Great to have ya' around man!!
On the pedalboard thing I can't agree .... regardless of the angle, the footswitch of the back pedals will still be at the same level of the knobs of the front pedal because they're both at the same angle.
I have a pedalboard .... it is at an appropriate angle ..... the switches of the back row are at the same level as the front rows' knobs.
And even if I put it at a higher angle the problem would still exist.
Maybe if the only place I used it was at home recording and I could carefully switch things it'd be ok ..... actually it's ok now but it'd be a LOT easier with a higher back row.
If I don't build my own I think I'll get this:
https://www.holeyboardpedalboards.com/p ... -complete/