How to stick big pedals to pedalboard...

Hey guys, dumb question. My new pedalboard (SKB-PS8) comes in thursday. I just got the new fulltone fulldrive 2 pedal. Not only is it heavy, but it's also got these 4 big rubber feet on it. Whats the best way to get it to stick to the pedal board? Industrial velcro? Drill holes and use tie wraps? Do I leave the rubber feet on or unscrew them? Thanks!

I always take the feet off, and use industrial velcro. But there are other options, like zip-ties, bike chain links, etc.

The other guitarist in my band has an SKB board and ended needing to remove the velcro on the board and replace with industrial strength. It was coming up off the board within a matter of weeks. I attached my FD2 to my board by unscrewing the feet removing them and putting the screws back in and attaching velcro, it doesn't move at all.

Remove the rubber feet. You should do this with every pedal with rubber crap on the bottom so that the velcro doesn't come off in the future.

Those pedals with rubber bottoms are a pain. I crape the rubber off. Industrial Velcro is the way to go. I too take the feet off and put the screws back in.

Hey guys, dumb question. My new pedalboard (SKB-PS8) comes in thursday. I just got the new fulltone fulldrive 2 pedal. Not only is it heavy, but it's also got these 4 big rubber feet on it. Whats the best way to get it to stick to the pedal board? Industrial velcro? Drill holes and use tie wraps? Do I leave the rubber feet on or unscrew them? Thanks!

With my fd2, I unscrewed the rubber feet, removed the rubber, and then screwed the screws back in. (without them the casing won't stay on!)

I've had great luck with my Pedaltrain and the velcro that was provided. I took all the rubber off the pedals that had it, including feet and applied the velcro to metal on every pedal per Pedaltrains video. I was suprised at how easy it was to get the rubber off the pedals that had it and I was able to save all the rubber and feet so if I ever want to sell the pedal I can superglue the feet or rubber back on. I can pick this board up and shake it upside down and nothing moves at all. Twisting the pedal back and forth when you put it on really helps

For me I just use a ton of Velcro. I also remove the feet from all of my pedals.

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Bike links for me never need to worry about it ever falling off the board, shifting on it, Velcro wearing out, sticky residue from Velcro on the back of pedals if you decide you want to sell it. I won't buy a used pedal if it has or had Velcro on it. You know its hit the floor at least once!

This isn't meant as a hijack at all, but does the Tim have big rubber feet or anything? Also, is it very big? It looks tall, but I can't tell if it's large in size.

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I just finished a moderate board (8 pedals including heavy Voodoo vibe, wah and TimeFactor).
I can't tell how much in lenght I actually used but I think roughly 1.5 meters total for both sides.
And I have to step on the board and pull with both hands to get some pedals off.
Plus it makes it all look so clean.

Totally worth the money.

Not very good looking, but pretty effective:

http://pics.livejournal.com/jester_fx/pic/0000zc70

A method I use to handle pedals with BIG rubber feet is one I use for my Hammond expression pedal.

Keyboard players use pedal boards also to keep their floor controls from shifting and moving on the floor during performance.

The Expression Pedal ( volume pedal ) for the new Hammonds have big feet and I want to leave the feet intact so I use a piece or board with fuzzy velocro on one side and velcro hooks on the other side and put it between the bottom of the pedal and the fuzzy bottom board.

Make the piece of wood as big as you can but not touch the pedal feet to provide a stable base for the pedal.

Bike links for me never need to worry about it ever falling off the board, shifting on it, Velcro wearing out, sticky residue from Velcro on the back of pedals if you decide you want to sell it. I won't buy a used pedal if it has or had Velcro on it. You know its hit the floor at least once!

Same here, I'll never go back to velcro. I hate the stuff.

I mostly use little bits of Meccano to screw the pedals down to the board (like the bike chain method). If that's not possible I use cable ties. Very solid, not as messy as velcro and I always worry that velcro makes it easy for some scumbag to steal a pedal while I'm in the men's room.

I used a couple of pieces of 1x2 with velcro on it. (pedal>1x2> board) I used to take the pedal off the board all the time and use it by itself, and I didn't want to take the rubber feet off/ on every time. I did the same thing with a couple of other pedals just to elevate them a bit.

I have an old Furman board that I'm still using. The 'carpet' started to come up a while back and I glued it back down with contact cement. So far, so good.