you know your a pedal head if --

[rjovin]

... If you save all boxes and manuals and unused warranty cards even if you know you will never sell a pedal

...because you know you might sell/trade the pedal.

 

[Feral Feline]

At least, that's what you keep telling yourself: "I might trade or sell it at a later date."

Nonetheless, your track record ( and a closet and drawers full of pedals ) doesn't corroborate with "I might sell or trade it...".

 

[Mosfed]

At least, that's what you keep telling yourself: "I might trade or sell it at a later date."

Nonetheless, your track record ( and a closet and drawers full of pedals ) doesn't corroborate with "I might sell or trade it...".

That's why I wrote it

Also you know you are pedal head if every time you find a pedal you really like, you immediately think about getting a second one just like it.

 

[adi77]

when you have watched "fuzz, the sound that revolutionised the world" more than 6 times.

 

[Michedelic]

You've become a snob about power supplies, purging or relegating to your "B" board your Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2's because only a Cioks is good enough for your main board.

You have a "B" board.
You have a "C" board. For bass AND guitar.

 

[Pastrami]

Oh man...

When you start thinking about pedals during sex, wish I could say that those thoughts helped delay my c***ing

 

[Feral Feline]

That's why I wrote it

Also you know you are pedal head if every time you find a pedal you really like, you immediately think about getting a second one just like it.

Yeah, I figured... my post was more a response to rjovin's response to your post ...

As for second helpings, you never know when you'll need a backup...
I hung out in Menlo Park with a friend and his retired uncle a number of years back. Uncle had a habit of buying things (tools, in particular) in twos (sometimes threes), and then he'd forget where he put things. He had a container load of tools out in the yard, the double-car garage was full, the basement was full, the attic was full and his spare room was full. The aunt put a stop at things spilling into their bedroom, living-room, kitchen and bathroom. While we were visiting, we went to the hardware store nearly every day with him to buy tools, sometimes highly-specialised tools that required visiting several shops to find them. He was a genius electronics/mechanical wizard – Unc helped set up the Stanford Linear Accelerator (IIRC) and other such Sillycon Valley related detritus, long before the advent of home computers... He was racked with cancer from being up to his elbows in PCB-laden transformer oil or such-like for so many years...

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You know you're a pedal-head ...

... if you know off the top of your head the power requirements of dozens of brands of pedals, ie which ones have:
2.1 vs 2.3 plugs & jacks;
centre-positive vs centre-negative;
9v vs 12v vs 18v vs "X"v;
average #of mA draw;
DC vs AC;
etc...

... if you've ever had a pedal rehoused.

... if you've ever said "wall-wart" in a conversation not about music with a non-musician and had to explain what a wall-wart is.

... if you use a Cioks DC-10 PS even on your 2-3 pedal "grab & go" pedalboards.

... if you drive your car and hit the brakes and gas as though you're toe-tapping your pedals and bystanders think you can't drive stick, but you're driving an automatic...

 

[Michedelic]

You own at least one of each size/configuation of Pedaltrain.
You have a separate board for just your expression pedals

 

[Michedelic]

You have separate boards for: tuner/filters/compressor/octave/fuzz/distortion/ringmod(front end of amp)
and: chorus/phaser/flanger/delay/trem/rev(in the effects loop)

You have two identical amp rigs to best utilize the stereo potential of your modulation/delay/rev pedals.

 

[Michedelic]

You're not a friend of Bill W., but you're a friend of George L.

 

[Hypocrite]

... you have more pedals than both your guitarists. Combined.

 

[kpow]

if you have more 9v batteries than friends

 

[adi77]

when you create a thread and use terms like "harmonic content" to explain stuff.

 

[wisconsindead]

... when you're getting yelled at by me to quit shaging with pedals and play the damn guitar

 

[Mosfed]

When you are going through potential dog names and all that comes to mind is Moog, Fuzz Face and Boss.

 

[jaypee]

oh man, a couple of years ago I named my at the time, 7 year old, daughters fish Dr. Q.

 

[adece]

... you post updates of your pedalboard to 3 or more threads on pedalboards.

 

[Mosfed]

....if what keeps you up the night before a big gig is the various possibilities for your pedalboard rather than worrying about whether you will play well

(I swear this just happened to me last night)

 

[adi77]

if you sell gold to buy the EWS BMC

 

[Feral Feline]

When you are going through potential dog names and all that comes to mind is Moog, Fuzz Face and Boss.

I was going to name my next dog "Mingus", but "Moog"... that's a strong contender! Just don't name any pet "Ring Worm"... :***:

You know you're a pedalhead if...

...you keep checking this thread before all others.

... you loan out pedals several friends to disguise the true size of your hoard, uh, board potential.

... you contemplate simply permanently affixing your 3'x4' board to a dolly/handtruck so it's easier to transport/manoeuver

...every smallish flat object you see you wonder how well it would work as a pedalboard: breadboards, cuttingboards, skateboards, longboards, in-bed serving trays and laptop stands, bathtub shaving trays, briefcases, tool-cases, tv-trays, bookshelves, ironing boards, pizza pans, cookie sheets, dish-racks and draining boards, board games (Risk!, Snakes&Ladders, Monopoly, Operation!), side tables, BBQ grill-gratings, fludder boards, boogie boards, surfboards, snowboards, boat-planks, window shutters, shoe racks, coffee tables, magazine racks...