Pedal Powering

DropKick74 · 10-19-2010, 06:19 PM

I've been looking for pedals to complete my rig based around my new Tweaker and as I look at the list of FX there is that lingering question of how I plan to power all this (actually it is not a whole lot)

Here is what I hope to have in the very near future.

I have a TS clone
A Crybaby
soon I hope to have
A Nova Repeater
and a reverb pedal probably a Hardwire RV-7

I will also probably buy a noise gate here soon as well maybe a NS-2 but I won't use it to power the other pedals. Also I have a no name chromatic non-pedal tuner on the board.

So my questin is this. Instead of spending a ton of cash on a PP2 or power brick what am I losing out on if I just buy a good quality Surge protector and use individual adapters for each pedal or at least an individual adapter for the repeater (cause it needs a different voltage than the others) and using a one spot for the rest into the same high quality surge protector.

I don't really understand the techie stuff about it and that is why I am asking. In the end what I want is to make sure each pedal is getting its' desired input and I want the lowest noise possible.

Also, the HUMX plugs, should I get one for the amp AND the surge protector or just the amp or just the surge protector. Even if i were to get a PP2 or something... is there any benefit of having those plugged into the HUM X plug.

Any Help I would appreciate. Thanks.

ibanez_dude · 10-20-2010, 03:17 AM

Hmm. Most of mine are actually powered off my 9V Ibanez brick, which happens to be regulated. My Onespot died, so after some research, I attached the daisy chain to the 200ma Ibanez, and it's worked fine. I just need a separate supply for the Timefactor, which calls for 1.2A! Yikes! Doesn't actually need that much, but the real numbers are still in 300-400ma range I think. Don't use a surge protector with individual supplies, it gets really sucky trying to fit them all, it's not fun....

**bread man** · 10-20-2010, 05:08 AM

Just get a Onespot and another power supply for the Nova. There's really no reason to spend the extra money.

pooleman0 · 10-20-2010, 07:17 AM

I got a used Voodoo Labs pedal power on eBay for $70. It works great. I had a Nova Repeater and it requires 12V instead of 9V. The PedalPower has a 110V receptacle on it so I was able to power the Repeater using that and the wall wart power supply that came with the pedal. It's regulated and dead quiet. I know some people hear swear by the One Spot but I do not like them. My PedalPower mounts under my board, I drilled holes so all the little power cables come out right next to the pedals. It's great.

It's been my experience that going cheap always costs you more in the end. Make a good investment in the begining and you will haver little to no problems much farther down the line.

Ax · 10-20-2010, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by bread man

Just get a Onespot and another power supply for the Nova. There's really no reason to spend the extra money.

Seconded.

Bushman · 10-20-2010, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bread man

Just get a Onespot and another power supply for the Nova. There's really no reason to spend the extra money.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ax

Seconded.

Thirded.

I use a one spot except for my twin tube classic that is 16 volt. It has it's own Power supply.

Terry...

DropKick74 · 10-20-2010, 01:30 PM

are one spot's noisy

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 10-20-2010, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Bushman

Thirded.

I use a one spot except for my twin tube classic that is 16 volt. It has it's own Power supply.

Terry...

fourthed, and my one spots, (plural) are not noisy.

HairyScaryMark · 10-20-2010, 05:39 PM

One spot wont power your Nova Repeater.

You can run one TC electronics Nova pedal off a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 when joining two channels together but the load isn't actually high enough to meet specs with just one channel. I remember reading on a forum that someone had ran two but it doesn't meet the required specs exactly.

Cioks - POWER SUPPLIES FOR EFFECT PEDALS make power supplies specificity designed for people who use TC electronics nova pedals with other ones. They aren't cheap and it it's probably not worth it just for 3-4 pedals though.

I'd suggest buildng your power supplies discretely into your pedal board.

DropKick74 · 10-20-2010, 06:47 PM

I think I'm going to try the One Spot. If so many of you have them and swear by them then I am good with that. Also, I already have a nine volt power supply, could I just buy the One spot daisy chain and use the one I have already. It is from radioshack and I remember I bought it when I had just one pedal. Currently it is powering my Overdrive.

Also I heard somewhere it was noisy if you tried to get the one spot to power pedals both before your amp and the effects loop then you get some noise is this true. The only other pedal that would be powered in the loop would be the reverb since the TC would be working off its own supply.

**thesteve** · 10-20-2010, 07:29 PM

I never had issues with using the 1Spot before the amp and in the loop.