Effects - Pedals, Multi-Effects, and Floor Boxes

[OldCrankyDouche]

:wave:

[Cow4prez]

why do you want to rehouse it?

[NetStar]

Why?

[kyrreca]

Whyyyyy???????

[Kikaruu]

I, umm, also want to know why.

[BmoreTele]

Don't do it!

I lost my first DE7 that way.

Apparently, the switch is just too tricky to replace or re-house.

Get a TB looper.

[Cow4prez]

I lost my first DE7 that way.

Apparently, the switch is just too tricky to replace or re-house.

why is it tricky?

[Saturnine10]

Nothing is too tricky for CoW!!

[3red]

there's no reason to UNLESS YOU ARE EMBARASSED

[driverhasabomb]

You guys are dumb. If you add one of those switches w/ the white washer it will improve the tone. It's totally sucking his tone right now

[Crxsh]

If by "rehouse" you mean "send it from your house to my house" ..... I'm game.

[Cow4prez]

despite the funny responses here, my inquiry was serious

[H.R. Shove and…]

It's probably no harder then doing any other surface mounted stuffs. The switch, I believe, is only a momentary grain of rice, so any momentary switch will do, just replace the original one. The pots have their own board, so you either have to desolder them or drill the holes in the enclosure perfectly. Desolder the LED and jacks then put wires where they used to be. No harder then anything else.

[3red]

The switch, I believe, is only a momentary grain of rice

a mere bag of shells

[attic]

Supervelcroboy, can you rehouse my girlfriend please?

[Cow4prez]

It's probably no harder then doing any other surface mounted stuffs. The switch, I believe, is only a momentary grain of rice, so any momentary switch will do, just replace the original one. The pots have their own board, so you either have to desolder them or drill the holes in the enclosure perfectly. Desolder the LED and jacks then put wires where they used to be. No harder then anything else.

In principle it's easy, but in practice it's harder than putting together a true and tried kit project. Rehousing can be easy or very tough -- believe me i know...too many factors to consider. On the multilayer PCB, it's easy to f up the board. When you desolder, you run the risk of damaging something. It's also not as simple as replacing a switch. If you want it true bypassed, you have to figure how the switching circuit works by reverse engineering it, then work from there. Then you have to fit it into a small enclosure, otherwise there's little point. The SMDs makes it 3x as hard. There is a lot of stuff going on.

[Cow4prez]

Supervelcroboy, can you rehouse my girlfriend please?

i cannot make her any skinnier if her PCB is fat, but some plastic surgery is possible at the right price

[attic]

i cannot make her any skinnier if her PCB is fat, but some plastic surgery is possible at the right price

I'll send her in.

[El Gallo Negro]

a mere bag of shells

A lone drop of piss in the ocean.

[H.R. Shove and…]

In principle it's easy, but in practice it's harder than putting together a true and tried kit project. Rehousing can be easy or very tough -- believe me i know...too many factors to consider. On the multilayer PCB, it's easy to f up the board. When you desolder, you run the risk of damaging something. It's also not as simple as replacing a switch. If you want it true bypassed, you have to figure how the switching circuit works by reverse engineering it, then work from there. Then you have to fit it into a small enclosure, otherwise there's little point. The SMDs makes it 3x as hard. There is a lot of stuff going on.

Yes, I know. I haven't done any true bypass mods to these kinds of pedals, but I have done a few rehouses and mods, plus multiple failures. Failures mostly with behringer pedals I bought to mess around with.

The DE7 has great bypass, so there isn't really a point in true bypass. The Ibanez tonelok stuff is, IIRC, the same width as the MXR type boxes, so you could probably just slip it on in there. But whatever.