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Powering a Line 6 G50 wireless receiver on pedalboard

Oci-One Kanubi

Oci-One Kanubi

Jun 10, 2010
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Winston-Salem, NC
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#1
Has anybody encountered any issues with powering it from a Boss daisy chain?

I have four Boss stompboxes, a Korg Pitchblack tuner, and a Radial Bassbone OD on my pedal board. The 'bone is powered by a 15V Radial wall wart and everything else is powered by a 9V Boss wall wart. Both are mounted under the pedal board and permanently plugged into the receiving end of a standard 110V AC extension cord.

Putting in an additional power supply for the G50 would be problematic; I would need to find a power strip which would accommodate three wall warts and still fit under my smallish Pedaltrain PT-JR pedal board.

There is just room to fit the Line 6 stompbox receiver onto the pedal board, and it appears to be compatible with the Boss wall wart (9V, center negative), but I'd like some reassurance before I plug in a $360 Line 6 receiver.

Thanks for any insights,
-Richard, His Bassic Travesty
 
#3
I have the G50 and i'f I remember correctly it wants/needs 400mA. I also use a voodoo PP2 with a cable that sums the two 250 mA outlets on the PP2 into one 500mA for the G50. My only experience with the boss daisy chain was using it from the aux power output on a Boss TU-2. I think that combo only provided a total of 100 mA, so that specific application wouldn't work for the G50. Maybe a 1spot would work for you? I think it could power all your Boss pedals and the G50 and you'd still have just the plug from it and your bassbone going to the wall. I think a 1spot can supply a total of 1700 mA. Others on the forum can correct me if I'm wrong about that amount though.
 
#5
mrwood4 said:
I have the G50 and i'f I remember correctly it wants/needs 400mA. I also use a voodoo PP2 with a cable that sums the two 250 mA outlets on the PP2 into one 500mA for the G50. My only experience with the boss daisy chain was using it from the aux power output on a Boss TU-2. I think that combo only provided a total of 100 mA, so that specific application wouldn't work for the G50. Maybe a 1spot would work for you? I think it could power all your Boss pedals and the G50 and you'd still have just the plug from it and your bassbone going to the wall. I think a 1spot can supply a total of 1700 mA. Others on the forum can correct me if I'm wrong about that amount though.
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Good suggestion. I'll go home and check on whether I have the 400mA or the 800mA Boss power supply. The 800 will probably do the job. Unfortutunately, I plugged the two wall warts into the receptacle end of an extension cord, then drilled holes in the pedalboard to attach brackets to hold them all in place as a unit, so I'll have to take it all apart to read the specs on the Boss piece. If it is 800mA I'll try it with the G50; if it is the 400mA I will buy a 1 Spot.

Thanks for the advice!
-Kanubi
 

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