Can YOU leave an empty space on your board?

[heatheroo1]

haven't used an effect since approx. 1982

 

[SirMjac28]

 

[XXL]

If you would've asked me this question even 4 months ago, I would've told you hell no, I cannot leave any space on my board. If there space, I filled it with something. No question.

But I recently had an awakening so to speak. And I now believe in what I use live. The rest can wait on the shelf or be sold. I don't fill my board just to fill it anymore. If I don't or wont use it live, I wont keep it on the board. God does it make it easier to use on stage. I got really tired of the tippy toe tap dance. Now I can actually stomp most of the pedals I have onboard. And instead of deciding on a dirt flavor at any given moment, I've made it easier on myself by leaving only 4 dirt pedals onboard. Less is more to me now. It's liberating. It's like @XXL said, breathing room. It's nice to have. It's almost less stressful.

Now that I have vocal duties the less tap dancing and pinpoint accurate stomps I have to do the better it is for me. Less stress and more fun is the goal!!

 

[jmattbassplaya]

No, the balance would be thrown off.












And the hidden OCD fanatic in me would come out.

 

[Bassmike62]

Can YOU tolerate empty space on a pedalboard?

Absolutely not. Drives me bananas.

 

[kittywithabanjo]

I have a new duo 24 so have some room to play with.. So now I'm agonizing over what those 2-3 pedals should be... Probably a preamp/Di and a delay/reverb.

 

[Dave W]

Sure.

I'm all for cramming as much as I can onto a small board, but it's got to be functional too. I need to be able to actually step on these things, in the dark, while playing and singing.

 

[tfer]

haven't used an effect since approx. 1982

Then why are you trolling the Effects sub-forum?

I don't play a banjo, so I tend to stay away from banjo discussions.

 

[Nephilymbass]

I'm not even a hardcore pedal user and it's hard for me to leave a space...

Lately I've been modularizing my pedals.
One mini-board is a sort of "poor man's Alembic SF-2". I stuck an ACG filter in a box (think tone control/preamp, not envelope trigger) and put it behind an LS-2 so I can mix filtered and unfiltered bass tone. Figured I'd stick a tuner on there too.
It's a cool little, ultraportable, tone machine.

I had cut 2 boards - one for "2 pedals", one for "a bit more". I've got the LS-2, filter, and tuner on the smaller board, but that puts part of the LS2 "off the board".
I could move it to the bigger board, but then there would be some empty space just pleading for a pedal - and I don't really have anything else I want to put on this board.

First world problem, I know...
Can YOU tolerate empty space on a pedalboard?

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When I had a massive home made board I wasn't interested in filling it completely because it was too heavy for already. Since I started using the pedaltrain mini it stays pretty full all the time.

 

[Stranger Danger]

No and it's killing me

Fixed it

 

[Mosfed]

It depends. If I am using a controller like my decibel 11 Pedal palette, I don't mind packing pedals in because I don't have to hit any mid Song and I don't have to worry about ergonomics. If I am not, then I am starting to think I want some more room.