How does this guy get air time ???

Thumbs down and unsubscribed. Why give someone caught lying over and over a platform to promote himself?

Is there going to be a part 2 for pedal prep? Removing the stickers, etc? Arrangement? Great video, well spoken dude.

sucks that sweetwater still suppots this fraud

Was looking at the prices of some of these pedalboards out there. Pretty insane. Might just go to home depot and do exactly this.

Bamboo dude. Bamboo.

I’m gonna do the same bro. Pedalboards are too expensive

Add a pack of rechargeable 9v batteries 👍🏾

@@Matt_bechillin Rechargeable, yes.

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Chuck

Shannon Jones my pleasure! ~Rig Dr.

That's awesome! Stoked to hear you liked the video!

I think he said "don't use your mom and dad's velcro." Because it's probably from Wal-Mart. XD

Velcro sucks. You've obviously never tried Dual Lock.

Is it cheaper than industrial velcro? If not, than I'll stick with my velcro, thanks

@@thepipejunkie8359 No, it's not cheaper; it's way BETTER. Pedals stay right where you put them. You get what you pay for. That's kind of how the free market works. And it's just a roll or two of Dual Lock. It's not like you have to finance it for 15 years.

When you're a sole provider for a family of 3, you kinda have to use whatever you can afford. I'm glad you're so passionate about Dual Lock though, you keep doing you, bro

What's a buffer? That's a very general term.

Cowboy boots are great for this and nothing is more comfy than a pair of broken in cowboy boots!

Phil McKnight showed that you can cover the bottom of the pedal, particularly the label with painters tape and then the velcro will stick just fine, and the label is preserved. The only thing I've found it doesn't work well with is denelectro mini pedals, because the bottom is almost entirely textured rubber. For those, I just stick the velcro right on it. It's a plastic danelectro pedal....how much value is there to worry about? lol

ohhhh..... thank you i was about to buy the pancake one.... thanks to you i realized it won't fit on my mini pedal.

What kind of jacks do you use for the closest fit?

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STIRK STIRKLAND heck yea!

i have broken millions of zip ties and wouldnt recommend lol

hundreds/thousands worth of pedals/cables but cant spend $10 on velcro? ok

I just peel a corner with my fingernail and work from there and I usually get it off relatively easy.

Kodiak Wild best and cheapest way to clean and protect your pedals!

I ran into this same problem, from what I can tell you need a custom one or a specific size like the Ernie ball ones he mentioned, I have yet to check those out

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Van Damme is good, I like Mogami 2524, Belden 9778, Gepco X Band, and Canare G6.

Vertex Effects Vertex Effects Thanks a million for replying. I’m gonna check out the Mogami.

I could not think of it but, I knew he looked like someone else.

HEADSTOCK HAREM There are two options. Option one is buying a plate to go over the bottom, many plastic stores here in the United States, like TAP plastics will do this for you to order very inexpensively. However, my preference is to remove the rubberized bottom on the BOSS pedals, and then flip it over there removing the screws in simply inverting the metal plate it’s on the bottom of each device. It will leave you a completely clean surface to apply Velcro to.

Take the rubber bottom off, (don't have to be thorough), then screw the metal plates backwards. Done. If you want to put the rubber bottom back, you can use regular glue.

Check out the Guitto Velcroless Pedalboard and you’ll be amazed!

Switchcraft 380 is a good alternative sold here at Sweetwater that works great and is solderable. I personally use the SquarePlug SPS4 and SPS5 on switchers.

Hi, Slim! Thanks for your message, hope you’re well and safe. Some wireless systems don’t play well with active electronics so you have to test the signal chain. In theory, yes you could feed the output of the receiver into your first pedal. If your amp has a loop, you can run your pedals there and have the wireless go into the amp input. Yes, two cables however it may be more favorable sonically. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com

I find that 9v batteries can get expensive with multiple pedals. you could use a daisy chain power supply (amazon for ~$10USD) assuming both pedals have the same polarity (usually center negative)

Khalazia Faqih Batteries are sort of like the original isolated power supply, so you won’t get much in terms of reducing noise. One really good device that I didn’t mention on here that is very well priced, it’s a Voodoo Lab X4 - it’s $79.99. It has four isolated outputs and you can use any 12 V wall wart to feed into the input and it’s super small, light weight and can tuck under just about any Pedalboard. The only real advantage would be that you wouldn’t have to change the 9 V battery devices every so many gigs. Or you can watch the video with RJ Ronquillo, where I made him a battery power supply box so he could have the batteries external to the products for easy changes but all housed in a nice enclosure.

