top mounted jacks are dumb

[James Freeman]

ew

The HX One alone makes it 37% more dumb.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Strong disagree

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(Not my board, but that is beautiful)

That person doesn't have children.

 

[iaresee]

ew

The HX One alone makes it 37% more dumb.

The HX has top AND side mounted jacks just to make it really annoying to work with.

 

[Sascha Franck]

The HX has top AND side mounted jacks just to make it really annoying to work with.

So has the HX Stomp. And IMO they could at least have limited it to one side, but IMO with mini MIDI jacks and a very slightly different form factor, it'd allow for a dual row of jacks on the top side. Which would be most excellent.

 

[Piing]

Anybody crazy enough to do bottom jacks yet?

 

[JiveTurkey]

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[the swede]

So has the HX Stomp. And IMO they could at least have limited it to one side, but IMO with mini MIDI jacks and a very slightly different form factor, it'd allow for a dual row of jacks on the top side. Which would be most excellent.

As always when Stomp is mentioned the obvious counter post: That’s why you should get Stomp XL

 

[Sascha Franck]

As always when Stomp is mentioned the obvious counter post: That’s why you should get Stomp XL

Most defenitely not (even if I could use it here and there) - unless they're allowing for 10 blocks (otherwise my "one patch per gig" approach doesn't work without using external stuff).

 

[the swede]

Most defenitely not (even if I could use it here and there) - unless they're allowing for 10 blocks (otherwise my "one patch per gig" approach doesn't work without using external stuff).

Oh I agree…
It was a joke. It used to be a standing comment on forums, both top and here for that matter.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Fwiw, I'd possibly even consider a Stomp XL in case it had 6 snapshots. No idea why it hasn't, but the same was true for the Floor, I never understood why it didn't have a 10 snapshot mode.

 

[iaresee]

The HX One (previously the M5) is also the best thing Line6 makes. Don't at me @James Freeman.

 

[iaresee]

That person doesn't have children.

It's a synth person so 100% they are single, male, high on body odor and low on personal hygiene.

 

[dk_ace]

I just wish we would standardize on something as an industry. When I build a board I always end up with a mixed bag of side and top mounted which is worse than just your least favorite choice between the two.

As long as they are wide enough and placed to allow pancake plugs and power to all fit well and nothing be too snug, I slightly prefer top mounted. I don’t like the pedals pressed directly next to each other as I don’t want to accidentally hit two switches at once though.

D

 

[the swede]

I just wish we would standardize on something as an industry. When I build a board I always end up with a mixed bag of side and top mounted which is worse than just your least favorite choice between the two.

As long as they are wide enough and placed to allow pancake plugs and power to all fit well and nothing be too snug, I slightly prefer top mounted. I don’t like the pedals pressed directly next to each other as I don’t want to accidentally hit two switches at once though.

D

Solution: one brand pedal board.
Choose the brand and be a connoisseur about it

it’s actually quite good idea, a bit nerdy… but a cool idea.

 

[dk_ace]

Solution: one brand pedal board.
Choose the brand and be a connoisseur about it

it’s actually quite good idea, a bit nerdy… but a cool idea.

There is no company that makes a full board worth of stuff I’d be interested in. There isn’t even one that comes close really. I’m picky…

D

 

[Alex Kenivel]

for the Floor, I never understood why it didn't have a 10 snapshot mode.

Because 4 switches were reserved for other functions..

 

[Whizzinby]

I just wish we would standardize on something as an industry. When I build a board I always end up with a mixed bag of side and top mounted which is worse than just your least favorite choice between the two.

Couldn’t agree more. Any standard would be better than no standard, but top mounts are just significantly easier to work with and allow maximum space savings for MOAR pedals.

 

[iaresee]

Solution: one brand pedal board.

I've wanted to build out an all-Boss small box enclosure board for years now. I think the Boss small pedal format (not the double wide or those new three-switch abominations they're making) are the most aesthetically pleasing enclosure. And Boss has pulled an absolutely monumental amount of function out of that enclosures over the past what? 40+ years? Crazy.

I think it'd be fun to "limit" the problem of building a gigging board to just those pedals. And interchangeability would be so high here.

 

[dronerstone]

I've wanted to build out an all-Boss small box enclosure board for years now. I think the Boss small pedal format (not the double wide or those new three-switch abominations they're making) are the most aesthetically pleasing enclosure. And Boss has pulled an absolutely monumental amount of function out of that enclosures over the past what? 40+ years? Crazy.

I think it'd be fun to "limit" the problem of building a gigging board to just those pedals. And interchangeability would be so high here.

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That does sound like fun!

Imho, they should've kept the "old" look of their dual-pedal stuff (e.g. the original RE-20), there's something about the newer rounded-corners units that irks me, not sure why, while the old ones actually look like two Boss boxes had grown together. I liked that.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

That does sound like fun!

Imho, they should've kept the "old" look of their dual-pedal stuff (e.g. the original RE-20), there's something about the newer rounded-corners units that irks me, not sure why, while the old ones actually look like two Boss boxes had grown together. I liked that.

Gotta love that original slicer!!!!