Brettbot

So I have these tiny Danelectro mini pedals. PB&J delay and Tuna Melt tremolo. I’ve had them since highschool, and for like $20 each they’ve never let me down. They’re pretty cool, except for one thing: they have a tendency to flip over when you hit the buttons. Especially the PB&J, since it has two offset buttons. So the other day I got DIY with them.

I bought two keyhooks from Walmart and a roll of sticky-backed velcro for about ten bucks total. The hooks were held in with screws, so out they came. The third picture shows my initial idea, which was to put the boards side-by-side. However, that didn’t create a wide enough base, so they got spaced out. I added the velcro strips to the pedals, just about as far apart as they could actually go. I measured carefully where I wanted the pedals to mount, then attached the other side of the velcro to the boards.

And that was about it! I plugged them in, and it worked fine, so I had a Blue Moon to celebrate. :-P The last picture is it next to some of my other pedals, just to give it an idea of scale. That’s a Korg Pitchblack tuner, Boss ‘63 Fender Reverb, and a Danelectro Cool Cat tremolo. The velcro holds snugly enough that I can move the whole thing around by holding one of the pedals, but I can also easily detach them to change a battery.