So with these give aways I love it when the winners send some photos (usually of themselves with their prize). Today, I received an email from Matt Heaton, the winner of the Stage Trix Pedal Riser give away, and he wrote what he thought of the prize.

just got around to playing with the stage risers. these thing are great! attaching  some pix. #1, below, is the before picture. As you see, I don’t use a ton of stuff, and a compact setup is really important to me. it doesn’t show well, but getting to the blue bird tremolo was especially a pain in the ass.

Shot Before the Risers

voila! after installing the stagerisers, I don’t bump stuff while going to the second row. also neatened up the cables. I especially like that they aren’t permemantly installed, since I use a couple different setups depending on whether I’m playing acoustic or electric (this would be the “surfboard!”)

Shot After the Risers

I’m going to play around with them for my acoustic rig as well. thanks so much for the fun toys!

They are a simple and elegant solution to a pervasive problem. Makes me wonder why I didn’t think of it, but I’m sure glad someone did!

Matt Heaton

Matt and Shannon Heaton: Traditional and Updated Irish Music
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Thanks Matt for sending this… and I’m glad the risers are coming in handy! I also want to thank Stage Trix for sponsoring this give away!

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The StageTrix Pedal Riser give away will be ending today at 12PM MST, so this is your last chance to enter for your chance to win! If you have not entered yet, you can do so here. For the people still not sure what the StageTrix Pedal Riser is all about, here are a couple of videos that help describe what it can do for you.

Here is a video by GearAlley at NAMM with the folks at StageTrix

Here is the official product video by StageTrix

Remember, today is the last day to enter!

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CONTEST IS CLOSED

Today, I get to introduce another EffectsBay.com give away! This time the give away is sponsored by StageTrix and we’re giving away some pedal risers and fasteners.  This is a great, simple solution to raise the height of your pedals in the rear to clear the pedals in the front. I like simple solutions, and this is a great solution to this problem. The risers even have channels for routing cables underneath them.. clever again.

Here is the official overview of the StageTrix Pedal Riser:

StageTrix pedalboard accessories make people say “why didn’t anyone think of that before?” because they are clever, simple solutions to musicians’ real needs. Their first product, the Pedal Riser, raises your second row of pedals to the perfect height and also completely eliminates cable mess. Their second product, the Pedal Fastener, is an industrial strength fastener designed specifically for attaching pedals to pedalboards – no more trips to the hardware store only to end up with a mess on the bottom of your pedals! Check out http://www.stagetrixproducts.com/ to learn more.

For this give away, StageTrix is giving away 4 pedal risers (MSRP $16.99ea) and 2 3-packs of fasteners (MSRP $7.95ea). Total value of this give-away… $83.86!

The fasteners are velcro pads that adhere to the bottom of the pedals which make a clean tight contact to the riser. If you have large pedals (ie: Line 6 DL4, etc) you can use two risers to push them up.

If you get a chance, please check out their blog (link called ‘Hot Damn!‘ – love it). There are some reviews (including my review in Mar) and photos of the pedal riser in action.

So back to the give away.. and how you can win this set of Stage Trix Pedal Risers and Fasteners!

First, be sure to follow EffectsBay on Twitter and/or Facebook to keep up to date with this give-away along with new give aways. Also, I need your help to promote the give aways. The more submissions we get for these give aways, the more give aways we can do in the future.. and I’m assuming we all like free guitar gear right?

Second, fill out the form below, in two weeks  (July 20th) I’ll randomly pick 3 entries as finalists. I’ll email the 3 finalists and the first one out of the 3 that emails me back will be the winner.You must enter a ‘valid’ email address, bounce back emails will be rejected. One entry per person (seriously people.. one entry per person). After the winner has been notified and all is good (I’ve retrieved mailing address, etc), I’ll coordinate with StageTrix to get the set to the winner.

This give away is limited to the United States only (related to international partner relationships vs. shipping).

So the question is: “How many pedals do you have on your pedal board right now?”

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A few months ago, StageTrix contacted me and asked if I would be interested to do a review of a piece of gear they’re selling. Since it’s guitar related.. I said “hells ya”. A couple of weeks ago I received nice little package in the mail which contained two items. A single Pedal Riser and a Pedal Fastener.

I like simple things and I love simple ideas that can address the complex, and this product definitely does. The concept is extremely easy to grasp. If you have a flat pedal board, with two rows it can be a pain to *work* that back row and it’s often easy to hit the knobs on the front row in the process. With the Pedal Riser, you can address two things. The first is raising the back row up so the pedals are elevated. Secondly, there are cable routing channels below the riser to help tidy things up.

When it comes to pedals or pedal accessories, I always have to look at construction. Since you’re potentially pounding on this, it needs to be strong. The individual Pedal Riser is built using 18 gauge steel, so it’s not going to collapse on you.

Pedals are mounted to the Pedal Riser via velcro. You can purchase the Pedal Fasteners which is a adhesive velcro pad you would affix to the pedal and then the pedal would stick to the riser. As you can see, the riser is sized to fit common sized ‘single’ pedals. But if you’re like me, I have a Line 6 DL 4 in the rear, you would add two risers and you’d be good to go.

Here is StageTrix’s official video on the Pedal Riser:

Pedal Risers can be found at a few online stores and at a various locations across the US. Click here to find where you can buy a Pedal Riser near you.

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