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Topic: Equipment Mounting Brackets
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Jack Stoner
Sysop From: Inverness, Florida
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posted 15 March 2005 06:23 AM
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I notice Tommy Dodd has a neat bracket for mounting a POD to a steel leg.Now, I have a Goodrich MatchBro, that mounts to the steel leg, I have a Peterson VS-II tuner that has an available leg mounting bracket, and not a leg mounting bracket for my POD XT. When I had a Session 500 amp, it had a remote control that attached to a leg. All this is nice, but other than the MatchBro, I don't want anything "hanging" off of my steel. My POD XT, 99% of the time uses one program, and the VS-II is only connected for tuning then disconnected and put in my seat's side compartment. |
Lee Baucum
Member From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) - The Final Frontier
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posted 15 March 2005 09:05 AM
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I agree. I have a Hilton Digital Sustain and I was thinking about using a longer cable between the guitar and box, so I could move the box further down the leg of the guitar. Having said that, I think that Tommy has come up with a great looking bracket for the POD. If one had a problem with the appearance, one could simply move the bracket down lower on the leg or, perhaps, rotate the unit under the guitar out of sight. If you have several programs that you switch between during a set, I can see where having the POD at your fingertips would be a necessity. Lee, from South Texas |
Tommy Dodd
Member From: Kennesaw, Ga., USA
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posted 15 March 2005 09:48 AM
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Jack, The beauty of having the POD XT is it's versatility. It is, by design, a multi-effects processor and such can do many sounds, tones, & effects simultaneously. I have a bank of basic reverb and delay settings. But, adjacent patches have increasing amounts of each so that I can use a more lush reverb/delay setting on a pretty George Strait ballad as opposed to a short quick delay/faster decaying reverb for "Rocky Top". And having the POD at your finger tips makes it a breeze to make these setups available. Try it, you'll like it! (How's that for a sales pitch?) |
Jack Stoner
Sysop From: Inverness, Florida
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posted 15 March 2005 02:17 PM
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Tommy, I didn't say your design wasn't good. It looks like a carefully engineered unit. Just that I don't want devices hanging off the leg of my steel. I have one basic reverb/delay patch for my POD XT that works for 99% of what I do. I have others, such as a chorus, leslie and phase but they are infrequently used. I do have another with just a small of reverb that I use with my Matchbro but that's it. I watched Ron Elliott with his last year and he used one program for eveything he did. |
Lee Baucum
Member From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) - The Final Frontier
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posted 15 March 2005 03:22 PM
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It looks like a great design at a very affordable price. Could the unit be clamped to the leg of the pac-a-seat? That would get it off the guitar, yet it could still be easily tweaked.Lee |
Tommy Dodd
Member From: Kennesaw, Ga., USA
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posted 17 March 2005 03:17 PM
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Lee, That was a great idea....mounting the POD on the leg of a pac-a-seat. Most all of the seat manufacturers use an aluminum tubing for legs and it makes an ideal surface for clamping my bracket designed for POD users. Here's a couple of pics of a POD XT mounted on my Walker seat.
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 My 56 year old eyes still seems to like it a little bit closer! Like this  If you are interested in trying one of these brackets please click here Thanks again for the idea, Lee.[This message was edited by Tommy Dodd on 17 March 2005 at 03:19 PM.] |
Don Walters
Member From: Regina, SK, Canada
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posted 17 March 2005 03:28 PM
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... VS-II is only connected for tuning then disconnected and put in my seat's side compartment.
Jack, I know 2 players who have their tuners connected all the time and check their tuning anytime they lay out. I'd forget what I was playing if I did that  [This message was edited by Don Walters on 17 March 2005 at 03:29 PM.] |
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