Birth of a Cornish Pedalboard

[mudmen]

Take a look here - very interesting !

http://www.petecornish.co.uk/bop.html

One picture is really nice:

http://www.petecornish.co.uk/controlpanels3.html

It looks that P-2 and G-2 are very similar...

[spudulike]

Excellent, pictures unashamedely leeched 

Thanks for the link 

[mudmen]

Great shot but nothing else...

[spudulike]

Its the woodworking shots I like - might help my cack-handed attempts at a pedalboard in the future.

[mudmen]

The best thing is that we can see how he works and also that everything inside is really neat...

[ejbasses]

hey. anybody know how the Cornish switching system works? Im on my way to building a switching systems and it looks like he can give me new ideas.

[Peter Snowberg]

Very nice!

Thanks for posting the links!

[d95err]

I want (to build) one too!

It looks like a lot of the electronics are completely unshielded. Open electronics in a wooden box. Or, will shielding around the electronics be added later (not pictured)?

[Paul Marossy]

It looks like a lot of the electronics are completely unshielded. Open electronics in a wooden box. Or, will shielding around the electronics be added later (not pictured)?

He adds shielding to the boxes. I expect he's just about ready to do that, if he hasn't already. I see a couple of PCBs are completely covered in that red goop - must be some of his designs...

[no one ever]

I think his shielding process is top secret.

I saw the Cream reunion DVD... Eric looked like he was using a Cornish all-in-one pedalboard, but with a separate wah! hmmm...


I would love to see a Cornish schematic... see his tricks.

[Dave_B]

There's a Cornish thread on this forum that links to some articles about him.  As Paul said, he mentioned some stuff he applies to the entire box that provides sheilding.  I wonder if it's as simple as conductive paint. 

Doesn't it seem like the box would flex a little?  It doesn't look like thick enough wood if he's not doing internal bracing.

[Paul Marossy]

Doesn't it seem like the box would flex a little?  It doesn't look like thick enough wood if he's not doing internal bracing.

It would be if he uses flip-flop circuits with momentary switches. Or perhaps the internal framework will be done after all the circuitry is finished...

[mudmen]

At the bottom of this page there's a nice shot of "open" pedalboard and I can't see any "additional metal parts"

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jroscoe/evolution.htm

Also, here are the shots of pedalboard that somebody sold via eBay...

http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/8138/front5fu7es.jpg
http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/2582/fullimagesmall0lr5gf.jpg
http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/7029/pcinsidetopleft4gr6tv.jpg
http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/7436/pcinsidetopright9ps5xq.jpg
http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/2247/pcinsidewholeunit2mw7yc.jpg
http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/6003/roland6nq2mp.jpg
http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/350/snumber4ru3gq.jpg

[Paul Marossy]

I must say, Pete Cornish does some nice work!

[stm]

 
...and in the meantime some of us still struggle to put together a simple fuzz box 

[Dave_B]

Reading from this page on Cornish's site, does anyone have any idea what makes his input buffer "fiendishly clever?" 

[BDuguay]

This is like real gear porn for me
I've known about Pete Cornish ever since I found out Andy Summers from the Police used a custom Cornish board.
I'd love to see more shots of his board for sure.
Nice work indeed!
B.

[Dave_B]

Reading from this page on Cornish's site, does anyone have any idea what makes his input buffer "fiendishly clever?" 

What I mean is, if it's just Pete self-promoting, that's fine.  I'm just curious if he's doing something unusual that anyone knows of. 

[Dean Hazelwanter]

I had always thought that those donuts around the stomp switches were rubber, but in looking at http://www.petecornish.co.uk/wood6.html, it looks like they are plywood.

Thanks for posting the links!

[mudmen]

Yeah, they're made from plywood - check this photo:

http://www.petecornish.co.uk/cp4.html