personally i used to have the skb ps-100. the big one with the 3
rack space. i loved it, but my god it could get heavy. i had it setup to be an all enclosed unit, tho. the only thing that was ever not on the velcro was a digitech control 8 for the rack gear: marshall jfx-1. great pedal board, lots of room and the rack made it perfect. for the rack the main components were a samson power brite power distributor with a flourescent light that would not induce hum and it powered everything with a push of one button. the jfx-1 was a staple and never left the rack used for reverb, chorus and delay. next was depending the phase or problems i was going thru. either a dual 15 band eq, a rocktrom midi pro hush, or a
korg dtr-2. whichever one i didn't have in it, i had the pedal equivalent.
Questions/Survey:
1. What feature(s) would you like in a pedal board most of all?
-Built in tuner/power supply. very important, but the boss tu-2 is both.
-Plec holder NO, i have found that dunlop pick holders for mic stands are more versatile and you can put them on other people's stands as well. i used 2 holders, one for my stand and another on either the singer's or by the drums/my amp.
-Storage for leads NOPE. tie wraps, wire loom, velcro, and cable eyes make for a tidy setup not to mention the little plugs and cables for minimum length. most "extra" storage should be with an extra bag seperate to avoid clutter. it's like asking to put your string cutters, strings, screw drivers, batteries, and candy bar on your pedalboard.
-Ajustable Height , not that important unless you have rack gear. needs to be really flat tho. like 1" off the floor is too high.
-Area to write down set list/settings for pedals nope here, too. too much clutter. set lists will change location depending on the gig. the purpose of the pedalboard is to have the minimum of floor space to avoid tripping and accidental switching. some stages will be pretty small and you will want all the room you can get. i use line6 now and sometimes, that's all you really have room for and be comfortable.
-Other- should have velcro/speaker box carpet to hold down pedals. makes swapping and growing and positioning a ton easier.
2. Have you ever bought a pedal board? yup. the ps-100
3. Would you find it usefull if it could fit into a rack unit? for me, if you use a small amount of rack gear like i did. i just wish i had a 4 space at the time.
4. What material would you prefer the box/board be made of of?
-Plastic good if you got the time and tools to mess with it. can get slippery if not made for "real road life".
-Wood covered in some sort of material. wood is better and cheaper. plus its more stury. plastic can slide around if someone feels the need to spill beer around your rig. this goes not only for the audience, but dumbass lead singers, too.
5. Have you any suggestions on what my pedal board should be like? something smaller than 18"x24" with handles and a possible cover of some type. an old duffel/gym bag is great and usually a salvation army/garage sale special. the mounting surface should be speaker box carpet as it takes to the hook side of velcro well. i don't recommend trying to set your pedals into a recessed type pedalboard as it makes them harder to step on and makes them inconsistent to switch. account for your foot size. if you have bigger feet, you'll want to have the pedals farther apart for comfort and less of a chance for an accidental switching of your flanger and distortion.
6. Would you like features to make it easier to travel the pedal box/board. either way is good, but a duffel bag(used as storage, too, if it has more than one pocket) is handy, cuz you can slnig it over your shoulder. load in's are always a bitch, the less trips you can make, the quicker you can get to soundcheck and be out the door.
this has been my overall experience. like i said, i now just use the line6 pedalboard with my flextones and pod, and it has simplified setup from a possible 20 minutes to under 5 minutes. i will sometimes put my bad horsie, PVO volume and a boss ac-2 acoustic simulator pedal out, but i use a carpeted rack cover to mount them on for temporary use. and power them with the visual sound power supply with the optional 4 plug cable. if i use effects for the acoustic sound, i'll just run an alesis nanoverb in the insert for that channel at the board. make life and setup real easy.
rich
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