Confessions of a knob kicker

monquixote

Anyone else have a problem with this?

At least once at any given gig or practice I'll have some kind of problem as a result of having hoofed a pedal and twiddled the knobs to being insanely loud or almost off. 

I suspect it's got something to do with having size 13 feet.

I'm moving to a switching system to avoid it. 

Drew_TNBD

Never really had this one myself. Now kicking the wrong pedals.... er... yeah.... a few times...

meltedbuzzbox

its one of the reason I only have 7 pedals on a big ass board. 

As you have said before the fuzz factory can be a nightmare for this particular problem. 

I like the danger factor of the fuzz factory but I have caused some aural pain once or twice with it

ThePrettyDamned

Boss compacts man, problem solved

Seriously though, I am with you on this one.  Asides from boss style pedals, I am a known knob kicker, unless it's a pretty big box.  I've had 2 mxr pedals where I've not only kicked a knob, but broken the pot shaft.  

I only have size 9s! I rock the shit out of them though

steamabacus

Gaffa tape is your friend.

digitalscream

Actually, given how shit I am at below-the-knee coordination when I'm playing, I've never done this. Well, not to any great degree - I tend to constantly adjust my settings throughout a gig, though, so if it does go wrong it never stays that way for long.

As with Drew, though, I regularly hit the wrong pedal (or simply fail to hit any with a noticeable degree of success).

mike257

God, all the time, especially on my Big Bite and was even worse when i had my massive board. Usually ends up with me kicking in an outrageous massive boost when I'm expecting a touch of grit!

randomhandclaps

The only pedal that has ever really given me that problem was the old green Sovtek Big Muff.  The combination of shit, wonky knobs and the fact you had to take either a running jump or a dive off a monitor to actually activate the footswitch were not a good combo.

TimmyO

Yes.

I wish builders/manufacturers would put the switch at the bottom and move the battery up

ICBM

ThePrettyDamned said:

Boss compacts man, problem solved

+1

NervousJohn

Converse All-Stars and learn to adjust knobs with your feet. Then you can tweak mid song.

Heartfeltdawn

Wear cuban heels. You'll be focusing on keeping your balance so much that you won't kick the pedals. 

guitarfishbay

Massive problem for me. My real pedalboard has loads of space between pedals, right now I'm switching my Axe FX rig with an FCB1010 which is about as compact as I'm comfortable with.

I look at some of the boards I see here and wonder if I have coordination problems, because there's no way I could use some of the more crowded setups.

DannyP

I wear size 6 winkle pickers on stage so no problems for me!

I thought this would be a thread about actually trying to adjust knobs with feet on stage, and I have been guilty of that. A particularly daft idea with my SHO clone which crackles when you adjust it.

monquixote

NervousJohn said:

Converse All-Stars and learn to adjust knobs with your feet. Then you can tweak mid song.

I used to wear Converse until I fell down the stairs at a wet tube station. I steer clear of them now.

Heartfeltdawn

monquixote said:

I used to wear Converse until I fell down the stairs at a wet tube station. I steer clear of them now.

Of Converse or tube stations? 

monquixote

Heartfeltdawn said:

monquixote said:

I used to wear Converse until I fell down the stairs at a wet tube station. I steer clear of them now.

Of Converse or tube stations? 

Both as it happens as I moved out of London and started wearing grown up shoes.

ThorpyFX

monquixote said:

Anyone else have a problem with this?

At least once at any given gig or practice I'll have some kind of problem as a result of having hoofed a pedal and twiddled the knobs to being insanely loud or almost off. 

I suspect it's got something to do with having size 13 feet.

I'm moving to a switching system to avoid it. 

Don't you worry, my first pedal solves this.....

Heartfeltdawn

You can tell a lot about the maturity of a man by his footwear. Why, I'm even wearing fury dog slippers as I type. 

monquixote

thorpy6 said:

monquixote said:

Anyone else have a problem with this?

At least once at any given gig or practice I'll have some kind of problem as a result of having hoofed a pedal and twiddled the knobs to being insanely loud or almost off. 

I suspect it's got something to do with having size 13 feet.

I'm moving to a switching system to avoid it. 

Don't you worry, my first pedal solves this.....

Ooo now I'm super intrigued! 

Roland

guitarfishbay said:

Massive problem for me. My real pedalboard has loads of space between pedals, right now I'm switching my Axe FX rig with an FCB1010 which is about as compact as I'm comfortable with.

I look at some of the boards I see here and wonder if I have coordination problems, because there's no way I could use some of the more crowded setups.

Same here. MIDI switching with big pedals, and no knobs, dials and micro switches that get knocked inadvertently. No settings to crouch down and change between songs.