NGM Pedalboard Systems

NGM HISTORY

NGM Pedalboard Systems was founded in 1998 by Nick Midulla after years of searching for a way to save time and hassles associated with using floor effects pedals in a live playing situation. We are a custom pedalboard manufacturing company that makes a one of a kind product for working musicians worldwide. Located in Houston Texas, NGM Pedalboard Systems is dedicated to working with each customer individually to build him or her a pedalboard designed for their specific set up and needs.

NGM Pedalboards are designed and constructed with years of gigging and touring experience in mind. Playing five nights a week, I soon realized that taping my pedals to the stage and watching them get kicked around and unplugged was not professional. Also, I needed a better way to speed up my set up and breakdown time at gigs, so I started to experiment with building my own pedalboard. . Since, like all tone gurus, I only used foot pedals and had no need or want for multi effects units or racks, I had no choice but to start mounting my stuff on plywood. Crude at first, I quickly saw that it was the way to go and began to make improvements on the concept. At first it was real simple, just wood, duct tape and batteries. Later I mounted a strip outlet and started using a/c adapters to save money on batteries, which worked great until someone spilled beer all over my board, frying the outlet and three pedals. I then enclosed the outlet portion to keep the connections safe while on stage. Other problems soon reared their ugly head.

The band I was in used a van to haul our gear in and my pedalboard was very vulnerable. I had to keep it flat which took up more space especially since I couldn't stack or store anything on top of it for fear of damaging my effects. Also, I had to make a second trip to the van before and after each gig because I had to carry my pedalboard like a lunch tray. I realized what I had to do, so I designed a way to attach a lid to the pedalboard so I could carry it with one hand and store it on its side. It worked great, saved a ton of space, kept all of my expensive vintage pedals safe and saved me two trips a night to the van.

Over the next couple of months, I made different boards and kept improving them as well as creating new features. People began commenting on how cool it was and I soon found myself talking about all of the advantages it has. "There's no product like it so I had to build one myself" or "it saves me 15 minutes before and after each gig, stores all my guitar gear and it's rugged as hell", I would say. Friends and other players started asking me to build them one for their set up, which I did, making even more improvements on the design and concept.

After building them for people in Houston and Austin and receiving very positive feedback, I knew I was on to something. I decided to start my own company, NGM Pedalboard Systems. A company dedicated to making guitar players lives a whole lot easier!

Please feel free to email me at pedalboards@gmail.com with your comments or questions.

Thank you for using NGM Pedalboards for your road case needs.

Nick Midulla

NGM Pedalboard Systems
7737 Alcove Ave.
North Hollywood CA 91605
310.869.8563

pedalboards@gmail.com