AX8 | Sensation

AX8 | Sensation

Nice Rack Canada recently built & programmed this Fractal Audio AX8 pedalboard system for our repeat customer, Bruce Cisterna of Sensation.

Sensation is a working band that has been gigging in the GTA for over 20 years, playing a variety of musical styles to suit client demand for all manner of social events.

South Park | Matt Stone | Bass

South Park | Matt Stone | Bass

Nice Rack Canada recently designed & built up this series wired bass pedalboard for South Park creator, Matt Stone.

This baby sized bottom end beast is destined for the jam space in Matt’s NYC home.

South Park | Matt Stone | Guitar

South Park | Matt Stone | Guitar

Nice Rack Canada recently designed & built up a pair of series wired guitar pedalboards for South Park creator, Matt Stone. These slabs of tasty tone are installed in the jam space in Matt’s NYC home.

Features in these pedalboards include; an input buffer to optimize the impedance output from the UHF receiver into the Wah. A Clean Boost Pedal with Buffered Tuner split after the OD’s with optimal input loading to emulate the connectivity value of Guitar -> OD -> Amp yet still being able add modulation & delay to the signal path.

Back with Bass-ics

Back with Bass-ics

And we’re back from holidays and other adventures with a bass-ic pedalboard for Toronto based bassist, Paul Gold.

A compact clean tone machine that will fit in the overhead storage on an airplane.

Mars Hotel | Jake Sadikman

Mars Hotel | Jake Sadikman

Nice Rack Canada recently delivered this pedalboard to Mars Hotel bassist, Jake Sadikman.

This bass tone palette packs a diverse lot of sonic punches into a compact footprint.
The criteria for this system includes respecting the Phil Lesh tones that Jake has to cover in Canada’s #1 Grateful Dead tribute band, Mars Hotel as well as allowing for further sonic exploration during performances.

Galen Weston | Fly Rig

Galen Weston | Fly Rig

Here’s a tasty set of tone tools designed, fabricated & programmed by Nice Rack Canada for Toronto based jazz guitarist, Galen Weston.

The system is MIDI Controlled & Audio Switched by the standard setting RJM Music MasterMind PBC.

Stocking Stuffer

Stocking Stuffer

It’s always a pleasure to build up a stocking stuffer full of great pedals to brighten the season for a lucky player.

This week’s tone toolbox from Nice Rack Canad is going to tone seeker in Burlington, Ontario.

Warp Power

Warp Power

When your guitar tone needs a warp drive jump to hyper space, Nice Rack Canad can make your rack system fantasy become reality.

This matrix routing system is chock full of some of our favourite colours on the tone palette.

Every preset can recall different signal flows through analog and modelling technology as the user wishes.

Boss ES-8 Video

Boss ES-8 Video

Shot in 2015 at our present location in Toronto. This video features Mike Vegas’ thoughts on the Boss ES-8, Building Rack & Pedalboard Systems and the future of Guitar Technology.

Chameleon Project | 2015 | Guitar

Chameleon Project | 2015 | Guitar

Nice Rack Canada has been working with Toronto based independent recording artists, Chameleon Project for 3 years now.

We're honoured to build pedalboard systems for a very talented group of players who push musical boundaries every time they play together.

T Rex

T Rex

Nice Rack Canad recently built this pedalboard system for our friends at T-Rex Effect Canadian Distributor, SF Marketing.

This pedalboard is a showcase for the current palette of tone tools that T Rex has lovingly crafted for your playing enjoyment.

Boss ES-8 Waza Craft Pedalboard for Roland Canada

Boss ES-8 Waza Craft Pedalboard for Roland Canada

Nice Rack Canada recently built this pedalboard system for Boss / Roland Canada.

This pedalboard will be traveling across Canada visiting Guitar Shows & Music Instrument stores for player demos. The system is a showcase for the Boss ES-8, their new Dynamic Order Effects Switcher & MIDI Controller. The ES-8 has some incredible features for a pedalboard switcher, especially at it's very competitive retail price.

Colin Cripps | Blue Rodeo

Colin Cripps | Blue Rodeo

About 2 years & 200 gigs ago, Nice Rack Canada built up this series wired pedalboard for Blue Rodeo guitarist, Colin Cripps.

Mesa Mark V - Boss ES-8 - DD-500 Pedalboard System

Mesa Mark V - Boss ES-8 - DD-500 Pedalboard System

Nice Rack Canada was recently contacted by a chiropractor specializing in musicians, Dr. Larry Feldman about a gear problem asking for a complete rig build.

Larry is one of the guitarists in Canada's premier Grateful Dead tribute band, Mars Hotel. Larry recently went through a moment that all musicians dread… theft of a pedalboard, amp & cabling.

Having worked with other Grateful Dead inspired players, we had a good idea of the tones that were required and the hardware needed to achieve the goals.

Compact Kemper Profiling Amplifier Rack

Compact Kemper Profiling Amplifier Rack

Nice Rack Canada recently built this compact & powerful rack system for Toronto based modern rock combo, Mental Friction.

This system was constructed for the band's lead singer / 2nd guitarist. The primary design criteria was simple operation during performance, as well the system had to answer the current sonic needs & forward demands of the band's catalogue with studio grade amp tones & processing.

Kemper Profiling Amplifier & Eventide H9 Rack System

Kemper Profiling Amplifier & Eventide H9 Rack System

Nice Rack Canada recently built this rack system for Toronto based modern rock band, Mental Friction.

Infinite forward flexibility was the primary criteria we put on the build. The band is currently working on it's first album, with the future being so wide open for the guitar tones, we wanted to cover every angle possible.

Versatile & Dependable

Versatile & Dependable

Nice Rack Canada recently built this pedalboard for a local player who is playing in 4 different bands and working a day job. The different gigs require a dependable rig with a broad spectrum of tones in a compact footprint.

RJM Music Pedal Board Controller

RJM Music Pedal Board Controller

Nice Rack Canada is shipping this RJM Music MasterMind PBC system to a client in Milwaukee.

The system is controlled and switched by the MasterMind PBC and a RJM Music Mini Effects Gizmo inserted between loops 6 & 7.

Half Moon Run | Connor Molander

Half Moon Run | Connor Molander

The 3rd & Final Half Moon Ru pedalboard by Nice Rack Canada is for Guitarist / Bassist / Vocalist Connor Molander.

As with all of the Half Moon Run system builds, this pedalboard must travel in it's case at 32 kilograms to meet airline luggage cutoff.

Half Moon Run | Isaac Symonds

Half Moon Run | Isaac Symonds

This week's Half Moon Ru pedalboard system by Nice Rack Canad is for multi instrumentalist Isaac Symonds.

This system has a signal flow that is a little bit different than most systems we build. Due to Half Moon Run's travel logistics, we had to design the entire system around a 32 kilogram / 70 pound limit for case & contents.