Getting my stuff sorted, what do I need?

[Mike]

The Diago Powerstation is smaller, lighter and has more power than the DC Brick. The DC Brick is also not as disimilar to the Maplin supply as you would like to think.

[jamieb]

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[Mike]

I have an old Maplin supply which I use for demos these days. I had it on my board for many years. It worked just fine for me powering this little lot:

(note - two digital delays)



You probably got a lemon.

[jamieb]

The Diago Powerstation is smaller, lighter and has more power than the DC Brick. The DC Brick is also not as disimilar to the Maplin supply as you would like to think.

The Power Station looks pretty good, especially the adapter for battery-only pedals. You have to buy all the adapters at extra cost, however, so I'm not sure how much it would come to in the end. Also, things that suck a lot of juice tend to have weird & wonderful wall warts so I'm not sure how useful that 3amps would be unless you really were going to power like 30 pedals. If I was looking for a new brick though, I'd definitely consider it it does look pretty damn good.

The DC Brick is pretty dissimilar to the Maplin POS as...it works.

[Johno]

And it also insanely overpriced.

You get what you pay for, although I wouldn't pay £119 for one.

Happily, they seemed to pop up on Ebay fairly frequently when I was buying one, and I in fact got mine for a measly £50. The Diago daisy-chain thing is £59 (new) on Ebay. A friend of mine bought the £19.99 thing from Maplin and...threw it away. This was after Maplin refused to accept it was a complete piece of shit. He promptly replaced it with a DC Brick and is as happy as Larry.

The end.

The first i've heard bad things about the Maplin dc , your friend must have happened across a rogue, I've had my Maplin for nearly 10years with no problems....

You can get these for £30 incl various adapters

http://www.guitar-village.co.uk/product ... mbo%2C+New

[jamieb]

The first i've heard bad things about the Maplin dc , your friend must have happened across a rogue, I've had my Maplin for nearly 10years with no problems....

Maybe it's just the new(er) ones then, as Mike said he's had his one for ages and it's been no problem. Dunno. The guy who posted in this thread also said he had a problem with his, so would be interesting to know how old it was.

[Mike]

I have noticed the graphic on the site seems different to the one I have:


Extra input and smaller but possibly crap?

[NickS]

I bought this:

Power bank for simultaneous connection of up to 10 effects pedals. 2.1mm DC sockets with negative centre polarity.

Features:

Housed in a robust ABS plastic case
On/Off power switch with integral LED
Supplied with switchmode PSU with fixed 1.4m lead
Supplied with ten 280mm DC-DC power leads


Specifications:
Power supply 100-240Vac, 15W, 50/60Hz
Output 9Vdc, 100mA / outlet
Dimensions 134 x 50 x 43mm
Weight 219g
£23.15

which, like something else someone mentioned, is fine with a bunch of ordinary pedals, or one of my Line 6 pedals on its own. As soon as you start combining a Line 6 with anything other pedal you get a nasty buzzing. It's powered by a wall-wart transformer that they don't show.

[dezb1]

I have noticed the graphic on the site seems different to the one I have:


Extra input and smaller but possibly crap?

That’s the one I have. I’ve been using it for a couple of years, and have had no problems using it with any of my pedals. Even my boss hm-2 which is one of the old 12 voltish ones (gets an excellent dying battery distortion powering it this way). I also use it power two delay pedals (a boss dd-3 and an old ema analog thing).

[Johno]

The first i've heard bad things about the Maplin dc , your friend must have happened across a rogue, I've had my Maplin for nearly 10years with no problems....

Maybe it's just the new(er) ones then, as Mike said he's had his one for ages and it's been no problem. Dunno. The guy who posted in this thread also said he had a problem with his, so would be interesting to know how old it was.

yeah could be, mines the old Powerbank AC-DC version

[Progrockabuse]

I bought this:

Power bank for simultaneous connection of up to 10 effects pedals. 2.1mm DC sockets with negative centre polarity.

Features:

Housed in a robust ABS plastic case
On/Off power switch with integral LED
Supplied with switchmode PSU with fixed 1.4m lead
Supplied with ten 280mm DC-DC power leads


Specifications:
Power supply 100-240Vac, 15W, 50/60Hz
Output 9Vdc, 100mA / outlet
Dimensions 134 x 50 x 43mm
Weight 219g
£23.15

which, like something else someone mentioned, is fine with a bunch of ordinary pedals, or one of my Line 6 pedals on its own. As soon as you start combining a Line 6 with anything other pedal you get a nasty buzzing. It's powered by a wall-wart transformer that they don't show.

thats the dam power supply that turned me against power supplies for a while. i have one and get constant high pitch buzzing and whining from it when i use any overdrive/dirt pedal with it.

i have the older style maplin one too, which i've never had a problem with, still going strong.

[vincel]

I can personally recommend the Rothwell Stompjuice, but I wish they produced one that powered more than 6 pedals.

[vivadeluxxe]

I have noticed the graphic on the site seems different to the one I have:


Extra input and smaller but possibly crap?

I've also got one of these, I've had for a year and its worked fine so far, even with all 6 pedals in use.... I wish it had an led tho

[the isaac eaton]

I bought this gator pedal board a long time ago, it came with a power bank, although im not using that board anymore i am using the power bank still. Gets the job done, i havn't noticed any extra noise or any of that, been working fine for me.

[Progrockabuse]

I bought this gator pedal board a long time ago, it came with a power bank, although im not using that board anymore i am using the power bank still. Gets the job done, i havn't noticed any extra noise or any of that, been working fine for me.

my pedal board is one of those gator ones, but at the time i brought it without the supply. £50 without against £120 with? i know what i'd choose.

[holyCATS1415]

I have an old Maplin supply which I use for demos these days. I had it on my board for many years. It worked just fine for me powering this little lot:

(note - two digital delays)



You probably got a lemon.

mike is that an old pic or do you not use any of your own pedals?

[Doog]

I remember when I added the PS-5 to my pedalchain with the cheapy AC/DC HIGHWAYTOHELL power supply, shit would just start humming.

Cue the Diago power station and 3-4 years later, where I've had not one problem, even running up to 7-8 pedals including a digital delay and digital pitchshifter.

YOU NEEDS THEM AMPS, HOLMES!

Fuck those DC Bricks- anything that needs it's own wanky and frail adapter wallwart is gonna spell trouble down the line.

[Progrockabuse]

I have an old Maplin supply which I use for demos these days. I had it on my board for many years. It worked just fine for me powering this little lot:

(note - two digital delays)



You probably got a lemon.

mike is that an old pic or do you not use any of your own pedals?

that pic is quite old, i think mike got rid of his first diago board not long after and just used his 30th head and a tuner.

[Mike]

Old Pic Is Old, that's back when I lived in a flat in Ealing and still owned a Wah pedal. I had never build a pedal at that point,

Now my board looks like this:


Saltshaker trem is being repainted yellow and getting a decal.

Also to come on the board are a Small Clone Clone I've made and will box up soon, and a Blackstone MOSFET Overdrive Clone I've made that needs a box also.

[jamieb]

Old Pic Is Old, that's back when I lived in a flat in Ealing and still owned a Wah pedal. I had never build a pedal at that point,

I bet they couldn't keep you away from Boulevard.