Diago Powerstation

Very simple, just plug it into the wall socket, and using the daisy chain power lead, plug all your pedals in.

I am currently running a mix of 14 pedals through this device, and can detect no mains hum. What a relief.

Have not had it that long, but other Diago products that I have give me no cause for concern.

Diago customer support is probably the best before and after sales service I have ever encountered. I have dealt with James Kitchen on many occaions and he is very helpfull.

I would give this an overall rating of 10 as it does exactly what it says on the tin.

I bought the powerstation with a Tourman pedal board so this review refers to both! I was going to use the power supply features on my BOSS NS2 but after purchasing the pedal board decided (considering price, spec and customer service) to treat myself to the power supply as well!

It is very simple to set up, daisy chains can be linked together indefinatly and unusual effects like electro-harmonix and others can be powered with little adaptors which can be bought on the website. Slightly more length on the daisy chains would be the only improvement I could think of, but only if I was nitpicking!

Setting up the pedal board is very easy. Plenty of velcro is supplied and it is very very strong. I would advise you clean the pedals bases first though so the velcro doesn't stay stuck to the board when you take the pedal off!

The power supply is very effective, I am using it with 10+ effects and it doesn't colour the sound at all! There is no pop when you activate the effects either! I am using a Boogie MK1 and a Guild Starfire V

The build quality of the Tourman is excellent, the fabric covering is very swish and it has a posh looking metal plate on the front! The tourman was also deep enough to fit in my H&K rotosphere which is a massive pedal!

The unit seems very sturdy and as it is mounted on the pedal board wouldn't be exposed to rough handling anyway!

The pedal board is in a very sturdy case, it has provision for padlocking as well! I would trust my pedals to be safe in it, even being thrown into the back of a van!

The customer service is really top notch! All my questions were answered promptly before the sale was made! The pedal can't power 13V Electro Harmonix pedals like Electric Mistress or Memory Man but James offered to adapt a power supply for these pedals for the same price as a regular powerstation! He seems a fountain of knowledge and is very very helpful!

All round top drawer customer service!

I had previously attempted to construct my own pedal board which was a big big mistake! Diago pedal boards and powerstations are amazing value for money and really well constructed! I was amazed at the size of the powerstation (not much bigger than a box of matches so it won't take up room where you could put an extra pedal!)

My board consists of: Pearl OC7 Octaver, DOD FX25 Envelope filter, BOSS CS-2, Ibanez Phase Tone II, BOSS PH-2, BOSS GE7, BOSS CE2 (Japanese model), Real McCoy RMC2 Wah, H & K Rotosphere, EH Memory Man, EH Electric Mistress, EH Double Muff, BOSS DD3

I have to power the H & K pedal seperately as it's tube and runs of a really wierd voltage! You can't have it all though, I would 100% recommend both the Tourman and Powerstation to anyone!

Plug in the powerstation and then connect the daisy chain cables to your effects pedals. Switch the power on. It's that easy.

Completely silent operation - which is the whole point, so it suceeds in this respect.

I've had this pedal about a week now, so this is really a case of 'time will tell'. I don't see any reason why it would fail though, it seems well made enough and it never gets really hot or anything.

I emailed the maker and he replied straight away and answered my question. He seems really down to earth and happy to help.

I was looking into getting a single power supply for my pedals because bateries drain too quickly, (and therefore they end up costing more in the long run) and having lots of seperate adapters is expensive, space consuming, and with all those wires overlapping it can be untidy and confusing.

I did some research into the various single unit power supplies availible, but it seemed futile. The "Godlyke powerall" and "One Touch" power supplies both seemed ideal, by their reviews and descriptions here on harmony central and other guitar sites, but i couldn't find anywhere that sold them in this country. Furthermore, not all guitar shops sell single unit power supplies, and the ones that do invariably have big, ugly and expensive brick-sized units that only power about a maximum of 5 pedals and seem generally ureliable and undesirable.

I gave up searching for a while, until i came accross the diago powerstation almost by accident on ebay. It said it worked in all countries (that means including the UK - Yes! ), it could power loads of pedals and even better it was small and discrete. I ordered one there and then and have not been disapointed.

Pros:

+ Works in the UK (or any country - aparently they'll send you a mains cable for your country free of charge if you let them know where you are)
+ No hiss
+ Able to power a lot of pedals at the same time
+ Compatible with loads of pedals (some may require a #3 adapter... but most with a standard boss fitting will be fine)
+ Reasonable price

Cons:

+ The supplied 5-way daisy chain connecter is just a bit too short to go around my crybaby wah, (or another large pedal).

Its so easy my baby daughter can almost use it! Atleast she thinks she can. If your using lots of pedals INVEST IN THE BEST! get one or two of these and make gigs and stuff a little less of a hassle.

I'm no Eric Johnson but I detect no degradation in the tone of my guitar nor volume loss due to the Powerstation. No extra noise either!

Using a Crybaby, Univibe, Tape Echo, Big Muff and Tube Screamer and they all get along with each other thanks to the Powerstation.

It screams quality! Built to last - can take the pressure of the road. A true touring mans product.

Not had to deal with them yet - Can't imagin having to contact them either if this things lasts like I think it will.

Its the top its the tip its the championship - I can't fault it people.

Very simple to use. Connect the daisy chain to your effects, and to the Powerstation. Plug the mains cable in, and off you go.

