Stage Magic PedalSnake

This is a unique product, not necessarily an effect, but an accessory. A fabulous accessory that any stage guitarist should consider. The Pedal Snake is basically a "cable snake" of multiple cables contained in one main casing, so that you only have one cable running from your amp to your pedal board, cleaning up your floor set up in a major way. it is incredibly easy to use. The amp end is clearly marked, and all the wires are pre-wired with the types of connectors you need to plug into AC, amps, effects, MIDI, etc... Likewise, the pedalboard end is clearly marked and prepared to plug into everything you have on stage. You lay it down, plug it in and it works! This is such a simple idea it amazes me that no one thought of it sooner. It is a fabulous way to reduce the number of lines running from your feet to your amp down to one line, and eliminating power cords, DC wall warts and extension cords. I now have just the one pedal snake running my 9volt footpedals, my MIDI trigger for my effects rack, and my guitar signal. It is great!

Since basically this is wire and cable, there is no sound. Most important, the cable does not impart any unwanted sound into your system. While there are both DC power and line level signals in the same snake, there is no hum, or noise. I can not hear any difference between my signal through the pedalsnake or through my old 1/4" cables.

Stage Magic's owner, Jody Page, is completely customer driven. He asked me a lot of questions before recommending a particular configuration. You can get a wide variety of numbers of 1/4" lines, DC lines, midi lines, etc... So, Jody recommended a particular set up for me, which I ordered. When it arrived, I had two problems. First, the midi cable did not work. Second, the single DC line seemed to have an imcompatibility problem when I ran my three particular footpedals off the same DC line. Jody was incredibly gracious and accomodating. I returned the first snake and ordered a longer one with a slightly different configuration. Jody credited me back on the first one and the second one is perfect. I have had no problems with it and it is very reliable. Obviously, you are dealing with soldered cables and connectors and you have to treat them with respect, but if you don't abuse or misuse them, it is as reliable as any guitar cable.

As mentioned above, Jody was great to work with. he was patient with my lack of technical knowledge, was focused on identifying my specific needs and building the best configuration for my rig. When I had a problem he offered many suggestions on how to fix it or reconfigure it. When none of his ideas worked, he gladly took back the first one and made me another, which works perfectly. he asked me lots of questions about my specific gear to try and understand what the problem was so that he could solve it for future customers. Perfect customer service!

I run several Tom Anderson guitars through a Samson Airline wireless, a Crybaby Wah, direct into a Mesa Road King head. I have a Lexicon MPX200 in one FX loop and a rackmount tuner in the other loop. My footpedal houses, a DIgitech midi footcontroller, the Mesa King Kontroller, the wah and the wireless receiver. My pedal snake powers the three footpedals/wireless, sends the 1/4' guitar signal to the amp input and sends the midi signal through a midi modification on the pedalsnake. The only cable that wasn't available on the pedalsnake was the 9-pin powered DIN cable that Mesa Boogie uses. here's hoping that Jody can incorporate that into future generations.

I love the convenience of having only one cable to connect, and elinimating power at my footpedal. I am not aware of anything like it on the market. This is something every performing musician should consider. The only thing I would change is that I would make the fan at the amp end a little longer. it is a stretch to get the 1/4" input into the front of my amp head and the midi plug into the back of the rackmount midi effects unit. It takes every inch of the 2 foot span. otherwise, I love this snake.

This product is very easy to use. The color-coded wires make setting up and tearing down a breeze even in poor stage lighting. This is one of those products that make you ask "Why didn't someone think of this sooner?"

I was skeptical at first about the smaller gauge wires being used in this product but was pleasantly supprised when I plugged it all in. The PedalSnake worked exactly as advertised with no cross-talk or signal loss.

Like with anything (strings, tubes, etc.), I would recomend bringing back-up cables if you were going to gig with this product. I played a gig with the PedalSnake just a few days after I recieved it and it worked great. The only thing I am concerned about is that there is a bit of stress on the wire going to the input of my Amp right next to the 1/4 inch jack. It seems like that wire caries most of the weight of the PedalSnake on my set-up so I would like to see some more reinforcement around the jacks that go to the amp end. Everything seems very sturdy overall and I'm quite confident that this product will last a while.

Jody at Stage Magic was very helpful and quick to respond to my e-mails. After a bit of a mis-communication with Paypal (which was Paypal's fault, not Stage Magic's), they shipped my PedalSnake the same week. It was a pleasure to do business with them.

