When your fantastically planned board doesn't quite fit....

gibsongretschfan

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghghghfgggfgg

excuse me....

so anyone got any bright ideas how I can fit that pedal in that hole? Some of those pedal to pedal 1/4 connectors?

oh there's a Polytune Mini going in the top right too

https://imgur.com/gallery/FQhzy

Magnetic_Effects

You could clear some space by mounting a pedal on top of the pedal Power 2?

gibsongretschfan

Magnetic_Effects said:

You could clear some space by mounting a pedal on top of the pedal Power 2?

Just tried and the case won't close


ive got a bad feeling the Sub n Up is gonna have to go

Grunfeld

gibsongretschfan said:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghghghfgggfgg

excuse me....

so anyone got any bright ideas how I can fit that pedal in that hole?

Oh I know this pain and frustration!
My answer wasn't the cheapest but I'm actually really happy with it now:
New PSU.
I took the Pedal Power 2+ off and replaced it with a Cioks DC5 and some extra cables cos they don't give you quite enough.
Its profile is slim enough to fit under a PedalTrain Metro and the end result is actually a lot tidier.
Everything now fits.

steamabacus

If you move the power supply left (right into the corner), move the tc left, sp right (into the corner) you can then rotate the small stone 90 degrees. That should give you enough room to rotate the sub 'n' up and fit one of the front row alongside - which should free up room for the fuzz.
:-B

Winny_Pooh

Small cable plugs help too

DesVegas

Put your wah on the floor, like a lot if other people do

octatonic

You only really need 5 of those pedals.

monquixote

octatonic said:

You only really need 5 of those pedals.

Yep agree. 

If it's a gigging board it looks too hard to use. 

simonk

Grunfeld said:

gibsongretschfan said:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghghghfgggfgg

excuse me....

so anyone got any bright ideas how I can fit that pedal in that hole?

Oh I know this pain and frustration!
My answer wasn't the cheapest but I'm actually really happy with it now:
New PSU.
I took the Pedal Power 2+ off and replaced it with a Cioks DC5 and some extra cables cos they don't give you quite enough.
Its profile is slim enough to fit under a PedalTrain Metro and the end result is actually a lot tidier.
Everything now fits.

DC5 is a good shout. You could add a GigRig Isolator (or two) and run it from the 300mA out on the DC5 for additional clean power.

EricTheWeary

I see quite a few boards on here that seem difficult, to me, to use live and/or seem to have redundant pedals but people still say they gig with them.* For me, for starters, this one is three rows on a flat board so anything in the back row would never get used. But, hey...yeah as has been said consider having the wah on the floor. Might cure a noise problem (might not) but will stop having anything flexing underneath the wah and stop you flexing the board each time you use the wah (as the only pedal that has sustained weight on it). 


*and clearly play places with more stage room than I do. 

hubobulous

Kill the Polytune Mini and get a Polytune clip?

stickyfiddle

steamabacus said:

If you move the power supply left (right into the corner), move the tc left, sp right (into the corner) you can then rotate the small stone 90 degrees. That should give you enough room to rotate the sub 'n' up and fit one of the front row alongside - which should free up room for the fuzz.
:-B

This

octatonic said:

You only really need 5 of those pedals.

Also this. 

gibsongretschfan

Grunfeld said:

gibsongretschfan said:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghghghfgggfgg

excuse me....

so anyone got any bright ideas how I can fit that pedal in that hole?

Oh I know this pain and frustration!
My answer wasn't the cheapest but I'm actually really happy with it now:
New PSU.
I took the Pedal Power 2+ off and replaced it with a Cioks DC5 and some extra cables cos they don't give you quite enough.
Its profile is slim enough to fit under a PedalTrain Metro and the end result is actually a lot tidier.
Everything now fits.

I really like the Cioks power supplies, the Adam is a great little thing

only problem is I need the AC outlet on the PP2 for the TC SCF as I don't want to run two power cable so to my board

gibsongretschfan

steamabacus said:

If you move the power supply left (right into the corner), move the tc left, sp right (into the corner) you can then rotate the small stone 90 degrees. That should give you enough room to rotate the sub 'n' up and fit one of the front row alongside - which should free up room for the fuzz.
:-B

WIN

well sort of lol... the reason the gap was there was to be able to plug the cable from the amp into the back of the Flint which is the last in my chain (when it all gets soldered up) 

however i dont think theres any way around using a patchbay on this lard of everything is to fit.

i can attach the compressor and tuner to the top of the patch bay as I was going to need to raise them anyway

gibsongretschfan

octatonic said:

You only really need 5 of those pedals.

I don't really need any of them but they are all present for a reason. I have a Helix and shove a Tech 21 RK5 and Zoom MS50 in the bag as a back up. This board isn't really a B board it's more just a board that ONLY contains sounds that I personally like to play with. So indulge me

gibsongretschfan

hubobulous said:

Kill the Polytune Mini and get a Polytune clip?

I have one and did toy with this idea but if I ever actually want to gig this board I think I'd miss having something to mute my signal with

gibsongretschfan

EricTheWeary said:

I see quite a few boards on here that seem difficult, to me, to use live and/or seem to have redundant pedals but people still say they gig with them.* For me, for starters, this one is three rows on a flat board so anything in the back row would never get used. But, hey...yeah as has been said consider having the wah on the floor. Might cure a noise problem (might not) but will stop having anything flexing underneath the wah and stop you flexing the board each time you use the wah (as the only pedal that has sustained weight on it). 


*and clearly play places with more stage room than I do. 

Diago pedal riders are all of our friends. The SCF, SP, Polytune and Alterego will all be raised. The two strymons are taller than the pedals under them and the Small Stone has its own staircase attached is so big anyway

Anything I need to stand on in a hurry is easy to get to

octatonic

gibsongretschfan said:

octatonic said:

You only really need 5 of those pedals.

I don't really need any of them but they are all present for a reason. I have a Helix and shove a Tech 21 RK5 and Zoom MS50 in the bag as a back up. This board isn't really a B board it's more just a board that ONLY contains sounds that I personally like to play with. So indulge me

No, I don't think so.

Drew_TNBD

Move your wah out of the box. It being that close to the PP2+ will probably add hum and noise to your signal anyways!

gibsongretschfan

Drew_TNBD said:

Move your wah out of the box. It being that close to the PP2+ will probably add hum and noise to your signal anyways!

That always leaves the problem of carting a loose wah around though. Do you stick it in your gig bag? What do you do with your cables then??! Then you've got another patch cable and possibly even another power adapter or even (shock horror) leave yourself at the mercy of a 9v battery