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836 views 6 replies 2 participants last post by  Kyle am I  
#1 ·
Hi folks

I am in the process of building a new pedal board, and Im in the market for a board. But these have really caught my eye. I see that Steve Vai has these curved flat boards. I really like the look of them, and Ideally Im going for a flat board. Overall they seem really nice to put your feet at. But cant seem to find anything, anywhere like this. Is this bespoke? Anyone have any info / recommendations?

Much thanks.


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#2 ·
That second board was made by Thomas Nordegg, Steve’s guitar tech of 20+ years before Doug M took over a couple years ago. Doug made the red one for the Beat tour.

I had Thomas make a duplicate of the black board you pictured for me a few years ago, he ironically said it was so much work he would never do it again.. but I’ll check and see if maybe he’ll change his mind. It’s huge, you should have seen the box- and it was not cheap.
 
#4 ·
Oh wow, I didn’t expect to get that kinda feedback! I had a feeling it was custom made lol. Thats amazing that you have contact with Nordegg, let alone get him to make you a board! Size is not really an issue for me, I honestly need it to be big like that to fit all of my rig. Price might be my only issue. Maybe I could somehow find a dimensions / CAD / blueprint of the specs, materials, etc, and assemble it myself? I really like how these boards look!
 
#6 ·
Ah, that makes sense. Well if you don’t mind, any specs would be lovely. I saw you have contact and or relations with Thomas, but I wouldn’t want to be a bother to you or him in terms of possibly having him make another, or give me any specs to make a replica. Do you know if he has a business contact of some sorts?