@@VertexEffectsInc ok got it

@@untitleduser666 ive tried daisy chain before, they quiet noisy compare to batteries, but i'll try with another power supply

Get a truetone power supply, works great

true indeed!

Thanks for your message, Riley! If the total available power requirement for your pedals doesn't exceed the total output of the CS7, it's possible. Keep in mind that as soon as you split a power tap, you split the amperage to each pedal. You also increase the likelihood of noise since each pedal on the split is no longer isolated from the other. You also can't mix 9v with 12v or 18v. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com

Hey, mmasterdp. Thanks for reaching out! The biggest things to make sure you have are good cabling and the proper amount of power going to your pedals. Each pedal draws a certain amount of amperage, usually milliamps (mA). So, you will want to make sure you have enough mA going to each pedal from your isobrick. Each power out will show you how much each pedal has to draw from and you should be good to go. If the isobrick is possibly defective then you will need to reach out to wherever you purchased the unit from to see if there is a warranty. I hope this info helps, but let us know if you have any more questions. Good luck! Jack Wellington, Sweetwater Sale Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 3240, jack_wellington@sweetwater.com

Yes

The inductor in the wah will be sensitive to the magnetic field produced by the transformer inside of your power supply. You could experiment with what happens when you move your wah and power supply to opposite sides of your pedalboard. If this isn't possible, you can try to find a mu-metal can to put over your wah inductor to help shield it from electro-magnetic fields produced by a linear analog supply like the T Rex.

Thanks for your question, MK. As I read your question, you’re concerned with the power connection between the Zuma and Ojai creating interference with the audio path? One cable is unlikely to create an issue. Best practices is to run cables separately, cleanly and not parallel. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com

@@sweetwater thank you for the answer!

Most probably you have broken solder joint on power adaptor input. Just take soldering iron and renew soldering joint. Chances are good that you don't have to replace DC input, just to re-solder existing one.

the polarity obv matters current draw as well hope u figured it out 😅

@@jonniefast yea I did lol Learned a lot since then, I had as many as 20 pedals on my cover band board all powered up with my Mondo brick and daisy chaining 3 or 5 while using the highest mA ports. Never had any issues!

@@XxStonedImmaculatexX my issue was with undervolting (9v instead of 10v etc) for years at a time - i finally lost a pedal bc of it it still "works" but is v finnicky and unreliable now

@@jonniefast what pedals require 10v?

@@XxStonedImmaculatexX lots of them the one i roasted is the electro harmonix cathedral reverb - i think it wants 9.7v

I spray it in any place where there's a connection if I suspect a problem.Foot switches usually need to be unscrewed for this if you want to use cleaner on it.

Hi, Rowland! Thanks for your message, hope you're well and safe. If each pedal requires 300mA, then the split won't work. The output is halved when you connect two pedals. You also no longer have the pedals isolated since they share the same tap. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com

Which tip?

Thanks for your question Adam, hope you’re well and safe. Your PB1000 is a great surface to mount your pedals. Please use every connection on the Pedal Power before anything else. That power supply is isolated and grounded with sufficient voltage and amperage for about any pedal available. It will make your rig much quieter overall than the power available on the Behringer board. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com

kenminerva, they're referencing a product that I sold from about 2012 to 2014 called the Axis Wah. They may or may not be aware that every customer and dealership that ever owned an Axis Wah was provided a full refund, rebate, or exchange according to their desired restitution. In fact, we still leave the door open to any owner of the product that was previously unaware of refund options and keep a public record of all Axis Wah refunds on our website for anyone to view since 2014: www.vertexeffects.com/redemption . The Axis Wah is not representative of my values, nor our company values. We've worked tirelessly since 2014 to make a new impression and continue to maintain a high standard of quality and customer service with transparency around each product and its origins with full transparency. All we can do is release the best sounding products possible and give our customers the best possible quality and support in hopes that with time we'll earn back their trust. Sincerely, Mason Marangella

