pbrommer
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I’m working on a small factor board (mainly 1590A size) for ease of transport. So, I’m going to side with JWI615 on this.
Your best and worst pedal hot takes? 🔥
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Passinwind
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Harry Klippton
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"Back jacks" says the guy with a fart reference for a name
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jessenator
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Power jacks below the side mono jack need to make a comeback as well 
Aleph Null
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Everyone knows the traditional Z.Vex jack placement is the ultimate in space efficiency! 
JohnnyCreepy
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I envy the ground you stand on. My bandmate has cool Boss collection, but they cause havoc with TBP diy pedals. Id like to use his Hyper metal.
Mentaltossflycoon
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To be fair, he lives in a city that is a destination for wind surfing and kite boarding. The fart reference may only be secondary. Said the guy with Josef Pujol as his profile pic....
One of my many bats*t ideas:Power jacks below the side mono jack need to make a comeback as well
Internal power jacks.
PCB mount DC jack internal to the pedal but rotated 90° downward.
Small botch in the enclosure lid/base for the cable to pass through.
A little piece of RF shielding foam taped to the lid/baseplate to both seal the hole from interference as well as cushion the male DC connector to hold it in place.
Ship the pedal with a small male to female cable pre installed but once it's claimed a spot on the pedalboard you have the option to permanently install a DC cable.
Would clean up pedal wiring some and make room on the back of small enclosures
pbrommer
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Attachments
pbrommer
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Weird idea. But if you’re making a more permanent board with smaller enclosures, this might be really effective.
How would you attach the down facing DC jack in the enclosure?
Passinwind
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Yep, my very long standing (pre Interweb forums) user names Passingwind and Passinwind were originally from USENET wind sports groups. Passing Wind was my first band’s name when I moved here in the late 80s, FWIW. And I actually despise farty bass noises, oddly enough. But I live to obfuscate, so all good!
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Papi Fuego
PCB mounted DC jack. Same as always(for most production pedals). Just use one with PCB pins 180° from the input. Right between the IO jacks.
Paradox916
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I always thought it was a fart joke… now your screen name isn’t as fun….Yep, my very long standing (pre Interweb forums) user names Passingwind and Passinwind were originally from USENET wind sports groups. Passing Wind was my first band’s name when I moved here in the late 80s, FWIW. And I actually despise farty bass noises, oddly enough. But I live to obfuscate, so all good!
jesuscrisp
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Half rant, half hot-take, half old-man-yelling-at-cloud, but is it just me or have there been basically no really interesting boutique pedal releases for the past like 2-3 years?
ICTRock
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why it is as though they've run out of other people's ideas to copy
Aleph Null
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I feel like, once you get to this point, you either start playing guitar again, or get into modular synths.
I have been so tempted. But I keep telling myself that it will only result in
A)more unpopulated PCBs and/or more unhoused populated PCBs
B)more gear that I don't use regularly and don't have room for.
But there are so many vendors and cool modules out there. Every time I get the itch I boot up Cherry Voltage and remind myself that I have no f*cking clue.