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Peterson Strobostomp Mini

#81
amper said:
I addressed the comment specifically. If you can't understand why there is an effective minimum distance you can place pedals together before it becomes a problem, that's not my fault.
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Of course I can understand that. That’s why I’d prefer a choice. In my situation, side jacks create a mess. I don’t use a board right now, the pedals I use are on my desk. This of course is not the same situation you are in, which is why it is good to have a choice, and not let companies like Boss choose for us.
 
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Derek Williams said:
Of course I can understand that. That’s why I’d prefer a choice. In my situation, side jacks create a mess. I don’t use a board right now, the pedals I use are on my desk. This of course is not the same situation you are in, which is why it is good to have a choice, and not let companies like Boss choose for us.
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The point that I was making is that the "choice" you think you are being offered may not really the be "choice" you think it is. I was referring to the idea that top mounted jacks are always better because they allow pedals to be placed closer together, NOT the idea that some people may just prefer to have the jacks on top.

Please refer to my original comment on Page 1, if you want to better understand the context.
 
#84
lowfreqgeek said:
The ONLY solution is for designers to put top, side and bottom jacks on every pedal.

Obviously. Everyone wins.
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I always thought to myself that if I were to ever have a pedal company, all my pedals would have both top jacks and side jacks so you could use either.

Of course that could present issues. It makes perfect sense to me, but I've seen some bass players who just don't understand what to do when their speaker cabinets have two jacks. Which one do I plug into? Do I need two speaker cables? Can I connect the jacks together? I imagine dual in/out jacks could be very confusing to some folks.
 
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amper said:
The point that I was making is that the "choice" you think you are being offered may not really the be "choice" you think it is. I was referring to the idea that top mounted jacks are always better because they allow pedals to be placed closer together, NOT the idea that some people may just prefer to have the jacks on top.

Please refer to my original comment on Page 1, if you want to better understand the context.
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I understand the context, your post on the first page was pretty much a direct response to my celebration of a top jack tuner. You said you don’t understand our obsession with top jacks. I’m glad I have been able to explain that to you. Many of us find top jacks always the superior choice. I hope your lack of understanding has been satisfied, but I suspect not.

My only floor pedal is a Morningstar MC8. I like the switch spacing on it and find using it very comfortable. The switches are about 65mm apart, less than the spacing between the switches on 2 top jack 125B enclosures (the objectively superior pedal enclosure size).

Fear our disregard for ergonomics!
 
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mmbongo said:
I always thought to myself that if I were to ever have a pedal company, all my pedals would have both top jacks and side jacks so you could use either.

Of course that could present issues. It makes perfect sense to me, but I've seen some bass players who just don't understand what to do when their speaker cabinets have two jacks. Which one do I plug into? Do I need two speaker cables? Can I connect the jacks together? I imagine dual in/out jacks could be very confusing to some folks.
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Wire it up like a passive parallel port and it will be an extra feature too.
 
#87
It just struck me that the top inputs won't work great for how I'm routing my pedalboard without using a right angle plug (which I don't want to do, since I have rattlesnake cables and can't justify ordering another just to change connectors for a tuner) or having my cable awkwardly poke up, so I canceled my mini order.

If anyone is getting a mini and wants to sell their HD for the going price in classifieds, please DM me, I'd still like to see if it does a better job on low notes than the polytune 3 I have.
 
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#89
There really is no learning curve. All that's required is to make sure the correct note is displayed, and then freeze the motion. It spins counterclockwise for flat and clockwise for sharp.
 
#92
Had the HD, prefer the mini size.

Undecided about the jacks on top

Very pleasant tuner to look at.

I do builds and setups, so the accuracy will be nice.

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