Diago vs. Pedaltrain

[Taylor704]

I've decided that i'm in need of an upgrade from my plank of wood and suitcase. It just doesn't have enough room for my pedals and the protection is lacking at times. Basically I have 1 maybe 2 practises a week and 3 or 4 gigs a month.

The contenders are the Diago Gigman (maybe the Showman) and the Pedaltrain 1 (or 2 with softcase). Not many people know about the 1 but there are few on eBay with a hardcase of some form (Link) and they're only 2 inches less in width than the 2.

My pedals are a Behringer Tuner, Dano TOD, Dano Drive, Proco Rat, DOD Wah (broken atm), Marshall Reflector and a Marshall Echohead. I'm looking to get all these on the board plus a surge protector, and maybe 1 or at most 2 spots for more pedals.

Opinions please gents.

EDIT: Option I failed to include in the poll was the Pedaltrain 2 with softcase. No idea about the softcase durability or how long it would last but i'm open to the option.

[Gabriel]

I have a diago showman, its good. Damn sturdy and has served me well. If you can pick up the pedaltrain for the same price I'd go for that, but going with what I know Diago are very very good.

[James]

EDIT: Option I failed to include in the poll was the Pedaltrain 2 with softcase. No idea about the softcase durability or how long it would last but i'm open to the option.

You can edit it to add it. Just make sure to click 'add option' so as to leave the final box blank.

[Thom]

I have a Diago Showman and played, practiced and gigged with that for a good few years, and I have nothing bad to say about it. Sturdy, good size, does exactly what you want it to do.
Recently I have tried to downsize my board and bought a Pedaltrain Mini - which is also a brilliant pedalboard. It has a soft case and so far I have nothing bad to say about it.
I still have the Diago in case I want to go back to having a big board and I think that Diago as a company are brilliant.
I guess it depends also on how anal you are on how neat/clean you want your baord to be...I am quite so...Pedaltrain can look a lot neater, but the Diago board can be easier to change things around I would say.
Couple of pics of my boards if that helps...

Diago:




Pedaltrain:

[Gabriel]

Diago:

That pedalboard is gorgeously neat. It reminds me to get some George L's at some point

[the isaac eaton]

I have a PT pro the biggest pedal train, its nice because of the cut away designs, you can run all the power cables and mount power supply's to the underside. which makes things cleaner and easier to get around. like they say, a clean pedalboard is a clean mind.

[Haze]

Not exactly sure I've heard tht expression before Isaac, but something to think about I suppose.

I love my pt-1 and the flight case. Light weight, good size, zip ties, velcro and power supply mounts included. Keeps things tidy and I know I won't have to worry about any of it. I could comfortably fit about 8 boss pedals and a volume pedal on here without any issues. Having good cables and power supply are equally important if you ask me.

[johnnyseven]

If you 're also open to other options I can recommend Spider pedalboards if you don't mind doing a bit of work to get the board lifted up from the base of the case.

[Taylor704]

If you 're also open to other options I can recommend Spider pedalboards if you don't mind doing a bit of work to get the board lifted up from the base of the case.

The main thing that concerned me about those Spider ones was the carpet for the surface. I prefer to velcro my pedals and i'm not sure how well my pedals would stay mounted to the board.

[johnnyseven]

The board that they supply with the Spider case is very good for sticking velcro directly to. I used to use a NSP Flightcases pedalboard and that had a very nice textured grippy surface which was very nice but velcro just wouldn't stick to it. Velcro sticks so well to the Spider board that when I removed a strip of velcro from it recently it took a bit of effort and brought some of the top layer of the plywood with it - not so good though if you plan on moving your velcro around often.

[Skip]

pedaltrain for me