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SKB PS15 Guitar Powered Pedalboard

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List Price: $284.99

Our Price: $79.99

You Save: $205.00 (72%)


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While that looks decent, I don't see where it says it is on sale.

for 80 bucks though, it seems alright. :)
 
Re: powered pedalboards

I own a SKB Stagefive Professional Pedal Board (It is expensive) and has now been replaced by the SKB PS-45 board. (Which I believe has the same power supply).

1st... If you are only playing at home, buy a power supply instead of a pedal board...
2nd... The pedal board you are looking at, can cause a hum problem if the 9V supplies are positive center, instead of negative center. (Ground loop)
3rd... That pedal board uses a wall wort as it's power source.... Cheap!

T-Rex Engineering 9V Fuel Tank $99
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power $109
Pedal Pad Power Pad II $119
Gator G-BUS-8-US Deluxe Pedal Board $94

Then get a piece of 3/4 inch plywood some electrical ties (http://www.buycableties.com/catalog/8/heavy_duty_cable_ties) and make your own board.

OR get a power supply and a Gator GPT Pedal Board with Carry Bag. (It's a better deal)

You will be just as happy and you will be able to place pedals where you want them and save money doing so.
 
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i was just looking around and other places want around $169 for it.


astrozombie said:
SPS15XXXX_ip.jpg


SKB PS15 Guitar Powered Pedalboard

(SPS15XXXX-P)

List Price: $284.99

Our Price: $79.99

You Save: $205.00 (72%)


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While that looks decent, I don't see where it says it is on sale.

for 80 bucks though, it seems alright. :)
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I had one for a while and its a great little board. Very rugged and handle and case are very easy and convenient. I actually used my one spot with it and it worked great too. For $60 I wouldnt think twice about it.
 
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its actually $80

kjrocks said:
I had one for a while and its a great little board. Very rugged and handle and case are very easy and convenient. I actually used my one spot with it and it worked great too. For $60 I wouldnt think twice about it.
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i only have a few pedals and they are nothing really unique. i have an arion flanger sfl-1, a boss cs-3 coompressor/sustainer a digitech pds 1002 delay and a couple of wah pedals. 1 is a dunlop gcb-95 and the other is an older wah a cry baby thomas organ. i have no problem building a board. I also have a place to get power supplies. I know i need 9volt but how much mah should i be looking for?

also since i am on the subject, what would be the best order to place my pedals. i have a line6 spider II amp so there is no effect loop. just an input so i would be going straight from my guitar through the effects to the amp.
 
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Boss TU-2 tuner pedal allow you to daisy chain it and use it to power other pedals. For around $100 you get a semi-decent tuner and power supply.
 
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fatigueofheart said:
Boss TU-2 tuner pedal allow you to daisy chain it and use it to power other pedals. For around $100 you get a semi-decent tuner and power supply.
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So does the Korg PB plus its TB.

Ive always heard it cost alot to get a powerd pedalboard fixed incase something goes wrong inside. It would prolly be cheeper and beter to go with something like a pedaltrain and a onespot.
 
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I power all 3 of my boards with one spots. I use 2 on my home board (it's a little complicated) and my other 2 have one. I only use a few basic effects. Boss CE2 (chorus) Boss DD3 (Delay) TS9 or TS808 clone Waht, Tuner. That's my board and from what you are describing you use the one spot should work fine. Visual sound is a solid company also. I had a one spot that I bought a few years ago and it started making noise, I sent it back to them and they replaced it free. They are pretty quiet and should power all your pedals easily. It even comes with a battery adapter for your old Thomas Organ Co. Wah.

Here are the specs on it.

* Only takes up ONE position on your outlet strip or wall outlet!!
* Handles from one to over twenty guitar pedals (1700mA max!)
* New heavy duty output cable!
* Use with optional multi-plug cable(s) for powering more than one pedal.
Guaranteed to work with any equipment that uses one of the following adapters (over 90% of the effects pedals on the market!):
* Boss PSA, Boss ACA, Danelectro DA-1, DOD PS-200R, Dunlop ECB-03, Ibanez AC-109, Korg A30950, Morley 9V, Zoom AD-0006.**
* With new converter plugs, the 1 SPOT will work with virtually ANY 9V pedal! ...even Line 6 modeling pedals! **
* Will even convert international voltage (100V-240V) automatically; no transformer needed!
* 3 meter (10') cable is almost twice as long as other adapter cable


Now as far as how you position the pedals does to some degree depend on the amp(s) being used. If the amp has a loop all the time based pedals like delay, chorus, flange etc. should run through the loop. Overdrives and wahs I prefer to run straight into the amp. I have a couple of old Fenders that obviously do not have a loop, so all these effects run straight in. Here is how I run them in this amp.

From the amp I go to CE2, then DD3, then TS9, then Way, tuner to guitar. In my amp that has a loop I run the CE2 & the DD3 into the loop, the TS9 straight in to the wah and tuner. Now none of this is carved in stone. I have experimented with a lot of different ways to run pedals and I have elected on this simply because I get the least amount of noise and the best tone.
 
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