Tonebone Boneyard

This is a great pedalboard and very easy to use. It is 35" wide, 15" deep and angled up to 5" in the front of the pedalsboard. I think mine had been re-designed from the original pictures I had seen online because the holes underneath that I saw onliine were 1/2 round holes. The holes on mine are 1/2" wide and about 2" long. I use Geroge-L cables and found it fairly easy to get the ends through the holes, even with angled ends. I made my cables first, tested them and then hooked them up - no problems getting them in place. I didn't have to cut the front of mine down to accomodate my wah pedal. My wah stays on no problem, infact I have a volume pedal on it too, no problem. I did use plenty of velcro though. I don't have a case for mine yet, so when moving mine, sometimes I carry it under one arm so the pedals arenot parallel to the ground. I have never had a pedal fall off!

I like the angle so I can run my wires underneath the pedalboard. It makes for a lot nicer looking setup. There is plenty of room to mount a power strip and plug in my 2 1-spots underneath and out of the way. One of the pedals that I use to have required a lot of juice, so I just got 2 1-spots. It is very easy to just velcro all of the wires to the bottom of the board so they are neatly stashed away.

I have two identical setups and after looking at this one I decided to make one for at home. Not very difficult. One thing I did on mine was put some holes closer to the top of the pedal board so I could run my 9VDC wires to the top of the pedals instead offrom the side. I made it a little neater and less wires showing. I also made my board about an inch wider and an inch deeper. I have 13 pedals on my board and I just wanted a little extra room, but I can get all of the pedals that I use on the Tonebone. These would be my only comments about improvements.

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It has been very durable for me. I have had mine for about 2 years and no problems. I would recommend orderng it from a music dealer though. I did and I sure was glad. The first one that came in, came in pieces. But that was because it wasn't packed very good, not because of the construction of the board itself. It did give me a view of how they made it though which I was impressed with. In fact there was no packing, just the board in a cardboard box.

I haven't needed to get it reapaired, but I did email them about having an anvil type case made for it. They answered my email very promptly and said they were thinking about doing it in a few months. Well a few months came and went so I emailed them again. They said it was being tabled for a while. I just checked their site and no anvil type case is available now. That was about 2 years ago. So, they answered my emails promptly, but I don't think they took my request very seriously. They do however offer a padded gig bag carrying case, I would just prefer something a little more sturdy

I gave it an eight, simply because I think it is fairly expensive for what you get. It is designed very well though, and I have had no problems with mine, in fact I love it. If it were stolen I would cry a lot cause I have about $2500 worth of pedals on it. I would probably just make another one since I have already done one.

I have been playing for 40 years on and off. I have a Gibson Les Paul Custom, Fender American made Fat Strat, Epiphone Limited Edition G-400 SG with Maestro, Epiphone Sheraton, Martin D-19, (not a type-o, they only made them for a few years back in the early 80s) an Alvarez Yari Classical, an Emerald Green Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Limited Edition with Vintage 30, Marshall DSL 100 watt full stack, and 2 Marshall clone amps that I built, each with 2x12" cabs loaded with Vintage 30s. I have too many peadals to mention. I play in my church worship band and we play several styles: blues, rock, jazz, pop, ballads, etc.

I did compare this pedalboard to others, I can't remember the names right now, but several of them were self-contained. They came covers for them that made the pedalboard into a case. That is a nice feature, but the pedalsboards just were not big enough fo me. I purchased this one for two reasons: the size cause I have so many peadals (main reason) and the angle so I can hide my cords underneath. I'm a neat freak when it comes to cords. Those are my favorite features in the pedalboard. The only thing I wished it had was an anvil type carrying case with retractable handle and on wheels.

It is easy to use, just takes some planning and preparations to get the correct layout. One thing that is a bit difficult if running cables under the top, is that 90 degree cables will not fit through the holes so the wire must be fed through and then the end attached by solder or other means. Because of this I would strongly suggest George-L cable. I found the angle to be too steep for using my wah pedal, so I had it cut down by an inch or so and reattached the stripping.

No effect on the sound

Seems sturdy.

Have not dealt with them. Although I might send some suggestions for slight modifications on the height issue.