Good video. I have a smallish board with half a dozen full size quality pedals but also two mini pedals. The two ‘mini’ pedals I have (and would not be without) are the Xotic SP Compressor and EP Booster. These are two stunning high quality mini pedals that add sustain sparkle, boost and tonal character to your sound. Highy recommended. I use a Blackface Fender with P90’s and I have a beautiful clean sound with these two pedals adding a blend of richness and character.
Really enjoyed this video. I was pleasantly surprise from the black secret (great sabbath tone) and the tremocopter. The mini analog delay from Ibanez is also really cool. I absolutely loved the tones and sounds you got at the very end from this pedal board. That was baddass.
I'm currently building a mini board too. I used all Ibanez pedals they fit really snug together and make the board look really clean if you're ok with the patch cables being pushed down between the pedals and thru the board. I used a Metro 24 board though because I added a mini Cry baby wah pedal. For the power I used CIOKS 7 and 4 together. Im at a crossroads right now because the power is slim enough to fit underneath but I've got plenty of space on top. I'm also considering a switcher which would then take the extra space. haven't got that sorted yet. Good build!
Hey all, firstly wanted to say I loved the video, but I have some advice that can improve it. I actually have the same pedalboard and power supply, and also used to have it on top of the board. There is a space under the board that the block fits, but you can't get the cable for the power supply in f it's there. Easy fix is to cut a power supply sized chunk out of the beam underneath, set the power supply there, and voila, two/three extra pedals!
If you want to create a compact pedalboard, I would really recommend getting the Caline CP-09 tuner that's also a power supplier on its own. It creates so much extra space. And it is surprisingly cheap as well. Check it out.
Thanks so much for this - used as inspiration for a board of my own and turned into a very useful reference and advise. Keep posting the cool songs too.
Very informative and entertaining; Lot to be said for the Mini's. The ending was fab as well. Sounded like a cross between Joe Meek and the Ventures Out of Limits.
Great, plain language description of each pedal's function... and pretty good compressed-RU-vid video tone... thank you. I feel I can rely on your demos to start my demo/purchase journey... Keep up the great work.
SRC absolutely... you need a power supply if you are trying to power 3 or more pedals.. a daisy chain can only power a few pedals effectively.. upgrade to a power supply and your pedals will be working just fine and sound better
I'm uneducated on electronics, but I'm confused about some of these pedals being powered by the L6 power connections on the Pedal Power 2. I thought the L6 ports put out higher amperage, that I wouldn't think you'd want going to these kinds of pedals. From the Voodoo Labs website, it seems like the two SAG ports can be "normal" based on a switch. Lots to learn....
That is true, actually you daisy-chain 2 pedals then, the tuner and another pedal of your selection. And there is no problem in doing so, as long as you hook up nothing fancy. A Tubescreamer, or a Boss Chorus for instance will give no issues. I'm using 9 pedals on my board in combination with the Voodoo Power Lab with 8 outputs. Thanks to my Boss Tuner I could power all 9 pedals with it.
Fascinating! This is one area I've never really gone into. I'm curious that you didn't feel the need for a noise gate pedal. What's you view on when they become necessary etc?
Hi Adrian. How did you go about getting the mooer pedals to Velcro to the board? Did you remove the rubber and label from the bottom ? Also I’ve noticed the screws are not flush with the bottom of the pedal, did that cause any problems getting it to stick properly? Thanks
I see here you have the metro 16 with the massive pedal power too supply on the top I recently bought the metro 24 and I'm looking to fit the pedal power X4 unit on the top of my board because the metro 24 like the metro 16 doesn't have enough space underneath. I also see that you have some rather large pedals on this board in addition to the pedal power two I'm a little worried that the pedals I'm going to use and the pedal power for won't fit on top of the board I don't know if you know the pedals I talk about but I have most of all of fenders new pedals and their rather large but they don't seem as large as some of the ones you have on your board and if you are able to fit the pedal power X2 on top of the metro 16 which I thought was impossible do you think I would be able to fit the pedal power X4 the Fender engager boost the fender Bends compressor and the fender Santa Ana overdrive all on the top of the metro 24?You seem to be able to do it with the metro 16 but I'm not sure if Fenders pedals are much larger than yours
Hi Adrian, I have really enjoyed you Luther Perkins tutorials, Johnny Cash's lead player. Would you have any suggestions as to what pedals would enhance his style of playing, especially the bass notes etc. thank you so much. I'm just learning my way around electronics. I'm really a luthier making banjos and acoustic guitars.
