Power Supply for Pedaltrain Mini

[Gunny47]

I know this has been done to death but my main question is a little different.... I spent a lot of today researching this. I really want to get a small amp to pair with my Princeton Reverb, but I just don't have the money right now. I started a quartet (straight-ahead/soul bop/free jazz) about a month ago and amongst other things, I'm really trying to develop my electric archtop sound.

I want to assemble a pedalboard for my archtop and want to keep it as simple and compact as possible. This will be a cheaper gear endeavor than a whole new amp hehe. It'll tie me over until I can afford that.

I keep bringing some pedals to quartet rehearsals/gigs and I'm running out of 9volts! I don't want to disassemble my Trailer Trash board. That's set up for my funk/rock/blues/pop country etc etc etc sessions/stuff and I can't be switching up the board every day. Long story short, I'd like to get another board. I have most of the pedals for it which is cool.

The setup would be:
- Campellone Archtop
- Analogman Modded Boss GE-7 EQ
- TC Polytune/Korg Pitchblack/Boss TU-2 (whatever tuner I decide to get)
- Electro-Harmonix Freeze
- EBS Tremolo - stereo outputs running into...
- ...stereo inputs of Boss DD-7 - stereo outputs running into....
- ...Princeton Reverb clone with one of my other amps

So the question is: What power supply should I get if I fit all of that on a Pedaltrain mini? Space is limited. I know that I don't want to get a 1Spot (NO One-Spots!) and I don't want to mod the thing and cut huge chunks out of the board.

I was thinking of getting an isolated power supply, velcroing on top as if it was another pedal, then velcroing a pedal to the top of the power supply like a pedal riser :scratchch

I don't know if the ISO 5 will work. I have five 9 volt pedals, the ISO5 has four 9 volt spots, one 12 volt and one 18 volt. Any ideas on that would be appreciated.

So I could put a Voodoo Labs PP2 on top....too big? bad idea?

I've seen people mount the Fuel Tank Jr. to the top vertically. The new pedaltrain minis don't have that "wall" that can hold the power supply in though. Check it:

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Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! I kinda don't want to spring for the Pedaltrain Jr (the next biggest model) unless I really have to. I've been playing the mindf___ game with these ideas today. Any general insight would be very helpful! Thanks so much, guys!

 

[That90'sGuy]

Re: Power Supply for Pedaltrain Mini

Having just cleaned up my own pedalboard today, I can tell you that the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 Plus is way too big for your board. Just out of curiosity, why aren't you going for one of those 1Spots? I know the outputs aren't isolated, but given the space it's probably the best bet.

 

[Gunny47]

Re: Power Supply for Pedaltrain Mini

Having just cleaned up my own pedalboard today, I can tell you that the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 Plus is way too big for your board. Just out of curiosity, why aren't you going for one of those 1Spots? I know the outputs aren't isolated, but given the space it's probably the best bet.

I had one crap out on me at a gig a while back and it has left a bad taste in my mouth. I'm gonna be beating the crap out of this board. It's not gonna stay in my apartment/room/house/rehearsal space. The power supply needs to stand up.

I know people swear by them and I thought it was great until it stopped working. Shame, it would have saved me a ton of money...

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Power Supply for Pedaltrain Mini

Pedaltrain Powertrain 1250

My understanding is that it will fit under a Mini w/o mods...

 

[Gunny47]

Re: Power Supply for Pedaltrain Mini

Pedaltrain Powertrain 1250

My understanding is that it will fit under a Mini w/o mods...

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case. It looks thinner than the other power supplies however... Thanks for the suggestion

Powertrain 1250
Available Spring 2012

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[Chickenwings]

Re: Power Supply for Pedaltrain Mini

you can use cable ties to hold whatever you use in place securely if you want it on sit on its side.
btw..a dc brick is smallish and has one side free to sit it up.

 

[d1dsj]

Re: Power Supply for Pedaltrain Mini

Hey mate, why not just either put your own strip of metal, Ali or wood on the back edge so you can stand a power supply upright or fix a plate at each end to raise the board enough to get a supply underneath? Won't cost much and not hard to make a nice job of it.

 

[John E Rokker]

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www.pedalsnake.com

Run 2 wall warts back where you plug your amp in. You'll get less noise if you're on the same main circuit as your amp. Use 1 wall wart for your front end pedals and 1 wall wart for your loop pedals. This way you keep your ground loops isolated.

 

[FretFire]

Re: Power Supply for Pedaltrain Mini

Buy a used PT Jr.

 

[lex666]

Re: Power Supply for Pedaltrain Mini

I was thinking of getting an isolated power supply, velcroing on top as if it was another pedal, then velcroing a pedal to the top of the power supply like a pedal riser :scratchch

I've done this. It works effectively well.

I've seen people mount the Fuel Tank Jr. to the top vertically. The new pedaltrain minis don't have that "wall" that can hold the power supply in though.

I do this. My FTJ is mounted vertically to save space.


Have you checked out the Fuel Tank chameleon? Its has plenty of voltage options and you should be able to mount it vertically or use it as a pedal riser.