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Going for a complete rack setup, advice on the rack?


TomWIC
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Morning everyone

I'm seriously downsizing my pedalboard to the point where I won't have enough pedals to really justify keeping the board itself. I already have my amp and wireless in a 4U rack (with 1U spare for a rack tuner soon), but wanted advice on the best rack upgrade that would also allow me to mount 3-4 pedals there too. The pedals will pretty much be always on and rarely, if ever adjusted, so as long as there's enough room to stick my hand in to switch them on, that'll be adequete. There would need to ample room for a power supply for them too, and enough room to keep all the cables tidy etc.

Any recommendations?

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By "mount", do you mean "stash at the back of the rack where no one can see them"?

If so, then IME it depends on the other contents of the rack. If your amp is full depth but the tuner and wireless units are just 4" deep, then you already have a large flat surface with 2U of headroom.

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[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1407401437' post='2520070']
Our guitarist has a 2U rack drawer in the bottom of his rack with a few pedals in.
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Is it an open backed drawer? The only ones I've seen so far have a closed back which is leading me to think a 2U rack tray might be more suitable for me.

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[quote name='TomWIC' timestamp='1407408004' post='2520143']
… which is leading me to think a 2U rack tray might be more suitable for me.
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I've been looking at using a rack track in a similar way but occasionally I'll need to get at the controls on one of the units in there so I was wondering if there were some quick release rack bolts available that would allow me to slide the tray out without needing a screwdriver to unbolt it.

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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1407415016' post='2520254']
I've been looking at using a rack track in a similar way but occasionally I'll need to get at the controls on one of the units in there so I was wondering if there were some quick release rack bolts available that would allow me to slide the tray out without needing a screwdriver to unbolt it.
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I've managed to find this: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/skb_vs1_velcroshelf.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/skb_vs1_velcroshelf.htm[/url] - it's pricey but looks like it'll do the job for us both. Like you, I may occasionally need the pedals accessible enough to tweak them a bit.

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[quote name='TomWIC' timestamp='1407416180' post='2520268']
I've managed to find this: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/skb_vs1_velcroshelf.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...velcroshelf.htm[/url] - it's pricey but looks like it'll do the job for us both. Like you, I may occasionally need the pedals accessible enough to tweak them a bit.
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Unfortunately that won't work for me as I only have 1U to play with and even with just a rack shelf I'm right on the limit of available vertical space.

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