Godlyke power all? One Spot ?

[TeleBlaster]

I'm using three one spots and a danelectrode and have no noise issues. Everything is on a loop, except for the wah, which I only use occasionally.

 

[mjtripper]

I used to use the 1-spot with great success but needed more power and moved to the gig rig. I can still power my board with a 1-spot - well two actually to the one gigrig. I would say the switch mode non-isolated supplies are great unless you need lots of isolation for some reason, which sadly is common. The pp2 is also a great supply, unless you need high current, but a lot more money then a 1-spot and a couple isolators but sometimes you really do need that much isolation. I looked into them and they didn't meet my requirements but something in front of the amp, something in the loop, and 1 noisy pedal in each spot you do need lots of isolation. So these types of solutions work great for some setups - when they do it's really a great solution. The pp2 won't work for everybody either - for instance I would need 2 of them and they still wouldn't power 3 of my pedals requiring even more purchases, now THAT is an expensive power solution. So 1 gigrig or 2 1-spots plus a couple adapters takes care of everything for me. Plus I run dc down my snake so I don't have ac anywhere near my pedal board. My setup is super quiet.

Sadly there isn't one great killer power solution out there that can can meet everybody's needs - but there are LOTS of choices now, more then we have ever had before and that is a good thing. You just have to line up your requirements with the right product, for some it's a pp2, some a 1-spot, and some only a gigrig will do

 

[sixstringking713]

honestly, I cant justify spending upwards of $120+ on a POWER SUPPLY for my stupid pedalboard... I bought the DC Brick (being the "cheapest" at $120) and returned it immediately.. Caused a ton of hiss and noise with the MXR flanger for some reason. Seemed like the flanger didnt play nice with the 9v pedals thru that power supply.

I have been using the 1spot for over 5 years now and I'm sticking to it. It honestly doesnt cause me any noise, but I'm using only MXR and Boss pedals so I'm not sure if that has to do with it. I use a dunlop 18v power supply and daisy chain it to my 18v pedals. This system works well for me. My setup will have to break 6 times over for me to reach the dough that the "isolated" power supplies cost.

It's a total gimmick, where I was considering the voodoo labs one where if you wanted to power 18v pedals, you needed to spend an extra $10/cable to do it. And ontop of this, it takes up TWO spaces on the outputs of the unit. So for a measly small pedalboard like mine, i'd be using the voodoo labs one to its full potential which is a joke IMO.

I would try the 1 spot and see if it works for you. Worst comes to worst, return it if it is noisy and buy an expensive power supply. I personally think they are a joke.

Well that's one opinion. Sounds like you need to read up on isolated power supplies.

oh? what exactly do i need to read up on

 

[snowdog]

honestly, I cant justify spending upwards of $120+ on a POWER SUPPLY for my stupid pedalboard... I bought the DC Brick (being the "cheapest" at $120) and returned it immediately.. Caused a ton of hiss and noise with the MXR flanger for some reason. Seemed like the flanger didnt play nice with the 9v pedals thru that power supply.

I have been using the 1spot for over 5 years now and I'm sticking to it. It honestly doesnt cause me any noise, but I'm using only MXR and Boss pedals so I'm not sure if that has to do with it. I use a dunlop 18v power supply and daisy chain it to my 18v pedals. This system works well for me. My setup will have to break 6 times over for me to reach the dough that the "isolated" power supplies cost.

It's a total gimmick, where I was considering the voodoo labs one where if you wanted to power 18v pedals, you needed to spend an extra $10/cable to do it. And ontop of this, it takes up TWO spaces on the outputs of the unit. So for a measly small pedalboard like mine, i'd be using the voodoo labs one to its full potential which is a joke IMO.

I would try the 1 spot and see if it works for you. Worst comes to worst, return it if it is noisy and buy an expensive power supply. I personally think they are a joke.

Well that's one opinion. Sounds like you need to read up on isolated power supplies.

oh? what exactly do i need to read up on

Well for starters you can run more pedals off a PP2 than there are jacks...and apparently there is something good about isolated power supplies as you returned that generic DC brick immediately.....then there is the polarity issue...likely the cause of your "ton of hiss"......

Maybe that 1 spot is working fine for you for now, but the good isolated supplies are hardly a gimmick or joke.

 

[sixstringking713]

honestly, I cant justify spending upwards of $120+ on a POWER SUPPLY for my stupid pedalboard... I bought the DC Brick (being the "cheapest" at $120) and returned it immediately.. Caused a ton of hiss and noise with the MXR flanger for some reason. Seemed like the flanger didnt play nice with the 9v pedals thru that power supply.

I have been using the 1spot for over 5 years now and I'm sticking to it. It honestly doesnt cause me any noise, but I'm using only MXR and Boss pedals so I'm not sure if that has to do with it. I use a dunlop 18v power supply and daisy chain it to my 18v pedals. This system works well for me. My setup will have to break 6 times over for me to reach the dough that the "isolated" power supplies cost.

It's a total gimmick, where I was considering the voodoo labs one where if you wanted to power 18v pedals, you needed to spend an extra $10/cable to do it. And ontop of this, it takes up TWO spaces on the outputs of the unit. So for a measly small pedalboard like mine, i'd be using the voodoo labs one to its full potential which is a joke IMO.

I would try the 1 spot and see if it works for you. Worst comes to worst, return it if it is noisy and buy an expensive power supply. I personally think they are a joke.

Well that's one opinion. Sounds like you need to read up on isolated power supplies.

oh? what exactly do i need to read up on

Well for starters you can run more pedals off a PP2 than there are jacks...and apparently there is something good about isolated power supplies as you returned that generic DC brick immediately.....then there is the polarity issue...likely the cause of your "ton of hiss"......

Maybe that 1 spot is working fine for you for now, but the good isolated supplies are hardly a gimmick or joke.

My Onespot setup has worked well the past few years so I figured I'd give the DC brick a go. However, I knew what I was getting into with no isolated outputs with that unit. Figured I'd give the $120 solution a shot, anything more than that is cutting into my "bottom line" too much. Maybe if I was touring, it'd be a different story.

In my situation, I have isolated outputs as a result of using separate 9v and 18v power supplies.

I called them a gimmick because they cost about $200 when it's all said and done between y cables, daisy chain cables, etc. And yeah if you use one, say the voodoo one, to power more pedals than there are outputs, you aren't isolating the pedals that are daisy-chained together any longer obviously. On top of this issue, you don't even have true 18V outputs anywhere on the voodoo labs one; from what I read online suggests you need a $10 Y cable to do this and it uses an extra output. IMO, it's ridiculous how much they want for these things. It is largely just a transformer in a box... It's crazy if you can't admit these are a bit ridiculous asking $160+ for a box of jacks connected to a transformer essentially.

Obviously they work, I'm not denying that. This is why I suggested trying the cheap alternative first. Then, go for an isolated model if the cheap alternative does not work for you. IMO, I'd rather put that extra $180 difference toward better cables, new tubes, whatever else as long as the cheaper alternative is sufficient.

Kind of like people putting 93 octane in honda civics thinking they make them go faster... If 87 works fine, 93 octane is literally just pissing money away. However, if you have a situation where 87 octane doesnt work, say a GM LS7 motor in a vette which needs 93 octane for the higher compression... You have to pony up for the higher costing "fuel"..

 

[Sierra Voodoo]

Been using a Godlyke for years with no problems at all.