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What's your favorite layout?

1
9
32%
2
1
4%
3
13
46%
4
5
18%
 
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Here's what the pedal will have... 5 knobs and 2 stomp switches (shit, and 2 LEDs to go with them... I forgot to put the LED bezels on there)

#1
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#2
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#3
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#4
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Feel free post your own ideas, too. If I use one belonging to someone here, I might just have to build them a pedal...
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I like #1 the best but #4 is cool too... i'd just be worried about crushing the two knobs above the switches when I'm in the throes of ROCK. :rock:
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3 would be the most practical, i need room to stomp the switch and 3 would give me enough room, also it would more likely fit on my board vertically rather than horizontal.What will the pedal do????
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It's a continuation on an overdrive pedal I build now. The controls are gain, tone, mids, level, and now boost.
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I think I like the second one the best... but you could move the switches back to make it look less cluttered, maybe.
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3's got a nice balance to it, but I've been dinged before for making/liking everything too symmetrical...
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RossCanyonsofstatic wrote:nice, any video samples?


There's video on the way. In the meantime, I recorded a basic classic rock rhythm sound clip:
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Telecaster --> overdrive --> Vox Valvetronix 1x10 combo set clean, increasing pedal gain each time I played the riff

devi ever wrote:1 with footswitches lower and HUGE knob on right. :thumb:


I was waiting for someone to chime in with the HUGE knob suggestion. :)
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clip sounds great, very nice classic vibe. look forward to seeing some video.
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I voted for # 3 and resisted the urge to post a boobs photo.

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use #3 but make the bottom knob huge and the rest of the knobs extra small. :bob:
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3 with a pentagram connecting the knobs. :evil:
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Nychthemeron wrote:3 with a pentagram connecting the knobs. :evil:

that's what i'd do!
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I've been commissioned to do one like #4 with large MXR style knobs on top and the small ones on the bottom. Nice!
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