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[Swizzledoop]

Aguilar Octamizer really stands out for its organic sounding clean tones. It's the only one I've been able to get away with using in roots/acoustic music and still have it serve the song and not stand out for sounding too synthy. Works great for upright too. Fav settings are bottom two knobs fully CCW and top two knobs around 9:00ish.

 

[bucephylus]

I’ve been pleased with using the CIOKS supplies under my couple of boards. But, a recent post brought to my attention the recent supplies, which have merged the rechargeable lithium power bricks with the 9VDC supplies.

Such as:

Amazon.com

I’m all for eliminating the power supply cord at the gig. Anyone have any downside experience with these products?

 

[Verticos]

I’ve been pleased with using the CIOKS supplies under my couple of boards. But, a recent post brought to my attention the recent supplies, which have merged the rechargeable lithium power bricks with the 9VDC supplies.

Such as:

Amazon.com

I’m all for eliminating the power supply cord at the gig. Anyone have any downside experience with these products?

No experience here, but I'm interested in this concept as well. I have a few worries though:

1. Enough available power / battery life. I occasionally play gigs with multiple sets where the total playing time can come close to 3+ hours, not to mention the times I've played musicals where we have two shows in one day, which could come close to 6h of uptime. I also have pedals that require higher voltage or amperage than a typical pedal. With these two combined, I wonder if any of the power banks out there would be overkill enough for me to trust them not to run out of battery during a performance in these scenarios. Are we at the point where power banks have enough juice to power a tube preamp and 2-10 other pedals for 6h+?

2. I'd want redundancy, ideally with the ability to plug in a regular IEC cable if the battery is dead. For longer shows, I might even want to have it plugged in and ready to go as a backup, but that totally defeats the purpose of having a battery.

It would be really nice for gigs I play where there's 8 bands on a bill all playing 3-4 songs. When changeovers are that tight and the performance is so short, I think a battery-powered pedalboard would be ideal.

 

[bucephylus]

No experience here, but I'm interested in this concept as well. I have a few worries though:

1. Enough available power / battery life. I occasionally play gigs with multiple sets where the total playing time can come close to 3+ hours, not to mention the times I've played musicals where we have two shows in one day, which could come close to 6h of uptime. I also have pedals that require higher voltage or amperage than a typical pedal. With these two combined, I wonder if any of the power banks out there would be overkill enough for me to trust them not to run out of battery during a performance in these scenarios. Are we at the point where power banks have enough juice to power a tube preamp and 2-10 other pedals for 6h+?

2. I'd want redundancy, ideally with the ability to plug in a regular IEC cable if the battery is dead. For longer shows, I might even want to have it plugged in and ready to go as a backup, but that totally defeats the purpose of having a battery.

It would be really nice for gigs I play where there's 8 bands on a bill all playing 3-4 songs. When changeovers are that tight and the performance is so short, I think a battery-powered pedalboard would be ideal.

+1

Probably, this tech would NOT cover the higher power pre/DI’s.

OTOH, the cost is low enough that you could think about having a couple of them, and just swap out between shows.

 

[Just Wrong]

I had the Octamizer and enjoyed the tones, but I found the tracking problematic especially using a pick. On the there hand, the Octamizer tracks significantly better. What is your experience.

Sorry, which one tracks significantly better in your experience?

I find the tracking to be phenomenal on both compared to the couple of OC-2s I've had in the past. I'd say they're on par. That said, I've noticed that the Subsonic tracks much better when both the clean and octave are at the same level. It doesn't track as well when the clean is off. I haven't tried the Octamizer without the clean. I'll try it later.

Edit: I should add that I only play with my fingers. No pick or slap, etc.

I found the Octamizer tracks as well without the clean as with it, unlike the Broughton.

Aguilar Octamizer really stands out for its organic sounding clean tones. It's the only one I've been able to get away with using in roots/acoustic music and still have it serve the song and not stand out for sounding too synthy. Works great for upright too. Fav settings are bottom two knobs fully CCW and top two knobs around 9:00ish.

I agree 100%. My band covers a lot of pop songs that have the same chord progression throughout the whole song. I like to add the Octamizer in the chorus to spice things up. I don't find the OC-2 works as well in that regards.

