Pedal collection display project

by **Ryan** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:12 pm

I've been collecting pedals for over a decade, doing trades with buddies and peers, and I've got quite a few.. in my new shop here I wanted to have a cool display for them and Tanya saw a great idea for displaying kids books... rain gutters!

(I don't know why most pics are rotated! That's happened to me before, they're not rotated in my folder, and I still haven't figured it out.. sorry for the sidewaysness.. if I figure it out I'll change them! :facepalm: )

Here's the parts, 4 x 10 foot lengths of 4" galvanized rain gutters, about 15 bucks each. Also got a bunch of anchors for them, another 20 bucks. And some LED tape from eBay, another 30 bucks.

Here's what they look like on the wall. All the anchors go into studs with big beefy screws so it's really secure.

The gutters are pretty deep so it works best if there's a riser inside the gutters for the pedals to sit on, so they aren't too low in the gutter. Foam pool noodles from the dollar store work perfect, another 10 bucks. We ran a big bead of hot glue underneath them so they're stuck firmly in place.

On eBay you can get rolls of thin LED tape with smd LEDs for really cheap, barely 5 bucks each with free shipping. These are warm white.

The LEDs just need 9-12VDC so I'm just powering 4 strips of them with wall warts and 2.1mm connectors.

Super easy project that didn't cost very much and holds a ton of pedals!

by **goroth** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:23 pm

by **neonblack** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:29 pm

Holy crap that's so cool!

by **ThorZ** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:39 pm

That is awesome! How did you get in with the HT Dist?

by **DRodriguez** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:43 pm

That's like my dream wall. All I want is something like that, but everything patched together via a patch bay so I don't even need to take them down to put them into my signal chain.

YouTube · by **Pepe** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:04 pm

Super cool! :thumb:

by **Sardocasm** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:11 pm

Utterly kuhl.

by **skullservant** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:23 pm

This is awesome Ryan!!

by **oldangelmidnight** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:38 pm

That is a beautiful room. I like the paint a lot, too.

https://www.youtube.com/user/sparrow1133 · by **Sparrow** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:48 pm

i'm not even going to meme this page.. nothing can distract from that Beauty :!!!:

by **Hyphen Nation** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:06 pm

fan-freaking-tastic...

by **Clean Channel** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:51 pm

So so so good!

by **leastwise** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:00 am

Oh my! Thanks for sharing this!

by **echoraven** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:29 pm

If I ever pass out and wake up looking at that wall, you'd have a hard time convincing me I wasn't in heaven (aside from reminding me I"m one evil SOB).