hesitation about modding a vintage pedal to make it more pedalboard friendly

[bean7]

Acquired a lovely sounding old Ibanez OD850 in great original condition - its got no modern luxuries like 9v dc socket, LED .. Soo, not too worried about lack of LED or true bypass, but the it would be really handy to drill for the 9v dc socket and velcro it to the pedalboard. It also still has the original old foam pad stuck to the bottom which I'd have to rip off to attach velcro.

Torn between adding some useful mods or keeping it in original condition. Probably shouldn't care but it feels wrong to take a drill to something thats survived quite nicely for 30 odd years.

[TomCTC]

Use this, no mods needed.

[evets618]

Visual Sound 1 Spot CBAT Battery clip converter.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...FQ_hQgodP0YAJg

[bean7]

True, there is that - I guess I dismissed that as it irks the OCD freak within, but its probably the right thing to do.

[boytbpc]

I have some vintage pedals that don't have DC jacks. Instead of drilling, I got a piece of thin sheet metal and cut it to size, drilled holes for screws and battery snap>DC jack, voila. done.

[nightraven]

As long as you do it neatly adding a dc jack and true bypass will probably improve the value of an early OD-850 like that

[bean7]

 

Originally Posted by nightraven

As long as you do it neatly adding a dc jack and true bypass will probably improve the value of an early OD-850 like that

 

Thats kind of what I was wondering, if people generally see changes like this as useful/valuable (or less so).

[Faldoe]

Use the battery snap thing Tom linked and maybe get a True bypass looper for it; that way you have tb and an led...

[Y0UNGBL00D]

No one has tackled the Velcro issue though

[Faldoe]

 

Originally Posted by Y0UNGBL00D

No one has tackled the Velcro issue though

 

if a solution is not produced, all other suggestions should not be implemented.

[Aristotle]

I just drilled a hole in my script Dyna Comp to accommodate one of those plugs TVD posted. I want to use it and it's not a museum piece.

[bean7]

I *think* from point 5 in the manual that its true bypass in stock form.

[SpectralJulian]

 

Originally Posted by Y0UNGBL00D

No one has tackled the Velcro issue though

 

I don't use velcro on my boards, I pieces of bike chain as brackets. I learned it from Phil. Bike chain repair tool + bike chain = all the mounting equipment you'll ever need. Or you can just get little scraps of sheet metal & drill 2 holes in them.

[ilyich100pesos]

Like you(bean7) mentioned, it does seem like it's true bypass. You'd still need a 3pdt(or millenium bypass) to add an indicator. For an indicator without drilling anything you could do the plexi back plate. You could make an indentation on the edge of the plexi to get the adaptor plug trough without it being squashed by the back plate.

[BG76]

 

Originally Posted by Faldoe

if a solution is not produced, all other suggestions should not be implemented.

 

Go to Lowes or Home Depot and go to the metal stock section. Get a piece of aluminum stock 1/2 wide - they're usually about 2 - 3 feet long. Cut the strip into two pieces for your pedal bottom. Drill (and countersink) holes to match the screw holes on the pedal. Attatch the velcro to the aluminum.

I have done this with a bunch of rare/old pedals. Works great.

[erased_over_out]

 

Originally Posted by Y0UNGBL00D

No one has tackled the Velcro issue though

 

http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/stor...=index&cPath=7