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[Spoonie]

so i'm putting together a pedal board, very slowly!! i have a power bank and a number of pedals, but the problem is, that two of the pedals are made by electro harmonix (bass balls and big muff pi) wehi means that they have different power input sockets to the boss pedals and the crybaby. they all use 9v dc and since the powerbank has enough outputs to deal with them all, it'd be ideal if there was some way in which i could simply use a different lead from the PB to each of the EH pedals. this would save me needing to have separate AC adaptors for those, which would mean more expense and require 3 sockets to feed the lot, which i'm not keen on.

Now i live about 2 doors from maplin and i plan to go in tomorrow and ask, but i thought i'd ask here first. any ideas whether it's possible to simply get different leads to go from the power bank to EH pedals to compensate for their different sockets?

spoons
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[Alan Cynic]

Another question........is it possible to get a power bank thing you can fill with batteries?? (I know it sounds stupid, but it's for going abroad, and avoiding carting mains adaptors etc

Also....IF playing abroad, is it safe to use mains adaptors onstage (eg UK to US ones).

Sorry for butting in, Spoonie!

[Spoonie]

good bump tho!!

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www.talkbass.com might have some info spoons...

plus some mad pics of some mad rigs/basses/whatever you can think of bass related!

[britheguy]

Originally Posted by Alan Cynic

Another question........is it possible to get a power bank thing you can fill with batteries?? (I know it sounds stupid, but it's for going abroad, and avoiding carting mains adaptors etc

Also....IF playing abroad, is it safe to use mains adaptors onstage (eg UK to US ones).

Sorry for butting in, Spoonie!

If playing abroad, I think it would be even more important to have a circuit breaker in line. I've seen whole PA's frazzled due to power surges. Be warned!

[Alan Cynic]

Originally Posted by britheguy

If playing abroad, I think it would be even more important to have a circuit breaker in line. I've seen whole PA's frazzled due to power surges. Be warned!

Thanks for the tip!!!! I'll buy one once I'm there.

[Spoonie]

can none of you electronics types lend a hand??

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[Jeid]

Well, the thing you might wanna check is if the pedals run at a different polarity(I suck at electronics, but some pedals are powered differently, polarity could be the wrong word)

I had the exact same problem as you a few years ago. I had Boss pedals, a few EH pedals, a ProCo Rat and a wah. I sent them away and got new switches(true bypass rocks) and new power connectors(the boss type) fitted. Wired it up to my power block. all fine and dandy

[Brianm]

where did you send them, and did you find true bypass makes a difference? good suggestion on the power supply btw

[Jeid]

A guy called Stuart Castledine did it for me. think i found him at www.wahwah.co.uk

I found true bypass made a difference yeah. Less in the way of your guitar and the amp. Some pedals also don't like to work when the battery runs out, thats a major annoyance!