Transition to new Internet Provider

We wanted to apologize for anyone trying to access the Grid 1 website the weekend of December 9th through December 12th. We needed to switch to a new web hosting company as our previous hosting service was not able to scale with the traffic we have been getting. We had a number of days where our site crashed and was offline for a few hours. After several attempts to correct the issues we decided it would be best to switch providers. Everything should be back up and running and we hope the site is faster and available 24/7. We appreciate the support and want to welcome all of our new visitors.

We are working on two new products and will be posting more details just after the holidays. The Pedal Jeanie products are in stock and shipping to all of our dealers across the US. We are negotiating some exciting distribution deals that will make our products even more available in 2012. Thank you for stopping by.

Pedal Jeanie Jr - Now Shipping!

Although the blog posts have been slow in coming, we have not slowed down at Grid 1. We have been busy building more products and accessories for our customers. The latest addition is the Pedal Jeanie Jr. It has all the same power as the Pedal Jeanie but takes up less room on stage with its smaller form factor. We have been getting lots of phone calls about both Pedal Jeanie products over the last few weeks and are trying to accommodate everyone. We do not have as many dealers signed up as we would like, but those that are on board are selling through the Pedal Jeanie pedalboards quickly.

We have been focused on building enough inventory to keep up with the demand. Our inventory is growing on a daily basis and we are moving our warehouse to a larger space to provide more storage and faster fulfillment.

The next goal is increasing our dealer base. We have good representation in Northern California, and are looking to expand across the country. We are asking all of our loyal customers and followers to help us spread the word. We will be busy this next month opening more retail stores to make it easier to buy our products across the US.

We have lots of accessories in stock as well. The Pedal Jeanie Car Charger is available and a must have for that last minute charge while driving to a gig. Hard cases are available now via our partner Case Xtreme. These cases are super lightweight, very durable, and flight approved. We even added a metal loop to accommodate a padlock for added protection when flying with your Pedal Jeanie. Soft padded shoulder bags are on the way but will not arrive until the end of August. The battery expander is designed and tested, but we are still trying to nail down the proper case for transporting it. Should have it ready to go soon.

Thank you to all of our new customers and the many artists who are helping us spread the word about our professional battery powered audio products. More coming soon...

Pedal Jeanie™ Launch at NAMM 2011

The Pedal Jeanie™ was born by talking to musicians about products that could enhance their playing experience if it were battery-powered. We asked many guitar players and bass players if there was a battery-powered accessory that might prove useful to them. Tal Morris a good friend and an amazing guitar player asked if we could build a battery-powered pedalboard to avoid the AC problems frequently encountered at gigs. After researching the current pedalboards in the market we saw a few things that could be improved on. Few of them had the ability to keep the top of the pedalboard clean, and none of them had "built-in" battery-power. We decided to design a pedalboard that would include everything a musician needed to install and power their pedals right out of the box.

The Pedal Jeanie™ has a patent pending design and features 8 independent 9v connections, 1 independent 12v connection, and 1 independent 18v connection. All these DC connections are built-in underneath the pedalboard. The matrix design on the top of the Pedal Jeanie™ makes it easy to tie down or use pedal tape to hold up to 10 pedals. All the DC power connections can be run through the holes on top of the chassis to the built-in DC connections underneath. Each DC connection accepts a standard 5.5mm x 2.1mm barrel cable (10 cables included in the box). Every connection is independently circuit protected and has a fault indicator LED to make it easy to find a shorted pedal or hook-up problem.Once all the pedals are installed there is a master stomp style power switch that turns on the pedalboard providing power to all the pedals instantaneously.

The Pedal Jeanie™ has a master battery-level LED on top of the chassis. The LED will glow green, then orange, and will finally glow red to alert the user to charge the pedalboard. The Pedal Jeanie™ will run for up to 50 hours (approx) with 10 pedals, so users should easily get a week of playing before needing to charge the pedalboard. The image on the left is a Pedal Jeanie™ loaded with 8 pedals (sent in by Tal Morris).

In closing we would like to thank Bill and Pat Bartolini for giving us the opportunity to show our products on their booth at NAMM 2011 in Ahaheim. The Bartolini booth is in Hall B, booth #5872. The Pedal Jeanie™ and G1 will be on display.