How do you install your footswitches ? What to do with the various rings ?

[eh là bas ma]

I did the best I could do

Understandable, doing justice to plastic washer is far from easy. But if we are going to have a debate on white washers, people on the pro-white washer side can't afford to produce mitigated exemples to convince the other side. Only the best exemples can be introduced at this level. A true plastic washer supporter would understand that, right ?

Unfortunately my Low Tide build was merely a poor exemple to show the various possibilities. In no circonstances it could convince the other side.

I will find some really overwhelming exemples of amazing builds with plastic washers on the outside.

Moreover, i think your picture was posted in order to make a point about metal led bezels, not specifically about white washers.

I wonder what was written there ? Are we sure that a plastic led mounting clip wouldn't fit better here ?

 

[chris.knudson]

That's the dumbest funniest thing I have seen in a long while.

And if you keep watching it gets dumber and funnier.

 

[KR Sound]

And if you keep watching it gets dumber and funnier.

I haven’t watched Homestar for probably 20 years.

 

[chris.knudson]

Understandable, doing justice to plastic washer is far from easy. But if we are going to have a debate on white washers, people on the pro-white washer side can't afford to produce mitigated exemples to convince the other side. Only the best exemples can be introduced at this level. A true plastic washer supporter would understand that, right ?

I can easily admit that my Low Tide build was merely a poor exemple to show the various possibilities. In no circonstances it could convince the other side.

I will find some really overwhelming exemples of amazing builds with plastic washers on the outside.

Moreover, i think your picture was posted in order to make a point about metal led bezels, not specifically about white washer.

I'm just saying that i showed your mine (embarrassing as it is). Now you need to show me yours. And of course the chrome bezels were on full display for all to see - I'm not shy that those are my thing - even if I lied to you about it. Let's just all agree that chrome is a good thing.

 

[chris.knudson]

Moreover, i think your picture was posted in order to make a point about metal led bezels, not specifically about white washer.

I couldn't disagree more. I'm all about the white washer, but if you want to push me to the dark side I guess I could go there

 

[MBFX]

I see... Now you've done it, everyone can see that you are going too far.

And what about the good old standard red led ? Aren't they "ugly" ? Don't they give a "cheap look" to your stompboxes ? Aren't orange, yellow, blue, pink, lila, or even green leds much better than the standard red led ?

I mean, what is it going to be next ? First the white washer, then the black plastic led mounting clip, now the red led... Where is it going to end ?

Can't we make the world and the diy community a little bit simpler, and just put the plastic ring around the 3PDT, inside the enclosure ? Like reasonable human beings ?

What's wrong with dampening vibrations and absorbing shocks on the footswich, thanks to this clever little tool ?

White LED for drive, pink for mod, blue for reverb and delay <3

 

[DGWVI]

I found a pic of one of my very first builds -



Beige and a white washer, and those knobs

 

[chris.knudson]

I found a pic of one of my very first builds -
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Beige and a white washer, and those knobs

I love how the white washer just disappears into the background, but where's your chrome LED bezel? -- Is that an infrared LED -- those are my favorite.

 

[chris.knudson]

I found a pic of one of my very first builds -
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Beige and a white washer, and those knobs

And the knobs are magical. I'm a true believer that knobs are an intimate relationship between pedal and builder. They capture a moment in the pedal builder's journey, and they should never be shamed or ridiculed.

 

[DGWVI]

I love how the white washer just disappears into the background, but where's your chrome LED bezel? -- Is that an infrared LED -- those are my favorite.

I forgot the bezel

 

[chris.knudson]

I wonder what was written there ? Are we sure that a plastic led mounting clip wouldn't fit better here ?

You do have a point here... In my defense, I created this graphic for an identical build (which was absconded by a guitarist in my band), this was basically the same circuit with a slightly different enclosure. The original one was better (except that I misspelled treble and didn't realize it until I had 15 coats of lacquer on the pedal -- as my guitarist said, "good spelling isn't a requirement for rock 'n roll")

 

[DGWVI]

You do have a point here... In my defense, I created this graphic for an identical build (which was absconded by a guitarist in my band), this was basically the same circuit with a slightly different enclosure. The original one was better (except that I misspelled treble and didn't realize it until I had 15 coats of lacquer on the pedal -- as my guitarist said, "good spelling isn't a requirement for rock 'n roll")
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I don't make a ton of dirt pedals these days, but I might have to borrow "terble"

 

[chris.knudson]

Moreover, i think your picture was posted in order to make a point about metal led bezels, not specifically about white washers.

And before you even go there... I am aware that I did not use a white washer on this pedal, but it doesn't matter since my guitarist stole it from me...

 

[chris.knudson]

I don't make a ton of diet pedals these days, but I might have to borrow "terble"

I'm actually designing a pedal called the Terble thanks to this...

 

[chris.knudson]

I don't make a ton of dirt pedals these days, but I might have to borrow "terble"

I see you corrected the spelling of dirt --see, it can happen to the best of us.

 

[DGWVI]

I see you corrected the spelling of dirt --see, it can happen to the best of us.

Yeah, my phone always autocorrects "dirt" to "diet".... I think it's saying I need to lay off the burritos

 

[chris.knudson]

I see you corrected the spelling of dirt --see, it can happen to the best of us.

@DGWVI At least your spelling error wasn't immortalized under 15 coats of lacquer.

 

[chris.knudson]

Yeah, my phone always autocorrects "dirt" to "diet".... I think it's saying I need to lay off the burritos

I wish I could blame it on autocorrect, but sadly it was just a brain fart...

 

[chris.knudson]

Either these plastic rings have been hastily installed on these builds by a plastic-washerophobic acting under false flag, or the whole artwork didn't include them correctly.

It's a 1590A -- not a lot of real estate there to begin with.

 

[chris.knudson]

I will find some really overwhelming exemples of amazing builds with plastic washers on the outside.

Still waiting....