Part 2 of pedalboard design: power supply
I'm using a Visual Sounds One Spot right now. Somebody wrote that there could be problems using a single One Spot both for pedals in front of the amp and for the pedals in the effects loop, so maybe getting a second one is the cheap solution to my noise problem.
Then again, this house seems to have "dirty" power. Plugged straight into the Blues Jr., I get much more 60 cycle hum than my old house and have some noise even with humbuckers. (This is regardless of whether the guitar is shielded or not - 2 out of 3 are heavily shielded.) The electrician told me it was probably a crappy transformer on a pole behind the house. Everything electrical is overhead and 50 years old in the neighborhood.
So, should I:
1) buy a Dunlop DC Brick ($99);
2) buy a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 ($169); or
3) try running AC through a computer-type power conditioner (or UPS) and using One Spots.
BTW - no fancy pedals with odd voltage or other special needs.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Chip
I'm using a Visual Sounds One Spot right now. Somebody wrote that there could be problems using a single One Spot both for pedals in front of the amp and for the pedals in the effects loop, so maybe getting a second one is the cheap solution to my noise problem.
Then again, this house seems to have "dirty" power. Plugged straight into the Blues Jr., I get much more 60 cycle hum than my old house and have some noise even with humbuckers. (This is regardless of whether the guitar is shielded or not - 2 out of 3 are heavily shielded.) The electrician told me it was probably a crappy transformer on a pole behind the house. Everything electrical is overhead and 50 years old in the neighborhood.
So, should I:
1) buy a Dunlop DC Brick ($99);
2) buy a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 ($169); or
3) try running AC through a computer-type power conditioner (or UPS) and using One Spots.
BTW - no fancy pedals with odd voltage or other special needs.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Chip
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