I use a Tech 21 Trademark 60 amp, with a series of Boss effects in a Boss BCB-60 pedal board. Amazingly the Boss power supply that came with the board is only rated at 200ma but the pedals I use add up to 212ma, so I needed more power. The Powerstation provides it, without generating any detectable noise. BCB-60 owners - get one of these!

I haven't had it long enough to comment on reliability, but it looks well made and I would expect it to last a very long time indeed. In the very unlikely event of a failure, the Boss pedals will work on batteries, so no other backup is needed. The Powerstation is much sturdier than the Boss unit. It comes with a heavier mains flex and a regular 3-pin plug (as opposed to the Boss's plug-in transformer with its weedy two-core wire).

Diago are a very easy company to deal with. I ordered the pedal on the web and it arrived the next morning. James is friendly and helpful. Highly recommended.

This unit is a "must" for Boss owners. Its incredibly small, it has a power-on indicator, and its very well made.

The use is quite straightforward: just insert the power cord into the plug and connect all of your pedals and you're ready to go.

There is a bonus velcro strip you can use to attach it to you velcro pedal board, if ever.

I tested it with my 15-watt practice amp, a Gibson ES 335 TD and a bunch of effect pedals:
-George Dennis GD-90 chorus/flanger/volume
-George Dennis GD-30 Wah-wah
-Vox V810 overdrive
-Boss OS-2 overdrive/distortion
-Boss OC-2 octaver
-Behringer OC100 octaver (quite noisy with my previous AC adapter)
-Rocktron Surf Tremolo
-Behringer Vintage Phaser

Provinding 1500 mA, the Powerstation managed to power up all these pedals with no problem. It didn't even get too hot during the test.

Overall it was quite silent. With higher quality effects (such as GD or Boss) there was absolutely no noticeable difference in background noise between the adapter and the use of standard 9v battery.

This little box seems quite sturdy. I guess I have to test in some gigs before giving a real vote here.

Purchased it on ebay, took less than a week to make its way from UK to Italy. Since I had no problems with it (yet? I hope so! :-), I didn't need to contact the support.

PROs:
-It's really SMALL. Much smaller than my previous adapter: won't waste precious space in the pedalboard
-It's silent. Even with 5 effects in chain there's no extra hum other than the one from the amplifier. Moreover it helped a lot in reducing the noise produced by the OC100. Two thumbs up.

CONs:
The daisy chain cord could be longer and could perhaps use L connectors in order to reduce space use between pedals

Plug one end into the wall and the other into your pedals and you're set to go, can't be mutch easier. If your pedals don't have the standard Boss type power inputs you can buy seperate adaptors for #3 each. I gave it a 9 because the adaptors are rather limited in flexibility, making positioning larger pedals (eg, Big Muff) limited.

It's a power supply, it shouldn't interefere with the sound and it doesn't. I've tried it with a recording interface which picks up noise from other power supplies easily, and didn't get any noise from this one.

It's been good so far, and it features chort circuit, overload and over voltage protection, so I'd trust it not to die on me.

The website stated that it should arrive next working day if ordered by 12 noon, I ordered late on Sunday and when it hadn't arrived by wednesday I emailed and asked when I should expect to recieve it. I got a reply in less than ten minutes explaining that he had been moving premesis and had sent it out the previous day, sure enough it arrived the next day. A very nice man indeed.

The website also has a pretty extensive list of what pedals will work with it, and what adaptor you'll need for any particular pedal (if any). It also lists the current draw of most of the listed pedals.
(http://www.diago.co.uk/media/powerstation_compatibility.php)

It can supply a total of 1.5A to your pedals, which is certainly more than enough for me. I haven't owned any other power supplies, but this seems to work fine for a fraction of the cost of most others. If it were lost or stolen I'd definitely buy another.

Easy as pie, you just plug it into the mains, a daisy chain into it, and the daisy chain into your pedals. There's adaptors available to power Proco, ehx, line6 or 9v battery type fx (and maybe more, i can't remember). There's no hum, (except apparently if you use loads of line6 tonecore boxes) and it takse up very little space on my new (diago!) pedal board. The company feedback is great- i've had several emails going back and forth and they're always very friendly and helpful.

James even sent some velcro specifically for the powerstation.

Great stuff

no hum, no hiss. perfect

haven't had a problem yet, and it feels pretty tough

superb, as mentioned above

Just brilliant. exactly what i needed- quiet and small and just generally great.

Nothing hard plug it in it works - no messy generic cables or voltage selectors just get in there and go!

No sound quailty, no hiss - same as the pedal line I was running before no hiss at high volumes (AND I MEAN LOUD !!!!!!) -

Effect switching doesn't cause pops or anything

only had a it a day but the owner/customer support seems top notch. if the worst happened you could always go to batteries.

any questions I had were answered promptly prior to purchase and delivery.

I know there's no such thing as perfect but I've been playing for 16 years and pumping batteries into pedals for about the same time - every power solution i looked at before was the size of a house and buzzed with more than 5 pedals, - i've got 10 running off this one, no noiser than it was before when I was on batteries, the power unit is a little bigger than a small box of matches and it does the job for a good price.

I'm not a sales rep but the guy who's got the patent on this is gonna be very rich! - If you don't have one - go get one - don't be like me and spend 15+ years buying batteries - this is the way forward!