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06-07-2011, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | Will I really have to replace the entire battery box?
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OK, need some help.
The battery compartment on my Yamaha is shot to pieces. The actual clip which holds the door shut is completely ruined, having taken more than a few knocks.
This wasn't a real problem as the door still held shut with some help from some electrical tape. However now one of the hinges (it's like a little c-shaped clip which fits onto a post) has also broken and the entire door came off completely in my hand.
So my question- given that there is nothing wrong with the actual battery compartment, only the door, am I really going to have to replace the entire compartment? I can't find a single place either instore or online which sells the compartment doors on their own...
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06-07-2011, 03:42 PM
|  | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY & MA | | | Battery compartments are relatively inexpensive... so unless Yamaha will send you the part (doubtful)... you'll have to replace the whole compartment. |
06-07-2011, 03:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lighthouse Point, FL | | | They're cheap and take all of 10 minutes to replace. Just do it. |
06-07-2011, 03:58 PM
| | | | Yea, with what they cost I doubt anyone is going to be selling parts. |
06-07-2011, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | Time to dig out the soldering iron... 
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06-08-2011, 02:23 AM
| | | | ebay, china.
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06-08-2011, 02:41 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand | | | use gaffer/duct tape, that stuff fixes everything.
How about some extra screws to hold it on, surely you won't need to open it to replace the battery more than once a year.
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06-08-2011, 02:42 AM
| | | | ^^^^^^ MacGyver styles. YEAH!!!
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06-08-2011, 02:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Alexandria Virginia | | You could rewire your bass to eliminate the battery then just glue the door shut.
None of my basses need a 9v battery any more. I power the bass from a wall wart, through a simple custom-made box, through a TRS cable, into the bass. Here's a thread about it: Tired of buying 9 volt batteries?
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