Pedalboard Power

WiLL75

Hey everybody,

I am thinking about re-doing my pedalboard, might even make a brand new one. Anyways, I was looking
at power supplies and I stumbled across this guy...

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/ ... sku=153509

...anybody out there have one or know somebody who does? If so, what is it like? Good? Bad? Excellent? Just curious.

As always, thanks for reading.

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savman

Looks like your restricted to 8 pedals?

Wouldn't be any good for you xtreme

gimmesometruth27

WiLL75 wrote:

Hey everybody,

I am thinking about re-doing my pedalboard, might even make a brand new one. Anyways, I was looking
at power supplies and I stumbled across this guy...

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/ ... sku=153509

...anybody out there have one or know somebody who does? If so, what is it like? Good? Bad? Excellent? Just curious.

As always, thanks for reading.

\/\/

i've never used one personally but i have heard good things about it. the only potential promlem for me that i would see is only one AC jack. some of the older pedals like the rotosphere use an AC plug, and its a massive plug at that, so there is no way that the power brick could sit on the board and still have a "wall wart" plug plugged in.

ever think about a powered pedal board like a furman or something?

xtremehardy388

savman wrote:

Looks like your restricted to 8 pedals?

Wouldn't be any good for you xtreme

hey now, hahah

I had about 3 or 4 1 Spot daisy chains at one time on my board. I like 1Spots. That powerbrick isn't too bad from what I've heard, though

savman

hehe yeah i thought you'd like that!

mccreadyisgod

I'm a proud and happy owner/user of the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 (not the "plus").

I can say that it cut the noise of my system by more than half, having transformer-isolated outputs and power conditioning. I currently power 9 pedals with mine (I power two TS-9's with a "Y" cable).



I can tell you that a wall-wart will fit upside-down, so that shouldn't be an issue. If you have multiple pedals needing an AC outlet, you'll probably want a power strip anyways; if it was me, I would hide a power strip on the board and then plug the PP2 into that.

Also, as a guy who works live sound and sees a lot of pedalboards up close, I know that the Voodoo Labs units outnumber any other pedal power system hands down, at least with touring bands. In cases where people have a lot more than 8 pedals, I've even seen pedalboards with more than one PP2.

There are cheaper systems, and systems with more outputs, but I don't think there's a higher-quality pedal power system, short of having Pete Cornish build your pedalboard.

WiLL75

Awesome! Thanks for all the replies! I haven't really thought about a "powered" board before, is it worth checking out? I kinda think that if a LOT of touring acts use the pp2 then it's a pretty safe bet that it's a solid piece of equipment.

moejiles

I kind of cheaped out and use this device:

http://www.godlyke.com/power-all-digital-power-supplies

Its essensially 1 adaptor that can be daisy chained for up to 20 pedals. I dont gig professionally so I can't attest to it's road worthiness but it is an alternative for those on a budget. I power 7 pedals with mine with no issues.
Cost me 50 bucks here in Canada.

Cheers

PJayhawk

+1 on the PP2. I've been using one for several years in my practice/gigging set-up. Works like a charm and did reduce the noise dramatically. In my experience the Furman buit-in units can be a little noisy.

That being said, it doesn't matter what unit you are using if wallwarts are close to your signal chain. They tend introduce a lot of noise if they are close to you pedals / cables. Do an experiment with an extentsion cord to test them out on your rig...