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07-09-2009, 04:48 AM
|  | TalkBass: Usurping My Practice Time Since 2002
Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | | Making A Footswitch Taller?
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Is there any sort of product that can make a footswitch taller shy of replacing the whole switch? I currently have a pedal on a wood block to get its switch height the same as the pedals next to it, but the jacks on the side are getting in the way a bit, so some sort of footswitch extender would work better. |
07-09-2009, 09:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA | | | In a pinch, I have stacked leftover pedal feet on the switch to give it some height.
Not the greatest solution, but it worked and was easily reversible.
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07-09-2009, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lafayette, LA | | | small washers and super glue?
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07-09-2009, 01:59 PM
| | | | get some stiff rubber hose, with an inside diameter as the switch, cut it to the desired length and press fit, take the pedal with you, and make sure it is press fit so that it doesnt slide on yoiu when you go to press it down.
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07-09-2009, 02:08 PM
| | TalkBass: Usurping My Practice Time Since 2002
Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by vbasscustom  get some stiff rubber hose, with an inside diameter as the switch, cut it to the desired length and press fit, take the pedal with you, and make sure it is press fit so that it doesnt slide on yoiu when you go to press it down. | Not quite sure what you're speaking of- do you mean the hose would mostly sit on top of the switch with the bottom of the hose barely fitting over the switch? |
07-09-2009, 02:10 PM
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Accessories Sales Associate, Guitar Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upland, California | | | If the switch isn't mounted at its topmost position, unscrew it on the outside, open the box and remove the nut that is probably there on the inside. Make sure that you use a locking washer (one of those washers with the barbs) and re-attach the switch without the internal nut.
If that's not the case, you will need to get a taller switch, or a taller case. |
07-09-2009, 02:14 PM
| | TalkBass: Usurping My Practice Time Since 2002
Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | | I didn't check if the switch top can be raised, but I didn't think it would matter as I need to raise the switch about 3/4"- 1". Can't solder due to my vision, so I was seeing if there was a premade/home-makable way to do it. |
07-09-2009, 02:51 PM
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Accessories Sales Associate, Guitar Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upland, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler I didn't check if the switch top can be raised, but I didn't think it would matter as I need to raise the switch about 3/4"- 1". Can't solder due to my vision, so I was seeing if there was a premade/home-makable way to do it. | AFAIK the only home-made way is the wood block workaround you have going, or to solder it yourself. You might ask someone in your nearby area who knows how to solder if they could do it.  |
07-09-2009, 02:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St. Paul, MN | | | Instead of dealing with the switch, get a couple of patch cables with pancake jacks (Very flat 90 degree ones) so the jacks are out of the way. |
07-09-2009, 02:54 PM
| | TalkBass: Usurping My Practice Time Since 2002
Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | Too bad my dad lives an hour away- he was an electrician. Maybe I'll do the opposite of the wood block method I'm using now and just glue the wood block on TOP of the switch  |
07-09-2009, 02:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | You guys are thinking way too hard.. Just give it extra vitamins.
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07-09-2009, 03:01 PM
|  | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | ...or stick one of those "little blue pills" in the input jack...  |
07-09-2009, 03:04 PM
| | TalkBass: Usurping My Practice Time Since 2002
Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jazzdogg ...or stick one of those "little blue pills" in the input jack... | Tried that. Didn't make the switch any longer, and I had to bring it to a repair person because the switch wouldn't go back down. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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