Z Clean: Gain 95, Tone 66, Level 150 I60 Comp: THRSH -35, Ratio 4.0, Gain 12, Knee Soft, Level 100 HD Hall: PreD 45, Decay 26, Mix 20, LoDMP 36, HiDMP 63, Tail On
Detune: Cent -10, PreD 17, Mix 47, Tone 7, Level 100
Verse/Chorus: MERSEYBEAT
VX Combo: Gain 20, Tube 40, Level 110, T 35, M 55, B 50, Prese 37, CAB VX Combo 2x12, Out Line SuperCho: E. Lvl 50, Rate 50, Depth 50, EQ 50, Mode Mono Spring63: Dwell 7, Mixer 14, Tone 41, Level 100
The Ikea Knagglig wooden box is a perfect fit for this project. It is exactly the right size for Zoom G1xOn. Screws included. All you need to do is cut a piece of wood that would fit and elevate one side of the platform. Then a non-slip rubber for chairs and tables. But if you want your Zoom G1xOn to be permanent on the pedalboard, you can use a Velcro and stick it to the unit. That way it is much secured. The purpose of this pedalboard is to make the Zoom G1Xon in a certain angle that is going to be easy for your foot as well as your eyes when you're looking down. Apart from that, you don't really need a pedalboard for your Zoom G1xOn, because you can use it as it is.
The challenge or downside is that the screw holes are almost at the edge, so when you screw it on a piece of wood, it might crack it because of the location plus the size of the screw. The remedy would be extend your piece of wood or get a bigger flat wood like 2 x 2, so that it wont crack. But, it will be over the platboard. Another way may be is to drill on that piece of wood, so that it won't crack.
Hope this helps and gives you some ideas on how to DIY a pedalboard for your Zoom G1xOn.
First is to plan out what effects you want to buy and what sort of music you're going to use it. In my case I wanted to a blues rig where I will be needing a reverb and an overdrive plus I love delay effects so, I'd like to add a digital delay with it. So, for now in my head I needed three mini pedals which are Reverb, Delay and Overdrive.
Now, with that in mind, the next step is to build your pedalboard. And if you don't have the pedal, buy it one by one. In my case, I already got the reverb pedal. So I had to buy the delay and overdrive. Then, with my pedalboard, I received a birthday coupon from Ikea so I decided to buy the Knagglig wooden box and build a pedalboard out of it.
Next is to buy accessories to the pedalboard like Velcro and the patch cables. I opted for the angle patch cable. Then, its time to put it together and arrange your mini effects pedals according to preference. When I researched about the arrangement of the pedals, they often suggest to start with Wah if you got then Overdrive, then Distortion, then Modulation i.e. Chorus, Flange or Phase, then Delay or Reverb.
And here it is:
Knagglig Box
Angle Patch Cable
Velcro Hook and Loop
EX gear ENO reverb pedal
Cuvave Dig Delay
Cuvave Overdrive
I found the missing link, the missing pedal for this Mosky DTC 4-in-1 and it's the ENO EX gear Reverb pedal. Please see my other blog post and review of this ENO EX gear Reverb Pedal for more info about the pedal. Here's the link: ENO Reverb Pedal Demo
Mosky DTC 4-in-1 got delay, loop, overdrive and distortion and it's really a good buy, total bargain to have all these three effects in one. As a beginner guitarist, these are your essential pedal and you can start jamming with friends and do school gigs, birthday parties of family members or classmates. The only thing with setup up is that on a clean mode or bypass mode, when there's no effects turned on, your guitar will sound dry unless your guitar amp got a built-in reverb. That's why the missing pedal for this one is the reverb pedal. Your setup will sound a lot more better with the reverb on. Yes, your delay pedal can be tweaked into a spring reverb or echo. Like on my old post I converted the delay effects of this Mosky DTC 4-in-1 to a spring reverb. Here's the link: Delay Converted To A Spring Reverb. But, then you will miss a proper delay effects when you need it because you used it as your replacement reverb. Hence, you ought to have a separate reverb pedal and a separate delay pedal.
On the video above, you will hear the difference when it's on and when it's off. Also you will hear as well that it blends nicely with the overdrive and distortion and even with the delay effects. This reverb pedal is not only the missing link to this Mosky DTC 4-in-1 but also if you're building a pedalboard for yourself, always consider to buy and put a reverb pedal. It adds colour to your sound.
