Big buttons

therose789

What the crack with all of these big buttons that seem to be appearing everywhere? What benefit do they have? 



http://barefootbuttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2.jpg

guitarfishbay

My guess is for the plays barefoot at home crowd.

MattBanshee

Ohhh I want some of those having seen a picture, thanks for putting a name to them!

dindude

guitarfishbay said:

My guess is for the plays barefoot at home crowd.

Yup, that's what I thought, for the home "sock 'n' roll" brigade (like me!).

ThorpyFX

dindude said:

guitarfishbay said:

My guess is for the plays barefoot at home crowd.

Yup, that's what I thought, for the home "sock 'n' roll" brigade (like me!).

there are lots of people who apparently play barefoot live too. anyway we have some custom ones we had made, and they are proving very popular.

Cabicular

If you tried to play barefoot in most of the venues I'm in the stuff on the floor would probably make you change gender several times during the gig

MattBanshee

@ThorpyFX - are you selling your custom ones as individual parts? If so, how much?

ThorpyFX

MattBanshee said:

@ThorpyFX - are you selling your custom ones as individual parts? If so, how much?

we are, they are £12 shipped (4 week lead time at the moment as they sold out in a week!)

stickyfiddle

Barefoot or in Converse these looks excellent. As long as a standard clicks switch still feels clicky

ThorpyFX

stickyfiddle said:

Barefoot or in Converse these looks excellent. As long as a standard clicks switch still feels clicky

its just a cap that fits on top of the standard switch, doesn't change the feel, aside from spreading the pressure over the ball of your foot.

stickyfiddle

Lovely! 

Shark_Eyes

I'm into this, particularly for triggered loops, which I sometimes do by hand, although rarely. Also it would mean I don't have to wear my shoes in the lounge, which would make my girlfriend happy. Everybody wins!

Sassafras

Once you've got 18 pints inside you, it's nice to have an easy target.

the_jaffa

Custom Pedalboards do a version too. I was going to get a couple for some of my pedals to make them more easy to hit (and for when noodling in socks)

http://www.custompedalboards.co.uk/product/cpb-stompers/

BigMonka

the_jaffa said:

Custom Pedalboards do a version too. I was going to get a couple for some of my pedals to make them more easy to hit (and for when noodling in socks)

http://www.custompedalboards.co.uk/product/cpb-stompers/

From that site this one is pretty hilarious:

vasselmeyer

@CustomPedalBoards Has these. They look pretty funky actually but in the pubs we play in, there is no chance in hell I'm playing in bare feet.

CustomPedalBoards

vasselmeyer said:

@CustomPedalBoards Has these. They look pretty funky actually but in the pubs we play in, there is no chance in hell I'm playing in bare feet.

heehee, yes i would never play barefooted in a pub/club or pretty much most of the stages i've ever played on. but for the old sock brigade at home its alright eh!

CustomPedalBoards

BigMonka said:

the_jaffa said:

Custom Pedalboards do a version too. I was going to get a couple for some of my pedals to make them more easy to hit (and for when noodling in socks)

http://www.custompedalboards.co.uk/product/cpb-stompers/

From that site this one is pretty hilarious:

i also put the miku on there for ur very please sir!

Laurie

Am I correct in saying that the fantastic, "Jerry Nepomuceno" (NEPO) was the guy who invented these, "big buttons"? 

Perfect appellation btw, therose789.

hotpickups

I'm tempted to buy a few because the foot switches on my Disaster Area looper can sometimes feel too close together in a live situation and the big buttons could help me distinguish exactly what I want to switch on. Most of the times its fine for but there has been an occasion or two when I've stepped on the wrong foot switch. 

Damn expensive though if you ask me Hence why I've not pulled the trigger ........ yet

handsomerik

These can make it easier to bank up and down of those types of delay pedal where you need to press two buttons at once. (Timeline/dd500 etc)