Mxr Custom
How to install a Pedal into a Guitar Body?
I have seen Mathew Bellemy of Muse has a Mxr Phase 90 and a Fuzz Factory installed into all of his Manson guitars. I know these were custom made, but if anyone knows how to do this or link to where i can find instructions how to do this, it would be much appreciated.
The simple explanation is that the guts of the pedal are removed from the casing, the knobs are relocated to the outside of the guitar (obviously requiring new holes drilled into it), the input and outputs are wired appropriately, and a 9v battery is wired in as the power supply.
The main issues, from my perspective, is that there isn’t much space inside most guitar cavities – you are limited as to what you can put inside. I think that the most practical way of doing this would be to re-build the circuitboard into the smallest possible space… this would actually take a degree of skill, as it would require pretty compact circuitry to fit two pedals like that into the space of most guitar’s cavities.
Then again, I suppose it depends on how much space you can route out, right?
Usually the more complicated pedals aren’t installed onboard – usually its more straightforward effects, like EQ, boosters, distortion, buffer preamps, that kind of thing. The more complicated the effect, ie the more it can do, the more circuitry is required, which means more things to cram into a smaller space, and that means you have to make a very tight layout in terms of your components – can’t waste space in your PCB layout, that type of thing.
I’ve included links to things that *are* typically installed – ie relatively straightforward, and you don’t have to build anything from scratch. Notice how none of them involve chorus or delay effects?
Anyways, all that said, I did actually find a page that talked about wiring pedals into a guitar. Link is below, along with a Phase 90 schematic if you need it for reference.
It isn’t a straightforward process… I personally would prefer to keep it simple, and stick with things like buffers and EQ, since the component count is small and the power drain is relatively small.
Anyways, I’m surprised I managed to find a page about it – it took a while, and I found it more or less by accident.
Hope it helps!
Saul
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