​@Greg Elchert I can't change what happened. I made an incredibly stupid decision, and have dealt with the consequences and made right with those that purchased the product on their terms with whatever restitution they requested to make them whole again, and moreover, learn from my mistake. I'm not sure how a better outcome could have been produced for those impacted other than never having sold the product in the first place, which was an impossibility at that point. In our lives, we will, most certainly, if we haven't already, encounter people (knowingly or unknowingly), and purchase products from brands (knowingly or unknowingly), that have made varying degrees of poor judgement calls, bad decisions, and/or exhibited unethical or immoral behavior. People are humans, businesses are run by humans, invariably human fallibility will occur. This occurs in huge companies - like Apple, creating working conditions that lead to waves of employee suicides, to Nike, employing child labor in overseas factories, to Volkswagen, selling vehicles as "low emissions" that didn't meet the "Green criteria," forging their test results. This also occurs in small companies like mine, and in individuals we may have a personal relationship with at this very moment. Perhaps you're aware of all this, and have made a conscious choice to not purchase from companies like Apple, Nike, VW, Vertex, etc. or befriend any individuals that have had some past transgressions. That is your right. My contention, however, is that if the litmus test for one being condemned to working at McDonalds (as you mentioned above) as a consequence for bad moral/ethical judgement, McDonalds would have the most overflowing and steady workforce in the world. Wishing you the very best, Mason Marangella

Andy Bungert they’re also good. Switching supplies like the Truetone and Strymon.

I've owned both and I prefer the zuma just because you have all of the 500ma outputs on it so you don't have to worry about where you plug in your pedals. They all have a looot of headroom to work with especially for my digital pedals like my h9 and digitech whammy

@@mrpres17 okay and it does have a couple that can switch to 18v. Sweet. That 10th input on the MXR though ;)

@@mrpres17 oh holy crap it's "expandable" with more units? Dang that's something to consider

@@andybungert yeah definitely, if you need that 10th input and you're on a budget, definitely go for the mxr lol I got the zuma because I needed 14 outputs so I got the ojai along with it for more. Buy what you need!

you need a buffer, JHS pedals made a video about it

That’s called tone bleed. The longer your length of cable is, it will naturally lose tone and sound darker. The guy from jhs has a good video about capacitance and all that. If your pedals are true bypass, it’s basically like you’re running a really long cable through your pedals and everything. If you use a pedal with a buffer, like boss pedals, it can prevent tone loss. Some people start and end with buffered pedals. I have a boss tuner as my first pedal and a boss delay as my last. Running through pedals can cause problems like noise and tone loss so it’s important to have good cables connecting between pedals, good isolated power supplies, and a good routing with a mix of both buffered and true bypass pedals. Hope that helps!

A single buffered pedal should help that. Seriously, a Boss tuner would work. Either that or use shorter cables to keep under about 25' or swap to active pickups and run as long of a cable as you want. Nothing against the JHS buffer pedal, but all it's doing is taking up real estate when you could also have something like a tuner, chorus, flange, drive, delay, etc. also buffered and multitasking in that regard.

Good, but I prefer the switching supplies like the Strymon and Truetone. Cioks now makes a switching supply, but it's not sold at Sweetwater.

Vertex Effects awesome. Thanks for the info.

I was about to say, this is that dude that was using BBE wah PCBs and upcharging extravagantly. Shady

@@CharlesWillisBonsai lof of dick moves from this person in past and if you check his channel, lot of clickbaits with poor videos 🤷. Looks like he has great pedals though, but in these times with lots of superb pedal builders, I rather avoid this person.

I have found his channel to be exceptionally informative and with links that I sure wish I had a few years ago when I started building pedalboards. The other super informative guy with clear explanations of the origin of not only his designs but of others as well is Josh from JHS. he flat out will say it's a Muff variant, or Tonebender type or what have you.

What did he do? 😲

@@tommasocatervi6617 well lot of things, selling gooped and relabeled products for 3x the price, lying about his education, using others pedal boards to promote as his, using existing circuits and promoting them as his brand new revolutionary design etc etc.

Hi, Gary! Thanks for your message, hope you're well and safe. The M237 Brick is not an isolated power supply. The M238 ISO brick and M239 Mini ISO brick are isolated. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com

Evan Keal What do you mean? AC would be like the power coming out of the wall into your amplifier, or your power supply. DC would be the outputs coming out of the power supply going to the respective devices.

@@VertexEffectsInc ok I get that but he is holding a patch cable when he says AC. I know even the DC power supplies have one AC cable, but I think he is referring to audio cables when he says. Ac, this is a board video, not a rig video, maybe I listen to literally. Not many people need to route AC power cables through the board, which is the scope here.

