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I have a thesis: A small pedal board is no harder to deal with than an individual pedal. You have an extra cable. You have something on the floor. Weight isn't an issue for either approach. Pedal will fit in a gig bag and a small board won't. But if you are already carrying a small bag for the things you bring with (music stand, guitar stand, cables, extras) as I do it may very well hold a small board as well. So, not too inconvenient. Except for AC power. If you have a battery powered speaker (Bose S1, Electrovoice Everse8, et al) and want something other than a sterile sound from it you are faced with having a front end in the absence of power. Fortunately.. like the speaker, there are battery powered devices for this.
I started with the idea of converting one of the ubiquitous USB type power supplies to 9V center negative. Quite doable but in the face of inexpensive battery board power supplies on Amazon, that had to be tried first. So I stepped up to the $30 investment (they now cost $40 overnight.. sigh) and acquired a 'Horse' brand (catchy name there..) and set about setting up. The constraint was I could only have a single 300 milliAmp (mA) pedal while the rest had to be 100mA or less. As it turns out, this was workable for me. I did have to search for a 2 button looper, not being coordinated enough for single button models, but other than that there were plenty of good choices that weren't too expensive. So, for my needs which were reverb, delay, looper, preamp, cabinet modeler it all works out fine.
I've been using it for long enough to feel confident. It's quiet. It lasts 5-6 hours on a charge. It's light and quick and can be applied to jams where I plug directly into the PA, busking (I'll busk one of these days, right?), and general situations where I don't want to bring a larger pedal board. The pedals are nothing special (though the Joyo American and Cab Box are way better than they should be for the price) but it works for my modest needs. So far, so good. And yes.. I know my board construction isn't commercial grade and you may not like the pedal order or choice or this or that.. yea.. I know. But I'll show you pics anyway.
Last edited by Spook410; 02-21-2025 at 07:44 PM.
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02-21-2025 07:24 PM
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I flip flop on being a pedal user vs a purist all the time. I almost always use pedals with neutral solid state amps like henriksen. I wouldn't profane my vibrolux by putting a pedal in front of it, unless it's a must have utility.
I agree with all your reasoning. I used to tell myself that henriksen + one pedal is all I need. But then I realized since it's all velcroed together, that one pedal is not any easier than a few pedals on a board.
It's overkill for jazz, but my board has 3 gain stages (2 always on LOL) a compressor, and reverb.
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Every time I feel I might be getting carried away with so many guitars.. or so many pedals and amps and speakers.. or just all this music gear and stuff I obsess over.. all I have to do is come to the JGF for awhile to know it's all OK.
Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
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For power, I have an OnStage PS1000 (unfortunately, no longer made), which works great. I've daisy chained it to 4 pedals (including a reverb and delay that both draw a lot of current) with no issues whatsoever. I haven't used it all that much, but haven't come close to draining it down all the way on multi-hours gigs or sessions. Originally Posted by Spook410
I have a thesis: A small pedal board is no harder to deal with than an individual pedal. You have an extra cable. You have something on the floor. Weight isn't an issue for either approach. Pedal will fit in a gig bag and a small board won't. But if you are already carrying a small bag for the things you bring with (music stand, guitar stand, cables, extras) as I do it may very well hold a small board as well. So, not too inconvenient. Except for AC power. If you have a battery powered speaker (Bose S1, Electrovoice Everse8, et al) and want something other than a sterile sound from it you are faced with having a front end in the absence of power. Fortunately.. like the speaker, there are battery powered devices for this.
I started with the idea of converting one of the ubiquitous USB type power supplies to 9V center negative. Quite doable but in the face of inexpensive battery board power supplies on Amazon, that had to be tried first. So I stepped up to the $30 investment (they now cost $40 overnight.. sigh) and acquired a 'Horse' brand (catchy name there..) and set about setting up. The constraint was I could only have a single 300 milliAmp (mA) pedal while the rest had to be 100mA or less. As it turns out, this was workable for me. I did have to search for a 2 button looper, not being coordinated enough for single button models, but other than that there were plenty of good choices that weren't too expensive. So, for my needs which were reverb, delay, looper, preamp, cabinet modeler it all works out fine.
I've been using it for long enough to feel confident. It's quiet. It lasts 5-6 hours on a charge. It's light and quick and can be applied to jams where I plug directly into the PA, busking (I'll busk one of these days, right?), and general situations where I don't want to bring a larger pedal board. The pedals are nothing special (though the Joyo American and Cab Box are way better than they should be for the price) but it works for my modest needs. So far, so good. And yes.. I know my board construction isn't commercial grade and you may not like the pedal order or choice or this or that.. yea.. I know. But I'll show you pics anyway.
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