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Need a board and a power supply

#21
The board itself is the least of your worries, especially with the number of pedals you're running. You can make a DIY board using an Ikea shelf which will set you back around $20 tops (if you search up "Ikea pedalboard" on Google you'll get a plethora of tutorials) or you can fork out a bit of extra cash and get a Pedaltrain which is a lot easier to organise your pedals onto. The metal construction is also unbeatable for sturdiness and durability.

As for a power supply, you can get away with using only a One-Spot with a daisy chain. You only have a handful of pedals so you shouldn't experience any noise issues or power limitations. However, if you're intending on getting more pedals soon, I'd invest in an isolated power supply with multiple isolated outputs. I highly recommend a Joyo Power Supply 2. Its the cheapest isolated power supply you will find on the market and it works just as well as any Voodoo Lab or T-Rex power supply you'll come across for double its price.
 
#22
MCS4 said:
Most of the time the foam or rubber under pedals comes off easily and cleanly, particularly if you use a flathead screwdriver or something similar for leverage. You can always save it to stick back on or give to buyers if you re-sell.

I've had to do that several times and it's always worked fine.
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Will give it a try. Should work fine on all but the ebs which is like a weird not sticker like foam. It's an old ebs I dunno if that makes a difference.
 
#23
Currently in same boat as OP - I'm looking to put the power supply underneath the board, so the ISO-5 is a bit chunky for my liking. The cioks schizoprenic is worth a look at, the joyo power supply 2 also looks good. The front runner for me is the mxr dc brick - I know a lot of people point out they aren't isolated power supplies, but also a number of people have said it works great.
 
#28
greencow said:
The pedals I have:
Planet Waves tuner (CT-04) - might swap it for another tuner.
Diamond bass compressor
DIY fuzz in a 1590B
EHX Nano Bassballs

Have never owned a pedalboard, so give me some suggestions on choosing a pedalboard and a PSU
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I'm really new to boards - but, I "think" the PedalTrain Mini would be a good fitting board for you.

I have the PedalTrain Nano board and a One Spot supply, but I only have 3 petals.
 

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