I'm hoping this is the last pedalboard and setup I'll need....
Oh right, The Last Pedalboard...
Detroit, Michigan, May 1971.
"Oh wow, man, what's this?"
"It's something new called a pedalboard. You attach your guitar pedals to this, and you don't have to keep setting them up, but it drains the batteries in the pedals unless you unplug the input jacks, so that's why they're all loose."
"How do you attach them?"
"With corner clamps screwed down to the board."
"Too bad you can't power these pedals with something, you know? So you don't have to unplug them."
"You're right, but this is the last one I'll ever need, so it doesn't matter what happens down the road."
Detroit, Michigan, May 1981.
"Hello, hon. What's this?"
"It's my new pedalboard. It's got all these new little pedals on it from this company called "Boss."
"How do you attach the pedals to the board?"
"Oh, you unscrew the screws at the corner of the pedals, and you use links from a bicycle chain to hold them in place. And you can power the pedals with these wall-wart things."
"What happens if you have to move the pedals around on the board? Won't the screw holes show?"
"Oh, that doesn't matter, because this is the last pedalboard I'll ever need."
Detroit Michigan, 1991.
"Dude! Whuzzup?"
"Oh, just working with this new pedalboard. It's got a built in power supply and has this Velcro stuff on the board. You stick this stuff to your pedals and they stay in place. And check these out, man! All Boss and this new company, Digitech!"
"Wow, that rules!"
"Yeah, this is state of the art, man, it doesn't get any better than this. This is the last pedalboard I will ever need."
Detroit, Michigan, 2001.
"Whoa! What's this?"
"Oh, it's my new pedalboard!"
"Looks cool! Those pedals are really different!"
"Oh yeah, they're all what's called 'boutique' pedals! Look at this, a Fulltone Fulldrive, and here's something called a Klon, it cost me almost two hundred bucks!"
"I like the gold paint color. Cool. And check out that Teese wah wah. Hey, what's that?"
"This one? It's a Mesa V-Twin! Polished aluminum, baby! This is the last pedalboard I'll ever need."
Detroit, Michigan, 2011.
"Hey, another new pedalboard, huh? I like the look of that one."
"Yeah, it's called a Pedaltrain! It's very light. And check out these pedals from all these little boutique companies, like Catalinbread, and Earthquake."
"Nice!"
"Oh yeah, this is the last pedalboard I'll ever need."
Detroit, Michigan, 2021
"What's that next to your wheelchair?"
"What?"
"That suitcase looking thing."
"I don't remember."
"Look down to the right."
"OK."
"Well what is that?"
"What is what?"