Wouldn't it make more sense to use angled cables in/out of a pedalboard?

TimmyO

I look down and see those straight jacks heading left and right from a board - just begging to be stepped on - does anyone use angled jacks instead? 

stickyfiddle

I’ve always used angled. Much neater

Caffeine_Vampire

Yep. All angled. 

LastMantra

Both. Depending on socket positions.


I do make my own and swap pedals about all the time playing at home. 

digitalscream

Yep, always have. Once is enough for having the singer wreck pedal jacks.

Arjailer

Yep - angled in and out of the board 

ICBM

Yes, angled at both ends if possible. I have a few with one of each for places a right-angle plug doesn't fit properly, but probably too many really.

ZenOvertone

Another one, yes to right angle jacks to avoid the clumsy feet of others

Jalapeno

Yep

TimmyO

Right. So just me that’s not been doing it then! 

not_the_dj

Yes angled in and out of my board. Only takes a clumsy drummer squeezing out from behind his kit and over my board to step on a straight jack sticking out.

tone1

Angled...

Sassafras

The only straight jack I own is the one going into my Strat.

Gadget

Whichever you use, consider using a pedalboard patchbox for incoming / outgoing cables, which saves wear and tear and damage to actual pedals. Bright Onion and others do them and cheap too, relative to the pedals we use...

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ICBM

Gadget said:

Whichever you use, consider using a pedalboard patchbox for incoming / outgoing cables, which saves wear and tear and damage to actual pedals. Bright Onion and others do them and cheap too, relative to the pedals we use...

Yes, and you can also bolt - not velcro - it to the board, so that even if it gets a really hard pull on the cable it won't come loose, so it will protect the pedals. With a modern Pedaltrain type board it should fit underneath out of the way too.

TimmyO

ICBM

The flaw I can see with that is that the jacks are too close together and not far enough above the floor to use right-angle plugs, so we're back where we came in...

TimmyO

They fit all angled to one side fine 

TimmyO

But it wasn’t being offered as a solution - just showing what I have. 

TimmyO

TimmyO said:

They fit all angled to one side fine 

actually I take that back - if the floor is hard rather than carpet, it means forcing them in hard against each other - less than ideal 

ICBM

TimmyO said:

actually I take that back - if the floor is hard rather than carpet, it means forcing them in hard against each other - less than ideal 

You're better to angle them upwards instead. I should have thought of that in the first place .