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Post by edoetsch on Jan 31, 2022 19:05:42 GMT -7
I got the Big Cheese which is super fun to tweak but I wouldn’t put it on a board. I typically put batteries in pedals that I tweak around on (Fuzz Factory etc)
I do have a portable battery pack I could use but that’s not the route I wanna go. Was thinking of getting my first Tube Screamer type but it looks like the JHS version also doesn’t have batteries.
Just want to know before I jump in the water.
Perhaps Tube Screamers eat batteries unlike Fuzz Faces
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Post by nick0 on Feb 1, 2022 8:21:04 GMT -7
My JHS Bonsai doesn't have a battery option. However, my standard Ibanez TS9 does. There has to be 1000 tube screamer "ish" pedals out there. Good luck in your search!
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Post by Chilly Gibbons (Todd T.) on Feb 1, 2022 10:42:23 GMT -7
I only have one JHS, the sweet tea, and it doesn’t have a battery compartment. I think most builders are shying away from batteries because everyone seems to have gone to megaboards with isolated power supplies and of course, 20 or so pedals.
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Post by nick0 on Feb 1, 2022 10:52:20 GMT -7
At LEAST 20 pedals!
Some manufacturers comment that it's more environmentally friendly without batteries.
I personally think it's easier to use a power supply. The truetone one spots work great. And unless there's a noisy digital pedal, they work fine daisy chained in my experience. Fuzzes are are sometimes an exception and need a battery or special power. Analogman suggests a battery for best tone on some of their fuzzes.
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Post by purpletele on Feb 1, 2022 17:58:59 GMT -7
At LEAST 20 pedals! Some manufacturers comment that it's more environmentally friendly without batteries. I personally think it's easier to use a power supply. The truetone one spots work great. And unless there's a noisy digital pedal, they work fine daisy chained in my experience. Fuzzes are are sometimes an exception and need a battery or special power. Analogman suggests a battery for best tone on some of their fuzzes. I like to use a battery variac and run my pedals at 7.5 volts. It's the new thing
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Post by zpilot on Feb 3, 2022 8:53:17 GMT -7
Not sure if this is relevant but in my gig bag I carry a couple of batteries and adapter cables that go from battery clips to barrel plugs with the proper polarity. Some of my pedals on my gig board do not take batteries so I do this in case of a power supply failure. Even for the ones that do take them it would be easier to run adapters than to remove them from the board to access battery installation. I'll probably start carrying a 1 Spot instead. I have one on a rehearsal board and it seems to work fine for low current 9-volt pedals.
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Post by nick0 on Feb 3, 2022 9:01:08 GMT -7
That's a good idea with the battery clip to plug adapter. I may steal that one!
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Post by edoetsch on Feb 4, 2022 7:30:09 GMT -7
Not sure if this is relevant but in my gig bag I carry a couple of batteries and adapter cables that go from battery clips to barrel plugs with the proper polarity. Some of my pedals on my gig board do not take batteries so I do this in case of a power supply failure. Even for the ones that do take them it would be easier to run adapters than to remove them from the board to access battery installation. I'll probably start carrying a 1 Spot instead. I have one on a rehearsal board and it seems to work fine for low current 9-volt pedals. I actually built a battery box that holds 2 9 volts and a switch to add one in series so I could switch between 9 and 18 volts as a test on my OCD. Worked great. I run my OCD on my board at 18 because of the test and I now have a battery backup if the board fails too.
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