As you may know, trying to set up your pedal board on stage can
be difficult and frustrating, especially if you use a lot of effects
with your guitar/bass or if your playing in a small venue. About a few
months ago I was playing with my band in a small pub in town, and having
little to no room on the floor I had to place my effects pedals
slightly in front on the stage. About half way through the gig someone
who was jumping/dancing about stood on my pedals and broke the input/
output jacks on a couple of pedals. As well as that there was beer split
all over them which was really annoying! However, since then I have
learnt how to properly set up my effects pedals on stage.
If you play in a band or gig regularly then you probably play a lot of small venues? That is unless you are very successful and playing big venues! Playing in small venues and pubs means that you have a small stage and as a result of this, very little room on the floor for your effects pedals. Like you I know that this can be frustrating, having to organize your effects pedals in an awkward position so that you can fit in all your other equipment on stage (speakers, mike stands, amps, drums etc.) So how can you effectively set up your pedal board on stage?
In order to set up your pedal board on stage, you need to use a board to hold all your effects pedals on. Since I invested in one of these I am now able to hold all my effects pedals together and set them up very easily. It has also saves me a lot of time as it is always ready to go.
Probably the best thing I did was that I bought an effects pedal case that had a removable board to hold all my pedals. This means that I can remove the board from the case and just plug it in. As well as this it also takes up less room on stage.
Some effects boards like soft cases do not have a removable board to attach your pedals to and as a result they take up a lot more room which leads to problems when you set up your pedal board on stage.
If you play in public a lot then you will, or may have already, run into some of these problems when you set up your pedal board on stage. The best way to avoid these problems is to do what I did, get yourself a good effects board that can be removed from its case. If you do this then it will take up less room and you will be able to easily set up your pedal board on stage.
If you play in a band or gig regularly then you probably play a lot of small venues? That is unless you are very successful and playing big venues! Playing in small venues and pubs means that you have a small stage and as a result of this, very little room on the floor for your effects pedals. Like you I know that this can be frustrating, having to organize your effects pedals in an awkward position so that you can fit in all your other equipment on stage (speakers, mike stands, amps, drums etc.) So how can you effectively set up your pedal board on stage?
In order to set up your pedal board on stage, you need to use a board to hold all your effects pedals on. Since I invested in one of these I am now able to hold all my effects pedals together and set them up very easily. It has also saves me a lot of time as it is always ready to go.
Probably the best thing I did was that I bought an effects pedal case that had a removable board to hold all my pedals. This means that I can remove the board from the case and just plug it in. As well as this it also takes up less room on stage.
Some effects boards like soft cases do not have a removable board to attach your pedals to and as a result they take up a lot more room which leads to problems when you set up your pedal board on stage.
If you play in public a lot then you will, or may have already, run into some of these problems when you set up your pedal board on stage. The best way to avoid these problems is to do what I did, get yourself a good effects board that can be removed from its case. If you do this then it will take up less room and you will be able to easily set up your pedal board on stage.
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