Remembering pedal settings

Nice, I usually take a pic on my phone. Lol

 

Me too.
But I also wrap rubber bands under knobs to aid in stopping them from moving easily. It has always worked for me. and sometimes I wrap rubber bands between two knobs. Do this underneath the knob, and it adds enough friction to stop the knob from turning easily.
I do this with all my pedals.

The knob can still be turned, but it has some friction associated with it.

 

This ^^^ is an excellent idea. Thanks

 

This is also true. Haha

 

Here's a tip I picked up from Adrian Belew when he recently showed off one of his ~30-year-old stompboxes on a Facebook post: Tiny adhesive dots in various colors, stuck to the top of the pedals in specific orientations around the knobs. All the (for example) green dots indicate the knob settings for one particular sound; all the red dots indicate the knob settings for a different particular sound.

Gonna try this on a few of my pedals that have remained semi-inscrutable. I recently picked up a bunch of tiny multicolored adhesive dots from the office supply store. Should work great...so long as I remember what green or red means.

 

Very nicely done, looks good and super convenient.

 

Setting Saver

You’re welcome!

 

Joe Bonamassa glues the knobs in position.

 

Geddy Lee's tech used the adhesive dots as well:

 

This one will destroy your pedals permanently. Avoid.

Another idea is to print a circle pattern for your pedal on removable office labels (ie Avery) then use different colour markers to mark the positions. Kind of a combination between the OP and Adrian via @Bob_Ross 's idea. Stick em where it makes sense.

 

Pedal settings are like missing socks. "Where did they [email protected]#[email protected] go?"

 

I use stickers with an arrow on the knobs themselves. Set the knobs how you want, and attach a sticker to each knob, with the arrow pointing up. If the knobs change, you adjust them. Yours is nicely organized.

 

I simply marvel at the new sounds made possible by not marking or remembering anything.

 

This is basically my approach, except I cut thin strips of colored tape.

 

I just use bits of masking tape on the pedal.