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Recommend me a small pedalboard please

DD Gunz

DD Gunz

Jun 18, 2015
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I run a VT Bass Deluxe and use a Boss TU-3 tuner. That's all I have and don't plan on using anything else. I am not much of a pedal person.

I can't seem to find a board that fits my requirement. I would like a small powered board that is durable. Most of the smaller ones I see look flimsy.

Am I the only one who is looking for a small board or am I just looking in the wrong places?
 
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I'm guessing with the size of the vt deluxe it might not fit on a pt nano with the tuner. The pt mini isn't much more. And you'd have room for a pedal down the road or you could just attach something for to hold picks or have have a a mini set list on your board. But I would generally leave space for a pedal or two. Would suck to have to buy another one later just to fit one or two more pedals.
 
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Looks like I was wrong. It should fit on the nano
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DD Gunz said:
It looks a little tight though. I am using a boss, which is a little bigger as well. I am thinking mini. I am so new to pedals (coming from a rack but now using an SVT). I can use the boss to power the VT right? So I wouldn't need power?
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That's the regular size TC in the picture not the mini, might have to get a low profile cable but it looks like there's enough room.

Personally I own the mini And it stays full no matter what's on it. The mini would be a good option because you'd have room to add effects later. For example you could probably fit your tuner, vt bass deluxe, a small octave, and a ditto looper on the pt
 
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Nephilymbass said:
That's the regular size TC in the picture not the mini, might have to get a low profile cable but it looks like there's enough room.

Personally I own the mini And it stays full no matter what's on it. The mini would be a good option because you'd have room to add effects later. For example you could probably fit your tuner, vt bass deluxe, a small octave, and a ditto looper on the pt
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That's seems like a more comfortable option really. I would rather have more room than not enough.
 
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DD Gunz said:
That's seems like a more comfortable option really. I would rather have more room than not enough.
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Yeah the
DD Gunz said:
That's seems like a more comfortable option really. I would rather have more room than not enough.
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Definetly, and you can have fun with effects without spending a buttload of money. I've bought many of my pedals used off ebay. If I don't like them I just put them back up for sale. It's a affordable way to try out all kinds of stuff. Right now I have a shure glxd pedal wireless, boss Cs-2, boss ce-5, boss dd-3 and ditto. Waiting on my dogitech polar to get here. The mini is big enough to fit 5 standard boss pedals and a TC mini pedal of you use decent cables that don't stick out a whole lot.
 
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veebass said:
That's the footswitch for my GK Fusion 550. I have the Fusion 550 mounted in a rackcase with a Petersen Stroborack- hence no tuner on the board.
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Nice. I thought it might be some kind of GK grind emulation pedal.

I do miss having everything in a rack. Pedals are new to me after 25 years of playing. I always was a bass, chord, amp kinda guy so this is foreign to me.
 
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DD Gunz said:
It looks a little tight though. I am using a boss, which is a little bigger as well. I am thinking mini. I am so new to pedals (coming from a rack but now using an SVT). I can use the boss to power the VT right? So I wouldn't need power?
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The mini is probably the better choice. The idea of just using a onespot is totally reasonable, but if you did want a power supply you'd have to top mount it. My guitarist does this, it works totally fine for him. You often can chain pedals together in terms of powering off the tuner, but in the case of my aforementioned guitarist, he found that the power coming off of his Boss Tuner was giving him some great, so he switched to an ISO5 and is happier now!
 
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DD Gunz said:
I run a VT Bass Deluxe and use a Buss TU-3 tuner. That's all I have and don't plan on using anything else. I am not much of a pedal person.

I can't seem to find a board that fits my requirement. I would like a small powered board that is durable. Most of the smaller ones I see look flimsy.

Am I the only one who is looking for a small board or am I just looking in the wrong places?
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I really like the gator ones. I had a vt deluxe and tuner on it, fits just about perfect.
Much prefer it over my pt nano but it does costs a bit more. The case is better on the gator IMO of course.

Gator GPB-LAK-1 - Black Aluminum Pedal Board; Small w/ Carry Bag | Sweetwater.com
 
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