Incorporating a pedal into a guitar?

[ONE]

I'm gonna be doing a guitar build sometime soon (hopefully) and I was wondering if its possible to take apart a pedal and literally add the insides to your guitar with wiring to make the pedal function as it normally would but just on the inside of the guitar. The pedal I have in mind is simple 2 knob distortion pedal.

Any help/advice is appreciated.

 

[Speculum Speculorum]

Well, that's a lot of components to put into a guitar. I'm not saying it can't be done, but you'll need quite a bit of room in order to keep all that stuff inside your axe. Further, it's just more stuff to go wrong with the electrical wiring of your guitar. I don't mean to pry or sound rude, but why on earth would you want to do this?

 

[thebunfather]

Here's a previous post where this guy did something similar:

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/lu...227008-neck-pup-cow7-lets-put-eq-instead.html

 

[RV350ALSCYTHE]

I've been considering this for a few years.

I wanted to try it with an Ibanez SM7. You could either make new holes through the cavity to allow the knobs to stick out in the same area where the guitar's volume/tone would be or an easier method could be to make the holes in the cavity plate and have the pedal controls accessed from the back so you don't have to mod the guitar's wood or stock appearance. The latter would work decent with pedals like the SM7 because you can lock the settings and not worry about rubbing the knobs out of place, as they can be pushed in flush.

I think it's a neat idea you don't see often.

 

[AwDeOh]

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I say go for it.

Also, install the illegitimate father of all unholy tone, the Boss MT-2.

 

[Atomshipped]

I keep wondering why no one has made a guitar with a tubescreamer built into it haha. Try it!

 

[skeels]

Here's a previous post where this guy did something similar:

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/lu...227008-neck-pup-cow7-lets-put-eq-instead.html

This thread is the awesomest!

 

[theo]

I looked into this a while ago, but my idea is to rebuild a tubescreamer circuit using entirely surface mounted components. I can get the board really small. As in probably less than the size of the battery or close to it. Then just have some little trim pots for tone gain and volume.

 

[Watty]

They can incorporate an entire MIDI pas into a guitar, why not a few knobs and a board? I don't know if you'd be able to fit it into the existing cavity, but worth a short. I'd personally try to install it below "grade" on the back with new controls to maintain the sleek look of the guitar, but that'd probably require an immenser amount of additional work...

Updates would be cool regardless if you decide to go through with it!

 

[Syriel]

I've always thought that installing a tube screamer circuit inside the guitar would be cool. Or even your favorite boost pedal installed in your guitar that you can hit when you're soloing.

Go for it mate.

 

[blanco]

You should check out Manson guitar. They make Matt Bellamy's guitar and loads of similar style guitars with fuzz factories and midi controller screens all built in.

 

[BambusAirplane]

These don't have as much tweaking options as a pedal, but are easy enough to install, although they are not cheap, except for the boost.

 

[bhakan]

It is definitely doable, though it might require a lot of modding. Matt Bellamy from Muse has a Fuzz Factory in his guitar, and I'd think a 2 knob distortion would be significantly easier.

 

[downburst82]

GFS MODboards

It might be worth taking a look at something like this.

 

[Hipster Holocaust]

GFS MODboards

It might be worth taking a look at something like this.

+1. That's exactly what I was going to suggest.