GEAR REVIEW
MXR MINI ISO-BRICK PEDALBOARD POWER SUPPLY | Doug Doppler
KEY FEATURES
• Ultra-light, Ultra-powerful
• 4x 9v at 300mA Outputs
• 1x 9v or 18v mA Output
• 5x Power Cables
• 1x Power Doubler/Splitter Cable
• Gig-friendly LED Indicators
Given all the groovy mini-pedals that are on the hum and/or RF noise from getting into your that you can put together in minutes that can
market, isn’t it about time someone came out signal chain. But wait, there’s more! include virtually any pedal on the planet. And
with a power supply the size of a mini pedal that
if you need to power up a ginormous board,
can power just about any pedal you’d want to In addition to being dead quiet, this little box you can even daisy chain two Mini Iso-Bricks
put on your board, regardless of size? Enter the was able to power virtually everything I threw together to provide the extra power you might
MXR Mini Iso-Brick! in front of it! Eventide TimeFactor or H9, no need. If you’ve ever tried to power a big board,
problem! Strymon Blue Sky or TimeLine, once there always seems to be that one pedal that’s
Power, noise, and space are the evil trinity again, no problem. And demonstrated by just beyond the reach of power. If you know
when it comes to pedal boards, and prior to Sweetwater’s illustrious Mitch Gallagher, with what I mean, you know what I mean!
the Mini ISO-Brick, the majority of the most a little cable wizardry, the MXR Mini Iso-Brick popular solutions have housed the isolation can power an astonishing number of pedals In conclusion, if you love pedals (and what
components in the power brick itself. While this simultaneously. Worship guitar player doesn’t?) there is a lot to
is a great approach, there is a reason they are One, if not the biggest benefit of the wall wart love about this little box of wonder. Thank you
called bricks – they’re heavy and cumbersome. solution is the ability to Velcro the Mini Iso- MXR, you’ve done it again!
Leave it to the Dunlop team to come up with an Brick to the top of your board. You might be ‘out of the box’ solution. asking why on earth I suggest this? If you like $99.99 MAP
to build a pedalboard on a per gig basis, not MXR.com
There is nothing worse than stepping on your having to turn the board upside down to get
favorite drive pedal, and hearing hum, buzz, the power supply and have pedals go flying is
or RF noise that is further amplified if you’re a great starting place. By offloading the power
using delay and/or reverb. While some folks isolation, the Iso-Brick is not only super light, it’s
might be inclined to turn their nose up a the super small, which also makes is super easy to
‘wall wart’ that powers the Mini Iso-Brick. The move it around on the board without having to
size and sheer power of this unit will silence the use a mounting kit! Add a few tie downs for your
naysayers just, as it prevents ground-related power runs, and voila, you’ve got a pedal board
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Sweetwater // Mini Iso-Brick Overview by Mitch Gallagher
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