BCB-3 Pedal Case

The sound is not affected.  Which is good, because Boss products tend to destroy your sound.  Especially the godawful PH-3, the soulless tone-sucking joke of a phaser that they produce. 

Got mine used, seems fine; I've had it for about half a year now.  It makes me happy. 

Pretty easy to use.  I have a rabid dislike of all sound-producing BOSS products, but this thing is excellent.  I use it to keep 2 MAXON 9-series effects and an MXR effect in.  I had to wedge the Maxons down fairly hard the first few times: the pedals are held in by small plastic protrusions at the base.  These protrusions do not harm the finish of the pedals; they are a soft resin.  A bit of this scraped off to accomodate the Maxons.  Since the Maxon 9-series (same with Ibanez 9-series) are just slightly bigger than the boss pedals, they will fit with some forcing.  Here's a trick: I went down to Home Depot and got some industrial strength Velcro.  I added it to the floor of the board where the pedals sit.  This did not interfere with the grip mechanism.  But it enabled me to use my MXR EVH Phase 90 with the board!  Now I can switch around the phaser position if I choose to.  HAMMOND-SIZE boxes do fit with VELCRO!!!  If you use the small-size MXR pedals (Phase 90, ZW44, Blue Box), you should consider this.  It won't fit a Phase 100 or anything like that.  I'm not sure if it would fit DigiTech pedals--and I'm not sure why you'd want to use those, but I guess the Hot Rod is decent.  I originally got it so that I didn't have to Velcro my Maxon CS-9Pro and SD-9; I learned to live with Velcroing the Phaser.  I agonized about it for a few minutes, but I am happy that I did it.  Everything looks nice and is all set up in a convenient size.  Because MXR stupidly puts the AC jack next to the input, you can either put your MXR pedal on the right side--the board is open enough that this works, or get what's called a "power pigtail"--which is basically an angled connector that allows you to "bend" the power connection up 90 degrees.  I got a power pigtail and it works fine in ALL positions.  I like having everything setup and protected by the hard case.  The latches slide open, and the whole top comes off, and you're instantly set up to play.  I like to keep my equipment in good shape so therefore I think that pedalboards without hard covers are stupid.  This thing is great for what I want.  It's a shame they don't make them anymore.  eBay!!!

Have not dealt with them. 

If you can survive with three pedals that are Boss-size or smaller, then this is perfect.  Here's my three: MXR Phase 90, Maxon SD-9 Distortion, Maxon CS-9 Pro Stereo Chorus.  I used to be into reverb, but hey, the '80s are over, and the pedal-size reverbs are terrible.  I've got reverb on my amp, anyway.  I don't need an EQ, because my Les Paul sounds great as is.  Delay is not my thing, though I have messed around with analog delays that are cool.  I sometimes use a Wah in front of this setup; that has to be packed separately.  That's fine.  I wouldn't want to be stepping on this board that hard all the time.  It would probably take it, but the wah doesn't fit.  So my essential set is Phaser, Distortion, Chorus; your mileage may vary.  Let me ask you the tough question: Phase 90, Tube Screamer, and ....what?  That's up to you.  As this thing doesn't have a built-in power supply, you have to provide one.  I use a regular Ibanez adaptor and power "Daisy Chain".  So one adaptor powers 3+ pedals.  Boss used to make you buy a separate pedal just to power your board (PSM-5) that was a real waste.  Now you don't have to.  If you use high-draw Line6 pedals or one of those 18-volt pedals, you might be out of luck, though. I would certainly replace this if anything happened to it.  And I've got a funny story for you about the BCB-6 I used to have in high school...my Dad's basement flooded and a lot my band's gear was down there.  My friend Rob's DigiTech stuff was submerged when we came down to inspect the damage.  But all my old Boss pedals were safe, floating inside the open BCB-6.  They all worked fine.  I guess that's stuck with me all this time.     

Ummm Sound from a case,  this is new.......

IT'S A BOSS

It's a case that holds 3 Boss pedals

Never use them YET...LOL

What I did was got 2 of these cases. Cut down a 1/4 plywood board long and wide enough to hold both cases. with a little extra around the edges... Not to much, didn't want my foot to grab. Centered the cases onto the board and drilled some hole in them. secured them down with nuts bolts and washers. After the cases were bolted down to the board I drilled a connection hole big enough for the connector to go through in the side of the middle of the cases where they meet to allow me to thread the 6 plug wires through and Waaaaa LAAAA a 6 case Boss holder... Also with this set up to carry it somewhere all I do is unplug the middle 2 get the covers and cover them, lift up on one of the handles and I'm carring all 6 pedals at one time, WITH the board they will be on when I get to my next location... Works for ME...Later