{"id":2573,"date":"2018-07-06T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delaydude.de\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2018-06-14T16:05:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T14:05:15","slug":"tips-tricks-how-to-protect-pedal-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaydude.de\/en\/tips-tricks-how-to-protect-pedal-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips & Tricks: How to protect the pots from unintentional maladjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tips<\/a>It is so annoying: you have spent hours to find the perfect tuning for a pedal while the minutes of the transport to wherever or even the seconds of a single touch are enough to lead to a maladjustment of the pots.<\/p>\n

Some pots can be turned quite smooth and are situated pretty prominent at the topside of a pedal.<\/p>\n

Measures of manufacturers<\/h3>\n

Manufacturers rarely think about the disadvantage that the position of the pot perfectly predestines them for unintentional maladjustment.
\nBut there are some exceptions: The pots of the Ibanez<\/a> and Boss<\/a> pedals are slightly sunk.
\nThe Ibanez 7 series allows to countersink the pots totally.
\nOrange too had a refined idea: a robust metal bracket protects the pots of their pedals from unintentional maladjustment.
\nAnd the DigiTech Hardwire<\/a> series provided protection caps to cover the pots.<\/p>\n

What a resourceful guitarist can do<\/h3>\n

But what about the pedals with pot that lack any protection?
\nSome guitarists like to use the famous duct tape.
\nOf course, it is suitable to fix the pots but one the one hand, you will have to remove it, whenever you want to alter the adjustment and on the other hand, you are unable to look at the position of the pots.<\/p>\n

Tapestry Audio<\/h3>\n

Tapestry Audio<\/a> invented a product which is supposed to protect the pots for unintentional maladjustment: the knob-stop.
\nThe knobs can be fixed with a little screw which can be removed without any tools.
\nThereby you can change the adjustment easily and fix the screws by hand.<\/p>\n

Stompshield<\/h3>\n

Stompshield<\/a> offers a kit which contains knobs and small \u201cprotection cages\u201d that can be mounted on the pedal.
\nAlthough the pots are protected from unintentional maladjustment, they still can be controlled pretty easily.<\/p>\n

Beatwalk<\/h3>\n

Beatwalk<\/a> offers a kit that works quite similar to the Stompshields.
\nBut you will have to change the visual appearance and the kits are relatively expensive.
\nIf you want to protect a pedal with 8 pots, you will need two kits.
\nWith regard to a whole pedalboard, this might prove costly.<\/p>\n

Loknob<\/h3>\n

Loknob<\/a> also offers caps which can be put over the pot to save the setting.
\nBut their functional principle is a different one.
\nThe original knob of the pedal has to be replaced by the Loknob which only can be turned when it is lifted a little bit.
\nYou can find many different styles of knobs and they work pretty fine. But in fact, they are also very expensive: a single Loknob costs about 10 bucks.<\/p>\n

Budget version<\/h3>\n

For those who are not willing or able to buy new and expensive knobs for all of their pedals, there is a cheap alternative: rubber washers.
\nThey are available in every DIY store (or you get one free with every flip-top bottled beer).
\nAfter removing the knobs, you put a fitting rubber washer over the potentiometer and refit the knob.
\nUnintentional maladjustment is prevented but with a little more strength you can still turn the knob.<\/p>\n

Besides: these rubber washers are also perfect to prevent the fix the guitar strap.<\/p>\n

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