Show your non-velcro using pedal boards
 

I'm interested in seeing how anyone who doesn't use velcro attaches their pedals to their pedal boards.

Pros/cons to not using velcro?

What's wrong with velcro? I've seen people use little metal tabs they screw the the backplate screws through on side of the tab and screw the other side to the board. Seems like a pretty good method but wouldn't be very convenient for rearranging stuff.

The only time I didn't use velcro was when I was hanging pedals vertically on my pedalboard/rack combo, and I had to use zip ties:


Velcro is always preferable for me, though.

I drilled multiple holes in my cheapo board and use insulated wire to tie the pedals down. Makes them easy to move if I need, but I may switch to zip ties to hold them down tighter.

is Dual-Lock still velcro?

Not technically, but it's basically the same thing/concept. That stuff's crazy strong.

Dual-Lock is crazy-strong, but I think it's easier to pull apart than standard velcro. plus it's not as wobbly as velcro.

Nice rig Bryan.

One bad thing about bolted down pedals is if you have small board with lots of pedals that are real close together & you have a problem at a gig .... your frakked .... I've been there done that ... never again.

You've got to be able to move the pedals if you gig a lot ...IMHO

Here's a few shots of my old board using bike chain links to bolt everything down including the power supply and D.I.
I never liked using velcro and my signal chain was fairly figured out ahead of time.
IME mounting pedals with the bike chain links is inexpensive and rock solid (I could pick up the whole board by one pedal if I wanted).
I like the solid feel under my foot and honestly removing a pedal from the board is no harder than removing the bottom plate from a pedal.






Here's a few shots of my new board, everything on the bottom tier including the power supply and D.I. are bolted down
with bike chain links.
All five of the MXR pedals on the top tier are sitting in milled pockets and are bolted directly into
the bottom of the pedals with longer bolts.
Bolting down pedals may not be for everyone but I like it.:)








A couple of old shots of the bottom of pedals with links, these are the chrome ones I used at first. Later my nephew
gave me some pieces of blue and purple BMX chain shown in the pics above.

I used bungee cord for my first two builds as I was afraid to put Velcro on some of my pricey boxes. It worked well, I was able to keep things close together, just needed to stretch the bungee a little to plug in expression pedals. I've since put Velcro down on everything except my eh hog, the weight makes me nervous.

I've used zip ties on small boards.

I wish more pedal designers would design their pedals to be velcro'ed easily without defacing the pedal. Always annoys the heck out of me. Boss pedals are the worst for that. I still velcro them, though. My experiments with alternative methods such as elastic and zip ties were not good nor as convenient as I needed. Don't like tearing up the fancy schmancy labels on the bottom of my Boss pedals but it's the only thing that works the way I need it to work.

You can buy a PedaLock for one. It's a plastic casing that fits around a Boss pedal with a flat back- I have one for my OC-2. Looks like they're up to $11 now (I think mine was a few bucks cheaper):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pedalock-BOS...item20cbf253ba

Can you get pedalock for brands besides Boss?

As far as I can see on their website, they only have ones for Boss compact pedals.

I use gaffer tape under a couple of my pedals, works okay, not as good as velcro but
good for a gig or two.

That's nifty. If I ever get another Boss pedal, might consider it. But I already velcro'ed up my two Boss pedals ;)

All the pedals on my board are situated in a big box. No Velcro or really anything to hold them down besides the inside is soft foam so it forms a soft seal around every pedal. Also he Wah the are so close to each other they are basically all interlinked.

I like this. What a great idea.