 

[darev]

Almost spilled a pitcher of beer on my Noble and bigbox cali76 rig last gig so i made a smaller footprint gigboard and used my other PT metro20 w/ cioks dc7 underneath. The Broughton Gladius arrived last saturday and the Blue hammertone MBD2 arrived today so i went to incorpairate that in the board and love to see it in action next jam. the neptunium is my tube/DI amd a cali76 laser etched for the squeeze and some collection of goodies to compliment the tone. pardon the settings as its still being dialled in.the bigger board with the noble/cali bigbox with CB autmatone mkii and cxm1978 w/ a 3leaf octabvre mkii and chromatron will serve as my studio board instead. away from harm lol yet will serve its purpose. Cheers! View attachment 7137075View attachment 7137076

So I am contractually obligated now to ask: How do you like the Neptunium in relation to the Noble? You have a lot of different fantacsticalness I am quite jelly of on either board, but your preamps! I wuld like to know how you feel about your preamps.

 

[projectapollo]

Sorry, which one tracks significantly better in your experience?

I find the tracking to be phenomenal on both compared to the couple of OC-2s I've had in the past. I'd say they're on par. That said, I've noticed that the Subsonic tracks much better when both the clean and octave are at the same level. It doesn't track as well when the clean is off. I haven't tried the Octamizer without the clean. I'll try it later.

Edit: I should add that I only play with my fingers. No pick or slap, etc.

Sorry, I fixed my confusing post/question. I found the Broughton Subsonic to track better than the Aguilar Octamizer. But I prefer the deep tones on the Aguilar. The Aguilar does OK with fingers, but when I try using a pick and digging in a little, it really suffers. The MXR Bass octave Deluxe and Broughton Subsonic didn't exhibit this.

 

[Just Wrong]

Sorry, I fixed my confusing post/question. I found the Broughton Subsonic to track better than the Aguilar Octamizer. But I prefer the deep tones on the Aguilar. The Aguilar does OK with fingers, but when I try using a pick and digging in a little, it really suffers. The MXR Bass octave Deluxe and Broughton Subsonic didn't exhibit this.

I just tried the Octamizer with a pick, and I don't find it any better or worse than the Subsonic. Mind you, my bass's finger ramp takes most of the real estate, so digging in wasn't all that easy. Do you also have the version 2 of the Octamizer? I don't think they changed anything, but...

 

[darkhalf]

So I am contractually obligated now to ask: How do you like the Neptunium in relation to the Noble? You have a lot of different fantacsticalness I am quite jelly of on either board, but your preamps! I wuld like to know how you feel about your preamps.

thank you sir. i am a preamp/comp combo guy. i feel that both are necessities for a great tone and ive been a fan on the noble/cali combo ever since. hence most of my boards has this (or close to it kinda) configuration. Although the noble for me is the superior of its kind, The neptunium is a great pedal that can almost do the noble tone without breaking the bank, the hammertone finish is a true eye candy and the warm tone is delicious tp the ears, paired up with a great tone shaper/EQ and its gets as versatile as it gets. i know you have a neptunium as well so i know we are in the same page. im always a fan of tube preamps. for me, the noble and cali76 combo on its own sounds great and is a set and forget due to its ease to dial in. add some dirt,modulation and EQ to taste and boom it goes. in my mind a good pedalboard requires a good core. and the best foundation for it is a good preamp and a good compressor. i consider a pedalboard a canvas . and the pedals i put in not just a paint to show art but also has to sound good in order to serve its purpose. this are just some of my pedal collection and doesnt show all including the other 2 boards i leave in my band jam space and a couple pedals including a CB CXM1978 i loaned to a fellow tber and a few others on the way. im a big fan of broughton, IE and 3leaf and others. Cheers!

 

[darev]

i know you have a neptunium as well so i know we are in the same page

LOL, I might need to keep my mouth shut. I have a Nobelium but what's a couple of electrons between friends? Nathan just announced that at some point in his life he plans to perhaps, hopefully, maybe, revisit the Neptunium (baby needs new shoes).

I had just got the Nobelium when he announced the Neptunium. I couldn't justify the expense at the time then but I certainly will now. Especially, now that the concept of multiple boards has been broached.

Again, a wonderful, and extensive collection. You also wasted no time getting that Gladius on there Cheers!

