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How about some splittable EMG's for that active flavor?

I know this subject has been done to death and top mount jacks with top mount power (TPTJ) has basically won. Also, since there are some great folks here, some who actually run a pedal business and deal with customers who make requests of one way vs the other, I think it is a good place to discuss a couple of points that I haven't seen mentioned much anywhere else.

There are two major types of side mount jack configurations, Boss/Ibanez style (TPSJ) with power on top and jacks on the side, MXR style (SPSJ) with power on the side and jacks on the side.

1) Aren't the TPSJ pedals the real space wasting culprit? SPSJ seems just as space efficient as TPTJ. It's just that SPSJ gives you more vertical rows, and TPTJ gives you more horizontal columns. Full disclosure, I like the SPSJ type pedals since they give me an extra row on my pedal train pro, and they are spaced just far enough apart so I don't get accidental clicks on a neighbor, which brings me to my next point...

2) Who are all the people with these super skinny feet/shoes that prefer TPTJ pedals crammed up right next to each other? Can you actually step on a switch without accidentally enagaging another next to it, especially now that soft switching is prevalent? The only way I can manage to do it is
barefoot and use my big toe or tilt my foot at an extreme angle. I have an BYOC OD2 and an EQD Palisades as my only TPTJ pedal examples and they both have multiple foot switches, so if I were to put another TPTJ pedal on either side, the switches would be extremely close. Ive been looking at a couple of the Chase Bliss pedals thinking that it would be close to unusable next to my OD2.

Just saying... I'm honestly curious how others justify TPTJ with these things in mind or if it's even ever an issue for most.

There is an excellent tutorial for how to handle these type situations. Please see the Fear performance in the documentary "The Decline of Western Civilization"

https://youtu.be/accEKtBebaU

If you haven't seen it. Watch it.

Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!

Perhaps one of these values might help:

28:06:42:12

Just curious... I don't see the following in the project list above. What's the deal... those boards weren't made in larger batches like the others? You think they will eventually be made available? Or is it the kinda thing that once the boards he sent are gone then that's it?

Rocket EQ
Mini Mu
Woodchipper
Fuzz Duo
Yodeler
Ice Scream
Dragon Hound
RUP

I also wonder why you never hear guitar players talk about Tuck from Tuck&Patti. I saw them on BET in the 90's and I am still picking my jaw up off the floor.

https://youtu.be/_nvrb513_Zg

No disrespect but I think it's pretty bad and that they should take the article down. I believe that misconceptions should be called out and corrected rather than purposely perpetuated. Take the classic example of Fender Tremolo/Vibrato.... It was perpetuated and explained away through the years like that's just how it is... If only someone would have spoken up...

Remember, it was just called "Standard", they didn't call them "MIM Standard"... Everybody else did becuase they had to differentiate it front the "American Standard", which is confusing... and drove home the fact that the they were not made in the USA".

I think the "Player" name is the right move and I do like the fact they adressed the pickups. I don't like that the offsets come with humbuckers at the bridge.

Full disclosure: My "other" guitar is a "Standard"

Try not to get murdered... I lived there for a little while in the 90's and I would always hear it was the murder capital of the US. The nightly news was the most aweful I've seen to date. I haven't been back since, but I can't imagine it has gotten any better, but you never know.

Having said that... Beale Street had a couple of fun spots... Not sure if it's still there but the Rum Boogie Cafe could be a place to check out.

I wouldn't waste time at Graceland unless your are a real Elvis fan.

I've been looking at the Blueprint schematic.

I see that the X1 connectors are the row at the top of the board for connecting the tap tempo daughter board, and X2 is the 10k resistor network.

Sounds like the circuit output and the output jack did the trick. Thanks again!

If you get new humbuckets make sure to get something with 4 wires so you can split those coils with push-pull pots.

Are you planning on labeling the knobs and switches beforehand?

Edit: nevermind