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Show me your compact pedalboard setup

#9,081
el murdoque said:
That seems to be a mistake. I use a Dell Powerbank capable of 3A. It usually powers my PJB Double Four (and on select few occasions, my Dell laptop).

When I had a test bench setup comparing preamp pedals, I had a tube driven pedal on each of the four outputs. Those were all around 400-500mA according to their manuals.
Doing that, I got all kinds of wonky results - and reading up in the Cioks manual made me realize that although USB-C driven, this input obviously ignores the 19V lane and only accepts 5V, so instead of the 57W the battery is capable of, only 15 could arrive in the Cioks - and since there's always some loss between input and output ... 4 pedals drawing 400mA at 9V means 14,4W and 15W input would need a very good rate of conversion loss.
Swapping the battery to a 24V power brick did the trick back then.
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15W is plenty for what I am doing I believe. If I am using power I use a 24v/1.5A power supply.
With the Berg SP at 9V@500mA, MS60B at 9V@500mA, and the GLXD at 9V@400mA, plus the Spark Booster and LS2 the output was only showing 9W. Everything sounded fine.
 
#9,082
Rocksolid said:
15W is plenty for what I am doing I believe. If I am using power I use a 24v/1.5A power supply.
With the Berg SP at 9V@500mA, MS60B at 9V@500mA, and the GLXD at 9V@400mA, plus the Spark Booster and LS2 the output was only showing 9W. Everything sounded fine.
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There's often a gap between the writing on the pedal next to the power plug and the actual current draw - as you can see in your case.
 
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Rocksolid said:
I still think the MS-60B is a great little tool, but I think to get the most out of it you need to use it with a Line selector…
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This, exactly. I love mine, using it mostly for single effects like chorus and flanges, and it’s nice to have a bunch of things in a single pedal. But I have a few patches with multiple effects, like compression, chorus, delay, and octave up that I use for Just Like Heaven. I kick in the octave with the switch on the pedal for the guitar lead line, but the LS to take the whole thing in and out of the chain. Works like a charm.
 
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Tonight's jam board. Powered by CS7. Always on here are the Diamond, RC, and Analog Alien limiter & amp sim. BB is set up as mid drive to kick on during guitarist solos.

Big minus here are the bunch of side jacks. Aaaaargh.
 
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Somehow I managed to fit all this on a pedal train nano board. Custom right angle IEC cord, compact power strip I miraculously found at best by, Cioks 4 hidden under the bottom, and 3 of those super overpriced d'addario flat right angle patch cords. Used it for the first time last night and worked perfectly, sounded incredible. It even charges the USB in ears transmitters we use lol
 
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#9,087
Rewired to get my custom moose electronics SunHammer on the board to replace the jame pedlas red muck

First time i went sideways. I thought it would bother me, but the empress is always on and i control the C4 with the dmc micro.

Also first time I'm trying synth before distortion. Ive always done dirt first. We'll see how i get on.

The deep freeze fit perfectly.

So pleased with this board!

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Mine is a work in progress. Not really a fan of the board itself as it makes mounting a bit annoying. Even though I have the RB 108 I still get most of my tone through the SGT-DI. I’m mainly a punk player but I still enjoy chorus on bass. It can almost be like reverb on a guitar where it just sweetens the tone. But this is my core and anything new would just be for fun. Would like to get a better power supple situation though
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Old Ozzie Guy said:
How do u find the DG M'tubes drive within the Origin S'Bass ? I'm constantly trying drives, B1K, B7K, then Agro, Storm King, . So far, all have been OK, but, I haven't tried VMT... how do u like yours pushing a svt clean tone ??
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Sorry for the late reply.
The Darkglass Vintage Microtubes is my favourite overdrive pedal: no matter the setting it always sounds good from mild overdrive to fuzz territory, cuts in the mix and is easy to use.
It sounds dark and has the typical Darkglass sound so this might be your thing or not.
I use it with both clean and overdriven sound on the Origin Effects BassRig.
I play passive Precision and Jazz basses.
 
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