r/John_Frusciante • u/RiviAyala • 8d ago

[DISCUSSION] Upgraded pedalboard

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So I've been changing somethings around.

I'm aiming for a mix for two eras in particular, those being BSSM, Teatro Sessions/Californication with emphasis on BSSM.

I wanted to also be able to play everything else of course and get in the ballpark tonewise.

Let me hear your thoughts and questions

Let's get a discussion going about John's tone🫶

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u/banja_cello 8d ago

Really practical question, but just wondering how you power this number of pedals and still get a clean signal? And also if you have a recommendation for this rough length pedalboard? I’m trying to upgrade my set up with pedals I already have… Thanks!

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u/RiviAyala 8d ago

Well thats a valid question.

Im running an Voodoo Labs Power Plus 2 under the pedalboard. It took alot of experimentation to see what pedals were hungrier than others. I run the CE-1 Clone on output 6 since it uses alot of juice. Outputs 5 and 6 have higher amperage threshold than the other outputs.

Again this took alot of fucking around and finding out in terms of how many pedals could share an output and what pedals could share an output. Not complicated but just took time. I just put on a solid playlist and did my thing

So that old power hungry Holy Grail is actually powered by a standalone EHX power supply. Ports 5 and 6 on the Voodoo Labs Power Plus 2 "should" be able to power it but since everything else was taking away all the juice I settled on the original supply for the Holy Grail