The first is your wireless system . I haven ’ t used wireless myself in a decade or so , but if you have one — and especially if it ’ s something like the Line 6 G30 — consider mounting it under your board . It might require a pancake plug and some Velcro to secure under there — though , as with mounting pedals under your board , I have seen more highly-fabricated solutions — but it ’ s a great way of making your rig that much more grab-and-go .
Second is something you may want to consider if you ’ ve got a pedal that you want to run at a higher voltage , but don ’ t want to eat up eat up extra outlets with a silly Y-cable in the process — and that ’ s a voltage doubler . There are at least couple of manufacturers out there who make these clever little devices and underneath my board you ’ d find one from Disaster Area Designs called a DVC-18 that I use to get my Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret MkIII up to 18 volts , where more headroom and clarity live . Connecting a voltage doubler is as simple as running a cable from my PP2 + to the doubler and then on to the pedal . Secure it under the board with a bit of Velcro and you ’ re good to go . look like something out of The Fast and the Furious . There are several options out there — and many that will function right off your power supply — but adding a strip of LEDs under your board can give it quite a bit of visual flair without breaking the bank .
And that ’ s that . I don ’ t claim to be a pedalboard wizard , but I have learned a thing or two over the years . Have some advice for an idea I missed ? Pass it along — I ’ d love to hear it .
And the final thought here is for those of you who want to make your pedalboard
Step 6 : The Wildcards
The first is your wireless system . I haven ’ t used wireless myself in a decade or so , but if you have one — and especially if it ’ s something like the Line 6 G30 — consider mounting it under your board . It might require a pancake plug and some Velcro to secure under there — though , as with mounting pedals under your board , I have seen more highly-fabricated solutions — but it ’ s a great way of making your rig that much more grab-and-go .
Second is something you may want to consider if you ’ ve got a pedal that you want to run at a higher voltage , but don ’ t want to eat up eat up extra outlets with a silly Y-cable in the process — and that ’ s a voltage doubler . There are at least couple of manufacturers out there who make these clever little devices and underneath my board you ’ d find one from Disaster Area Designs called a DVC-18 that I use to get my Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret MkIII up to 18 volts , where more headroom and clarity live . Connecting a voltage doubler is as simple as running a cable from my PP2 + to the doubler and then on to the pedal . Secure it under the board with a bit of Velcro and you ’ re good to go . look like something out of The Fast and the Furious . There are several options out there — and many that will function right off your power supply — but adding a strip of LEDs under your board can give it quite a bit of visual flair without breaking the bank .
And that ’ s that . I don ’ t claim to be a pedalboard wizard , but I have learned a thing or two over the years . Have some advice for an idea I missed ? Pass it along — I ’ d love to hear it .
And the final thought here is for those of you who want to make your pedalboard
44 TONE TALK // What Lies Beneath : The Underboard Experience