Pedalboard Sizes & Uses:

Thatbastarddon said:
I have had one of those since I ditched the rack gear, and midi control pedal board(around 2006-7)for live use, and went all pedals. It held all my pedals, cabling, power supply and cables for that, and set lists etc. The lid can be used as a tray/pedal board. The hinges detach easily. Once I got things laid out, it was a good and easy setup rig...mine was kinda sloppy looking, but functional.
I moved to a Pedaltrain setup when the ten year old hinges started to fail, and I wanted to hide the power supply in exchange for more pedal real estate.
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Thanks for that link...

CNB PDC-410E SSL Pedal Case - RondoMusic.com

Good point about hiding the power supply though!!!
 
Robert Herndon said:
Just something simple to start out. I found a brand new One Spot in my bag still brand new in the box - with a 2011 register receipt from Guitar Sinner in Fresno.... :)
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Careful...the cheap One Spot power supplies are switching power supplies. While a well-designed switching power supply can be very quiet, it is also true that cheaper switching power supplies pose the risk of inducing noise into audio circuits. This is actually fairly common. It’s actually possible for a basic, transformer-based, linear power supply to be quieter than a lot of switching supplies. It a depends on how well the switching supply is designed. Sometimes a One Spot is fine; other times you’ll get noise from it. Some depends on the pedals, as well.

You may be fine with your rig, but keep this in mind.
 
smitty_p said:
Careful...the cheap One Spot power supplies are switching power supplies. While a well-designed switching power supply can be very quiet, it is also true that cheaper switching power supplies pose the risk of inducing noise into audio circuits. This is actually fairly common. It’s actually possible for a basic, transformer-based, linear power supply to be quieter than a lot of switching supplies. It a depends on how well the switching supply is designed. Sometimes a One Spot is fine; other times you’ll get noise from it. Some depends on the pedals, as well.

You may be fine with your rig, but keep this in mind.
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I recall that fact from a conversation with you. Thus far, even with all my pedals in play and the One Spot running (out of my Fuhrman SS-6B) the entire rig is really quiet.

Its funny because I get a lot of compliments on how quiet my setup is, but I think the primary reason is I never use an overdrive pedal - all my gain comes from the amp.

My unshielded 2016 Gibson Les Paul is the noisiest part of the entire rig. It squeals like a pig if you are not constantly on top of it and it has the atypical Gibson 'buzz' when plugged in and it doesn't change if metal parts are touched.

Same noise all 5 of my new Gibson's had until they were shielded.

Funny thing...

I took my Gibson SG and my Gibson 500T equipped Squirecaster to rehearsal a while back and I played through all of them that night.

At the end of the night, the bassist, drummer and vocalist told me, "whatever you do, don't change anything on that Les Paul...."
 
Robert Herndon said:
I recall that fact from a conversation with you. Thus far, even with all my pedals in play and the One Spot running (out of my Fuhrman SS-6B) the entire rig is really quiet.

Its funny because I get a lot of compliments on how quiet my setup is, but I think the primary reason is I never use an overdrive pedal - all my gain comes from the amp.

My unshielded 2016 Gibson Les Paul is the noisiest part of the entire rig. It squeals like a pig if you are not constantly on top of it and it has the atypical Gibson 'buzz' when plugged in and it doesn't change if metal parts are touched)
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That’s right. Like I said, a lot depends on the rig, too. But, if you were to get noise, that would be one place I’d look.

My best success has been with something like my Voodoo Labs Pedal Power power supply with individual torrid-isolated power output ports. I don’t like cascading power, especially if gain pedals are involved.
 
If I plug in my SG or Squirecaster, its dead quiet.

Last time I plugged in my SG (with Gibson 57 Classic Plus) the drummer stopped mid-song on Sammy's 'Heavy Metal' and told me to plug the Les Paul back in.

No joke.
 
Robert Herndon said:
If I plug in my SG or Squirecaster, its dead quiet.

Last time I plugged in my SG (with Gibson 57 Classic Plus) the drummer stopped mid-song on Sammy's 'Heavy Metal' and told me to plug the Les Paul back in.

No joke.
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Whatever works. Again, I’m not saying it won’t work for you; it’s just something to keep in mind, just in case.
 
The only reason I went for the Friedman was I needed high current power supply and found out the hard way it
would not fit under my Peddletrain Pro board sad but true so I cashed in on my rewards points MF
 
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