Good pedal, bad enclosure

[JamieIsOnline]

Hey all,

I've just got my Danelectro Hash Brown Flanger re-housed as frankly the danelectro pedal houses are terrible in my opinion.

Just wondering if you guys have had any good sounding pedals which were spoiled by bad housing enclosures ?

Jamie

 

[johnk_10]

i agree that the Dano pedal enclosures are a bit funky. i dig the pedal, but I didn't care for my DanElectro (uni-vibe clone) Chicken Salad's enclosure, jacks, pots and switches so i rehoused mine and added a chorus/vibrato switch. i also added a clean fet boost with a volume control so i could set it below, at, or above unity gain.

 

[mattbass6945]

you the man, john k. i'm jealous of those electrical skills......

 

[MCS4]

Yep. I love EarthQuaker Devices but they have a bad habit of sticking the footswitches way too close to the knobs on their smaller pedals, making them unusable to me in live situations. I dug the Dispatch Master so much that I did this to make it functional (it's the pedal beside the Sonic Research tuner on the top row):

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Ditto for my Blackeye Effects Palmetto Boost, which is the pedal on the bottom left. Etching artwork on both is by Handsome Beard Etching, with rehousing done by Top Dog Effects (i.e. my father and I).

 

[mattbass6945]

the only issue i ever had was with a proco rat 2, i believe it was. if i took the feet off, the bottom of the enclosure came off with it.

if an enclosure looks cheap to me, i tend to stay clear. i'm stepping on it and i'm clumsy.....

 

[SirMjac28]

The Nathan East NE-1

No bypass stomp switch
Battery only unless modded
Weird in and out configuration

It's still one of my all time favorite pedals

 

[mattbass6945]

The Nathan East NE-1

No bypass stomp switch
Battery only unless modded
Weird in and out configuration

It's still one of my all time favorite pedals

man, it looks like the enclosure was a complete afterthought.

always wondered how these sounded.

 

[Feral Feline]

Yep. I love EarthQuaker Devices but they have a bad habit of sticking the footswitches way too close to the knobs on their smaller pedals, making them unusable to me in live situations. I dug the Dispatch Master so much that I did this to make it functional (it's the pedal beside the Sonic Research tuner on the top row):

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Ditto for my Blackeye Effects Palmetto Boost, which is the pedal on the bottom left. Etching artwork on both is by Handsome Beard Etching, with rehousing done by Top Dog Effects (i.e. my father and I).

Cool board. Where's the "Air"; I suppose your bass is the fifth element?
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Another one to potentially add to the list is the early Aphex pedals, supposedly more to do with the jacks than the housing itself though. I've got the Bass Xciter, but it's an "at home" only pedal so no gigs and no problems yet.

 

[nshuman]

The Nathan East NE-1

No bypass stomp switch
Battery only unless modded
Weird in and out configuration

It's still one of my all time favorite pedals

You could replace that with an SFX AY2

 

[MCS4]

Cool board. Where's the "Air"; I suppose your bass is the fifth element?

I have the box but haven't put anything in it yet. I have a one-footswitch Grey Stache on the way, so I'll probably stick that in there.

P.S. The Tardis is the fifth element. My bass is another good choice though.

 

[SirMjac28]

You could replace that with an SFX AY2

I bought the second one Max made

 

[nshuman]

I bought the second one Max made

Touché

 

[fitz420]

I personally HATE the layout of my Fairfield Barbershop. Seems like the layout goes against typical pedalboard logic.

Having said that, the weird layout is easily forgiven as the build quality and sound are among the best.