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Worship Bass Pedalboards

#4,881
Ok, I've resisted building out a board for a while but have really developed a sonic profile I like with a few pedals, and having a switchable preamp so that my rig is always optimized for frets and no frets was important. Rather than just use some plain Jane board, I decided to have fun and use an old piece of Americana from the attic...
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Got a power question for you: How important is an isolated power supply? I've only ever used One Spots. Currently I only have a tuner and an M81, I can't ever see myself needing more than 3-4 pedals so a One Spot on my Nano should be fine. I say 'should' because one of the plug pins snapped off my last one so I'm a bit paranoid that it will happen again to my current one, despite me being very careful plugging & unplugging it.

Long term, am I gonna be better getting the likes of a Cioks DC5 or Adam which can be attached to the underside of my Nano? Sort of feel like there's less likely to be a problem with the plug on an isolated supply, and if there is, I guess I can just get a replacement kettle lead, whereas it renders a One Spot unusable.

One more thing is that there is always some buzz coming through the IEM bass channel when I let go of the strings. Not when playing or muting the strings, just when I let go of them. Can mute with the tuner but it's just annoying and nobody can tell what's causing it. Is that likely to be a desk issue or could that be caused by a non-isolated supply like the One Spot do you think? Thanks for any advice as usual
 
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I have a small pedal board. I use a Nano, and I power my tuner with a 1 Spot and I use my tuner to power my Rolls PM50 for my wired IEM's. It works fine and is dead quiet. I did the same when I had a few more pedals as well. Never had an issue with the 1 Spot.
 
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dmc79 said:
Got a power question for you: How important is an isolated power supply? I've only ever used One Spots. Currently I only have a tuner and an M81, I can't ever see myself needing more than 3-4 pedals so a One Spot on my Nano should be fine. I say 'should' because one of the plug pins snapped off my last one so I'm a bit paranoid that it will happen again to my current one, despite me being very careful plugging & unplugging it.

Long term, am I gonna be better getting the likes of a Cioks DC5 or Adam which can be attached to the underside of my Nano? Sort of feel like there's less likely to be a problem with the plug on an isolated supply, and if there is, I guess I can just get a replacement kettle lead, whereas it renders a One Spot unusable.

One more thing is that there is always some buzz coming through the IEM bass channel when I let go of the strings. Not when playing or muting the strings, just when I let go of them. Can mute with the tuner but it's just annoying and nobody can tell what's causing it. Is that likely to be a desk issue or could that be caused by a non-isolated supply like the One Spot do you think? Thanks for any advice as usual
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I have used a OneSpot on both my bass and guitar boards for years without issue. I only switched to an MXR Iso-Brick for my "big bass board" because I have pedals that take different voltage amounts. Otherwise, the OneSpot has served me well for a very long time.

I am considering getting a power bank for my small board, though, just because I live in an old house with ungrounded wiring, and the buzz when I take my hands off of my bass(es) can be atrocious at times. But I'm not positive a power box would fix that. Were I look for one these days, I'd get an Eventide Powermax, which I just discovered recently. It's incredibly versatile with selectable output amounts on each output. I like the switches of the Powermax way more than I like the dials on the MXR Brick.
 
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dmc79 said:
Got a power question for you: How important is an isolated power supply? I've only ever used One Spots. Currently I only have a tuner and an M81, I can't ever see myself needing more than 3-4 pedals so a One Spot on my Nano should be fine. I say 'should' because one of the plug pins snapped off my last one so I'm a bit paranoid that it will happen again to my current one, despite me being very careful plugging & unplugging it.

Long term, am I gonna be better getting the likes of a Cioks DC5 or Adam which can be attached to the underside of my Nano? Sort of feel like there's less likely to be a problem with the plug on an isolated supply, and if there is, I guess I can just get a replacement kettle lead, whereas it renders a One Spot unusable.

One more thing is that there is always some buzz coming through the IEM bass channel when I let go of the strings. Not when playing or muting the strings, just when I let go of them. Can mute with the tuner but it's just annoying and nobody can tell what's causing it. Is that likely to be a desk issue or could that be caused by a non-isolated supply like the One Spot do you think? Thanks for any advice as usual
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It sounds like a shielding issue with your bass. try this thread, lots of good explanations there. Buzz when not touching strings

As for power, if most of your pedals are low draw analog pedals, there is likely not going to be an issue. Once you get into digital sometimes things get more complicated. Short answer is if you don't have noise - you're good.
 
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FullTime Tim said:
It sounds like a shielding issue with your bass.
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I second that. I had a bass (back when there was but one) that led me to sell my tonehammer +Cali76 setup. I thought it was the board, the cables feeding the pedals from my PS, lots of incorrect things. It was the bass.

Take it to someone reliable and have them do a shielding job. It will fix you. I had shielding done and new pots + a new jack just to be sure.
 
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Wfrance3 said:
I second that. I had a bass (back when there was but one) that led me to sell my tonehammer +Cali76 setup. I thought it was the board, the cables feeding the pedals from my PS, lots of incorrect things. It was the bass.

Take it to someone reliable and have them do a shielding job. It will fix you. I had shielding done and new pots + a new jack just to be sure.
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As it happens, my bass crapped out during practice last Sunday morning. One minute it was coming through FOH the next it just vanished. Tried all sorts, new jack cable, new XLR, went straight into church DI instead of my board, nothing worked. Plugged in the church bass and it came through fine.

Had it repaired this week. Not been having issues with crackling, etc, but he said it was a wiring issue which he sorted. Said it's not that uncommon due to the wiring being so tight up behind the jack. He also tightened the jack and serviced the electrics. Will see how it is next time I play. Still think I'll get an isolated power supply sometime. Probably a DC5
 
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dmc79 said:
As it happens, my bass crapped out during practice last Sunday morning. One minute it was coming through FOH the next it just vanished. Tried all sorts, new jack cable, new XLR, went straight into church DI instead of my board, nothing worked. Plugged in the church bass and it came through fine.

Had it repaired this week. Not been having issues with crackling, etc, but he said it was a wiring issue which he sorted. Said it's not that uncommon due to the wiring being so tight up behind the jack. He also tightened the jack and serviced the electrics. Will see how it is next time I play. Still think I'll get an isolated power supply sometime. Probably a DC5
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I have a DC5 I'll probably be selling shortly, along with most of my other pedals. If you are interested in used I can hold it for you.
 
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