Got Bricked

[Greywolf]

After 70+ live shows I decided it was time to clean up my pedal board and bring it up a level. I'd been use the iSpot with extentions to power my modest 6 pedal board . I did notice lag though and bit the bullet and got a MXR DC Brick ..(M237) 8x 9v's and 2 x18v with all the cables .. slick.
Switched over to flat connect cables too ... Yeah I'm a bit of a luddite ..

The result is I'm now able to get my trusty old Budda Bud-Wah and Boss Auto-Wah on the board and provide the 18v for the Xotic Sweet Sauce clean boost. ( OMG the extra juice ...) With the full juice of course everything sounds delightful and I tie wrapped up the cables on the bottom and it's all sano instead of looking like the product of some ol deranged hippy .

It's worth it ... if you were wondering if you should ...

 

[FatFingerBlues]

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I have an MXR ISO-Brick I bought off of @bodia.

The only thing that pisses me off about it are all the blue lights.

 

[László]

A power supply with adequate juice and isolated outlets to prevent various noise issues is a thing of merriment and joy. We do need pedalboard pics, of course.

I have an MXR ISO-Brick I bought off of @bodia.

The only thing that pisses me off about it are all the blue lights.

Couldn't you flip it over and not have to see the lights?

 

[ElrytNamrogo]

Couldn't you flip it over and not have to see the lights?

"How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?" - Bob Dylan

Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they're not there.

 

[Greywolf]

if you must see a pic ... https://www.lespaulforum.com/index.php?threads/bricked-it.223011/

 

[FatFingerBlues]

if you must see a pic ... https://www.lespaulforum.com/index.php?threads/bricked-it.223011/

you must be logged in there to see it bigger than a thumbnail
I have no account there and no reason to create one

 

[Greywolf]

they are just boxes lil boxes sitting all in a row .. that forum is very boring anyway

for the visually challenged ... the signal path is Budda Bud-Wah-> Xotic super sweet boost->T.Rex Quint octave->Keely Dark Side ( fuzz/univibe/phasor/ Delay/Flanger/rotary)->Boss Auto-Wah->Keely Hooke Reverb/trem/ univibe-> TC Stereo chorus/flange/ pitch shift-> Amps

I had the day off as the booked artist cancelled at the last minute , SO I had a good chance to really play through it .
While the difference at first seems subtle , mostly more gain from those pedals , the thing that really has me jazzed is the noise floor reduction .. even with all the pedals on the ambient noise floor is lower and things sound much cleaner .

It's like for those of us who wear glasses and then clean them and like OMG I can see again !

 

[László]

if you must see a pic ... https://www.lespaulforum.com/index.php?threads/bricked-it.223011/

Looks like a nice set of pedals! I had a Budda wah for years, it's a really good one.

 

[Greywolf]

Thanks ! I like the Bud-Wah because you can set a point and leave it , the springy ones don't have that. Love to crank the gain and set it just before it opens to give it that glorious creamy endless sustain. Like most I've gone through bunches of pedals , these really cover all my bases very well , and the order they are in allows gain and modulation staging well .

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Couldn't you flip it over and not have to see the lights?

They’re on the “front” where all the pedal plugs go, so no. I mean, unless I set it up “on end” but that’s mildly inconvenient in case I need to make a change or access the variable voltage knobs.

It’s not even that they’re blue (although that sucks for me too) it’s just they’re so damn bright. It looks like my board has ground efx like a 1999 Supra.

 

[László]

It’s not even that they’re blue (although that sucks for me too) it’s just they’re so damn bright. It looks like my board has ground efx like a 1999 Supra.

I can see how that would be a significant drawback, because you're a Porsche guy!

You could always sell it and get something different...

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I can see how that would be a significant drawback, because you're a Porsche guy!

You could always sell it and get something different...

I would but I’m getting real close to an all silver vibe on my pedal board.

Although there is nothing sexier than shopping for a power supply, this I’m sure we can all agree on.

 

[Greywolf]

Mine is flipped so the lights face the floor

 

[Abe]

Thanks ! I like the Bud-Wah because you can set a point and leave it , the springy ones don't have that. Love to crank the gain and set it just before it opens to give it that glorious creamy endless sustain. Like most I've gone through bunches of pedals , these really cover all my bases very well , and the order they are in allows gain and modulation staging well .

On the subject of the wah. I have a Morley 20/20 Wah Lock Wah Peddle which serves as a typical wah while also having a 'Wah Lock' function that is like a cocked wah where you position a knob to control what type of envelope frequency threshold will be used without foot action. It also has a 'Whoa' mode.

 

[Bogner]

Good Power Good!

 

[direwolf08]

They’re on the “front” where all the pedal plugs go, so no. I mean, unless I set it up “on end” but that’s mildly inconvenient in case I need to make a change or access the variable voltage knobs.

It’s not even that they’re blue (although that sucks for me too) it’s just they’re so damn bright. It looks like my board has ground efx like a 1999 Supra.

They’re retina scorchingly bright.