Velcro on Boss pedals and adhesion techniques

[mmelnick]

Ok this seems pretty dumb but I need some ideas. I just finished the pedalboard, soft velcro on the board, hooks going on the pedals. I'm using "industrial" velcro and the adhesive back is pretty damn sticky. I go to attach it to the back of a Boss delay and put it on the board, and when I go to take it off, the velcro pulls off the mylar chrome sticker and part of the back rubber! I begrudgingly decided to remove the rubber back and it seemed to be ok, but damn, do I have to do this to all the Boss pedals? I really like my pedals mint. Anyone have a better way?

Also, look at the bottom of the Dearmond volume -



That raised area for the pot underneath is higher than the velcro. Any ideas?

Urgh it was all going so good up to now!

[mmelnick]

bump for an answer/idea

[The4455]

I remove the bottom part from all my Boss Pedals, it's just what you have to do. I'd just not velcro teh volume pedal. I'd get some big zip ties and tie it down to your board, not the treadle that you move but the part under that.

[mmelnick]

zip ties? Hmm interesting, but it's all velcro. I'd have to drill a few holes. Which might be ok and barely noticeable. Good idea.

[The4455]

You could use tip ties in a small peice of wood for the volume pedal and boss pedals and put velcro on the bottoms of those.

[Jero]

You could also cut the velcro into skinny strips and put them on either side of the label on boss pedals...no need for the entire bottom of the pedal to be covered. Two 1/2" strips from the top to the bottom should hold anything down.

[mmelnick]

You could also cut the velcro into skinny strips and put them on either side of the label on boss pedals...no need for the entire bottom of the pedal to be covered. Two 1/2" strips from the top to the bottom should hold anything down.

No, totally. It will hold, the problem is when I take it off, it's gonna take the rubber with it I think. I'll try that tomorrow and report back.

[Ironbird13]

another idea for boss type pedals is to split apart a bicycle chain so you have the flat figure8 links and undo the screws holding the baseplate plate on and attach one end of the link then you can screw them down to the board

[DuoSonicII]

For my MIJ BF-2B, I used a thin sheet of galvanized steel and made my own back plate, then stuck velcro to that and screwed in on. Here's a pic:



You could use a variety of materials, but I like thin sheetmetal because it's easy to cut with tinsnips and has some give to it if you don't get the holes drilled just exactly right.

Seems like somebody could make some money selling professionally-made plain steel Boss backplates like this.

[DuoSonicII]

You could also cut the velcro into skinny strips and put them on either side of the label on boss pedals...no need for the entire bottom of the pedal to be covered. Two 1/2" strips from the top to the bottom should hold anything down.

This was my original tactic, but over time, even the industrial velcro peels off of that rubber - it just doesn't want to adhere right, even after you clean the rubber with alcohol and all that jazz. It'll work fine for a while though.

[julius_deane]

On some(?) Boss, etc. pedals, you can flip over the bottom: label into the inside, clean metal on the out.

my VP is not on my board. rubber feet stands alone.

[Gone Fission]

For my MIJ BF-2B, I used a thin sheet of galvanized steel and made my own back plate, then stuck velcro to that and screwed in on. Here's a pic:



You could use a variety of materials, but I like thin sheetmetal because it's easy to cut with tinsnips and has some give to it if you don't get the holes drilled just exactly right.

Seems like somebody could make some money selling professionally-made plain steel Boss backplates like this.

I was thinking along this line before I got to your post. Seems more obvious than some ridiculously kludgy solutions I've seen out there on the commercial market. (It also occurs to me that nice builders in Hammond-type boxes would be truly awesome if they supplied their pedals with two bottom plates, one for feet, one for velcro.)

[Caesar]

Rip off the rubber bottom and slap on the velcro. It's a Boss. The resale is so low, it won't matter.

[The4455]

Rip off the rubber bottom and slap on the velcro. It's a Boss. The resale is so low, it won't matter.

Unless of course it's your Dm-2, VB-2, and CE-2. Or even your fet pre-amp!

[DuoSonicII]

Rip off the rubber bottom and slap on the velcro. It's a Boss. The resale is so low, it won't matter.

Unless of course it's your Dm-2, VB-2, and CE-2. Or even your fet pre-amp!

Or your SG-1, SP-1, DC-2, OD-1, even DM-3, etc. Lots of MIJ Boss pedals go for good money. If you just bought it new at Guitar Center? Yeah, you're probably fine.