a couple of colours and sizes. I used them to put pedals on, leant back they look good. Also quick to out up and cheap to buy. 

Won't work as the studio will have soft walls- rock wool covered with acoustic cloth.
I need something portable.

I use a 5x5 Kallax system from ikea. Some squares are open, others I add the doors too and in the bottom rows I use their pullout bins.....

This one?
Do you have any photos of how you have your set up?



https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/kallax-shelving-unit-white-stained-oak-effect-90324509/

ThorpyFX

octatonic said:

ThorpyFX said:

octatonic said:

Fuengi said:

Ikea do a picture shelf or ledge thing in a couple of colours and sizes. I used them to put pedals on, leant back they look good. Also quick to out up and cheap to buy. 

Won't work as the studio will have soft walls- rock wool covered with acoustic cloth.
I need something portable.

I use a 5x5 Kallax system from ikea. Some squares are open, others I add the doors too and in the bottom rows I use their pullout bins.....

This one?
Do you have any photos of how you have your set up?



https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/kallax-shelving-unit-white-stained-oak-effect-90324509/

Yes, exactly like this I’ll try and take photos tomorrow.....

ThorpyFX

ThorpyFX said:

octatonic said:

ThorpyFX said:

octatonic said:

Fuengi said:

Ikea do a picture shelf or ledge thing in a couple of colours and sizes. I used them to put pedals on, leant back they look good. Also quick to out up and cheap to buy. 

Won't work as the studio will have soft walls- rock wool covered with acoustic cloth.
I need something portable.

I use a 5x5 Kallax system from ikea. Some squares are open, others I add the doors too and in the bottom rows I use their pullout bins.....

This one?
Do you have any photos of how you have your set up?

Yes, exactly like this I’ll try and take photos tomorrow.....

here you go......... please excuse the mess.

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

octatonic

Yes that is what I need.
Brilliant.
Cheers.

ESBlonde

I saw someone recently that had shelves that had a groove/dado slot near the front edge. That way the pedal sat in the groove at an angle against the wall and was visible and accessable. Different size pedals might require different depth shelves.

It seemed simple, could be cost effective or 'designer grade' , the only downside would be dusting I guess (whatever that is).

octatonic

ESBlonde said:

I saw someone recently that had shelves that had a groove/dado slot near the front edge. That way the pedal sat in the groove at an angle against the wall and was visible and accessable. Different size pedals might require different depth shelves.

It seemed simple, could be cost effective or 'designer grade' , the only downside would be dusting I guess (whatever that is).

Unfortunately that won't work in my studio as it will have a lot of bass trapping and you can't attach things through the rock wool, at least not easily.
I really need something freestanding and moveable.

ennspek

Hang them all from the ceiling?

octatonic

ennspek said:

Hang them all from the ceiling?

Actually Dual Lock to the ceiling would be kinda cool.
Might fuck with my acoustics a bit though.

LuttiS

You need one of these!


Pedals in the basket, and you can wheel your lunch from the kitchen. Fills all the criteria (movable + storage) and you get lunch! win win!

PolarityMan

What about a rack case with just pedal drawers?

octatonic

PolarityMan said:

What about a rack case with just pedal drawers?

I used to do this but it ends up quite expensive as you get more pedals.

Rack draws (2-3u) can hold 5-7 pedals each, unless they are tiny ones, which I don't really have so I'd need about 20 of them and then 60u of racking in a studio with quite a lot of racking already.

Also metal on metal (like a pedal in a draw) tends to end up with weird resonances, which is why I got rid of the rack draws.