@@evankeal Audio signals are alternating current (micro-current) signals, audio signals have positive and negative voltage transitions at varying frequencies. The signal that comes out of your guitar pickup is an alternating positive/negative signal at the fundamental frequency of the note(s) being played along with tonal harmonics of the fundamental frequency, these are in effect AC voltages, typically in the range of milli-volt or sub milli-volt levels. What you want to remember is that if a power supply cable has to cross an instrument cable between pedals, try to make the intersection of the two cables at right angles to each other for the least amount of induced hum or noise.

both audio and AC power coming out of wall outlets are AC voltage signals

@@rebel-yell9453 The only issue with DC crossing AC is if the DC also has noise on it. High frequency, clock noise, etc. But it has to be at high enough level to occur. It is not likely that DC goes high enough in level to bother the shields signals. The problem is AC power cables near signal cables that “could” be a problem (signal cables meaning patch cables, guitar cables), but with the low currents on the pedal board, the magnetic fields from the AC cords should not be a problem. That is easy to test by taking the AC power cable from the pedal board power supply and lay it next to signal cables on the pedal board. Try different locations and see if there is any hum as a result.

Scott C I’m not sure if it’s the same vendor or not, there seems to be some sort of labeling on the Ernie Ball versions, showing one side for guitar and one side for the device (pedal) input. Perhaps it’s twisted pair shielded? Perhaps it’s directional and has the shield connected on the output side only internally. You can run into some problems with AC power if not properly separated from the audio cables, but for the voltage and current for guitar pedals this will not be a problem. I think it’s a good practice to observe if you have the space to separate them, but they are going to be circumstances are areas where you’re going to cross paths with the DC and the audio path. I would be more concerned about where you dress your audio cables in relationship to, say a linear power supply.

Scott C - I have Hosa patch cables and they have same connectors. So maybe they make them and EB and MXR re-brand them? It wouldn’t surprise me. No need to reinvent the wheel.

@@Burnt_Gerbil impossible to know, correlation doesn't equal causation as the old saying goes. Those connectors are very common, made by Rapco/Horizon and GLS Audio in China. Many companies use them. The cable could be anything. You could take it apart and measure the capacitance and see how close they are in composition and spec. I've not seen any Hosa versions that have this same plug, typically the Hosa one is a little more flimsy, but I'm not an expert on their product line. Anything under about 20-30pf per foot in terms of capacitance I think will be acceptable for any pedalboard in a general since, especially if you use a quality buffer on the input and output of the system.

Vertex Effects Mason, thanks for the quick reply. More just observation on how janky it used to be, and still is. The video with Mitch and Eric Johnson was funny because he just had piece of plywood and the pedals were just taped down I think. He also seemed to have a mix of power and batteries. I agree with you though, the wrong noise isn’t a good time. Thanks again!

@@Burnt_Gerbil Yeah, indeed. Just merely observations, though. Not saying either is better or worse, both companies make good stuff.

What tc electronic did?

its best to google it and make up your own mind. personally i wont be using tc electronics anytime soon

@@RobertIsMusic they sold out to Behringer. However, Behringer has gotten really good, soooo….

wait what mistakes? spill the tea

@@ilanrodriguez7698 if you go to the Vertex effects website, you’ll see an open letter.

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Mick Denny did you not find any of these tips useful?

@@VertexEffectsInc If these didn't find any of this useful, I do

Agreed. "Don't use solderless, because Sweetwater sells this other stuff." I'm over here looking at my Evidence SIS thinking "I dunno. These were good enough for Pink Floyd, I think I'll be fine."

@@KlockoFett Sweetwater sells solderless. My recommendation is based on what's the best quality and will have the most longevity. David Gilmour uses the Evidence Lyric HG - a soldered cable, with a Neutrik 1/4" connector, not the SIS. Also, professionals aren't immune from making bad gear choices. I've seen few to zero technicians on the road with acts like David Gilmour using solderless cables for the exact reason that I mentioned in this video.

Music & More There will be some pedals that are not sensitive to being paralleled by a daisy chain. However, you might be surprised how much you can get away with, removing the noise gate and using a high-quality isolated power supply. It might make for an interesting experiment, and Sweetwater has such a great return policy you can pretty much do so risk free.