So Iām about to be the owner of 2 pedalboards. lol.
the local dude selling a board and power supply finally got back to me. apparently was on vacay. what he had was just better than the other one I got instead and for a better price. Instead of a wood pedalboard, this one is powder coated (feels like steel to me). and the power supply is this one that makes some very clear statements about being ground isolated.
Just picked it up and connected it and definitely no noise. since the OD pedal I got can take 9-18v, and this power supply has a couple adjustable outlets, I might experiment with MOAR POWAH to see how I like it.
he also threw in a few patch cables and a case for the pedalboard. so when I do add more pedals, Iām ready to go.
Not sure what Iāll do about the other one I got. I might keep it and just tuck it into the closet for that time my wife tells me sheās interested in pedals (if she keeps doing gigs on stages like she has been, that day will come). can replace the power supply on that one with a ground isolated one if it becomes an issue.
Oh yeah your stoked. Those are fully what you want. They are way better than the lame daisy chain like I have. Daisy chain wallwart power are notorious for noise.
You are adamantly opposed to AI (which is a musical tool) but have no problem with other forms of digital, pre-programmed music tools. Live your best life.
As for pedals, if I stuck with multi-FX pedals, I would have never discovered how much I like my RAT and OCD clone pedals, and also what itās like to stack different pedals. Buy cheap and buy often to find your own tone.
you know you donāt have to be a jerk about our difference of opinion, poking at it whenever you see fit. I am not adamantly opposed to all AI. I use certain AI tools for work and I would use certain AI tools in music if they served a purpose.
I have my line in the sand, and that line is with generative AI and the multitude of issues that come with it (most notably the issues surrounding copyright). itās a complex discussion and I donāt have to appear contradiction-free to you. my position is one that I have arrived at after much consideration, and after using gen AI tools for creative purposes in the past.
Cool your having fun with starting your pedal collection Nate.
Seems like yer getting your gear in order to me.
Sounds like ya got a great line on that power supply too.
A while back in this thread I was gonna suggest my power supply, a mxr brick. Your discussion made me look at what I got and find out my mxr brick is not isolated. So, yourās is better than what Iām using (I got a education from your thread). Sounds like what you got is nice and noise free too. Excellent. Your getting some good input here imho.
Congratulations. And keep having fun getting your pedals in a row, so to speak .
NPD is fun imho! I just got a blue pedal the other day myself and couldnāt be happier.
Iāve spent some time looking at some of the other pedals on my āwant listā, maybe in case I find a deal somewhere or I just decide itās time to buy another or whatever. and documenting it so I donāt have to do the searching again.
Iām liking the Boss looper shared earlier, so that made my list. On the pitch shifter side, I think the Electro Harmonix POG will do what I want to mimic a bass without being overly complex. I was looking at pedals that could ALSO change tuning and whatnot, but things got messy fast and it makes more sense to me to separate out the function to mimic a bass since that is something explicit that I want to use with the looper and nowhere else. since changing tuning up or down with the pedal is something that was only on the ānice to haveā list, Iām not going to worry about that one yet (that may be a function that I choose to acquire later via a multi-fx pedal). I was looking at the strobostomp tuner pedals, too, and theyāve piqued my interest.
Weather finally improved enough that my garage workshop is comfortable to work in, so Iām going to spend some time on my instrument builds now.
If you do get the Boss RC-5 (which is mostly a fantastically versatile pedal) there are a few things to know about. It is ridiculously loud - for example the volume of the drum beats goes from 0-200 and they are all set at 100 by default. I set them at 25, but there is no universal way to do this, which is a design oversight in my opinion. Lot of complaints online about this.
Also it is much easier to use with an extra foot control pedal. You donāt need to buy the huge Boss one. The NUX NMP-2 Dual FootSwitch works fine and takes up much less space on your pedal board. It needs 9V power and a TRS cable but thatās not a problem. I have the Boss pedal doing the start/record/overdub operations and the footswitch does stop/clear(hold down). The other button on the footswitch is rhythm start/stop for when I am just using it as a drum machine/metronome.
If you do get one and have any questions send me a message. I have been using it for years.
Yeah, it does seem like adding a foot control to that one in particular is the way to go. I have plenty of room on my pedalboard so adding one wonāt be a problem. I may start without one, though, so I can see how many extra controls Iāll actually want.
definitely seems like an oversight not to have a global volume control on the drum rhythms.
The BB 2 can take an extra footswitch, too. Thatās the one Iām definitely not certain if Iāll want or not, so again, Iāll likely wait to see.
fwiw, I got the peterson mini strobe.
It works fine. I like it and it performs the work I ask of it.
Other than that.
Itās too complicated. Has to many functions. I just want to tune my guitar. Donāt ask what all it does as Iāve no idea. I got it set to tune my guitar and it works very well, unless I touch the wrong buttonā¦
Other than that. Get a strobe tuner, I really do think itās quite a bit better and above like say a snark or the likes. Not to be negitive about snarks. A snark beets nothing, hands downā¦
Got a couple Snarks around the house already. One that uses coin cells and the other rechargeable (that my wife usually uses). The one I use with coin cells can chew batteries when Iām playing a lot (and tuning a lot).
I want a pedal-based tuner for a few reasons. Big one being the muting function. I do like the idea that these have these āsweetenedā tunings to deal with some of the inherent inaccuracies and whatnot. especially as I begin to explore alternate tunings. also, not needing to worry about the power situation is handy. also, the electric guitar Iām building is getting ratio tuners so even the tuners on the low strings take some turns to tune. rather than how all my guitars are now that the low strings take an incredibly fine touch to adjust at all. I donāt think the improved accuracy of a strobe tuner will necessarily be achievable with standard tuners, but maybe those ratio tuners will pair well. Iāve thought for awhile that if I end up liking those a lot, I might start switching the tuners out on my other guitars.
Iāll still need a clip-on tuner for other things and will keep the snarks around. Might get a clip-on peterson strobe tuner next time I decide to buy a clip-on tuner.
I looked at some of the Boss ones like this (and also the others with more switches) when I got the Boss Rhythm Partner. It can take a footswitch, but it has certain limitations that I donāt feel like the footswitch addresses sufficiently.
Yeah, our options in the US are pretty rough these days as lots of overseas vendors have now chosen to just not ship here due to the unstable tariff situation. and apparently, those tariffs hit REALLY hard on inexpensive things like stickers and t-shirts and stuff.
