I’ve been looking around for a good pedal case/board but couldn’t find much that would fit my pocket. It ranges between $300 – $400. I have always been thinking about building one myself since last year, plus I have such hobby to do things myself and have always wanted to build something a bit complicated with my own hands. So I though, why not make this my next DIY project??!!

My past experience on DIY:

  • fixing a ceiling. result: FAILED miserably!
  • fixing a leaking water tap. result: I tried but it was never fixed. :(
  • replacing a coolant in my car. result: complete success!
  • replacing oil in my car. result: left a HUGE stain on someone’s garage.. eekk
  • upgrading my guitar effect TS9 to TS808. result: SUCCESS!
  • installing tremolo bar/bigsby on my etch. result: big big success!

Seeing from those results, I have about 50% of success level.. and a bit of wasted money spent on the mistakes I made. *dough!* but hey, even Einstein failed.. the problem is we need to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and start again every time we fall.. ciahhh! Bela diri neh ceritanya huahuahua…

So, this time the DIY will not about upgrading/fixing/replacing.. it’s about building/making one!!! This is what I want it to be (something like it):

litacases-pedalboard.jpg

To help me build it, I’ve made myself up some schematics:

DIY bottom pedalcase
DIY top pedalcase
DIY pedal board

So, the progress of DAY 1 yesterday, was I bought all of the equipments I’m going to need. Woods, hinges, catches, saw, etc etc. So far it had already cost me $120ish (OUCH!) and it will probably cost more in the next few days. Day 1 was all about sawing the woods into pieces and it took me a good 2.5 hours and it gave me a really strong right hand.. lol.. phew.. I wish I had that sawing machine that could do all the cutting instantly..

Sawing was so tiring and I could imagine how Jesus was when He was still young. After all, He WAS a carpenter! Wait… then I should pray for His guidance during this whole DIY project.. I’m pretty sure He’s a pro at this!! :D

Anyway, I will keep updating on this blog with pictures of progresses.. and hopefully I can finally finish this DIY project that had already cost me so much. There’s no turning back.. arghhh!!!

Stay tuned!