Small Pedal Board Recommendation

[KenD]

Ditto on the Nomad. Ample battery, nice not having to worry about power, especially a couple of places we play. A little wider than the Nano.

Any comments on the reliability of the lithium battery?

 

[kbakerde]

I would buy a pedalboard instead of building one, at least in part because you get a case with it. And getting a case that’ll fit your pedalboard might not always be cheap or easy.

I currently use a Pedaltrain Nano and a Volto for a tuner, OD, Dist, and Fuzz.

But, for an alternative I’ve had great luck using the Small and Large Gator aluminum pedal boards. And they have some cool colors.

Gator Small Pedalboard with Bag - 15.75"x7" Orange

 

[Ggaa]

Any comments on the reliability of the lithium battery?

Short story is-got it about 2 weeks ago, charged it, it was switched on for about 5 hours between 2 gigs, light use of pedals. Still has 3 LEDs on the battery indicator.

 

[eliascalles]

my pedal boards are made from cheap polypropylene cutting boards with some plastic furniture feet things screwed on the bottom and regular pedal board velcro on top. I like to keep everything up on top as I live in a very dusty, sandy, rural area (desert next to an ocean) and in the past when I had powersupply/cabling under the board it would get funky quick. I appreciate that many players have their fixed boards, but for me I'm moving between using various pedals for various bands and gigs, plus I play keys and use some of them for that, so I like to have everything easy to swap and move around. those cheapo laptop bags you see for $1 at thrift stores work a charm for transport.

 

[-Shaun-]

I've got a Pedaltrain Nano+, with a Styrmon Zuma R300 (the 5 output version, rather than 9) mounted underneath with velcro. Fits under there perfectly. I've got my 3 pedals comfortably mounted on there, and space for 2 more should I feel like I need any more. I got a really good deal on the board and power supply used, but if I was going to go any bigger, I think I'd built one out of timber.

 

[vvvmmm]

baking rack and mini-bungees:

 

[DonaldR]

My Outlaw Nomad pedalboard: very light and no strings attached
Still space for another pedal or two

 

[KenD]

My Outlaw Nomad pedalboard: very light and no strings attached
Still space for another pedal or two
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Thanks. I'm pretty much sold on this board as being sufficient for my minimal needs and very handy. The pedals I intend to use would collectively draw only about 200mA, at most, so the useful time between charges is not so much of an issue. I'm more concerned about the lithium battery crapping out just after the one year warranty expires.

 

[sears]

I use the Pedaltrain PT-PB3 Pedal-Booster, Large and put an Aukey 10000 mAh power bank battery underneath. A 5v-9v USB - 2.1mm (center negative) adapter and a daisy chain for the pedals. It works great. I just got a One Spot voltage doubler for a certain pedal. That really made a difference in my case. I use a case for a 13" laptop.

Show me your compact pedalboard setup

 

[DonaldR]

Thanks. I'm pretty much sold on this board as being sufficient for my minimal needs and very handy. The pedals I intend to use would collectively draw only about 200mA, at most, so the useful time between charges is not so much of an issue. I'm more concerned about the lithium battery crapping out just after the one year warranty expires.

If you can solder, usually it's just a question of swapping another one (cut the wires and resolder). Batteries are available easily now. I told myself that I will never own a pedalboard, too much aisles, until I saw this one. And way lighter than a pedalboard with an iso power supply and a battery pack.

 

[eliascalles]

baking rack and mini-bungees:

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I love that, my kind of board! Here's my wife's small live board. it's an upsidedown yellow plastic school lunch tray from the 50's.

 

[KenD]

I love that, my kind of board! Here's my wife's small live board. it's an upsidedown yellow plastic school lunch tray from the 50's. View attachment 4038573

My neuroses could never deal with that

 

[_Obra_]

I had a small pedal setup for past three years Pedaltrain Metro 16 (pic 1), and it

just wasn't enough, so now is Pedaltrain JR (pic 2)

 

[sears]

I love that, my kind of board! Here's my wife's small live board. it's an upsidedown yellow plastic school lunch tray from the 50's. View attachment 4038573

I have that exact same briefcase in a staid brown color. It has a wonderful vinyl fetor.

 

[zombywoof5050]

Another vote for the On Stage GPB2000, I'm so glad I got this one, great price too.
I have five pedals on mine, and the Truetone 1-Spot works perfectly with my pedals.

 

[eliascalles]

My neuroses could never deal with that

lol. 3-4 times she's had ocd dudes come up after shows that just couldn't abide her messy board. her board before this one was a 60's skateboard.

 

[time & groove]

Here’s my first pedalboard. I wanted something small as I only had a tuner. Before I knew it, it grew into all TC Electronic effects. I got a great deal (MF Rocktober promo) on the On-Stage GPB2000, Truetone 1 Spot power with multi-plug 8 cable, and EBS high performance flat patch cables.

 

[kevmac]

Check out the On-Stage GPB2000.

It's only $38 minus another 15% until the end of October at MF:
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/on-stage-gpb2000-compact-pedal-board

I love Pedaltrain in general, but at this size this is objectively the superior board imho for three reasons:

- 1 piece aluminum and inclined
- You can actually velcro most power bricks to the bottom without jumping thru hoops. Power cable routing from the open side alone is worth it.
- Price.

I started with this particular board and it is the perfect small board and you can't beat that price Wretched Banana cited.