What pedal board/power supply?

[glocke1]

I've largely ignored effects pedals for bass for the past 30 odd years of playing. While I experimented from time to time, my mindset has always been that I prefer a clean sounding signal.

Thats changed recently, and I am becoming interested in generating more atmospheric type sounds with my bass and as a result am looking for a pedal board.

What I have now:

EBS Valve drive (12 volt model)
Echolution Delay
Ditt0 X2
Tuner

Chances are I will be picking up one or two more pedals, probably a IE Nimbus.

 

[Mr. voodoobass]

Trex chameleon, i have two on different boards and they can handle most. Not sure about the valve drive's current draw, you might need a current doubler cable for that one. Voodoo labs also have great power supplies.

 

[JohnDeereJack]

This (IMHO of course) is pretty much the only thing you'll ever need to power your effects board: Invalid Link Removed
Has a 3000mA output, can power up to 30 pedals and is totally portable and discreet. I love mine.

 

[glocke1]

Trex chameleon, i have two on different boards and they can handle most. Not sure about the valve drive's current draw, you might need a current doubler cable for that one. Voodoo labs also have great power supplies.

Valve drive requires 12 volts/500 mA. The included 12 volt charger is rated at 1000 mA. If it hadn't cost so much initially I'd just use something with a smaller footprint and that didn't use as much power.

 

[el murdoque]

The T-rex chameleon only has 300mA on 12V DC.
I'm afraid you'll have to look into one of the more expensive solutions available.
The Cioks DC-8 has 2 12V outputs with 300mA each. You could power your Valve Drive with this if you use a Y cable.

 

[GMC]

You may find that your Echolution needs an isolated supply, where as all the others probably can be daisy chained together off a one spot supply. It's ironic that the big digital boards are the most piccy and fussy where power is concerned.

 

[Mr. voodoobass]

The T-rex chameleon only has 300mA on 12V DC.
I'm afraid you'll have to look into one of the more expensive solutions available.
The Cioks DC-8 has 2 12V outputs with 300mA each. You could power your Valve Drive with this if you use a Y cable.

Yes, you can do the same with the chameleon, that's how i drive my H9.

 

[el murdoque]

Yes, you can do the same with the chameleon, that's how i drive my H9.

I always thought the 12V outlets on the chameleon are 1 AC and 1 DC. So the AC port is switchable to DC?

 

[el murdoque]

You may find that your Echolution needs an isolated supply, where as all the others probably can be daisy chained together off a one spot supply. It's ironic that the big digital boards are the most piccy and fussy where power is concerned.

I tried a few cheap models to power my board. Friends of mine as well. While a setup can be totally fine, with your board running 9 pedals from a 5 pedal supply, sometimes changing a single pedal could make the whole thing hum or squeak.

These guys (and me) changed to a solid power supply. In my case, the Cioks DC8, one of the guys got the DC10 and the other a Voodoolabs. The results were identical: No more noise - even with daisy chaining some pedals.

 

[GMC]

I tried a few cheap models to power my board. Friends of mine as well. While a setup can be totally fine, with your board running 9 pedals from a 5 pedal supply, sometimes changing a single pedal could make the whole thing hum or squeak.

These guys (and me) changed to a solid power supply. In my case, the Cioks DC8, one of the guys got the DC10 and the other a Voodoolabs. The results were identical: No more noise - even with daisy chaining some pedals.

I didn't have any power issues with my one spot powering 12+ analogue and boutique pedals. As soon as I popped a H9 on there..it went wrong and needed an isolated supply. The same with my Strymon Mobius.
Posh pedals need feeding posh power.

 

[Mr. voodoobass]

I always thought the 12V outlets on the chameleon are 1 AC and 1 DC. So the AC port is switchable to DC?

You use two of the dc outs instead and use a polarity inverter cable at the end. I know, two cables to make it work, but works great.

 

[el murdoque]

You use two of the dc outs instead and use a polarity inverter cable at the end. I know, two cables to make it work, but works great.

There is only one 12V DC outlet.

 

[Mr. voodoobass]

Lol no

 

[Medicine Man]

I recommend cioks dc 10. Get their y cable and you're good to go.

Cioks changed my mind from thinking power supplies don't effect sound quality.

 

[Wfrance3]

Voodoo is a good brand and their stuff just works. The one thing you gotta watch out for is to get a PS that is isolated.
If you have certain effects, I don't use fuzz, but have heard and read that a fuzz pedal could put unwanted noise in your signal when sharing, say a one-spot or other daisy chain-type power supplies. Come to think of it tho, I don't know if you will be eligible for a non-isolated power supply with that with the 12v in the mix there. There might be one, but I don't think you can get a PS that does multiple voltages and have it be non--isolated type. At least I haven't seen such.

Personally, I just use a tc tuner, keeley bassist comp, and a sansamp para di. They all behave powered by a onespot. For a while when I started using this more simple setup, I felt like I was "getting away" with something because it was so nice an quiet. Not to mention, a very compact setup.

Check out this little shoot-out video. It's quite long, but very comprehensive:


Hope this helps!!

 

[Paulabass]

My board is a pedal train hard case (can't remember the model, but its 22" wide) and my power is two Godlyke 9V. supplies that sit behind my amp, and come down a Pedalsnake. My Pedalsnake allows front of the amp, FX send and return,(and one spare) and power all in one 30' cable. 30' also allows me to go around the stage, so nothing to trip over.

 

[96Brigadier]

Between my wife and I we have a Voodoo Pedal Power 2 Plus, a Trutone CS 12 and a Trutone CS 7. All work well, but the Trutone is a better value than the Voodoo. Less money, more outputs, works just as well. The Trutone will also allow you to pull more power than what each output says, as long as you don't exceed the total amount it is rated for (in the case of the CS 12 that's 3,000 mA if I remember right).

 

[Lava]

I've been using the Big Joe Stomp Box Company PB-107 Power Box Lithium and I am really digging it. I got it on a whim after reading a review and it holds up well, a little bigger than a mini pedal and keeps a long charge. My pedalboard is fairly small, a PedalTrain Nano and I run a Tuner, Octaver, Dynamic Wah, and Keeley Bassist.

 

[Systolic]

I've been very happy with the MXR ISO Brick.

 

[BassBrass]

One of the Voodoo's has an ac outlet on the back for that one pedal that needs it's own, otherwise it's power standards are, like, 12 years old, back when certain effects were in use