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Show me your compact pedalboard setup

Just finished my Nano board this weekend. They said I couldn't get a Cioks DC-10 mounted underneath one...HA!


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Can you share how you mounted the Cioks DC-10 under the Nano?

Thanks...
I used double-sided heavy-duty Gorilla Tape on mine. It's definitely permanent.

EDIT: whoops, that was a DC-5. The DC-10 needs bigger feet, his thread is here.
 
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Can you share how you mounted the Cioks DC-10 under the Nano?

Thanks...
Sure...I used an angle grinder to cut out the aluminum. I then used my Dremel to smooth out any rough edges. My DC-10 came with a mounting bracket (I don't know if they all come with one - I bought mine used.) But the bracket was key because 2 holes on my DC-10 didn't line up with anything on Nano to screw into for mounting without it. Lastly, I drilled out and removed the original rubber feet on the Nano and replaced them with feet that were 1/4" longer. I found the feet at Lowes. I think they were sold as replacement feet for an air compressor. Anyway, they give me just enough ground clearance. I admit the undercarriage doesn't look too pretty, but it does the job!
 
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This has been my compact setup for quite a while now.
It came into being when I was travelling light and slapped a few pedals on my old nano, more or less on the go.
Tuner into the Strymon for just a touch of plate hall with a big ambient shimmer reverb on the favorite switch.
The Sansamp had three settings: 1. Quite neutral. 2. Overdriven amp 3. Oldschool all thump, no highs.
I actually liked it so much that these Pedals never went back on my big board and the Nano became my go-to board for most of my projects and apart from swapping the unreliable HB Powerplant Jr for a Cioks Adam I did not change it at all for about 18 months.

Recently, I wanted to add a compressor - but as you might have noticed, this Nano is filled to the brim.
So I swapped the Sansamp for the smaller BDDI v2 and the BlueSky for the only other pedal I could find that could be set to work more or less the same way: The Walrus Audio Fathom. That left room for a comp.
I was torn between the MXR M87, the Origin Cali76CB and the Keeley Bassist. The MXR got the pass because
It was on sale in a store and it has the best metering LEDs.
So my first attempt at my new board looks like this:

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I'll see soon how it'll perform, at home it works like a charm.
 
Just finished my Nano board this weekend. They said I couldn't get a Cioks DC-10 mounted underneath one...HA!


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Nice Chop Job on that Nano.
I considered something similar, but instead went with the Cioks Adam and kept my DC-8 for the bigger board.
With the Adam in place (replacing my old, bigger power brick) I even considered removing the larger feet I mounted for more clearance, but I fear I did not consider ever taking them off again when I mounted them so they are there for good.