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Stompbox Mounting Helpers
Iīm sure you all know this, your stompbox collection is growing and growing and soon you will need a permanentely installed pedalboard to organize your complexe fx setup. One of the typical problems that will cross your way now is how to attach all the different pedals and accessories to your pedalboard. This is a very important decission because you have to make sure that all your expensive stuff canīt fall off the board under any circumstances. One method that can be seen often is to attach everything with velcro. Depending on the quality velcro can make a strong connection, but it has some massive disadvantages ..... you have to keep the velcro always clean, otherwise the connection will come loose - have you ever seen a clean stage ? And try to use a velcro system pedalboard on a very warm stage or an open-air gig in the direct sunlight in the middle of august ... the glue on the backside of the velcro will start to loose its adhesive abilities and the whole structure will come off - this is the socalled "sticky velcro mess from hell" that can cost you a lot of bucks when your boutique pedals came off the board. Try to get rid of the glue after you take off some velcro strips from the bottom plate of a stompbox and you will get a good taste of what Iīm talking about :-)
The german based NOBELS company developed a very good alternative that they called "Mounty Pīs", a short metal strip to screw underneath your stompbox and on your pedalboard - a simple and very effective method, a screwed connection is much more durable than any velcro. But even this system has some disadvantages:
1. The "Mounty Pīs" are out of black painted sheet metal. The paint will come off easily and once the metal got wet it will start to rust soon. 2. They are only available as a set of four strips, normally you donīt need four metal strips to hold a pedal in place ;-)
3. They will only fit the typical Boss sized stompboxes but not your boutique stuff, your Wah and Volume pedals, EH, Danelectro, MXR, ProCo, Keeley, Analogman etc. stompboxes
We did a redesign and here is our own modified version for you: - made out of grinded SS304 stainless steel, impossible to destroy and to rust
The "standard version" will fit all Boss and Boss sized pedals, eg. Nobels, Ibanez, Behringer etc. while our "extended version" will fit all the other stompboxes as well as all Wah and Volume pedals, eg. all boutique and DIY pedals housed in Hammond, Eddystone and similar enclosures, Electro Harmonix (EH), Danelectro, MXR, ProCo, Keeley, Analogman, Fulltone etc. If you are not sure about your specific pedal, drop us a line and send us a pic or a drawing from the bottom plate of your pedal, we will help you to choose the right version for you.
Price: $ 1.35 / 1.00 €uros each piece (SKU: smounth)
Our customers can download the detailed manual how to install and use the stompbox mounting helpers H E R E You will need a password to open the file and we will only send it to verified customers - sorry, no exeptions !
Prices incl. VAT - packing, delivery and PayPal charges will be added additionally
External Battery Power Strips
External battery power strips are available for a longer time now from numerous companies. But they all have some disadvantages that we donīt like and we are pretty sure you also donīt like: they are not very durable (especially the 9 volt battery connector plug), they only can handle one certain polarity and most of them are simply overpriced ! So we tried a lot of possible ways to solve all this problems and here we are with our own version.
We said goodbye to the standard 9 volt "soft clip" you all know and that will fall apart after only a short time of usage and decided to use a very durable military graded, industrial version with a unique 2 piece molded design. This clip offers high reliability 6 prong nickel plated brass snaps and the leads are attached to the snaps with copper solderless ring terminals for extra strength and reliability, while the 7-strand copper conductor is tin overcoated. After twisting the two leads for even more strength, the DC connector with bending protection is hand-soldered to the leads and mechanically stress reliefed, so this should last forever. You have the free choice between the typical standard DC connectors, itīs all the same price:
So for what do you need such a strip ? There is a wide range of applications you can use them for:
"Standard" Version with any straight DC connector: $ 3.00 / 2.20 €uros (SKU: dccab1)
Prices incl. VAT - packing, delivery and PayPal charges will be added additionally
Hum Cancelling Strips
The strip is made out of a high quality cable and fits every finger size (pinkie). The ring is very stable and covered with an anti-allergical surface. All connections are soldered instead of simply crimped, so this thing will last forever. The alligator clip is silver plated and from a very high quality. It will fit every guitar without doing any scratches and provides a perfect connection. The is the best way to get your guitar quiet (even if you find yourself in a studio that has poor grounding) and to avoid any buzzing terror.
Price: $ 8.10 / 6.00 €uros (SKU: humcancel) Prices incl. VAT - packing, delivery and PayPal charges will be added additionally
Power Cap Discharger for Tubeamps
When you are working inside tube-amps, this is a handy little tool for you to discharge the power-caps of any tube-amp. With this tool you can savely drain the caps completely within a very short time, you can even leave it attached to the power-caps while you are working inside the amp ! Donīt get zapped and donīt ruin your expensive and valueable tube-amp, this little tool can help you to make tube-amp maintenance much easier.
Price: $ 13.50 / 10.00 €uros (SKU: powercdis)
Our customers can download the detailed manual how to use the Power Cap Discharger H E R E You will need a password to open the file and we will only send it to verified customers - sorry, no exeptions !
Prices incl. VAT - packing, delivery and PayPal charges will be added additionally
Audio Probe Diagnosis Tool
This is a little but very helpful diagnosis tool when you are working with audio circuits, eg. inside stompboxes. It can help you to trace errors in the layout, locate faulty semiconductors, cold solder joints, mismatched transistors and other mistakes. All you need is an audio output device like a guitar amp where you can connect the audio probe diagnosis tool and our instruction paper and within a very short time you will be able to trace a lot of errors simply by hearing them. This little tool should not be missing on any workbench ! Our basic version uses standard cables and an insulated piece of wire as a probe, the deluxe version uses ultra flexible teflon wire and a real insulated probe.
"Basic" Version (left picture) $ 9.45 / 7.00 €uros (SKU: probestd)
Our customers can download the detailed manual how to use the Audio Probe Diagnosis Tool H E R E You will need a password to open the file and we will only send it to verified customers - sorry, no exeptions !
Prices incl. VAT - packing, delivery and PayPal charges will be added additionally
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