Hate to be "that guy" - BUT, I wouldn't put the tuner before the Tone Bender like that. Buffering that Germanium joy isn't criminal; but it does make it a little... impersonal.
Usually yes. But it doesn't work for every Boss Pedals...at some models the power jack sits at the bottom of the back side so by turning the base plate you just bend the power jack unit...so Be careful!
Yes because its true..He is dead right, so he has no bedroom..Just pointed out facts..Tho we live in a world now where people don't deal in facts or the truth..BTW i am a massive SRV fan, and knew him since i was a kid .His whole family where good friends with my family. we went to the same school and lived 5 mins from each other..
The easiest way to get around that needing a long patch cable to get to the other side of the board is to just zig zag your way up and down across the pedal board. The pedals don't need to physically be in line, they just need to be connected in line.
Ooh, and it means you can put a patch bay under the accessible top part of your board, in case you want to split your wet/dry fx chains around your preamp
I like the True Tone 1SPOT CS12 isolated power supply myself. World Voltage switchable input and 9VAC outputs too. 3000mA Total supply for those Strymon demon pedals. I make my own cables, soldered not the solderless ones. I like to colour code all my cables and connections too. Years of electronic building and computer building taught me cable management lessons.
Thanks gents! I'm in the process of setting up my first board as well, though mine is an actual board. Many useful tips. I learn quite a bit from this channel.
I'd recommend keeping power cables away from signal cables as much as possible and especially not to put power cables around the signal cables … Also, bear in mind the height of the pedal switches and box sizes when deciding where to locate pedals on the board. Lower switch heights and smaller boxes nearest you can be preferable for better access to the switches rather than trying to reach your foot over to find multiple small unit switches ...
I've always had pedals just strewn about on the floor so this is my first pedalboard. Love how pedaltrain's video makes it seem like you will be done in 10 minutes but each pedal company has a different backing and you can't just get rid of the footings on certain pedals because the screws are the length for the footing. haha Still fun to get this set up but my Way Huge swollen pickle and my Dunlop wah pedal have rubber footings (at least 2 mm) at the screws which make for frustrating attachment to pedalboard. I found EH, Boss and Earthquakers well-designed for hook-and-loop (flat bottomed). Thanks for the video, always entertaining and informative!
Those patch cables are huge. Evidence Audio are the way to go. It's what Daniel from the GIG Rig uses for all his pedal board builds. And because you make them yourself, all custom lengths to fit what you need.
Pete! Please do an overview of your personal pedal board. If Anderson’s won’t let you, post it on your own channel. We’d love to see what you use and hear why you chose them. Thanks for the great video.
+1 on the different players boards! Nice video - I love watching Dan's builds and seeing what the pros are using (or Pete Thorn's recent build) but at the same time Dan is a master since it's what he does for a living and most of us can't afford an Oscar Schmidt board, and a G2, and all the Gigrig power, and all custom cables for both patch and power ... Having recently built my first board (35 years in...) I struggled with more of the things Pete addresses - placement, doing the velcro, and particularly for me at least power cable management and placement. Thanks for helping educate us I just ordered some of those little sticky cable tie holders (something I had not considered or even known about) which will make a big difference underside my board.
Digital pedals should not be daisy chained since they draw the most current. Overdrive and Fuzz pedals typically draw less current so when forced to daisy chain I would suggest doing those. The Pomeroy looks digital though.
I have one request and I think it's for most videos. Please Please Please balance the speech audio with the bits of music that come in. My ears thank you.
To solve the cable length problem, couldn’t you just flip the positioning of the top 3 pedals? So that you could have the booster going straight into the mxr without a super long cable
It's actually the digital or time based (delay, modulation) pedals that need isolated ("clean") power. They generate clock noise that can be introduced into the power cable and cause unwanted noise in your guitar signal. Analog drive pedals can share a single outlet (daisy-chained) because they don't (generally) cause this sort of noise. Old school fuzzes that are positive ground however should *not* be daisy-chained. edit: okay so 100 other people already mentioned this in other comments. Oh well..
Am I missing something here...? Surely the solution to not needing a long patch cable is to reverse the top row! Given the guitar leads are long anyway, surely they can come out of the same side of the pedal board or is that a massive no no?
I really enjoyed this video. I like the neatness you built it with, guys. Great use of materials with those little cable clips underneath. Your little trick there will be reappropriated, Pete. If Anderton's stocks Voodoo Lab products, please do a similar video with one of their Dingbat boards with their PX-8 switch and Mondo power supply. I'm planning on getting one soon and I'd love to see a full setup before I jump in. Thanks from the states, guys, and CHEERS!
Hummus? That’s not what you need for a really good fix! You gotta use either cold porridge or well-soaked Frosties to get proper adhesion. Building my own Pedal Crane beast at the moment, and all I can say is that is going to be very tasty.
I have a stack of cheap coloured patch cables which I use for layouts. Once I'm done moving things around I solder up a set of measured cables with flat banjo type jack plugs. Positioning - I favour putting pedals with Tap buttons at the front also anything that's going to get a lot of foot-presses . Loop switchers ftw - Again at the front of the board. 5 bar pedal boards favourite for that job. Loop switcher gets it's own bar that way. + ∞ on the Top Mounted connectors argument.
Just wondered, why not lay the pedals out in a clockwise pattern for connecting them? Then it would have completely negated the need for a longer custom cable going diagonally across the board. It would have been tidier underneath too. 🤔
input side is usually on the right. the bottom row goes right to left, then same goes the top. if it's arranged clockwise, then cables on top row would be overlapping each other, those mxr cables are too short for that
This was really interesting because I'm looking to get some pedals and need a board. I'm particularly interesting in a small pedal by some guy called Peter Honore. Dont know who he is but his small pedal sounds very good.
If you use a joiner for the long one across the board and just tape wrap it you can carry another joiner and seperate them to option in effect loop. Also you can sneak in a pedal after drive or before for testing
For eight pedals that dont need more the 500mv for all the pedals. I suggest SKB PS8, cheaper and quicker to build. The price is cheaper with power than the pedal train board alone. I have 3 of them and power them with a Strymon Zuma which also powers the high mv pedals which is far more flexible than the Pedaltrain spark. Its not just about order, its about power, buffers or not and what you want sound wise. When you build a board its also what you want in the future, otherwise you will end up spending too much on the base board. Whether you want a switcher in the future. This is a bit of mishmash of pedals definitely starter kit!
Robert Twiddy but then they would have to do a whole video on how power supplies are the wrong size to show the new pedal train I fit everything supply. It’s marketing for pedaltrain in sheeps clothing
Bit of bad information here. I wouldn't advise daisy chaining any digital pedals or pedals with an internal clock together as they tend to dump noise to ground. More advisable to daisy analogue drives.
EBS makes very flat patchcables in different lengths form 10cm to 58cm. Rockboard (Warwick) has the same cables (rebranded EBS?), all available at Thomann. But these MXR patchcables are cool :-)
