Question About EHX's Large Pedal Size

JanusZarate · Nov 15, 2006

It seems like the info is just about impossible to find, so before I shoot Electro-Harmonix an e-mail, I thought I'd ask in case someone has the info on-hand.

What are the dimensions of a pedal like the Bass Micro Synthesizer, Electric Mistress, Stereo Memory Man, and their other pedals with similar chassis style (so that excludes stuff like the HOG, which is a different style and size)?

I'm trying to plan out my pedalboard and just wanted to see how much room I'll actually need if I wanted to introduce a Bass Micro Synth into the board.

playibanez · Nov 15, 2006

from what i have seen they are about the size of a sheet of paper. mybe a little smaller actually.

JanusZarate · Nov 15, 2006

I'm pretty sure they're smaller... I'm just not sure by how much.

Hmm... maybe someone could post a comparison pic with a piece of paper, or even another pedal that's common?

Andy V. · Nov 15, 2006

Man,
I have a BMS here.
But, believe it or not, I don't have any rulers or other measuring stuff...
It's almost the size of a dvd case, aprox. 2 cm wider.

bongomania · Nov 15, 2006

I don't have one of their pedals handy, but I remember describing one as being nearly identical to a hardcover Harry Potter book (US edition).

JanusZarate · Nov 15, 2006

bongomania said:
I don't have one of their pedals handy, but I remember describing one as being nearly identical to a hardcover Harry Potter book (US edition).

What if I don't read Harry Potter books? :eyebrow:

(I actually haven't read any, but I've seen some of the movies with my sister :hmm:

)

niftydog · Nov 15, 2006

guitargeek has a good thread idea we should steal, it's a "Pedal Dimensions Sticky"

Check it out, it's under the guitar stompbox forum.

I thought you were gonna ask why they were so damned big!

bassguitar · Nov 15, 2006

Andy V. said:
Man,
I have a BMS here.
But, believe it or not, I don't have any rulers or other measuring stuff...
It's almost the size of a dvd case, aprox. 2 cm wider.

Oh oh - Don't scare the Americans with the metric system!!! j/k

JanusZarate · Nov 15, 2006

bassguitar said:
Oh oh - Don't scare the Americans with the metric system!!! j/k

But I'm American, and I love the metric system!

It's the American system that scares me

Ron Now · Nov 15, 2006

www.analogman.com that has the demensions for all the electro harmonix pedals.

niftydog · Nov 15, 2006

Warning, OT rant:
They've had 140 years to get used to it!

wikipedia said:
In the United States its use was made legal as a system of measurement in 1866 and the United States was a founding member of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in 1875. The system was officially adopted by the federal government in 1975 for use in the military and government agencies and made the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce.

It gets worse...

wikipedia said:
As of 2005 only three countries, the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar (Burma) had not completed the changeover.

Sorry, but that's just inexcusably awful.

Not that it's gonna change anything, but you guys should realise that it's actually much easier to use than the imperial system. And you won't loose any more spacecraft if you switch over properly!

/rant

JanusZarate · Nov 15, 2006

niftydog said:
guitargeek has a good thread idea we should steal, it's a "Pedal Dimensions Sticky"

Check it out, it's under the guitar stompbox forum.

EDIT: Reference Link: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

EDIT 2: See my next post, #16.

niftydog said:
I thought you were gonna ask why they were so damned big!

That's for another thread

Seriously, though... I'd love to see a Bass NANO Synthesizer, that runs on 9V power and a standard Boss-style plug. That'd be awesome!

Or... they could at least change the power supply :hmm:

niftydog · Nov 15, 2006

Trouble is at a lower voltage it'd need a tonne of current. (HA! get it, tonne, not ton! Ahh I kill me...)

And it's a split rail power supply inside, meaning it needs to generate a + and a - rail as designed.

Adam Barkley · Nov 15, 2006

niftydog said:
Warning, OT rant:
They've had 140 years to get used to it!

It gets worse...

Sorry, but that's just inexcusably awful.

Not that it's gonna change anything, but you guys should realise that it's actually much easier to use than the imperial system. And you won't loose any more spacecraft if you switch over properly!

/rant

Thanks I'll mention that next time I visit NASA.

niftydog · Nov 15, 2006

ooo I'd say the persons responsible would already have learned their lesson, wouldn't you think?!

"Bad day at the office, honey?"

JanusZarate · Nov 15, 2006

Okay, Analogman provides a different set of measurements:

Large EH effects (memory man etc) are 8" wide, 6.5" long and 2.5" tall.
Medium EH effects (Big Muff) are 5.5" wide, 7" long, 3" tall
Small EH effects (bass balls etc) are 3.5" wide, 5.5" long and 2.5" tall.
Tube EH effects (hot tubes etc) are 5" wide, 8" long and 3.25" tall.

I think these are more likely right. When I was reading the guitargeek sticky, the user-posted numbers were all over the map. I'll take my chances with a dealer's info...

bongomania · Nov 15, 2006

niftydog said:
(HA! get it, tonne, not ton! Ahh I kill me...)

Well somebody was going to! :ninja:

Actually, as much as I prefer metric for communicating technically accurate meaurements, there is something "intuitive" and naturalistic about inches and feet, so I use those for communicating rough estimates.

niftydog · Nov 15, 2006

I guess it's what you're used to, and that's why it's so difficult to break free.

Abe Simpson said:
“The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!”

I'm a bit the same, like when I almost hit a kangaroo in my car yesterday, I related the story to my fiance by saying I only missed him by "a couple of feet." But I think that's just because it's less syllables to utter than "about two thirds of a metre"!

I'm fine with mils, inches and feet, I can just about grasp 16ths et al (don't ask me to convert!) but start talking yards and I'm in over my head, and "a half a mile" means nothing specific to me, it's just an arbitrary long-ish distance!

Incidentally, my car gets 578,273.28 rods to the hoghead so I guess they don't make 'em like they used to!

KeithBMI · Nov 15, 2006

I use clicks.

EHX pedals are .1 clicks wide by .15 clicks long.

..Duh!

JanusZarate · Nov 15, 2006

KeithBMI said:
I use clicks.

EHX pedals are .1 clicks wide by .15 clicks long.

..Duh!

...okay, I know EHX pedals can be pretty big, but that's just unreasonable!

Then again... an SVT-CL does weigh more than most cabinets on the market... so maybe it makes sense? :hmm:

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