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How do you feel about pedals that DO NOT take batteries?

would you buy a pedal if it cannot take batteries?

  • yes

    Votes: 199 83.6%

  • no

    Votes: 11 4.6%

  • maybe one special pedal, but not generally

    Votes: 19 8.0%

  • real bunnies eat carrots, not batteries

    Votes: 9 3.8%
  • Total voters
    238
#81
MultiScaleMale said:
That actually provides center positive instead of center negative, just tried it on my cheapest pedal. Also tried the 9V battery snap connector that comes with the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power supplies and they're also backwards. So you would need to use something like the adapter you linked to, but with a reverse polarity adapter. I'd rather have a single cable with a 2-3" cable. The OneSpot linked would be perfect, if the polarity was correct.
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Did a little Google search and found this guy: Link Removed

Looks like the ticket!
 
#82
sunbeast said:
Crap! Didn't consider the polarity. It would be an easy thing to splice together though!
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True. Maybe I'll drop by Radio Shack tomorrow (actually later today) and see if they have the parts. Not sure if Radio Shack sells that stuff any more. There are a lot of cheap adapters on the web/ebay, but they're mostly for Arduino tinkerers. Center positive, unfortunately.
 
#92
The only pedal I occasionally use with a battery is a tuner, backstage. The first thing I do with a new pedal is remove the battery so it won't be forgotten and sit in there potentially leaking nasty stuff. For my use I'd like it if pedal builders would ditch batteries and use the saved space to maybe make pedals one size smaller, or add more functions like for instance a blend or phase correction.
 
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#93
With battery power you have an optin, even if you use mains power 99% of the time. E.g. there is an is.sue with the guitarist's powerstrip and there is no backup so he/she has to use yours. But that happens rarely. It can also deal with strange hums, but the power suply to the building might be in question if that issue arises...

Better to carry batteries but them not to be in the pedal in case they are leaking. Which makes me want to go and check I haven't left batteries in anything...
 
#94
-Asdfgh- said:
With battery power you have an optin, even if you use mains power 99% of the time. E.g. there is an is.sue with the guitarist's powerstrip and there is no backup so he/she has to use yours. But that happens rarely. It can also deal with strange hums, but the power suply to the building might be in question if that issue arises...

Better to carry batteries but them not to be in the pedal in case they are leaking. Which makes me want to go and check I haven't left batteries in anything...
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My thought is that if there is an issue with power, then you're probably not going to have a functioning amp / PA. I guess my Pedal Power could die, but I carry a backup OneSpot most of the time. Basically, for the limited amount of times I'd use a battery, I'd rather have a smaller enclosure or use the internal space that the battery would consume to add some filtering, better components or whatever. They are features that I'd use 100% of the time.
 
#95
Britsie said:
I prefer pedals that don't take batteries (certainly if it makes them smaller).
@bongomania: why do you want to know? :)
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Because the guy who builds my pedals is engineering an all-new stainless steel housing, and he is finding it difficult to attach a battery door, and his design makes it not so easy to just unscrew the bottom panel to access a battery area.

So he asked whether he should just skip the battery option altogether.
 
#97
I don't have a single battery on my board. I have 1 passive bass and 1 active bass that I run in passive mode, so I don't need a battery for that one either. If I could get my wireless transmitter to run on stored solar energy...or alcohol, I'd be set!

I prefer no batteries.
 
#99
MultiScaleMale said:
My thought is that if there is an issue with power, then you're probably not going to have a functioning amp / PA. I guess my Pedal Power could die, but I carry a backup OneSpot most of the time. Basically, for the limited amount of times I'd use a battery, I'd rather have a smaller enclosure or use the internal space that the battery would consume to add some filtering, better components or whatever. They are features that I'd use 100% of the time.
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I've been in situations where we've been one socket short of a gig. Then battery power is handy.

With power issues I meant more that sometimes there can be a hum somewhere and goiong battery powered can solve it. I've not had that with pedals lately, but I have had it with a laptop. But with hum in a random venue you do worry about earthing issues a bit. But I am always plugged in via RCDs!
 
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#100
Never, ever, ever use any pedals with batteries. If they have battery option, I ignore it and use the power supply. God what a pain in the ass to replace all those things. I hate doing it for my bass and that's like once, maybe twice a year!
 

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