Hook & loop

[solspirit]

Which side is on your board and pedals

 

[ErikH]

I put the soft side (loop) on the board, rough side (hook) on the pedals. I've seen it done the other way too.

 

[Mr. 80's]

I use 3M Dual Lock since I couldn't decide what side to use on the board. If I made the wrong decision it might have set me on a dark and dangerous path in life. I couldn't take that risk.

 

[solspirit]

I put the soft side (loop) on the board, rough side (hook) on the pedals. I've seen it done the other way too.

ARGH. . . I put the hard stuff on the board. .

 

[solspirit]

I use 3M Dual Lock since I couldn't decide what side to use on the board. If I made the wrong decision it might have set me on a dark and dangerous path in life. I couldn't take that risk.

I'm always trying to save a buck so I didn't go the extra step

 

[Mr. 80's]

I'm always trying to save a buck so I didn't go the extra step

The Dual Lock is awesome but people have been using Velcro on their boards for ages already. So it's pretty well tried and true.

 

[Mincer]

I use Dual Lock, which is the same on both sides. Not only is it stronger than Velcro, but the adhesive is stronger, too.

 

[GuitarStv]

Hook on pedals! If you put the hook on your board, you're going to have soooo much stuff stuck to the damned thing that it will always look terrible. The board is going to be full of hair and old socks.

 

[Aceman]

Loop on board. It is rougher and tougher.

 

[solspirit]

Hahahaha. It's going to be CATastrophic.

The music room is also the preferred place of two long hair Ragdoll cats.



Good thing I bought extra

 

[ErikH]

Oh man, that'll make it look really crazy. And probably not hold as well either.

Another benefit of the loop side on the board is you can vacuum it clean. I've done that myself as we have pets too.

 

[devastone]

According to what ships with Rockboard, Pedaltrain, etc... it is usually cut/setup for hook on the pedals and soft stuff on the board, so that's how I've always done it, and, as mentioned, it doesn't pick up as much debris.

I've used the heavy duty stuff, but it seems like total overkill.

Not sure why you care which is "rougher and tougher" on the board, I could argue that you will do more damage to the exposed hard stuff, but either way, I doubt anyone is standing on the exposed areas of the board.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

I put soft loop on the boards.
One advantage of this is that if a particular pedal needs to be extra tight, you can put Dual Lock on the pedal.
It sticks more firmly to to Velcro loop than regular Velcro hook does.

For me, Dual Lock on both is actually too much. I don't want to need a prybar to change pedals.
I know some players use it for antitheft as well as for mounting and that makes sense if the board's within reach of the audience.
Myself, I'll sometimes swap a different pedal into certain of the slots. Fuzzes and foundation drives get changed fairly regularly.

 

[NegativeEase]

Hook on pedals! If you put the hook on your board, you're going to have soooo much stuff stuck to the damned thing that it will always look terrible. The board is going to be full of hair and old socks.

This.

Every time I see a "Hairy" pedal board submission in Ace's "Show me your pedalboard" thread I want to vomit.

 

[beaubrummels]

I have the soft stuff on the board. Stays cleaner. And the Pedaltrain instructions say to do it that way, so they probably already discovered the reasons for doing so during prototype and test phase.

 

[LLL]

Stop whoring up your pedals with velcro and adhesive and get one of these:

https://www.boss.info/global/promos/pedalboard/

 

[Mincer]

What fails, at least here in Florida, is the adhesive. Pedals flop around in the case in a goopy mess. That's why I switched to Dual Lock (which uses better adhesive) or zip ties.

 

[NegativeEase]

Stop whoring up your pedals with velcro and adhesive and get one of these:

https://www.boss.info/global/promos/pedalboard/

Dont forget,....I think you have to buy one of these if you use that system

 

[beaubrummels]

Or the having pets and eating Fritos phase.

That's page three in the test manual.

 

[beaubrummels]

Stop whoring up your pedals with velcro and adhesive and get one of these:

https://www.boss.info/global/promos/pedalboard/

At one point I avoided velcro by using twist ties as hold downs (only works with boards that are an open frame). Granted you have to cut the ties if you change pedal arrangements, but they're cheaper than velcro and don't leave residue.