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03-07-2009, 11:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: P-town, OR | | | Best alternative to Velcro on the pedalboard
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I hate velcro for the most part. Hair and carpet lint gets stuck in it. And I don't really want to strip the nice rubber cover off of my EBS Multicomp.
Is there some type of alternative? Well other than tie wraps.  
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03-08-2009, 01:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand | | | Bicycle chain links. I haven't done this personally, but many others have. Works with pedals which have screw-on base plates. Deconstruct a cheap bike chain (I believe the best way is with a dedicated bike chain tool), screw one end of the flat metal part of a link onto the bottom of your pedal using the existing screws, and the other onto your board of choice.
Pros - permanent, looks cool, non-velcro
Cons - permanent and therefore not for constant rearrangers, doesn't work for some pedals (Dano food series and Guyatone micro series spring immediately to mind but I'm sure there are plenty of others). There are ways around this problem (using velcro for one or 2 pedals, drilling holes in dano baseplate etc).
Steve
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03-08-2009, 01:56 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | i've never used 3m dual lock....so that's an alternative to velcro but it may strip the ncie rubber cover off.... |
03-08-2009, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by whoatherechunk  i've never used 3m dual lock....so that's an alternative to velcro but it may strip the ncie rubber cover off.... | Yeah dual lock came to mind when i first read this.
It looks like it will eventuall trap some hair and dirt, but not as bad as velcro does.
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03-08-2009, 04:16 AM
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03-08-2009, 09:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Berkshires, Ma | | | Rubber carpet pad, the thin mesh stuff, to keep things from sliding around and enough foam in the lid to hold everything in place when you pick up the case. |
03-08-2009, 10:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kent UK | | I was thinking of drilling some holes through the board in the case and using cable ties to secure the pedals.
I did something similar with plugs to power a rack.    |
03-08-2009, 11:09 AM
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03-08-2009, 11:12 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | Dual-lock, bicycle chain links (or Mounty P's you can get from Godlyke distributing) and zip ties. |
03-08-2009, 11:16 AM
| | Not Actually Knighted... Yet! | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | I have had normal 3M black velcro on my board for a few years now, and there isn't very much dirt/hair on it. I have the soft side on the actual board, idk if that makes a difference.
edit: This is the industrial strength **** though. It holds very very well.
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03-08-2009, 12:13 PM
|  | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by crazyBassClown Some Elastic, some eyelets and some aluminium angle works ok too 
great for those quick pedal changes  
But I haven't quite got around to doing the top 2 pedals 
Im going to mount them sideways facing outwards. | Totally off topic, but I've got an ol' TS-5 Ibanez Soundtank and for my money it has the worst bypass of anything I've ever used. Are you sending your direct signal through it? Have you considered a bypass looper? Not trying to diss your gear, just recalling how much of an improvement it made to get that guy out of my clean chain...
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03-08-2009, 07:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: northeast Ohio | | | The old Powerlead was my first bass distortion... sounded pretty good if i recall. I should pick up another one, probably pretty cheap nowadays.
I don't have a pic, but i use insulated solid core wire, 18ga. You can buy it by the foot at home stores. I just strip off the ends, bend it to fit in the profile of the effect, then bend eyelets in the stripped ends and run screws into the board. They never come off, it's just that field changes in pedal order would be a pain. But i've never had to do that so it's not an issue.
I like the idea of the elastic band and eyehooks, i might have to give that a shot.
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03-08-2009, 10:52 PM
| | Not Actually Knighted... Yet! | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Unrepresented Totally off topic, but I've got an ol' TS-5 Ibanez Soundtank and for my money it has the worst bypass of anything I've ever used. Are you sending your direct signal through it? Have you considered a bypass looper? Not trying to diss your gear, just recalling how much of an improvement it made to get that guy out of my clean chain... | I use a TS-5, I don't really notice the tone suck. Mainly because my tone still rocks anyways. hehe
I always notice a difference plugging straight in than through my pedalboard, but it doesn't really bother me... because my tone is still pretty damn good IMO.
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03-09-2009, 02:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: sydney, australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Unrepresented Totally off topic, but I've got an ol' TS-5 Ibanez Soundtank and for my money it has the worst bypass of anything I've ever used. Are you sending your direct signal through it? Have you considered a bypass looper? Not trying to diss your gear, just recalling how much of an improvement it made to get that guy out of my clean chain... |
The powerlead has been modded to improve its bass response and i think that included the bypass but it was a while ago, and i dont think the bypass was all that bad before anyway.
The ce-2b bypass is much worse, with very noticable bass rollof. I have to change eq if i put it in or out,and its a bass pedal  maybe mine has a problem?
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