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Side Jacks or Top Jacks?
- Thread starter fuzzyhead
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Top. You can cram em closer together. Easy.
Top are better 100% of the time in my experience. You know what I really hate? When the jacks are on top and the power is on the side.
A lot of people will say that you simply can't do top jacks in a 1590 for some circuits and that is true. Personally I'd prefer a larger enclosure over side jacks.
A lot of people will say that you simply can't do top jacks in a 1590 for some circuits and that is true. Personally I'd prefer a larger enclosure over side jacks.
True, but I've noticed most top loaders are generally a lot bigger so the space saving is purely psychological. I like top loading because it looks neater and the pedals can sit flush...but unfortunately, most of my board is loaded with MXR pedals (small and fab) which are all side loading......>sigh<
Most enclosures except for the shorter narrower mxr and ehx nanos can still do top jacks because they clear under the PCB. That's why I like 1590B enclosures. Still small but deep enough to have top jacks. EQD an IE sure pack a lot into those small enclosures. I think if there is a will there is a way.
I'm fine either way.
I have pedals of each style.
They play nicely together
I have pedals of each style.
They play nicely together
I still have a few side jack pedals but I got them when space on my board wasn't an issue. Now that I am pretty much filled up I start getting picky about where the jacks go.
I'd be interested to hear EQD's philosophy on this. As was pointed out already they have plenty of top jack pedals (Depths, Grand Orbiter v2, etc), but also have a fair share of pedals with side jacks (Monarch, Dispatch Master, etc).
It doesn't matter too much to me that I wouldn't buy a pedal because it has side jacks (I have a bunch), but I prefer top jacks.
It doesn't matter too much to me that I wouldn't buy a pedal because it has side jacks (I have a bunch), but I prefer top jacks.
I thought the OP question was about basses not pedals? On my bass I like a side jack, don't use any pedals.
I don't care where the jacks are as long as the power jack isn't anywhere near them. I'm not gonna boo hoo a good pedal because it doesn't have top jacks.
I guess someone had to be a smart ass. I got a top jack on my bass too actually.
My only problem with top mounted jacks is trying to fit the angled daisy chain power plug in between the 1/4 inch jacks. Ends up looking cramped and sloppy.
I used to long for a perfect, Tetris looking board where everything fit perfectly into one rectangle and was all tightly fit together but then I realized by giant oaf feet don't work well on cramped boards and started spacing things out. Actually caused me to have more of a "switch out pedals when I feel like a change" board rather than a "cram everything I own even if I never use it in a set but I wanna show it off anyways" board haha
I used to long for a perfect, Tetris looking board where everything fit perfectly into one rectangle and was all tightly fit together but then I realized by giant oaf feet don't work well on cramped boards and started spacing things out. Actually caused me to have more of a "switch out pedals when I feel like a change" board rather than a "cram everything I own even if I never use it in a set but I wanna show it off anyways" board haha
