jwar wrote:Maybe I should just ditch the whole fucking board and go straight to the floor. It would make my life easier.
i cannot understate how much time and energy it has saved me going from a tidy and full PT pro to a smaller Diago case with like 10 pedals all on the same 3amp daisy chain. I can mix and match stuff as i feel fit so i don't feel limited by whatever signal chain i last decided to construct the PT pro with meticulously. If anything it's more versatile than a megaboard because of that, and when i get new stuff it's easier to audition it in my full rig.
There's also basically no noise or noticeable 'tone suck' even though it's all chained cos i ditched the noisy stuff (strymon i'm looking at you) and have 2 buffered boss pedals to even out all the true bypass ones.
I don't even use velcro anymore. The case lid foam holds stuff in place if i move it around so all velcro would do is make it more annoying to interchange stuff.
IMO everyone is gonna prefer different stuff but i've realised more and more that it's a better idea to start as loose as possible and start making things more organised when there's a problem. I ended up basically working backwards from a more expensive, troublesome and time-consuming way of using pedals to a cheaper, easier and more rock-solid setup that really doesn't do any less