 

[darkhalf]

LOL, I might need to keep my mouth shut. I have a Nobelium but what's a couple of electrons between friends? Nathan just announced that at some point in his life he plans to perhaps, hopefully, maybe, revisit the Neptunium (baby needs new shoes).

I had just got the Nobelium when he announced the Neptunium. I couldn't justify the expense at the time then but I certainly will now. Especially, now that the concept of multiple boards has been broached.

Again, a wonderful, and extensive collection. You also wasted no time getting that Gladius on there Cheers!

thank you mr. rev. yes sir the neptunium is great and im glad it will available again hopefully soon for alot of people to enjoy. Cheers!

 

[meisi]

Felt cute - but will likely update later.

Never used to pedal board but toddlers at home throw anything not bolted down. Lots of inspo from this thread.

Cioks4 powered by usb is amazing. I use a power brick on the couch when practicing at night in front of tv.

 

[Zbysek]

this are just some of my pedal collection and doesnt show all including the other 2 boards i leave in my band jam space and a couple pedals including a CB CXM1978 i loaned to a fellow tber and a few others on the way.

As a married guy, I, too, would leave part of my pedal collection somewhere else...-but home!

 

[darev]

Felt cute - but will likely update later.

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Never used to pedal board but toddlers at home throw anything not bolted down. Lots of inspo from this thread.

Cioks4 powered by usb is amazing. I use a power brick on the couch when practicing at night in front of tv.

I really like your fastener solution.

 

[meisi]

I really like your fastener solution.

Single speed bike chain links ftw!

Hours and hours of forum deep diving to crack the cheat code. There is even some company making these pedal specific links at $5 a pop. Just use bike links.

Fits the screws on the bottom pedals perfectly.

 

[darev]

Just use bike links.

Winning

 

[deepestend]

Latest ever evolving board...

 

[Rocksolid]

Back on page 506 @Andy Will posted about the Ghost Fire FH5 power supply. Mine arrived today!

Even by my standards, there was some extreme tetrissing to get this in under a RB Duo 2.1, but please to say it is in. Everything is quiet. Used the extra output to run to a mini module to power a vocal effects pedal I use on some gigs. Added a panel mount IEC cable to connect to the FH5 so I can attached the cable without fumbling around underneath.

The power supply is below the bottom of the pedal board, but the feet keep it off the ground by approx 4mm.

 

[rcmbass]

thank you sir. i am a preamp/comp combo guy. i feel that both are necessities for a great tone and ive been a fan on the noble/cali combo ever since. hence most of my boards has this (or close to it kinda) configuration. Although the noble for me is the superior of its kind, The neptunium is a great pedal that can almost do the noble tone without breaking the bank, the hammertone finish is a true eye candy and the warm tone is delicious tp the ears, paired up with a great tone shaper/EQ and its gets as versatile as it gets. i know you have a neptunium as well so i know we are in the same page. im always a fan of tube preamps. for me, the noble and cali76 combo on its own sounds great and is a set and forget due to its ease to dial in. add some dirt,modulation and EQ to taste and boom it goes. in my mind a good pedalboard requires a good core. and the best foundation for it is a good preamp and a good compressor. i consider a pedalboard a canvas . and the pedals i put in not just a paint to show art but also has to sound good in order to serve its purpose. this are just some of my pedal collection and doesnt show all including the other 2 boards i leave in my band jam space and a couple pedals including a CB CXM1978 i loaned to a fellow tber and a few others on the way. im a big fan of broughton, IE and 3leaf and others. Cheers!View attachment 7137823

Amazing collection, my friend. I showed this to my wife and she said, “No!”

 

[Rev_Slinky]

I’ve been pleased with using the CIOKS supplies under my couple of boards. But, a recent post brought to my attention the recent supplies, which have merged the rechargeable lithium power bricks with the 9VDC supplies.

Such as:

Amazon.com

I’m all for eliminating the power supply cord at the gig. Anyone have any downside experience with these products?

I haven't tried that particular rechargeable power supply, but I've had a good experience with this JOYO one so far. It has three 500mA ports, which I use mostly for Sushi Box tube pedals, and I haven't had any issues. I regularly get over 4 hours off of a full charge, which will cover most gigs (though I have been known to plug it back in during breaks if it's dropping down into the yellow). The price is kind of high right now, but it's worth keeping an eye on.