I use this product with a PRS Custom 24 and several Jacksons going into a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier. My guitar goes into a BOSS TU-2, an Ernie Ball volume pedal, a Dunlop 535Q wah pedal, then to the input of my amp. My FX loop consists of a BOSS eq pedal, a BOSS chorus pedal, then a BOSS digital reverb/delay pedal. The sound quality is as good with my PedalSnake as it was when I was using Monster Cables plus the added convienience short set-up and tear-down times. I would definitly recomend this product to anyone who gigs or moves their equipment around a lot. The PedalSnake is a lifesaver for anyone playing gigs.

The pedalsnake is a must item. I bought the 1642 model ( 16 feet long, 4 input cables, 2 power cables) to run from a Furman SPB-8 pedalboard to my mesa/boogie dual rectifier. I use a wireless system also. The pedalsnake is simple and easy to use and greatly diminished my setup and tear down time which is priceless in my book.

I notice no difference between use of the pedalsnake versus separate guitar chords. The cables are of good quality and no extraneous noise has made itself apparent by using the product.

Only time will tell and this is the part that will make or break this product. If one of the cables in the pedalsnake go bad I do not forsee anyway to replace the cable by the nature of the product. Let's face it....even expensive Monster cables that have a lifetime guarantee will fail eventually. I expect this item to perish sooner or later as I do any cable or piece of gear for that matter. I hope that I get my money's worth before this happens. If the test of time is favorable for this item then it is a grand slam. As far as a backup goes I think any well prepared guitarist should have a few spare cables in the gig bag. I have have spare cables, tubes,etc no further away than my car. I think having backup cables is just realistic and in doing so does not reflect in some imperfection of the pedalsnake or any other cord manufacturer.

I bought this item off of ebay from Stagemagic. The item was bought on Tuesday and at my doorstep by Thursday. The service could not have been better. The item comes with a 30 day gurantee....I wish it was longer than this but it did not stop me from buying the item. I did not think to ask if they can or will repair a unit if need be. Hopefully, by the time this sucker intrinsically dies I will feel that I got my money's worth and would simply buy another one.

This is a must have item for any consistantly gigging guitar player who is tired of the duck taped spaghetti mess of guitar cables. The item fits in my pedalboard case so I leave everything plugged into the pedalboard. You simply plug into the my amp and fx loop for easy setup and then unplug the cables from your amp at closing time and role the snake back into your pedalbag still hooked up to your pedals/pedalboard. I am thrilled that someone finally made a good product that should have been made years ago.

Extremely easy to use. I decided to try this because I play a lot of casuals and tuxedo gigs and have always thought that the general disarray of my cables takes away from the overall presentation. A neater backline is almost always good. The ease of setup also intrigues me.

Every bit as quiet as my usual cable/power runs. Not especially noisy at all.

Cables are similar to the small diameter George Ls and strain relief on the initial run (I supposedly have one of the first 6 off the line) looks a little iffy. I'm usually very careful with my gear, but yankers beware... you may need to be very careful with these. Aside from that, hardware and construction appear top notch. ALWAYS carry at least a couple spare cables. Always. Will reserve judgment on reliability until after I've beaten up on this a bit.

Not used yet, but may email for further information and to offer some further semi-pro input.

This looks to be a useful tool for anyone trying to get better organized onstage or who wants to shave a few minutes from setup and teardown times. I've played for 30 years now and it's about time that someone engineered something like this for the perpetually sloppy guitarist. Perhaps in the future they'll offer custome cable configurations with Moster or George L stock... They may already for all I know. Anyway, looks like a good answer to a longtime stone in many a guitarist's shoe.

Not an effect, but a power/signal snake to make using pedals easier. This is a one cable snake that goes from the backline to the guitarists footpedal allowing 1 cable for all signals and power to be carried with no noise. With one power strip by my amp, I can have the amp and my Boss power supply plugged in. The Pedal snake carries the signal from my wireless to the pedal chain and back to the amp. there is another signal path in the snake for when I want to run the effects loop as well. so with 1 cable I have the primary guitar path, the effects loop and DC power all supplied to the pedal board. Makes for quick setup (color coded plug ends) and a neater looking stage.

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So far, no problems. Seems to be good quality hardware.

Jody at Stage Magic was very helpful with my questions

I play in situations from large stages to the tiniest club stage imaginable. The pedalsnake is useful in all settings.