top mounted jacks are dumb

iaresee said:
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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Yeah I’ve actually been debating building an all Boss board to use with the JC:

SD1 > CE2 > DimC > DM2 > SDE3 > RV6
 
dk_ace said:
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…

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I think I could live with 2, Strymon and EAE, all I would need is about $4K!!! 🤣
 
Whizzinby said:
Yeah I’ve actually been debating building an all Boss board to use with the JC:

SD1 > CE2 > DimC > DM2 > SDE3 > RV6
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That was my pedal setup before the Boss GX-700 came.

Except the DM2, that was not yet invented. But I had the Spectrum SP-1!!!
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FuzzyAce said:
Anybody crazy enough to do bottom jacks yet?
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There actually is! Our dear Cliff has it on the front burner, and it will be released soon

It will come in two versions: Discrete, and See-through.

Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

The problem with the FM0 is everything I want to add to it would already be in the FMwtfever/III. I'll show myself out now. Welp we’ve come full circle. Only with less moneys in our pockets.
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Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

Why put the FM3 on a pedalboard? Just put it on the floor like it was designed to do. Been doing this for years with zero issues. :rollsafe Remember, the FM9 did not always exist so the FM3 with extras was your main option, especially when it wasn't as capable as it is today with the gapless...
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maguchi said:
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I done it before! They even got a case with a pedalboard setup inside of it name of BCB-60. It gots all the input, send, return and output jacks built into the case. And all the power wiring built in that you can tuck away neatly in a raceway with a removable cover. Enough power cabling for 6 pedals + 1 tuner. I think they got a 3 pedal version for minimalists and 9 pedal and 12 pedal versions for all those mondo pedalboards I see on this forum and that other forum that we dare not speak of here. I did cheat a little and used a Korg tuner 'cause it fit in one of the recesses up top.

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This is how it usually look, but I'm gonna try the all Boss setup now and see how much I like it.
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I used that same Boss board for years. Never any issue except those 2 black case locks coming off now and then. But I'd just use a velco strap around the handle when transporting. Oh, and occasionally a belt around the whole case lol. Forgot about that.
 
maguchi said:
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I done it before! They even got a case with a pedalboard setup inside of it name of BCB-60. It gots all the input, send, return and output jacks built into the case. And all the power wiring built in that you can tuck away neatly in a raceway with a removable cover. Enough power cabling for 6 pedals + 1 tuner. I think they got a 3 pedal version for minimalists and 9 pedal and 12 pedal versions for all those mondo pedalboards I see on this forum and that other forum that we dare not speak of here. I did cheat a little and used a Korg tuner 'cause it fit in one of the recesses up top.

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This is how it usually look, but I'm gonna try the all Boss setup now and see how much I like it.
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I used to play at Healey's in Toronto back when Jeff was still alive and he'd sit in with us for a few songs every time we gigged there. His board was all Boss into the front of a cranked Twin and his tone was straight fire from the gods. I should meditate on that. And maybe practice more.

I love your all-Boss board. That's a great selection.

For me, I think it'd be:

BD-2w > FZ-1w > PH-3 > DM-2w > SDE-3 > RV-6

I could be pretty happy with those. Maybe I'd miss a wah and an auto-wah/mu-tron eventually? And the OC-3 pitch down? But I could get by.
 
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Btw, has anyone ever looked at the GFI System Specular Tempus? It's got 2 connections on the "bottom" (or do you call it "front"?) side. That's got to be the single most stupid design decision ever, pretty much as if they wanted to win a golden raspberry award.
 
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