Battery sag for any pedal, easily

voodoohaze · Post by **voodoohaze** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:56 am

that would be a great option for the AR's. if people wanted it, charge somewhere between $10-$20 extra for it. its a thought.

spittingoutteeth · Post by **spittingoutteeth** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:03 am

It's this kind of stuff that makes me wish I paid more attention in science class....*sigh* :cry:

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:24 am

What does dying battery fuzz sound like exactly? Lots of drop outs?

freeridstylee · Post by **freeridstylee** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:28 am

Beavis audio has a cool page on it:

http://www.beavisaudio.com/Projects/DBS/

I love the use of the volt o meter.

freeridstylee · Post by **freeridstylee** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:29 am

shamann wrote:What does dying battery fuzz sound like exactly? Lots of drop outs?

Its more sparttery and less focused, I think its essentally what the "stab" control does on the fuzz factory.

Drohnwerks · Post by **Drohnwerks** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:17 pm

shamann wrote:What does dying battery fuzz sound like exactly? Lots of drop outs?

Yes and no, depends on the pedal, I have done this with quite a few fuzzes (experimenting with the pot values too, for some reason i thought it was supposed to be a 100K pot, 2K is pretty much exactly right).

On most of the pedals i have added this to it does create drop outs, as [u=freeridestylee] says it also can make the sound more "spattery" (good term, describes it exactly IMO) for one pedal it made a drone sound at halfway (dan mini black coffee). The Marshall Mini amps sound cool with this mod too - my poor amp, every time I turn it on it ends up with a new mod

If you mod your own pedals, or circuit bend them this is an excellent mod, you can usually find enough room in enclosures to add another pot, or if not, a dpdt toggle with a small resistor, or Devi's idea

Dennnis · Post by **Dennnis** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:36 pm

These examples are all based on the use of a battery, but could it also work when used with just an adaptor, placing the 2k potentiometer between the circuit and the DC jack?

Drohnwerks · Post by **Drohnwerks** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:18 pm

should be the same principle, but I haven't tried it myself...

metalmariachi · Post by **metalmariachi** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:52 pm

It should work the same with an adaptor.
You just need two jacks and a cable to hook it up.
Note analog delays tend to just die when the voltage drops, no neat effects at all.
Haven’t tried it with tremolos or vibes though.

MM

Ferox · Post by **Ferox** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:18 am

I want to try this with a delay or envelope pedal.

Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D. · Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:50 pm

think im gunna try this w/ my big muff reissue this week/weekend.

i really like the idea of having a battery sag box to hook up to any pedal, but one thing at a time.

my 05 battery has been dying for about a week or so and its been my fav pedal during that time, gunna be sad when i have to put a new one in, its still on its original battery.....my how they grow up so fast haha

Soul Power · Post by **Soul Power** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:37 pm

I've tried this thing with my mini amp, but I have to find the right pot + experiment... btw Drohnwerks has been great (thanks).

I'm working on a few projects, but I wont be able to get under way until sometime next year. Though anything I do make I will take pics of + post them on the forum. :smoke:

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:29 am

Is it possible to do the same thing with a power supply?

k o y l · Post by **k o y l** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:30 am

Henry wrote:Is it possible to do the same thing with a power supply?

With something like this maybe ? (it features both battery and power supply)

(sorry for the over-sized pot..

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Henry · Post by **Henry** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:14 pm

Wow

thanx man!

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