tomteriffic Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 As noted elsewhere, I'm doing a pedalboard rebuild/rearrangement. The law says you'll always wind up with more stuff than you have space for and this is certainly true in this case.I've got two adjacent pedals by the same manufacturer and I'm thinking it might save me a little bit of space and complexity if I used a straight-through coupler on this pair. It'd also reduce the possibility of a broken conductor in a cable, etc.The offset ones wouldn't work as well for my purposes. But hit me with what you have.Maybe we can work out a trade from my parts drawer.Hit me through the board or at: tomterifficATearthlinkDOTnet.
murkat Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 be careful of what you wish for Tom...The old straight couplers went away back in the 80's for a reason....No matter how perfect the alignmment of the two where...Once stepped on, the perfect coupling always deviates (unless both pedals bolted/ hard mount on pedalboard),yielding strain on the other non stepped pedal, it's input jack, etc. ....
carfish7 Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 If you are talking about something like this:http://www.guitarcenter.com/Musician-s-Gear-Effect-Pedal-Coupler-Straight-330079-i1128323.gc?source=4WWRWXGP&cagpspn=plaI have a couple you are welcome to. They don't save much space, though, really.
svl Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 Offset is safer, and somewhat eliminates what carfish mentioned. Before I went Axe I used them on my board- even if you do stomp on one pedal, the offset rotates a bit and limits the stress on the other pedal. And it should only change your board spacing by a tiny bit....
Bloozguy Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 I recommend that you avoid the rigid couplers like the plague.You are far, far better off making up short (1 to 2 inch) cables with George L’s or Lava right angle plugs rather than using any sort of rigid coupler and here’s why:Most effects pedals are built into die-cast aluminum enclosures which are either custom made (like Boss, Danelectro, Ibanez, TC Electronic, etc.) or commercially produced (like Keeley, MXR, Tech 21, Wampler, Xotic, etc.).Every one of these die-cast enclosures has what is known as “draft” on the vertical walls of the enclosure. Draft is a slight angle, usually only 1 to 2 degrees, that allows the finished enclosure to be removed from the die.What this means is that the input and output jacks on two effects pedals, even from the same manufacturer and in the same size and style enclosure, will be out of alignment with one another by at least 2 to 4 degrees.If the effects manufacturer uses Switchcraft style jacks which are solidly mounted to the wall of the enclosure, the misalignment of the jacks will eventually cause the coupler to fail. Not the end of the world because even during a gig you could yank the coupler, plug in any standard guitar cable, and be back in business.On the other hand, if the effects manufacturer uses PC board mounted jacks (which many do these days), the misalignment will eventually cause either the jacks or the PC board or both to fail. You, and definitely the pedal, are dead in the water at this point. :angry:
tomteriffic Posted November 21, 2012 Author Posted November 21, 2012 After your expert advice and having a little closer look at things, I've decided not to go that route. Never mind
hamerhead Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 I saw a Lava cable kit for sale somewhere............
Hamer of the gods Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 I have to agree, those things do cause problems, and you can get closer together with the lava cable ends...
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