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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society
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I did something similar and attached some pedals to a board using the screws. My elementary and underground accelerator both used 6-32 screws as well.
They use different size screws.
I don't have a pedal board myself but I always thought you stuck Velcro strips to the board and the bottom of the pedals, that way you can easily remove them if you wanted to. (Hook and Loop tape)
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I first need to bolt the pedals to some Risers Pedalnetics knocked up for me. The risers will be velcro'd to the board.
I always wondered why one would spend $100s on pedals and use such a lo-fi solution as bike links YMMV.
Total tangent now but I can understand spending on power supplies and cables is important but calling Velcro a hifi in comparison to a steel link is funny.
You can also spend $10 on a links kit that are effectively a bike link, too.
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I agree. Having a hard time seeing the upside to these other methods compared to dual lock.
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Yeah a quality Velcro type product is where it's at.
I use this and you literally need a strong spudger to separate it! Not knocking anyone you uses others methods, it just ain't my bag
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In my defence I'm not using Velcro (see above) and wouldn't, nor did i say it was Hi-fi, but Velcro is literal Space Age tech, good quality Velcro is rock solid and doesn't require any tools to remove your pedals. I ridden far to many bikes to put my trust bike chain links but that's another story!!
However, this is not hill that I would be prepared to die on
or debate any further, hence my "YMMV" comment, we're all entitled to use what ever we wish to hold our pedals secure (that is a hill I would die on!) and I'd much rather talk about how amazing Nathan's Pedals are 
on this thread.I'm just noticing that I need to update my Profile pic, that bass don't look that anymore!
I use the low profile stuff. It’s great!
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Commercial quality velcro is fine for most pedals on pedal boards. I do like to use Dual Lock for oversize, heavy and also items mounted upside down under boards like power supplies. Velcro is just easier to manage things that may change over time, Dual Lock is for things that will likely not change. YMMV
That's how I have my board setup. 3M velcro on top. Dual Lock for the Cioks underneath. Although I'd dare to say you could get by with like two smaller chunks of Dual Lock for pedals
that stuff is not easily letting stuff go.
Well, the d'Addario XPND boards come with velco already set up - so no option for me. Works perfectly fine though.
I've been fiddling with the HPF in my Finally.
It is really effective at cutting the rattles, even at the 30hz settings
However it introduces an audible hiss.
Is it normal?
Keep in mind my Finally has a 12AX7 in it so there's a ton of gain in the circuit. The basic hiss added by the Gain knob is fine, just the HPF introduces an additional high pitched hiss that is noticeable.
It is really effective at cutting the rattles, even at the 30hz settings
However it introduces an audible hiss.
Is it normal?
Keep in mind my Finally has a 12AX7 in it so there's a ton of gain in the circuit. The basic hiss added by the Gain knob is fine, just the HPF introduces an additional high pitched hiss that is noticeable.
How do you like that board? I want one simply because they are the only folks I see offering a case with a top carry handle so all the pedals aren't sideways sliding against said carrier and jumbling all my knobs...
Playing with all three in the garage.
Caveat: what goes on in front of house I can not control, so only giving my observation from my amp. No bypasses or hpf engaged. Started my test with a StingRay 5 H.
The Finally with 12AU7: has the most character of the bunch. No distortion, just a bit of hairy chest, or grunt.
The More: definitely still has warm tube character, definitely different than going straight into a solid state amp, it adds fullness to every note and natural compression. Not quite as grunty as Finally, but surprisingly more than it was made out to be.
While this isn't a DI, I had been using it to add juicyness to a class d amp...and it does!
The Np: it's clean-clean-clean. Less round tone and definitely less girth than either my Finally or More, but the highs are glassy and pronounced like what I get from my other full-tube Mesa amps.
I find the hpf too extreme, so will never use that. On last week's gig the amount of low end in my in-ears was just fine, if the foh wants to high pass he can do it at his board.
Plugging a passive Jazz, I left the volume set as is and bring the two tone knobs up to get the Jazz to match the StingRay volume. Bass knob only needs to be nudged up to roughly 9:00 from flat, however treble knob has to go to 2:00 to match.
They all sound good! But depends on what you're looking for in the end; grunt or clean.
I don't use the pedals together in my situation. My More stays in the case with the class d head and is only used when I bring that particular amp out. As mentioned, I also have tube amps, so see no need to use it for those.
The Finally I had been using it for my other gig, which is ampless and I have a different pedal board for, with just a few basic pedals, so I really do love the amp-like character of the pedal.
The board is great, can't really fault it. I was concerned the sliding section wouldn't be sturdy enough but it's rock solid. If I have to knock points off it, the only thing I can think of is that for the height adjustable legs, when the board is extended, the central legs can't be adjusted like the ones at the extreme ends. So they can end up not touching the ground, if like me, you have to raise it a bit too fix the power supply under it. But saying that, it doesn't flex and if I was really concerned, I could always find a way to get longer legs for that area. They're only threaded bolts with a rubber cover over the head and a lock nut. I daresay d'Addario sell spares.
The cable management is great too.
i’ve been using 3m dual lock forever. easier to remove than velcro.I don't have a pedal board myself but I always thought you stuck Velcro strips to the board and the bottom of the pedals, that way you can easily remove them if you wanted to. (Hook and Loop tape)
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