Pedal manufacturers and power supply
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newpedals
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Our mutual friend turned down attempting repair on the pedal, because of the "tiny internal parts" as correctly predicted by knowledgable folks here.
Another place also refused to repair it after he told them about the pedal.
Being a Boss fangirl, I encouraged him to buy a used pedal if available at a reasonable price. He found a used DD-3 with its back plate missing listed on a store's website for 60$. Our mutual friend said he will surely find a replacement for the missing back plate.
Thank you for helping out.
Brianna
Another place also refused to repair it after he told them about the pedal.
Being a Boss fangirl, I encouraged him to buy a used pedal if available at a reasonable price. He found a used DD-3 with its back plate missing listed on a store's website for 60$. Our mutual friend said he will surely find a replacement for the missing back plate.
Thank you for helping out.
Brianna
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dronerstone
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Nice! Boss replacement backplates can be ordered online for cheap, best thing about them is there's some that omit the rubber padding, making it a breeze to velcro and stick to a pedalboard, much better than the default plate.
laxu
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The trick with the Boss bottom plate is that you can flip it around, screw it back on and then put Dual Lock on the "inside" of the plate that is now on the outside.
dronerstone
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Thanks much, I'll definitely have to try that one!
david57strat
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Unfortunately, that's not always a viable option.
I tried to do that with my RC-1 Looper, but when I looked at the inside of the pedal, the spacing was too shallow to flip the plate around so that the rubber would fit inside the pedal. It wouldn't close back up properly. Trying to force it closed would probably obliterate those two surface mounted pieces inside the pedal.
I ended up going with a Griffin Effects BOSS Bottom Plate v1.1, and I'm now using 3M Dual Lock, instead of Hook and Loop.
Works amazingly and absolutely will not come loose on its own. That's the most solid feeling I've ever had using a pedalboard-mounted BOSS compact pedal.
They're made of aluminum and you can use either the Black or the Silver side. I prefer the Black side (not that anyone will ever see the back of the pedal LMAO).
They're not exactly giving them away, but the quality seems to be very nice, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime (of the pedal) expense - so it seems worth every penny. I'll never have to worry about a BOSS pedal coming loose on one of my boards again.
Here is the link, if anyone is interested!
Highly recommended!
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david57strat
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I've been really fortunate to not have an EXH pedal fail on me. The only ones I own are the Pitch Fork, Canyon and Grand Canyon. In general, I'm not a fan of their switches. I think they're cheaply made.
All seem to be in solid working order, so far. All of them called for he 9.6 volt power supply, but work perfectly fine with the 9 volts supplied by my power bricks. I know other models may be more problematic with power, but I find it difficult to understand why. 9 volts is pretty much the world standard for a majority of compact pedals. Why can't EHX get with the program?
Many people who are running pedalboards won't be bothered with having to use a wall wart power supply to power a pedal, rather than one of the dedicated outputs on their isolated bricks. Having to use a 9-volt battery seems ridiculous to me. The more pedals you have, the less appealing an option it can be. It's so nice to just be able to flip one master switch and have all of your pedals powered properly, safely, and quietly.
I eventually opted to get dedicated power bricks (Strymon Zuma, Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 3 Plus, and CIOKS DC-7), since I got sick of using daisy chains, and since I ended up picking up a lot of digital, "high current" (250mA +) pedals that could be finicky about working quietly, or working at all, when using a daisy chain.
It's not a cheap or fun investment, but one that you can grow into, especially as you start expanding your pedal arsenal and use, if want your stuff to run quietly and efficiently. This is more the case with the digital pedals, rather than analog ones.
It's not guaranteed that using a daisy chain with digital stuff will be noisy. But, electrical noise can be more of a problem at certain venues, as opposed to playing at home. Things like this can help keep your guitar system quite and run your pedals reliably.
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Dave Lewis
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I’ve got lots of Electro Harmonix pedals and never had a problem with any of them .(Touching Wood)
I’ve never had any problems with it ( Touching Wood again )
It’s one of my Desert Island pedals.
My Mel 9 has been in constant use pretty much every day since the day it was released
I’ve never had any problems with it ( Touching Wood again )
It’s one of my Desert Island pedals.
Fwiw I was watching a Rig Rundown type video of Crowded House a few weeks ago and they were discussing how tempermental the Memory Man is - every unit is different and whenever they have one repaired it sounds different again.
Nothing at all to do with power supplies.
Nothing at all to do with power supplies.
Dave Lewis
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Did they mention what goes wrong with there Memory Man’s?
If it was happening a few times I would switch to something else unless they are sponsored and get them for free.
They said they loved the sound - when they worked. It was just getting them to work.
Neil Finn's are old, old pedals and stepping on them seems to be risky. His Hot Cake looks like rubbish - but still on his board.
laxu
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Good to know. On my FZ-1W the bottom plate flip went no problem.Unfortunately, that's not always a viable option.
I tried to do that with my RC-1 Looper, but when I looked at the inside of the pedal, spacing was too shallow to flip the plate around so that the rubber would fit inside the pedal. It wouldn't close back up properly. Trying to force it closed would probably obliterate those two surface mounted pieces inside the pedal.
