Battery holder inside control cavity

[Cederick]

I'm gonna swap my Dimarzio Superdistortion to an EMG 60A in my Warmoth soloist just to try it out since I have had it lying around for some time now...
The guitar doesn't have a battery box so could I glue a battery "clamp" to the wood, or could I screw one on the plastic cavity cover?
What would be the best option?

 

[line6man]

The best way to do it is the traditional way.  :dontknow:

 

[Updown]

:dontknow:  Velcro, would be easy too. 

 

[Cederick]

Yeah that's what I was thinking too  :toothy12:

Are those possible to glue on the inside? Either on the wood or palstic cover...



I did not mean glueing an ACTUAL battery holder that you would regurarly use for a battery box rout hahaha :toothy12:

 

[Updown]

If you mean the Velcro, it's got sticky stuff on both sides.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=velcro+tape&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=_ZqQUbeJJoeIkwXj_4Fg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1259&bih=706
I've used it many time for different things, pedal units, GK-3 mountable, in my rack unit etc etc.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

EMG, and several others, make external 9v/18v power supplies.  The cost of the power supply and stereo cable from power supply to instrument make it less of a cheap experiment.


http://www.emgpickups.com/products/index/378/292/4


You could always just wrap the battery in the foam that comes with the pickup.

 

[Cederick]

EMG, and several others, make external 9v/18v power supplies.  The cost of the power supply and stereo cable from power supply to instrument make it less of a cheap experiment.


http://www.emgpickups.com/products/index/378/292/4


You could always just wrap the battery in the foam that comes with the pickup.

I like that! But I can't find them in Sweden

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Other companies make them as well.  Electronically, there's not much to it. 

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Other companies make them as well.  Electronically, there's not much to it.

The guitar would be wired slightly different.  Instead of the black wire from the negative terminal of the battery to the stereo prong on the jack (which acts as a switch to ground the battery when using a mono cable in the stereo jack), there is no black battery wire.  You would then wire the red wire from the pickups to the stereo prong.  On the box end of your device, you have a stereo jack and mono jack with the hot of each jack in parallel, and the ground of each jack in parallel.  Your power supply's hot makes up to the stereo prong and the ground portion of both goes to ground.  Send the mono jack to your amp and the stereo cable to your guitar. Voila!

 

[Jumble Jumble]

I can't understand how the sort of person who rules out active pickups on the basis of not wanting to sometimes change their battery, would be fine with their guitar not working unless they remember to bring their external power box and stereo cable.

 

[line6man]

I can't understand how the sort of person who rules out active pickups on the basis of not wanting to sometimes change their battery, would be fine with their guitar not working unless they remember to bring their external power box and stereo cable.

I don't understand it, either.
Honestly, external power supplies are just silly, unless you have a ton of instruments to power, or no place for a battery. Active components on guitars rarely draw more than a couple of milliAmps, and can draw as little as 85uA, and yet, the average 9V battery has a capacity in the neighborhood of 500mAh. Change your battery once a year, and don't worry about it. And FWIW, there is a MUCH higher likelihood of failure for a power supply than a battery.

 

[line6man]

Other companies make them as well.  Electronically, there's not much to it.

The guitar would be wired slightly different.  Instead of the black wire from the negative terminal of the battery to the stereo prong on the jack (which acts as a switch to ground the battery when using a mono cable in the stereo jack), there is no black battery wire.  You would then wire the red wire from the pickups to the stereo prong.  On the box end of your device, you have a stereo jack and mono jack with the hot of each jack in parallel, and the ground of each jack in parallel.  Your power supply's hot makes up to the stereo prong and the ground portion of both goes to ground.  Send the mono jack to your amp and the stereo cable to your guitar. Voila!

Usually, you wire it normally and connect a shorted battery snap where the battery would go. That way you can have an external power supply, or a battery.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

It's always something with you guys.

 

[Re-Pete]

EMG, and several others, make external 9v/18v power supplies.  The cost of the power supply and stereo cable from power supply to instrument make it less of a cheap experiment.


http://www.emgpickups.com/products/index/378/292/4


You could always just wrap the battery in the foam that comes with the pickup.

+1. I have an 18v EMG power supply. Now I only use 2 batteries for 3 guitars that carry active electronics.

 

[Jumble Jumble]

You must be saving a fortune!

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

You must be saving a fortune!

It's more of a convenience thing, I'd think.  You only deal with 2 batteries instead of 10.  Plus, with an 18v power supply, no batteries would be needed.

 

[Day-mun]

Getting back to the original question, I say wrap that battery in foam or get some velcro, try it out, and, -if ya like it, then ya can choose a direction when ya reach that fork in the road. The conversion to external power supply could be a fun little project, or a more permanent battery clamp/holder would be fine, too. -My active Jazz bass finally needed battery-change just a couple of months ago... and the last one was in 2004. -And that was with regular practice and gigs through the last year and a half.

-Just sux when that fateful time hits and there's no spare 9V's in the gear-bag.  :doh:

 

[Re-Pete]

You must be saving a fortune!

It's more of a convenience thing, I'd think.  You only deal with 2 batteries instead of 10.  Plus, with an 18v power supply, no batteries would be needed.

The EMG Power pedal has 2 x 9v batteries inside it. No power cord.  You have to use a TRS - TRS guitar cord too, so the 18v can get up into the guitar circuitry. But only having to deal with 2 batteries at a time is more efficient & quicker problem solving, particularly when active guitars start sounding mushy....

 

[DangerousR6]

:dontknow:  Velcro, would be easy too.

That's what I did, I mean I'm not going to be tossing the guitar in the air or slinging it around my back, so velcro works just fine... :headbang:

 

[Shadow]

The other method that hasn't been mentioned yet would be to stick a battery box into the control cavity cover. You'd have to check that it wouldn't interfere with any pots and switches inside the cavity, but I've seen it done. Sorta like this: