Same pedals - different boards?

[thisisswanbon]

Hidey Ho!

 

A bit of mundane backstory... I have a gig in Newcastle City Centre on Saturday night, and with various roadworks etc driving into Town is horrendous.  This has lead me to consider my travel options which have been hindered by the size and weight of my pedalboard.  It's not HUGE per se, but it's bigger than I'd like to lug on local transport and we tend to do this gig around once a month or so.

 

Looking at the board - I have essential pedals, and pedals that are embellishments that make me smile.  I plan to keep them, and keep my large board; but I'm thinking of buying a second smaller board and moving pedals and PSU between the two depending on circumstance.

 

Does anyone do this?  Have you found any issues arise from the frequent moving about?  I'm particularly concerned about the PSU - I can justify a £40 nano board, but not a new PSU to go with it...

 

Any advice and info is appreciated as always!

 

[ped]

This is why I tend to like pedals with a battery option. Often I just want to take one pedal, or add a different pedal before my pedalboard now and again - batteries make this really easy and most will last a very long time. If you get a 9V battery tester you can see how many hours remain so it's fairly safe, and spares are easy to carry.

[thisisswanbon]

38 minutes ago, ped said:

This is why I tend to like pedals with a battery option. Often I just want to take one pedal, or add a different pedal before my pedalboard now and again - batteries make this really easy and most will last a very long time. If you get a 9V battery tester you can see how many hours remain so it's fairly safe, and spares are easy to carry.

Thanks for the shout, Ped... good idea but unfortunately my HX one, Source Audio C4 and 3 Leaf Octabvre mini don't do batteries - I've actually ordered the Joyo Power supply 5 rechargeable PSU and a Pedaltrain nano+ rip off from Amazon to negate this.  Still interested in peoples experiences though!

 

I'd love to double up on each pedal and leave all in situe - but bit of a big spend for a once a month board...

[Lozz196]

In your position @thisisswanbon I would have 2 pedalboards fully stocked/ready to go. I know this is fund dependent but I also know me and I couldn’t be bothered swapping pedals from one board to another depending on what the gig was. 

[thisisswanbon]

2 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

In your position @thisisswanbon I would have 2 pedalboards fully stocked/ready to go. I know this is fund dependent but I also know me and I couldn’t be bothered swapping pedals from one board to another depending on what the gig was. 

Ideal world mate absolutely - but two tone hammers, SA C4s HX Ones and 3 leaf Octabvres just isn't financially viable 😬

[Lozz196]

I think I`d be selling a kidney......

[stewblack]

I do it all the time. Different boards some pedals the same, some not. The only thing ever to go wrong? Those solder free, make your own patch cables. Sometimes they just can't cope with being pulled in and out of pedals so often.  Otherwise it's fine 

[itu]

Without knowing what fx are used, it is pretty hard to suggest, could you really left someting out from the board for those Town gigs. Like if you need a comp every now and then, a tiny Spectra would surely do the job.

Edited 16 hours ago by itu

[jrixn1]

On 18/12/2024 at 10:08, thisisswanbon said:

I have essential pedals, and pedals that are embellishments

How about a send/return/power patch box on the primary board e.g. https://goodwoodaudio.com/products/audition?variant=32441404751919 or https://brightonion.co.uk/products/dyo-3-gang-patchbox-side-sockets

Connect the secondary board in the loop on the larger gigs.