Members RoboPimp Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 About 99% of the people who post pics of their pedalboard here show us pictures of a collection of beautifully clean, perfectly placed pedals with immaculate wiring and not a spect of dirt on the pedals, on the carpet or anywhere. How many of you actually play them? Or is this all just a hobby of buying pedals and seeing how anal you can get arranging them on a piece of wood/metal and never really doing anything with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justintee Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 maybe they've just been tidied up for the photoshoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ollenorin Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 why bother ? for me...im using all my pedals frequently...both with the band and at home. Ive got a good solid pedalboard that i post pics of sometimes....and also some extrapedals ive got lying around the house.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dinosaur jm Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 because they have a pedal fetish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted March 13, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 why bother ? for me...im using all my pedals frequently...both with the band and at home. Ive got a good solid pedalboard that i post pics of sometimes....and also some extrapedals ive got lying around the house.... yeah, you're part of the 1% I think olle, your pedals do at least look like they've been stepped on 3 or 4 times at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lanefair Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 Mine's got shards of glass, grass, spit, beer, god knows what else on it. All the bedroom playaz here don't know what it is to be on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justintee Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 some people collect cars and leave em in a garage, others keep pristine pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justintee Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 hmmm that sounds like markom doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeleMan1985 Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 I'm not that bothered. Yeah I haven't gigged with mine yet, but when I get round to it, I'm not gonna care if they get a bit trashed, as long as they work. I think they look cooler battered. Same with guitars. I look forward to some day in 20 years time or something when my tele is really starting to wear and looks like a real rock and roll relic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alteredsounds Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 +1 on the pristine but also I cant believe people actually gig with so much crap, some boards have about 15 pedals and others have 2 boards hooked-up, just could not be {censored}ed with carrying it, setting it up and reliability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 i don't think it's fair to assume they don't get used having said that though... i hate the look of super neat and tidy pedal boards.. too anal looking.... it does give the impression it's more about the pedals than the music saw the best guitarist i've seen in ages a few weeks ago... his board was just a beautiful messy functional rock'n'roll heap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ollenorin Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 yeah, you're part of the 1% I think olle, your pedals do at least look like they've been stepped on 3 or 4 times at least! yeah...its cool to have dirty pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 I admit, when I make pics of my board, I'll always wipe off the dirt and I give my pedals a spring cleaning once a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ollenorin Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 I admit, when I make pics of my board, I'll always wipe off the dirt and I give my pedals a spring cleaning once a year man yr not cool enuff !!! its cooler to have dirty pedals while playing lame covers in a redneck local pub-band.... just like walt the dwarf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 4Kenoath Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 The sampling could be affected by people not showing their dirty pedal boards out of embarrassment... ...so only the really neat, brand new ones which are repeatedly shown make it seem like the norm. I like pedals, but when it comes to playing, I mostly preferred to plug straight into the amp like I did for the first 13 years of playing... ...I've never owned a 'pedal board' either...may be I don't qualify for this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members bieke Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 man yr not cool enuff !!! its cooler to have dirty pedals while playing lame covers in a redneck local pub-band.... just like walt the dwarf. I recently joined (and got kicked out of) a C&W band that did nothing but lame C&W covers and they rehearsed in the back of a car tuning/line dancing pub. When I went to practice for the first time, they stopped after a couple of songs and asked me if I had a hat and boots and a shirt They didn't care about the pedals, and I just used a compressor, SHO and reverb and the volume knob of my Tele and the Fender Twin, it sounded brilliant, and I've learned a lot from testing out for cover bands, it's not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kittycaster Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 Maybe there is a market for pre-aged relic'd pedals for the road warrior look? Hey, they did it for guitars and now amps too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alteredsounds Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 +1 on the pristine, just plug the {censored}ing things in and use them, these people that have 15+ pedals on a board and 2 boards hooked-up together, makes me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 4Kenoath Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 Actually, the one's that make me scatch my head are the huge boards with literally $3000+ worth of pedals on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kittycaster Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 Actually, the one's that make me scatch my head are the huge boards with literally $3000+ worth of pedals on them. ... running into a $500 Hot Rod Deluxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gold_soundz Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 It is obvious who plays out and who is strictly a bedroom player isn't it? Even just a couple of jams in your mates garage gets a healthy layer of dirt of your board. these people that have 15+ pedals on a board and 2 boards hooked-up together, makes me laugh. Obviously these people have roadies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alteredsounds Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 It is obvious who plays out and who is strictly a bedroom player isn't it? Even just a couple of jams in your mates garage gets a healthy layer of dirt of your board.Obviously these people have roadies... Just moving things about in a car / van, things bash together and fall-over, if you want pristine, dont regularly gig it. The stuff is made to be kicked about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 ... running into a $500 Hot Rod Deluxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pandadan Posted March 13, 2007 Members Share Posted March 13, 2007 I must say I've got a little more precious in recent times. Gone are the days of gaffa taping my pedals to the carpet of some dive venue only to kick one off the side of the stage mid-set. I now stick them on a little board, so I can kick the entire set of pedals off the stage instead I still kick the {censored} out of my pedals though. I tend to hit the switches with a full on stomp as opposed to a little tap with my toe. Except my noise swash pedal, but that's because I'd probably wipe out the toggle switches that are next to the stomp switches. Saying that, I can understand why people are precious about their pedals. I would be gutted to stomp a pedal to death, knowing it cost me a {censored}load of cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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