Hey everyone, hoping to get some advice on a good way to clean up all the cords and power supplies I currently have going out my pedalboard.
I have a Gator Pedal tote (larger version) with the following single path of pedals:
Boss tuner (55 mA) > Whammy II (own supply) > Crybaby (43 mA) > Micro Qtron (100mA) > Phase 90 (8.2 mA) > Univibe UV-1 (own supply) > Seymour Duncan SFX-07 tremolo (7mA on, 3 mA bypass) > TS808 RI (7.5 mA) >TS9 silver (7.5 mA) > Ross compressor (1.0 mA) > DD7 w/ FS5U (own supply ONESPOT) > DD6 (own supply ONESPOT)
Right now, the two Boss delays have their own ONESPOTS, The univibe and Whammy II have their own respective power supplies, and the rest of the pedals are daisy chained on 1 ONESPOT. So, i have tons of chords going everywhere and they plug into a couple surge protectors. I tried the Gator G-BUS-8-US but it didn't really help much, in fact when i plugged everything it gave off a very louding buzzing through my amp. The outputs are all 250 mA so it SHOULD have been sufficient in powering the pedals on the daisy chain.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to clean up the clutter of wires/power supplies that will effectively and quietly power all of these pedals?
Try to actually reduce all these independent power sources. If you had just one spot with one common ground, you should have less noise. You might have too many ground potentials right now. Also what other electro magnetic interference could be near by like flourecent lights or old wiring in the walls. Environment matters. Check your wall power and polarity.
Quote from: Happyorange27 on November 30, 2016, 07:42:15 PM
Try to actually reduce all these independent power sources. If you had just one spot with one common ground, you should have less noise. You might have too many ground potentials right now. Also what other electro magnetic interference could be near by like flourecent lights or old wiring in the walls. Environment matters. Check your wall power and polarity.
yeah, there is a fluorescent light plugged into the same 4-outlet on the wall, and it is an old building. i have a power conditioner in a rack that has a mixer, amp for PA speakers, etc in it, but i also plug in my guitar amp and one of my surge protectors into that. Then, that surge protector has 2 ONESPOTS, my univibe supply, whammy II supply.
You should get a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2. Has isolated power for up fo 8 effects, with pedal cleaning built in. Works like a charm and it rules
www.guitarcenter.com/Voodoo-Lab/Pedal-Power-2-Power-Supply.gc