Question:
Ok, seeing as I am already the king of dumb questions on here I hope one more wont hurt...
I'm in the process of building a pedal board before heading back up to school. I decided to power it with the onespot because it's cheap and easy (and ibanez_dude through it in when i bought his pedals...thanks bro!). Here's the question. What do I use to convert AC to DC? I assume I could use any standard surge protector, but I was wondering if there was something that would be better. And I could definately use something less bulky (seeing that I wont need the 8 outlets that the surge protector has to offer). So, the question is...how do i power my OneSpot in a safe, unbulky fashion?
-shane
Answer:
I think it's worth it to have the power strip in the back in case I want to add something to my pedal board that needs different power that the 9vdc(one of my pedals is a tube works real tube, which is a standard 3 prong AC plug, another takes 12vdc).

It doesn't have to be bulky either.

When I build pedal boards, I angle the top of the board and use a specially angled cut 2x4 across the back to mount a power strip on, inset from the edge so that there's room for wall warts without them sticking out past the back edge of the board.

This way also keeps unneccesary clutter off the top, where the pedals go.

It also puts the pedals at an angle which makes them easier to push with the foot (although you have to watch it and not make the angle too steep, or else it is really hard to get the full range of your wah, and or volume pedals without cramping up your ankles).

BTW: the power strip/surge doesn't convert AC to DC at all. That's the job of the Onespot, or whatever wall-wart you are using (although some wall warts make 120ac into 9vac, etc.)
Answer:
I had a power strip across the back of my pedal board. I plugged the onespot into it, and my amp too. That way, wherever I went, I only took up one spot, cause all I had to do was plug in my power strip. And I had extra plugs that way, in case I ran into something that needed another spot.
Answer:
I got a cheap, compact pedal board and case that you plug adapters from the pedals into the central power supply that I power with my Onespot. The only deviation is with my Tonebone Classic that is 15v (the rest are 9v pedals), which I have to power separately. As you can see in the following picture, it's pretty clean. Using George L's helps to keep the amount of space used by the cables and adapters to a minimum. I've since reconfigured it by adding back my Blues Driver and taking off the Phasor.