This is Why Top Mounted Jacks Rock! … a pedalboard story

[The Grand Wazoo]

I just rearranged my grab and go board, which is on a Rockboard Duo 2.2. The board is 24-1/2 x 5-1/2. I was able to fit 4 of the PedalPCB pedals that I’ve built. Those are the Timmy Time (Tommy III / Timmy V3), Aetherial Drive (Mahayana / Zendrive), Derailer (TWE-1) and Spooky Middle Things (Maleficent Mids / Haunting Mids). In addition, I also have a Keeley compressor, TC SubnUpMini, a TC Flashback 2 and my home made pedalboard friendly Princeton Reverb footswitch.

I rally like top mounted jacks and this makes a case for them.

FYI: the MXR Tap Tempo is actually modified and serving as a Red Remote for the Morning Glory V4. Oh! I forgot to mention that there is a Morning Glory V4 in the board, too!

 

[OD is Glorious]

Looks clean!

 

[swelchy]

I will literally buy a different pedal of the same type of effect if it has side mounted jacks.... Top mounts are just so much better..

 

[Aentons]

You must have a lot of dexterity in your toes.

 

[OD is Glorious]

I will literally buy a different pedal of the same type of effect if it has side mounted jacks.... Top mounts are just so much better..

My Grandmother used to say, "you go back to the bread you are used to".
All of the pedals that I loved had side jacks so I prefer those.
I can see how top jacks are useful for players.

 

[andare]

Those are still side mounted jacks. Top mounted jacks would be next to the footswitch and stuff.

I'll see myself out...

 

[Dostradamas]

I am a convert

Top mounted jacks and Dual Lock are my standard

 

[jcpst]

Top mounted jacks and Dual Lock

 

[The Grand Wazoo]

You must have a lot of dexterity in your toes.

With a judicious application of tallboy Barefoot buttons I usually manage to step on what I want to.

 

[genXslacker]

I forgot to mention that there is a Morning Glory V4 in the board, too!

That's the best circuit JHS has ever put out by a wide margin. The bright-cut switch should be called "tone suck", but other than that, it's magnificent.

If he'd have stopped after that one, he'd be revered in the pedal world... but a lot poorer.

 

[Dostradamas]

This post might need a trigger warning because of the high JHS content.

That's the best circuit JHS has ever put out by a wide margin. The bright-cut switch should be called "tone suck", but other than that, it's magnificent.

If he'd have stopped after that one, he'd be revered in the pedal world... but a lot poorer.

From ridicule to praise just a couple pages over, I picked well I guess
Yeah the switch on the side I forgot all about

 

[genXslacker]

From ridicule to praise just a couple pages over, I picked well I guess

I've never understood the anti-JHS sentiment. He says some things I don't agree with* and makes some choices with his pedals that I wouldn't make with mine, but I could say that about most people in the business. Love him or hate him, he's a walking encyclopedia of pedal history and he's done as much for the industry as a whole as anybody over the last decade or so. He's also supportive of the DIY community.




*For example, I cringe when I hear him defending SMD.

 

[genXslacker]

I rally like top mounted jacks and this makes a case for them.

Check out @lcipher3's board here. I definitely prefer top-mounted jacks, but I'll go to the sides to wedge a build into a 1590B. He's mastered the art of the top-jack 1590B, and I want to learn his ways.

 

[genXslacker]

Yeah the switch on the side I forgot all about

The next one I build will omit it... or label it "tone suck" depending on my mood at the time.

 

[The Grand Wazoo]

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From ridicule to praise just a couple pages over, I picked well I guess
Yeah the switch on the side I forgot all about

I don’t use the bright switch, just the gain boost. If ya don’t like it, don’t use it. I really like everything else about the Morning Glory. It’s my always on pedal driving the next gain stages and the front of my Princeton Reverb.

 

[genXslacker]

If ya don’t like it, don’t use it.

That's the way a sane person would look at it, yes, but bad or useless controls offend my OCD. At least he's putting it on the side now.

Princeton Reverb

Probably my favorite amp of all time. I'm planning a turret build.

 

[The Grand Wazoo]

The next one I build will omit it... or label it "tone suck" depending on my mood at the time.

 

[The Grand Wazoo]

Looks clean!

I like clean because it reduces complications!

 

[genXslacker]

Gary Larson is an underappreciated genius and the greatest cartoonist who ever is, was, or ever will be.

 

[The Grand Wazoo]

Gary Larson is an underappreciated genius and the greatest cartoonist who ever is, was, or ever will be.

Not at all under appreciated in my world! He’s my favorite frustrated scientist!