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What is the best 9v battery for active basses?

#121
Plutonium244 said:
What company manufactures Energizer batteries for Energizer?
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Energizer in Asheboro NC. I used to work there. They make all the 9v there. Good tip for the future the 9v, D, & C batteries from Energizer are all the same no matter what label they have. So the ones with eveready gold are the same as the energizer/industrial ones, but about a dollar cheaper.
 
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#125
GeeMinorHart said:
Energizer in Asheboro NC. I used to work there. They make all the 9v there. Good tip for the future the 9v, D, & C batteries from Energizer are all the same no matter what label they have. So the ones with eveready gold are the same as the energizer/industrial ones, but about a dollar cheaper.
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So, to be clear, you're saying ALL 9v batteries in the US market are made there? Or just specific brands? If the latter, which?
 
#126
ashtray said:
I believe lithium batteries give 100% output right up until the point they die, then nothing. So they last longer and you get full performance but they die without any warning. In a bass it might be bettery to use an alkaline battery which you should start to notice it losing power a few hours before it goes all fuzzy then dies.

Btw, Amazon sells batteries with their name on it. I bought some recharable ones - the specs were good and the cost is lower bc they don't have to advertise at all.

Otherwise I buy either Duracell or Energizer - whichever is on sale. No preference.

There was some musician who claimed heavy duty batteries sounded best in pedals bc they had a more musical/warm quality to their output. I dunno - Danelectro was selling "vintage style" 9V batteries for a while with this claim. Now you can just get a power supply that has a setting for voltage and you can simulate a dying battery for hours without it actually dying. I think the OCD pedal might be designed to run at lower voltages to get a different sound out of the pedal. Just an aside.
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Your correct about lithium batteries ashtray. They discharge and drain just like rechargables do, they give full voltage till a sharp drop off of voltage and then they are quickly dead. i can defiantly see different batteries making a sound difference, there can be as much as a 0.7 volts difference between some brands.
 
#128
energizer Lithium 9v ... with 1 batt installed your preamp runs on 9v , with 2 then it's running at 18v ... that's how i've always read / understood from my preamp manuals .!?!!

i finally just broke down and got a 4 pack of lithium rechargeables with their own special lithium charger ..! if you don't like to throw batteries away .!/
 
#131
GeeMinorHart said:
Yes, all US market Energizer 9v's and D size are made in Asheboro NC, they are also export some to Europe. They also make AAA and AA there as well as other manufacturing plants in Missouri.
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OK, gotcha. I thought you were saying that most all batteries, sold under other brands, came from there too which seemed unlikely. Good to know you can get Energizer's cheapest line, and get the same battery. I'd heard a lot of battery manufacturers outsource their production, so the same subcontrator is supplying various brands. Don't know if that's true or not, apparently not for Energizer.
 
#132
Plutonium244 said:
OK, gotcha. I thought you were saying that most all batteries, sold under other brands, came from there too which seemed unlikely. Good to know you can get Energizer's cheapest line, and get the same battery. I'd heard a lot of battery manufacturers outsource their production, so the same subcontrator is supplying various brands. Don't know if that's true or not, apparently not for Energizer.
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Yes very true for some others brands that are mostly from China. Duracell was still making some sizes in the US, not sure how many or which sizes. Energizer defiantly still makes batteries for store brands like SAMs club, Walgreens, Meijer with the those companies labels on them. Not sure exactly what customers they still have, but when I worked there we did a lot of brands like that.
 
#133
Plutonium244 said:
Yes, this is at least semi-serious. No 18v batteries, I realize.

This was a serious question, if anybody knows the answer:



There are a fair number of 18v preamps that will also run as 9V preamps; but specifically, I am wondering if there are other pre-amps besides the Smith that will actually run at 18v on a 9 volt battery (per Ken Smith theirs do but will run out of juice twice as fast with only 1 9V battery.)
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That is a circuit I would like to see. A preamp with an onboard voltage doubler?
 
#135
So, this has been moved to "bass humor and gig stories".

I think there is legitimate 9v battery content here. Lots of interesting information on how to use TRS plugs and pedal power supplies to power active basses, info on lithium vs alkaline, who manufactures which batteries, which ones last longest... learned that all Eveready batteries are the same so need to buy the "premium" variety... about the operation of 18v pre-amps and whether they can be converted to run on a single 9v battery... Was it the 2nd post joke about wanting to know which 18v battery to use? Maybe they should have read the next 6 3/4 pages.

I swear, no matter where I put a thread, they move it.

It's like North Dallas Forty... every time I say it's a game, they say it's a business. Every time I say it's a business, they say it's a game.

*sigh*
 
#136
GeeMinorHart said:
Yes very true for some others brands that are mostly from China. Duracell was still making some sizes in the US, not sure how many or which sizes. Energizer defiantly still makes batteries for store brands like SAMs club, Walgreens, Meijer with the those companies labels on them. Not sure exactly what customers they still have, but when I worked there we did a lot of brands like that.
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Good info here. I should be looking for Sam's Club, Walgreen's and Meijer batteries, which should be the same but cheaper than Eveready.

I CANNOT BELIEVE they classified this thread as bass humor.
 
#139
Plutonium244 said:
That's funny! ...because this thread has just been moved to "bass humor" so I assume that this is all just funny stuff.
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I really do use the 2/$1 ones. In the bad old days when alkalines first came out even for pedals as they almost always died from being left plugged in (this was before we had one-spots etc) so the cheapies lasted just as long. The 50 cent ones last about half as long as the $5 ones.

BTW I rewired my custom w/ 18V EMGs to 9 volts so I can store a spare in the other battery compartment :cool:. And no, I'm not kiddin'...
 
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#140
RoadRanger said:
I really do use the 2/$1 ones. In the bad old days when alkalines first came out even for pedals as they almost always died from being left plugged in (this was before we had one-spots etc) so the cheapies lasted just as long. The 50 cent ones last about half as long as the $5 ones.

BTW I rewired my custom w/ 18V EMGs to 9 volts so I can store a spare in the other battery compartment :cool:. And no, I'm not kiddin'...
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I don't get it.



....Kidding! I found just about every post in this thread to be legit and useful. Don't know why it's here now in joke land.
 

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