Pedantic Discussion Talking Point: Tape on Pedals.

[D.o.S.]

You best start. You're in one.

[rustywire]

It's an aesthetic; makeshift mummy. Vinyl electrical tape, blue painters tape, grey duct tape, white cloth medical tape and on. They can all look cool but make a mess with the adhesive once aged so best consider it permanent mod for keepers.

Furthermore: stickers on pedals. COOL so long as the enclosures aren't art-tier Sonic Crayon type finishes and the stickers add a net positive and adhere to the philosophy of good memes or at the very least, good meme'n

[crochambeau]

I dunno, I feel okay with tipping my hat to the "I'LL CARRY MY GEAR SECRETS TO THE GRAVE!" crowd, plenty of ways to skin a cat.

Maybe I should start carrying rolls of electrical tape in the storefront to facilitate their journey.

[harpies]

I started w some tape to mark settings, but it expanded to stickers that cover all my pedals and make them look a bit more uniform. But im bald and wear a hat.

[Ghost Hip]

Oh that's why they left? I asked them why but they just confirmed they wanted to be deleted.

Tape is chill. I put Gudetama and Totoro stickers on my MIJ PS-2 and BF-2, as well as my PM-7 and Digiverb, because I know I won't sell them. Evan/skullservant has the best stickered pedals tho and I credit him as sticker-spiration.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I would make a joke about this issue but someone would probably delete their account.

[Disarm D'arcy]

I would make a joke about this issue but someone would probably delete their account.

[voerking]

i've taped over pedals with really ugly graphics. i totally get the not-wanting-to-advertise thing, too (i never wear clothes with obvious labels, or shirts with printing on them - other than my friends' projects).

most of all, i find it ridiculous that anyone would care either way!

[DRodriguez]

Start selling pedals with a $5 factory taped price.

Or make tape with your logo on it.

Pretty indifferent to the aesthetic but I can appreciate it as an aesthetic or not wanting to give free promotion etc.

[D.o.S.]

I started w some tape to mark settings, but it expanded to stickers that cover all my pedals and make them look a bit more uniform. But im bald and wear a hat.

This is my favorite pedalboard I have ever seen posted on ilf.

[dubkitty]

i understand why, e.g. the gybe! folks tape their pedals as part of their non-commercialist stance (though they are actually selling t-shirts, posters, and apparently even coffee mugs at shows nowadays)...i had a friend who was so anti-capitalist that he blacked out logos on clothing with a black marker and cut the swooshes off his Nikes. but i think taping over your pedals to "keep secrets" is lame as fuck. it's not as though people with color perception and good ears can't figure it out anyhow.

[UglyCasanova]

You remember stuff in memories of the past, but life moves on by the means of time into the future, in case someone was wondering.

[Paul_C]

[DRodriguez]

i had a friend who was so anti-capitalist that he blacked out logos on clothing with a black marker and cut the swooshes off his Nikes.

Why didn't he just buy blanks? Would have been significantly cheaper and easier.

[multi_s]

try to guess who.