Powering a whammy pedal on a board

[truegeminis]

I'm planning to rebuild and tidy up my pedal board and would prefer to keep power supplies on the board to a minimum. So I've been looking at gigrig, t-rex and pedaltrain power solutions, but I haven't been able to find a solution that would also power my whammy pedal so that I can ditch the bulky adapter. The closest I've found is the T-Rex which has a 12v AC, but the Whammy is 9v AC.

Anyone know of a suitable power solution?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Sibob]

A Gig-Rig Timelord adapter will do the trick I think. This means you'll be able to power the Whammy from whatever power supply you eventually choose (assuming it provides enough MA). Even if you're daisy chaining your pedal power, the TimeLord will then isolate what's being sent to the Whammy (which often helps with digital pedals). Perfec'

Si

[stoo]

GigRig used to do an AC adapter for a Whammy - now discontinued, but maybe you could track one down somewhere?

http://www.thegigrig.co.uk/whambo-c2x17604601

[stoo]

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A Gig-Rig Timelord adapter will do the trick I think. This means you'll be able to power the Whammy from whatever power supply you eventually choose (assuming it provides enough MA). Even if you're daisy chaining your pedal power, the TimeLord will then isolate what's being sent to the Whammy (which often helps with digital pedals). Perfec'

Si
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I think that will only work with the newer Whammy pedals which take DC power.... the older ones needed AC

[Sibob]

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I think that will only work with the newer Whammy pedals which take DC power.... the older ones needed AC
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Ah ok, well, drop Gig-Rig an email, there doesn't seem to be much they can't accommodate

Si

[truegeminis]

Contacted GigRig. No support for older AC powered Whammy pedals.

Maybe I should consider buying a new one.

[Sibob]

Yeah, or just keep an eye out for the Whambo adapter second hand perhaps

Si

[stoo]

What about one of these?

http://www.modtone.net/power-plant-13.html

[bobbass4k]

Which model is it? I definitely know in the xp-100 all the power is regulated down to 5V before it hits the board, so in theory you'd be perfectly fine running it off 12VAC, the regs would run a little hotter but I think you'd get away with it, the main reg is heatsinked anyway. I can't speak for any of the other models though, there don't appear to be any schematics available.

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[truegeminis]

It's a whammy 4. Modtone looks interesting, but it is looking like I could buy the new bass whammy for as much as it will cost me to solve the ac problem.

[bobbass4k]

Handily, I've found a trace someone did of the power supply section of the 4 and it looks basically identical, all the regulator devices have maximum input voltages of 15V or more and the caps are all 16V, I'd personally have no problem with powering it off 12V AC.