Any Tips for Rackmounting Stomp boxes?

[Uladyne]

I've done the whole velcro thing with moderate success in the past, but it seems like adhesive doesn't like the kind of temperatures the inside of the trailer sees from time to time. I'm looking for a way to maybe permanently bolt some Boss pedals into the bottom 2 spaces of my SKB rack, without having to worry about them coming loose and knocking around. Any ideas?

 

[jangoux]

3M has this green double-sided tape thing that is a pain to remove. I had to use a screwdriver to remove it from my board eheh I think this is the kind of thing that would work for what you need.

 

[jangoux]

This : http://www.scotch.com.br/wps/portal...0S22_nid=V7CDBLX3H8gs0KC1RG50RHglHBVRJJJWG0bl

Of course this is in portuguese, but you get the idea.

 

[jangoux]

Found it : http://www.scotchbrand.com/wps/port...18H7_nid=88BP3QJCQLgs0KC1RG50RHglBBR07XLQTGbl

 

[abt]

I've been thinking for a while about rack mounting some stomp boxes but taking them out of the original housing and mounting them in a new case. As for what you are doing, I once had a pre fab rack shelf that had slots in it for ventilation. I used cable ties the strap the stomp boxes down.

 

[aortizjr]

Do you have enough room for a shelf?

Just drill holes in the shelf and then use screws to screw into the bottom of the pedals where the chassis screws are. You might have to shop a bit for the right screw sizes and lengths if the stock ones aren't long enough.

Another way is to drill holes and use zip ties. But grab a zip tie gun, for a few bucks. That will get them super tight so the pedals don't move.

Pedals also don't get that hot, in my studio I keep them in a rack drawer, just throw a piece of eggfoam on top to keep them from moving. Might make the squeeze a bit tight, to close, but they won't move.

I do this in my gig "case" which just holds a midi board these days. Works really well and with no velcro or anything, I have to stuff it a bit, but it holds it all in place just fine.

 

[CaptainK1rk]

Dissasemble an old bicycle/motorcycle chain and use the '8-ring' (or whatever it's called)

to attach the pedals to the pedalboard/shelf.

That way you don't have do modify anything on the pedal itself and you can use the original crews on the bottom of the pedal. Just add screws for the pedalboard/shelf.
Here's mine:

(sorry for the lousy cell phone pic)

 

[hogan666]

Used CaptainK1rks Version before, but this (steelband?! in english) works also very nice. Always hated that Velcro-Shit.

Cheers, Markus.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I racked a mbox 2 with that steel shit. Worked pretty good.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Dissasemble an old bicycle/motorcycle chain and use the '8-ring' (or whatever it's called)

to attach the pedals to the pedalboard/shelf.

That way you don't have do modify anything on the pedal itself and you can use the original crews on the bottom of the pedal. Just add screws for the pedalboard/shelf.
Here's mine:

(sorry for the lousy cell phone pic)

great idea!

 

[Sweetnothing]

I used to use wire ties...the pedals on a drilled shelf, and the wire ties "wrapping" the pedals around the shelf ( dunno if you get the idea, I suck at explaining some things lol )

 

[CaptainK1rk]

Thanks Lasse Lamert.
Will provide more close-up pics when i get home.

 

[amarshism]

sweet idea kirk

 

[laszlozsolt82]

Dissasemble an old bicycle/motorcycle chain and use the '8-ring' (or whatever it's called)

to attach the pedals to the pedalboard/shelf.

That way you don't have do modify anything on the pedal itself and you can use the original crews on the bottom of the pedal. Just add screws for the pedalboard/shelf.
Here's mine:

(sorry for the lousy cell phone pic)

This

 

[guitarguru777]

Dissasemble an old bicycle/motorcycle chain and use the '8-ring' (or whatever it's called)

to attach the pedals to the pedalboard/shelf.

That way you don't have do modify anything on the pedal itself and you can use the original crews on the bottom of the pedal. Just add screws for the pedalboard/shelf.
Here's mine:

(sorry for the lousy cell phone pic)

Epic fucking win and a genius idea!

 

[CaptainK1rk]

Thank you guys for the comments.
More pics:

Again, sorry for the low quality of the pics.

 

[Jormyn]

Jesus, that bike chain idea is brilliant.

 

[Force666]

I remember seeing this before a few times. Great idea. Captain Kirk, are you the originator of this idea?


edit:

What's the story on that TS? Looks pretty awesome.

 

[PhilTheBeard]

That recto/808 pedal looks bad as fuck!!!!

 

[CaptainK1rk]

@Force666:
I probably am the originator of the idea, don't remember. I recommend this a lot.
The Recto/808 is a custom made for me. It's basically a TS808 -> Dr. Boogey serial connected in a single enclosure. The TS is built from scratch and it's modded, Dr. Boogey is gaussmarkov's project, they're true bypass and the pedal sounds killer! I'm very proud of the enclosure. I work as a graphic designer in a local silkscreen print shop (mostly t-shirts) and i did it at work. More custom projects coming soon, I'm waiting on the ordered enclosures.
Also, the DS-1 and the Crybaby have Keeley mods.
Another interesting project: