Gig Rig power supply - anyone familiar?

[dlenaghan]

So someone mentioned this in passing on an earlier thread where some of us were trying to sort out a power supply that had good flexibility, lots of amperage, and so forth..

Anyone familiar with it? (Product page here..)

Seems like an absolute dream come true.. almost too good to be true. Here's a review from an endorser (I guess).. I can't find much else besides their website and there are limited supplies available, so it seems that whatever they're making has the attention of somebody..

Ramon Goose Gig Rig power demo

The setup I'm looking at would run just over 300USD. The next best thing, I think, is called the Juice Box - also pricey, but bigger, bulkier, and heavier, although with some switchable sag circuits, whatever those are..

[behndy]

they're kinda the top of the line, super boutique power setup. really good stuff from everything i've heard.

i've never used them, but they're s'posed to be insanely good. if i had a bigger/weirder setup i'd probably give them a go.

[Damascus]

What would be the advantage of this over a couple of One Spot supplies and a surge protector?

[behndy]

lol. good vs bad basically.

with One Spots, while useful in a lot of situations, they're all being powered from the same source. noise and interference can happen. some pedals don't play well being daisy-chained too.

it's a very different setup to have isolated outputs. can solve a lot of problems.

plus, there's a BUNCH of higher draw/DC powered pedals that won't work with a One Spot.

[ga_edwards]

Originally Posted by Damascus

What would be the advantage of this over a couple of One Spot supplies and a surge protector?

If the daisy chain fails near the start of the chain, it'll take everything else out with it. With isolated outputs, or the gigrig distributor, if one of the power connector leads fails, everything else should still work and you can simply remove the offending pedal, rather than lose the entire pedalboard for the remainder of the gig.

Believe me, I've experienced this when an idiot stage invader crashed the stage and stood on my pedal board and broke the daisy chain cable. Had to bypass it for the rest of the gig.

Plus, there's only so much power you should draw down a daisychain before the chance of failure increases. I have a couple of gig-rig 9v-12v adaptors for my two TC pedals. I initially used them on a daisy chain in combination with my 1500ma PSU. Would work ok for an hour or so, then for some reason, one of the TC pedals (the higher current drawing one) would suddenly fade away and switch off. I had to turn the PSU off at the wall for 10 mins and then start again. After emailing Daniel at gig-rig he informed me that daisychains should only be subjected to about 1000ma before failure sets in, so I replaced the daisychain with their distributor and I haven't had a problem since. BTW, I'm using this with a 'johnnyshredfreak' 1500ma psu, not the gig-rig generator - much cheaper, and works fine.

[dmusic148]

Originally Posted by dlenaghan

...... although with some switchable sag circuits, whatever those are..

Some players like to use batteries that are half-dead in certain pedals, because it alters the tone in a way that they find pleasing. This is a way to emulate that- throw a switch and the voltage drops to less than 9V- say, 5 or 6V. I don't know the actual spec.