I suppose Luther Perkins was from a pre-pedal era, so for an authentic sound you probably don't need much - just a nice guitar into a tweed Fender type amp. Possibly a delay pedal to simulate the studio tape echo sound Perkins used. Maybe a reverb pedal too if it's not built into your amp. Reverb and slapback delay will definitely help those bass notes pop out.
I think donner is the better way to go for cheaper mini pedals over mooer. Had some issues with mooer pedals that cost twice as much as very solidly built donner minis. I have the HOF pedal. Yuck I hate that TonePrint shit. What a pita.
Very similar to what I have done, also in a need of a small board to carry around. Yes, the Moore Black Secret is quite nice, one of the best dirt pedals Moore has released - also got an F-Pedal distortion and an One Control delay - but the rest is quite similar to your set up - a HOF and a Ditto at the end with the mini Poly Tune at the beginning. Though why not insert the power below? Why take up so much vital space on placing it on the top? Note that Pedaltrain has just released an excellent power brick, the Spark - very small yet extremely powerful - fits perfectly under a Nano board.
Yes, I thought the Nano was too small to fit a decent power supply underneath. Wasn't aware of Spark which looks great. Can feel some modifications to the board coming on, and a couple of extra pedals!
Good question. Could probably do another video to answer it. Sure there are people who know more about this than me, but i think of them as 3 different flavours of drive. Overdrive is more natural, like a nice amp breaking up. Distortion is more rock/metal. Fuzz is, er, fuzzy sounding. DS1 is a great pedal and you can get a good range of sounds from it, so that might be all you need depends on what kind of music you're making.
Yes, still using it. But definitely considering an update. Since I made this, quite a few good power supplies have come out that would fit underneath, leaving room for an extra pedal or two!
How much did the whole thing cost? I have three pedals, looper, delay and a distortion and I want to build a pedal board for worship. Like those pedals mine are small too. So I was just wondering how much all of the gear costed you.
Yep, probably should have mentioned that. It's velcro - the pedal train comes with some really strong velcro which you just attach to the runners on the board and then to the bottom of the pedals.
Yes, I've no experience with any of the other Mooers so I can't really comment. The two I have sound really good and stand up very well to much more expensive pedals. Surprising, as I was a bit dubious when I bought them.
Beginner guitarist.. It's stupid how expensive pedals are. Never would I have guessed that's how much guitarists were spending on pedals. Unreal. I just looked up the tumnus, it's 150ish. WHAT. Guess I'll just stick to donner/behringer pedals.
Juan Gutierrez niiice. I’ll look into for sure. This could get expensive all I have so far is one looper pedal and the nano + pedal train with trex junior power for 5 pedals.
Typically modulation after drive but before time. Between the rat and the delay. In this case I'll go before the tremolo, but just because I'd like to hear the tremolo more if I've got both on
I don't understand mini-pedals. Since they have side jacks they take up the same space as a standard size pedal with top jacks. Just have to convince pedal builders to put the jacks on top!
Wouldn't the RAT clone do a passable fuzz with everything maxed out? I think I would swap the fuzz for a chorus too - more Cure, Nirvana, Siouxsie, surely? And that is the stuff to play - as you have demonstrated!
Yes, still have it. Been a bit underused lately since I've not rehearsed or gigged for a while. But it still gets used from time to time. In most of my my videos these days , I tend to select just the pedals I need rather than use a fixed board.
@@acpg Makes sense. I found I need 3 "boards", one small for practices when I go by Public Transport, a bigger one for shows and I have a thrid for the studio, cos it's good to swap out different distortions etc. I have to say I just used the Mooer Black Secret in the studio, and wow, what a secret! I originally used my Rat and this is easily as good.
hi Adrian - excellent review of mini pedals! I may give a try to the Tumnus overdrive as it sounds very natural indeed. Just a question: I see no noise gate. Any issue with noise when you play your lovely Jazzmaster? I have a Moer Noise Killer in my chain. Thanks
Thank Fabio! Yes, loving the Tumnus at the moment. Using it for nearly all of my recent videos. I've never used noise gates, not sure why. Noise is only a problem for me if I'm using tons of distortion or air I'm stacking multiple drive pedals which is not that often. I'm usually just very quick on the guitar volume control and turn everything down when necessary.
