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Title: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Mark Hammer on March 13, 2016, 07:56:47 PM
Cleaning up today, I ran across an old wire-frame CD storage rack.  Looking at it, I realized that it could be used as an adjustable-shelf pedal-storage/display unit.  I cut some "shelves" out of styrofoam poster-board, and screwed it into the wall.  Keeping my eyes peeled for more of these units.  Given how many folks are converting everything to MP3s, I imagine once the weather warms up and folks start having garage sales, I may be able to find more.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mhammer/IMG_20160313_182934_zpscmlvioyc.jpg)
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Cozybuilder on March 13, 2016, 08:31:17 PM
I love these kinds of solutions   ;D
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: deadastronaut on March 14, 2016, 06:01:41 AM
you could use your collection of britney spears cds as shelves too..... ;D
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: David on March 14, 2016, 07:45:33 AM
Quote from: deadastronaut on March 14, 2016, 06:01:41 AM
you could use your collection of britney spears cds as shelves too..... ;D

A better use would be as kindling...
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Mark Hammer on March 14, 2016, 07:59:59 AM
Nah.  Just hand them out on Halloween to the kids who aren't demonstrably grateful enough for the little chocolate bars.
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: thermionix on March 14, 2016, 07:14:31 PM
Does this only work for cheap pedals?  Are the good ones too heavy or something?
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Mark Hammer on March 14, 2016, 07:59:05 PM
Quote from: thermionix on March 14, 2016, 07:14:31 PM
Does this only work for cheap pedals?  Are the good ones too heavy or something?
Nuthin' cheap on the rack. Everything is "regulation weight" cast aluminum chassis.  Others may differ, but this particular rack does not accommodate anything larger than 125C chassis. A 1590BB will not slide in there. BUt just to make you happy, I swapped two of the pedals for "pricier" items: a Tone Core Liqui-Flange and my new pride and joy, a Chase Bliss Spectre flanger .
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mhammer/IMG_20160314_195217_zpsjbfi1p5t.jpg)
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: thermionix on March 14, 2016, 11:20:52 PM
It was a joke about your thread title.
Title: Re: Cheap pedal-storage solution
Post by: Mark Hammer on March 15, 2016, 08:33:04 AM
Face-palm.  Hey, it was the Monday after the switch to daylight savings.  It was gonna take me at least an extra hour to catch on.  :icon_lol:

Should have titled the thread "Cheap pedal-storage solution", I guess.  Dang, where'd I put that Strunk & White?
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: duck_arse on March 15, 2016, 10:26:57 AM
Quote from: Mark Hammer on March 14, 2016, 07:59:05 PM
Others may differ, but this particular rack does not accommodate anything larger than 125C chassis.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mhammer/IMG_20160314_195217_zpsjbfi1p5t.jpg)

for shame, Mark! shirley, you would turn a too-wide pedal on its side and rearrange the shelf heights?

we haven't finished daylight savings yet. and when are they going to do that leap year thing, anyone know?
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Mark Hammer on March 15, 2016, 10:52:13 AM
Reasonable suggestion, but it hogs space.  Besides, I have more than enough 125C and 1590B-sized pedals to fill up quite a few slots.

Now, what I really need is a shelf at eye level where I can park my unfinished Hyperflange.
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Cozybuilder on March 15, 2016, 01:37:48 PM
Come on Mark, the real problem is you don't have enough (or want to risk scratching) Bratney Spears CDs  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Elijah-Baley on March 15, 2016, 01:51:33 PM
Cool idea, thanks for sharing. ;)

I have to say that my cardboard box is plenty of pedals right now. And I was planning to complete a Rebote Delay, tested just today, and it worked! (In your face PT2399!) 8)
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Mark Hammer on March 15, 2016, 03:46:46 PM
Quote from: Cozybuilder on March 15, 2016, 01:37:48 PM
Come on Mark, the real problem is you don't have enough (or want to risk scratching) Bratney Spears CDs  :icon_mrgreen:
Well, you're certainly right about that.  Of course that didn't manage to solve my dilemma about where to put all my Rugrats and Mini-Pops CDs.  They're beginning to pile up, and I'm starting to run out of bench space.
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: PRR on March 15, 2016, 11:07:23 PM
> Dang, where'd I put that Strunk & White?

https://faculty.washington.edu/heagerty/Courses/b572/public/StrunkWhite.pdf

If you still owned a dead-tree copy, you could keep it in that rack for E-Z reference.
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Mark Hammer on March 16, 2016, 12:18:38 PM
I have a copy of the edition illustrated by Maira Kalman.  It's a keeper.  http://fristcenter.org/calendar/detail/maira-kalman

But my older son has it on his bookshelf now, so thanks for the link.  Incidentally, there was a project that looked at something like a million course reading-lists, and ranked Elements of Style as the #1 recommended read, with Plato's Republic coming in at #2.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/opinion/sunday/what-a-million-syllabuses-can-teach-us.html
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: tubegeek on March 17, 2016, 02:06:52 PM
Quote from: Mark Hammer on March 16, 2016, 12:18:38 PMIncidentally, there was a project that looked at something like a million course reading-lists, and ranked Elements of Style as the #1 recommended read

That's teacher self-defense.
Title: Re: Cheap pedal storage solution
Post by: Mark Hammer on March 17, 2016, 03:11:43 PM
Only if they read it, Jeremy.  Only if they read it.   :icon_wink: