Expression pedals on or off the board?

[JustGlyphs]

Do you mount expression/volume/wah pedals on your boards or leave em to the side?

[chromandre]

maybe off the board are passive volume pedal or a battery powered wah w/ no LED... other than that youre really wasting time plugging in stupid stuff that should be on a pedalboard

[John]

I tried having a passive sidecar but decided there was no good reason to put the exp father away than it has to be.

[Monarch]

I would move that big ugly bastard off the board, and eventually into the closet

[coldbrightsunlight]

tiny board? on the side.

big board? part of the board.

This. I don't mind setting up and plugging in a wah pedal when I play to the side of my little board. But if I had a big board, yeah why wouldn't I fit it on there.

[UglyCasanova]

I don't like the angle when they're on the board. I guess if you have a board that lays flat it wouldn't matter, but for me I prefer them off-board as I like my pedals slanted a bit towards me.

[gila_crisis]

I do use an expression pedal to control my pedals (mostly delays and reverbs feedback/decay), and I always have it off board. It's one those utility pedals that I don't mind not having fixed on the board (also looper falls unto this "category"). I own 2 exp pedals (AMT EX50): one I use for my home studio setup and a second which is always inside my live-gear bag.

[JustGlyphs]

Appreciate all the responses. The real issue is all my pedals fit pretty perfectly on a two-row 24" board without the expression pedal and idk if I want to lug around a 32" one. But I think the convenience is probably worth the bulk/weight.

Surprisingly hard to find 28" boards.

[Eivind August]

I don't like the angle when they're on the board. I guess if you have a board that lays flat it wouldn't matter, but for me I prefer them off-board as I like my pedals slanted a bit towards me.

^^

with a slight angle the expression pedal turns into a calf stretch, mooooo

Wait, so the two of you have been secretly thinking that my board is wrong all these years?

[goroth]

I don't like the angle when they're on the board. I guess if you have a board that lays flat it wouldn't matter, but for me I prefer them off-board as I like my pedals slanted a bit towards me.

^^

with a slight angle the expression pedal turns into a calf stretch, mooooo

This is my take too.

[rfurtkamp]

I've never even considered mounting to the board. But I've used the same EV-5 that I bought used in 1991 the whole time now, and just plug it in when I need it.