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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 10/10/2005 : 08:22:46
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Anyone tried this pedalboard? Opinions?
Does one have to use a wall-wart tranformer or is the power supply inside the case?
Is it rugged enough for serious gigging?
Does it hold the pedals well (no slipping around)? |
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BOSSguy
Copper Member
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 04:06:41
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Naw...........I use 10 pedals, and growing. I think it only holds 7
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 07:10:06
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Do you use 10 pedals in a row??? Doesn�t your tone suffer badly from that many pedals?
I really like to have so many pedals in a row, for noise-making at home, but I never use that many with others. |
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arcanon1313
Silver Member
USA
414 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 07:33:05
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I use 12 pedals in my setup. It's split about half into the input of my preamp and the other half into the EFX loop. |
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BOSSguy
Copper Member
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2005 : 04:27:34
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I use 10 Pedals as well
5 are in my NF-2 efx loop
Don't know how that affects the tone tho
Thinkin bout putting CE-5, DD-2, and RV-5 in the amp efx loop too
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walrus121
Silver Member
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2005 : 05:11:12
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Originally posted by Goran
Do you use 10 pedals in a row??? Doesn�t your tone suffer badly from that many pedals?
I really like to have so many pedals in a row, for noise-making at home, but I never use that many with others.
Depends on you define tone. It might get colored some, but you won't experience any treble loss (a.k.a. "tone-sucking") as long as the pedals use either true bypass or buffered bypass. And using a buffering pedal first lowers the signal impedance and prevents further tone-sucking through your cabling. I'm thinking about putting a transistor or two in my Les Paul just because of that idea. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2005 : 07:40:19
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I�l guess I have to answer my question by myself...
I bought BCB-60 yesterday.
It�s very rugged and it looks and fells like I can drive over it with a car or  ...
There is a wall-wart, switched supply of 1000mA (as I could hear it doesn�t make any noice). The cable from the wart is very thin, not as good as the one on the PSA-unit.
The pedals (Boss-type, maybe not other brands)are held very good in the case and, best of all, you can have any valuable vintage pedals in it without doing any damage to them.
The supplied cables: 5 short and 3 long patchcords, they�re OK but not very good quality. The DC-cable (inside the board) looks very good to me.
I wish it could take more pedals, with a twin-pedals and PW-10 you just have room for two compacts..
I also wish Boss had put a bypass-switch in it, bypassing all effects, I�ll have to build one myself.
Overall I like the p-board well. |
Edited by - Goran on 10/17/2005 08:12:17 |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2005 : 10:28:04
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| Thanks for the BCB-60 report. Having a 1A power supply sounds very nice. |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2006 : 00:50:49
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I bought myself one of these today and came to pretty much the same conclusions as G�ran did.
How can they get 1A out of an AC adapter the weight of a feather? The adapter appears to do its job ok as no AC noise is audible so I guess it's alright even if it's a bit light weight.
It's hard to judge the cable quality from views only. The cables that came with my BCB-6 looks just as flimsy but has lasted 15 years without problems so the quality may be better than it appears. There should have been at least one or two more cables though. If you have any pedals with stereo in like the DD-6 or RV-5 you're short on cables and there isn't much room between the pedals so there wasn't enough room for my no name angle jack patch cables.
I also missed having a bypass switch. I could of course pop in the PSM-5 or NS-2 but I was hoping to use the 6 spaces for 6 effects without having to use one space fr the switch.
The cover on the wire holder is locked down by the same sort of thumb screws we find on the compact pedals. It works fine but I have a feeling they could easily get lost. I think some sort of clip lock system would have worked better. |
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Alien DNA
Bronze Member
Australia
90 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2006 : 07:55:53
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Gday all!! The only thing I think they could improve on is those flimsy plastic sliding locks that feel like they are going to break if you put enough pressure on them. It would be nice if it was one more pedal wider to give us all the option to put another one in.
Ive got a pw-10, eq-20, dd-6, hf-2 and a hr-2 all in one pedalboard and ive had to cut and slice the inner foam pads to make them fit nice and neat. My biggest challenge (and the results are awesome) was to slice cable size channels for all the cables to sit under the foam pads so you literally dont see any cables at all...just the pedals....its the neatest bcb-60 ive seen im proud to say.......its a little tedious but it looks so damn good if you do it properly and carefully. I get heaps of compliments at gigs for it |
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Alien DNA
Bronze Member
Australia
90 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2006 : 08:01:43
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Also (forgot to mention) a great friend of mine and tech wiz has taken the power supply and grafted it into the back of the board so I only use a kettle plug and run that cable to a power point...where the power supply box doesnt leave the box at all, its velcroed in the case.
I also chopped the bottom of the case to fit the pw-10 with the tu-12 tuner above it...such a snug fit. nothing moves at all. |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2006 : 15:16:30
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Originally posted by Alien DNA
Also (forgot to mention) a great friend of mine and tech wiz has taken the power supply and grafted it into the back of the board so I only use a kettle plug and run that cable to a power point...where the power supply box doesnt leave the box at all, its velcroed in the case.
I also chopped the bottom of the case to fit the pw-10 with the tu-12 tuner above it...such a snug fit. nothing moves at all.
Hi AlienDNA
It sound great, how about posting a couple of pics, of your board, & maybe some that show how you cut the cable channels & other mods.
I am sure that the other guys would like to see it, & complement you as well.
Hey BossArea
The 1000mA (1Amp) plug pack, power supply in the BCB-60 might be a Switching type power supply, and that's why it might be so feather light, as you put it.
I will admit though, I haven't seen one yet, just an educated guess.
Regards Dr. Bob
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Alien DNA
Bronze Member
Australia
90 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2006 : 21:32:06
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Hey Dr Bob!!!
I'll post a few pics when I get a chance.....i'll take a bunch of pics tonight but I dont think i'll have time to upload em....shity dialup connection, i'll do it before the weekend.
Cheers Doc |
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
645 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2006 : 06:19:42
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| Yeah I love my BCB-60. Seem pretty tough but with anything, if you treat it right it will last a very long time. I agree with some of the other comments about the clips that connect the lids, they seem a little weak but they hold just fine and I guess if you are not stuffing things into the case which don't fit then you shouldn't have any problems. The ACDC plug is great. I use the PSA type adaptor since it feels a bit tougher than the one that came with it. Boss pedals fit snug into the foam inserts and you just screw the inserts into the case. I guess you could buy more foam if you wanted to change your setup and try and add more pedals or use different brands. Its even got little rubber bits on the back to try and make the board a little non-slip! |
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Alien DNA
Bronze Member
Australia
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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