Amber GreyI’m interested in the Strymon Zuma 9-output guitar pedal power supply. I’m putting together my first pedal board ever. I’m not sure how to tell which pedal board will work with the Zuma as a separate power supply for the board. I am planning to use 4 effects pedals (looper, delay, reverb, reverse), and an expression pedal. Does anyone have a suggestion for a good pedal board to get with this set up? Thank you 👾🌻 I will likely order from Sweetwater. #guitar #music #gear #HomeStudio
huardsmith@ambergrey Regardless of which board or power supply you end up getting, think of building two rows of pedals, each feeding separately into the amp. (Need an amp effects loop!) The 1st row comes from your guitar, through a tuner and your gain/drive pedals then to the front of the amp. Your 2nd row would have all of your modulation pedals (chorus, flange, reverb, delay, …) and would go through the effects loop in your amp. This setup could influence the type of pedalboard to buy.
@huardsmith thank you for sending this. It helps to visualize it out this way! ♥️🔥👾 it was all fun and games until the logistics of setting up all the connections came up. Now it’s just mayhem. Haha!
@ambergrey Having enough space to move things around and put them in different order is also critical. Different songs and tonal desires/reqs will make you want to move the delay pedals in front of (or behind) drive pedals, reposition fuzz or compression, etc. It gets complicated quickly!
Have you watched “That Pedal Show” on YouTube? Great stuff. Search YT for “wet dry that pedal show” and watch any of the ones that pop up.
Have you watched “That Pedal Show” on YouTube? Great stuff. Search YT for “wet dry that pedal show” and watch any of the ones that pop up.
@huardsmith the Pedaltrain classic jr. has caught my eye. I’m receiving lots of recommendations to watch the pedal show so I’m definitely doing that ASAP :) 
@ambergrey Nice one! A few other thoughts for you as you put this together:
- an isolated power supply will help with hum and hiss
- some pedals need more power than others. A TC Electronic Ditto X4 looper needs more amps than most pedals. I’ve seen power supplies that only have one level outputs. (All 9V are not the same!)
- most pedals are “center negative”, but not all; be careful!
- nearly all noise issues are related to ground issues. RF shielding much less an issue.
- an isolated power supply will help with hum and hiss
- some pedals need more power than others. A TC Electronic Ditto X4 looper needs more amps than most pedals. I’ve seen power supplies that only have one level outputs. (All 9V are not the same!)
- most pedals are “center negative”, but not all; be careful!
- nearly all noise issues are related to ground issues. RF shielding much less an issue.
@huardsmith thank you so much, these are incredibly helpful