Greg takes you through his workboxes and tools to show you what he uses on the road to work on guitars for his artists.
New video up on our YouTube channel showing how I restring 6-In-Line Fender style headstocks while on tour.
Our low-capacitance, audiophile-grade cable is now available in 3 colors. Black, Red, & Purple. Available with our groundbreaking solderless DC kits as well as our 1/4" patch kits.
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New from 3 Monkeys, 1/4" Audio Patch Cable Kits for your Pedalboard. Same easy assembly as our groundbreaking DC Solderless. Just cut the cable and screw on the connector. No wirestripping, no screws to tighten or lose. Oh, and they are have the smallest footprint at .3" (or 7.95mm) so you can really get those pedals in tight!! Uses the same low-capacitance, audiophile-grade cable as our DC Kits. Smaller and easier to route on your pedalboard. Designed and Made in the U.S.A. We've also split our website, one for cables, and one for amps.
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Video up on our YouTube channel showing how I restring 3+3 Gibson style headstocks while on tour.
Recently Ossie recorded a couple of videos to explain how we came up with the idea and design of our DC Solderless system. He also shows you how easy it is to put together. Check it out!!
You may be wondering why an amp company designed a DC Solderless connector for pedals and pedalboards? The easy answer is we saw a need for such a connector from our experience in building and wiring pedalboards (we're pedal guys). So how much experience do I personally have in building and wiring pedalboards? Quite a lot actually, here’s some history.
FXperts Custom Pedalboards (tolexed/carpeted in the living room of my apartment)
When I played in a semi-popular regional touring band in the late 80’s, I designed a carpeted pedalboard with a lift-off lid as there was no available version to buy. A few bands we played with saw my board and inquired about getting their own, so for a few years I made an sold boards to friends in other bands. A few years later in 1994 I started selling these boards online as a company called Fxperts Pedalboards (first pedalboard company online as far as I remember). I sold quite a few in the next 5 years or so, including ones to Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam), Sean Lennon, Greg Liesz, and Reeves Gabrels. When I started touring full-time as a guitar tech (which I've done now for 20+ years), I just couldn’t keep up with the demand and unfortunately let the company die on the vine. As a side note, another company took my design and started making pedalboards and I believe they are still in business.
pedalboard.com Flat Pedalboard (built and wired for Audley Freed)
pedalboard.com Modular Pedalboard (built and wired for Brad Whitford)
A few years later in the early 2000’s a friend had me build prototypes for a aluminum edged flat board that he wanted to start selling along with his Juicebox power supply. I would take over the company (pedalboard.com) for him as it grew and I wanted to slow down on touring. He and another friend also designed a Modular pedalboard that’s main body was made of powder coated aluminum and had wooden end panels and space on the back for rack effects, a footswitchable effects loop box, power supply, patch bay, etc. I continued to sell these flat boards and Modular pedalboards for a few years until touring again took over my life.
3 Monkeys Amps Pedalboard for Brad Whitford (Aerosmith)
Wanting to retire from the road (at least part-time) I started 3 Monkeys Amps in late 2007 with Ossie Ahsen and Brad Whitford. I didn’t stop making or wiring pedalboards however and have done work for all the bands I’ve worked for such as Aerosmith, Green Day, Black Crowes, Linkin Park, etc. Most recently making a 3 Monkeys themed pedalboard for the last few Aerosmith tours.
To sum up, pedals and pedalboards are in our blood. Have any questions? Hit us up here.
---> Greg
So we've been asked the above question quite a few times, by friends, family, non-musicians, etc. And since no one else is making this kind of plug, even guitar players might not know what it is or that it even exists.
Simply put, we have taken the standard 2.1mm x 5.5mm DC power plug/cable, which usually plugs between the power supply (Voodoo Lab Pedal Power, etc.) and an effects pedal on a guitarists pedalboard, and made it solderless and cut-to-length.
Since most of us have quite a few pedals, the standard DC power cables (which are normally 18" in length) can create quite a mess once the extra cable length is zip-tied or otherwise knotted together. With our DC Solderless plugs and custom cable, you can easily cut the cable to length and assemble a plug on each end within a few minutes.
Here's an example.
The top photo shows the standard pre-packaged cables bundled to the left of the Tuner. The bottom photo shows our DC Solderless cables, with no excess, routed to each pedal.
Questions? Hit us up here.