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wbrown97 · April 30th, 2012, 10:05 PM

It seems like a lot of people put the loop side of the Velcro on the pedalboard, but I have the hooks on the board and loops on the pedals. It just makes it easier to use the pedals that way if they're off the board. Just curious, which side of the Velcro is on your board, and why do you have it that way?

Scantron08 · April 30th, 2012, 10:12 PM

Wow, this may actually be a new topic of debate here.

Don't have enough pedals in regular use to justify a board, but on some used ones I've bought, it seems like the hook side has been on the pedals.

jimmynumber9 · April 30th, 2012, 10:15 PM

Loops on the pedals here... at least I think. You get better tone that way!

hotrodder · April 30th, 2012, 10:18 PM

Loops on the pedals - hooks on the board. As mentioned above, better tone! And when you accidentally kick them off the baord when doing the splits, they don't stick to your speedo!

2blue · April 30th, 2012, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotrodder

Loops on the pedals - hooks on the board. As mentioned above, better tone! And when you accidentally kick them off the baord when doing the splits, they don't stick to your speedo!

Now who could argue with that logic

Mike Simpson · April 30th, 2012, 10:42 PM

That's funny... I asked the same question when I was putting together my GORM pedalboard and the most responses were "hooks on the pedals" ... since then I have bought a couple of used pedals not minding if they already had velcro... and they had the "loop on the pedals"...

gtrguru · April 30th, 2012, 11:40 PM

Don't know which side is considered the hook and which the loop but the soft part is on my board and the scratchy part is on my pedals. LOL

WireLine · April 30th, 2012, 11:44 PM

the sticky side?

BillNeaves · April 30th, 2012, 11:47 PM

A lot of boards come with the loop type material already on there. Mine did. So I put the hook side on the bottom of the pedals.

soulman969 · April 30th, 2012, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmynumber9

Loops on the pedals here... at least I think. You get better tone that way!

+1. No doubt about it. When you reverse this your pedals sound out of phase.

Magnawolf · May 1st, 2012, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillNeaves

A lot of boards come with the loop type material already on there. Mine did. So I put the hook side on the bottom of the pedals.

this

eddie knuckles · May 1st, 2012, 07:48 AM

I put my velcro on top of my pedals. Who needs to look at all of those knobs and switches anyway?

Ed Boyd · May 1st, 2012, 09:34 AM

Scratchy side on the the pedals because the pedalcase comes lines with the fuzzy side.

Delta63 · May 1st, 2012, 09:46 AM

I use the hook side on my pedals because theres more loop side than hook side in the box I bought.

aunchaki · May 1st, 2012, 10:06 AM

I do the scratchy-side-on-pedal method. I have a few used pedals that came that way.

A bonus is that my church has a carpeted band area and I can arrange my pedals on the floor and they stick.

Fink132 · May 1st, 2012, 10:47 AM

I put the hook side on my pedals so that if I want to go jogging around the area I'm playing in at the time, I can hook the pedals to my leg hair and be gone!

eddie knuckles · May 1st, 2012, 11:01 AM

Oh yeah, I can do that with my back hair. I am working on a bald spot on my head though.

fezz parka · May 1st, 2012, 11:07 AM

artdecade · May 1st, 2012, 11:14 AM

^ Hahahahaha. I was thinking the same thing.

Jefe · May 1st, 2012, 11:35 AM

I use the "dual lock" type of velcro, so... it doesn't matter which side I put where, because there's only one side.

April 30th, 2012, 10:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
wbrown97 TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 90	Which side of velcro is on your pedals? It seems like a lot of people put the loop side of the Velcro on the pedalboard, but I have the hooks on the board and loops on the pedals. It just makes it easier to use the pedals that way if they're off the board. Just curious, which side of the Velcro is on your board, and why do you have it that way?

April 30th, 2012, 10:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
jimmynumber9 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lincoln, NE Age: 21 Posts: 1,001	Loops on the pedals here... at least I think. You get better tone that way! __________________ "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."

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Mike Simpson formerly "Big" Mike Simpson Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gilbert, AZ (PHX) Age: 56 Posts: 6,052 73 Photos	That's funny... I asked the same question when I was putting together my GORM pedalboard and the most responses were "hooks on the pedals" ... since then I have bought a couple of used pedals not minding if they already had velcro... and they had the "loop on the pedals"... __________________ http://www.hoodoocasters.com/ http://www.facebook.com/TheHoodooCasters http://www.reverbnation.com/thehoodoocasters https://twitter.com/hoodoocasters

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gtrguru Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: detroit Posts: 1,171	Don't know which side is considered the hook and which the loop but the soft part is on my board and the scratchy part is on my pedals. LOL __________________ -Music is only heard by those that listen.

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April 30th, 2012, 10:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Scantron08 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Jackson, MS Age: 38 Posts: 1,278	Wow, this may actually be a new topic of debate here. Don't have enough pedals in regular use to justify a board, but on some used ones I've bought, it seems like the hook side has been on the pedals.

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hotrodder Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: libertyville illinois Posts: 123	Loops on the pedals - hooks on the board. As mentioned above, better tone! And when you accidentally kick them off the baord when doing the splits, they don't stick to your speedo!

April 30th, 2012, 11:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
BillNeaves Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Missoula, MT Posts: 143	A lot of boards come with the loop type material already on there. Mine did. So I put the hook side on the bottom of the pedals.

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eddie knuckles Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 1,497	I put my velcro on top of my pedals. Who needs to look at all of those knobs and switches anyway? __________________ Commit FACEBOOK SUICIDE - FREE YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!

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Ed Boyd Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 458 3 Photos	Scratchy side on the the pedals because the pedalcase comes lines with the fuzzy side.

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Delta63 Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 507	I use the hook side on my pedals because theres more loop side than hook side in the box I bought.

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