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Old thread, but my first time back. Some may remember me from stompboxzone and the old bossarea forums.

I wanted to chime in on this as I have owned about 50 of the boss boards over the years. I currently have 6 of the BCB-6G, 3 BCB-60, 5 BCB-3, and 3 Behringer PB1000.

I consider the 6G kind of the holy grail of their boards and having tried to get them over the past 20 years I have found these are the hardest to find. While they hit the market more now, for about a decade there would be somewhere in the realm of 0 to 4 pop up on ebay per year.

The pedal paint tends to only happen until the board is broken in. I had this problem with the boards I got new, but the used ones I have all have worn down tabs, so there isn't any paint rub happening.

Most of the differences have been listed but a quick summary:
-More cutout space between pedals, which accommodate different types of plugs. The V1 and V2 BCB-6 could only comfortably use cables with very narrow plugs.
-Cutouts at each end, so you can plug into the right side and out of the left. The V1 and V2 BCB-6 required the use of riser pads or a PSM-5. I believe the original release of the NS-2 included adhesive risers.
-Uncovered power cable cavity (I view this as an upgrade). While it doesn't look as neat, the V1 and V2 BCB-6 strip was only optimized for pedals with the power jack at the bottom of the pedal. Pedals with a board mounted power jack will cause stress to the plug on the parallel DC cable.
-It has cutouts for an 8-way parallel DC to reach both upper compartments. The V1 BCB-6 didn't have this, but the V2 does.

Welcome back! And thanks for the information about this board.

Thank you.

I should probably add when I reference BCB-6 V1 and V2...
The V1 has the flap/snap latches that were prone to breaking over time. These used the 6-way parallel DC cables.
The V2 has the slide latches and added cutaways for the parallel DC cable to reach the upper compartments. The parallel DC cables were upgraded to 8-way during this era.

Both have no cutouts between pedals or at the ends of the case and a plastic strip to cover the parallel DC cable.

ah yes! Welcome back!

Thank you.

Every time I see a disgustingly expensive Russian Big Muff in a shop it makes me think of you, Laurie

zentropa wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:16 am

Thank you.

Every time I see a disgustingly expensive Russian Big Muff in a shop it makes me think of you, Laurie

Well that's an interesting comment
I've likely forgotten why that might be the case?

Wasn't natthu the Russian Big Muff addict?

laurie wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:55 am

Well that's an interesting comment
I've likely forgotten why that might be the case?

I sold you mine for $100-125 about 15 years ago.

zentropa wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:48 pm

I consider the 6G kind of the holy grail of their boards and having tried to get them over the past 20 years I have found these are the hardest to find. While they hit the market more now, for about a decade there would be somewhere in the realm of 0 to 4 pop up on ebay per year.

The pedal paint tends to only happen until the board is broken in. I had this problem with the boards I got new, but the used ones I have all have worn down tabs, so there isn't any paint rub happening.

Most of the differences have been listed but a quick summary:
-More cutout space between pedals, which accommodate different types of plugs. The V1 and V2 BCB-6 could only comfortably use cables with very narrow plugs.
-Cutouts at each end, so you can plug into the right side and out of the left. The V1 and V2 BCB-6 required the use of riser pads or a PSM-5. I believe the original release of the NS-2 included adhesive risers.
-Uncovered power cable cavity (I view this as an upgrade). While it doesn't look as neat, the V1 and V2 BCB-6 strip was only optimized for pedals with the power jack at the bottom of the pedal. Pedals with a board mounted power jack will cause stress to the plug on the parallel DC cable.
-It has cutouts for an 8-way parallel DC to reach both upper compartments. The V1 BCB-6 didn't have this, but the V2 does.

Great info! I also see the 6G as the best of the series. If one pops up, I'm sure to grab it. I have a bass board that could benefit from the small design changes from the 6.

I just picked up a 7th one of these even though I definitely didn't need it.

I had sort of resigned myself long ago to needing to use a pedal to power them and I had a TU-2 on each of these. A couple of days ago I started thinking there must be some kind of adapter to where I could connect a power supply to one of the unoccupied power plugs and a quick amazon search revealed that yes, they do exist and are cheap (~$1 each in a multi-pack). They arrived yesterday and worked fine, which means that I can sell off 6 TU-2. The downside is that now I have 2 empty boards and no clue with what to fill them with.