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#161
Adamixoye said:
I wouldn't say that "most" pedals can be powered by batteries unless you mean with a battery adapter. Battery compartments for newer pedals are very rare outside of Boss.
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Lolll. Agreed.
I just realized that on my current pb, the Comp pro is the newest and probably dates to 2015. All the rest predates, some by quite a few years and that includes 3 Bosses out of the 7 remaining others.
 
#162
Bassmike62 said:
Lolll. Agreed.
I just realized that on my current pb, the Comp pro is the newest and probably dates to 2015. All the rest predates, some by quite a few years and that includes 3 Bosses out of the 7 remaining others.
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There may be some other big brands that I'm not thinking of that still do battery compartments --- MXR? EHX? Ibanez? I don't think any of those do but I can't say for sure. Super rare for boutique pedals, I can confidently say.
 
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#163
Adamixoye said:
There may be some other big brands that I'm not thinking of that still do battery compartments --- MXR? EHX? Ibanez? I don't think any of those do but I can't say for sure. Super rare for boutique pedals, I can confidently say.
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And for good reason too. I just want a battery operated comp to go with my "backup" board - a JDI. Want true portability - no cables. I am running lower output Ps and Js, so need a touch more juice to make the JDI sing - a good compressor fits that bill nicely, as long as it runs on battery.
 
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#164
Daniel Piper said:
And for good reason too. I just want a battery operated comp to go with my "backup" board - a JDI. Want true portability - no cables. I am running lower output Ps and Js, so need a touch more juice to make the JDI sing - a good compressor fits that bill nicely, as long as it runs on battery.
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Maybe I missed it --- would this be good enough or is it important to you to have the actual compartment in the pedal?
Truetone CBAT 1 SPOT Battery Clip Converter

There are also versions with a male end instead of a female end.
 
#165
This is a screen shot I took of a fellow TBr's portable board using a laptop battery into a Cioks 4. Powering 5 pedals for hours. No cables and no worries if you own pedals with no battery compartment, a win-win…
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#166
Adamixoye said:
There may be some other big brands that I'm not thinking of that still do battery compartments --- MXR? EHX? Ibanez? I don't think any of those do but I can't say for sure. Super rare for boutique pedals, I can confidently say.
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That may well be where my confusion lies...
I been using practically only Boss, MXR, Tech21, EHX, Digitech and Zoom pedals since starting on bass in 2008, all stuff easily replaced if need be. All the pedals I owned have battery compartments, I just wrongly assumed it was the case for most pedals. I shoulda known better, for all the years I've been lurking around here. Never owned a boutique pedal, so can't vouch for that part.
 
#167
Bassmike62 said:
That may well be where my confusion lies...
I been using practically only Boss, MXR, Tech21, EHX, Digitech and Zoom pedals since starting on bass in 2008, all stuff easily replaced if need be. All the pedals I owned have battery compartments, I just wrongly assumed it was the case for most pedals. I shoulda known better, for all the years I've been lurking around here. Never owned a boutique pedal, so can't vouch for that part.
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I have a couple of EHX pedals that don't. My one Zoom (MS series) I believe does. My one Digitech (Drop) doesn't, but I owned an older Digitech Hardwire series that I believe did. Never owned MXR or Tech21 or Ibanez pedals.
 
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#169
kleinenenten said:
Pretty sure most big name brands (EHX, Digitech/DOD, Ibanez, MXR, Way Huge) typically have a battery compartment. I know recent Way Huge and MXR pedals do - I believe even the Way Huge "Smalls" series crams one in there.
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Per my above post I can say at least some EHX and Digitech don't.
 
#171
kleinenenten said:
Right - typically they do. I think most pedals do, except the boutique ones (or the "mini" ones), but that was also mentioned earlier.
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But even the big brands are moving away from them. I just looked at EHX - only some do. Depends on the processing power needed.

Part of the answer depends on what we mean by "most." Total number of pedals, given the popularity of Boss, etc.? Maybe. Total number of models / brands? I would say definitely not.
 
#172
Adamixoye said:
But even the big brands are moving away from them. I just looked at EHX - only some do. Depends on the processing power needed.

Part of the answer depends on what we mean by "most." Total number of pedals, given the popularity of Boss, etc.? Maybe. Total number of models / brands? I would say definitely not.
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Probably right on all accounts. It's a non-issue for me - power supplies all the way for years here.
 
#173
I made the jump to being amp-less on stage in 22. Here is my journey:

As much as one can try to remember that you are not going to get an amp sound from a pedal, when we make this change, we try to do it anyway. Well, luckily for me, the amp I use is available in a pedal. Is it the same as the amp, EQ-wise, yes. Does it provide the same vibe, no, of course not. But it did make the transition easier (I think).
That pedal? The Tone Hammer DI. I'm a huge Aguilar fan.

I see that many have listed the Empress compressor on their list. I would have also, but I've been playing through an Empress compressor for many years, so that was not new to me in 22.

So, in 22 I built out a pedal board for the transition. So, what other pedals did I choose?

Broughton HPF/LPF. This gives me a bit of a simulated simulated cab-sim (yes, double simulated as it is not a cab sim). One of first things I noticed without an amp was the sound/tone of my cabs. This pedal helped bring *some* of that back, but it was not the reason I purchased the pedal. My main reason was to have the ability to tune out any unwanted low frequency resonance. The HPF makes this easy. Why the LPF? I'm not a fan of the 'clank' of new strings, so now I can tune that out if I want.

Another pedal that found it's way onto my new pedal board was the TC Electronics Corona (chorus).

I also added a tuner pedal, because, you have to don't you?

My signal chain:
Ibanez anb205 bass
Peterson StroboStomp tuner
Broughton HPF/LPF
Empress compressor (not the Mk II, the one I have is the original, larger pedal)
Corona
Tone Hammer DI
FoH
IEM
 
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#175
Adamixoye said:
I really wanted it to be the Eventide H90, but my estimated arrival date has been bumped (significantly) from its original date of...well, today, actually.

Non-audio pedalboard devices perhaps the Morningstar ML10X?
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Didn't get my H90 until February 2023, but whichever year it counts for it's a winner for me. Totally worth the hype, IMO, for my purposes at least.
 

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