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Location: Upper Left USA | Speaking of guitars...
Doing a little Breadwinner research and found this article that related the downfall of the Breadwinner to the pain in the butt of changing out 9 volt batteries for the active electronics.
Guitargonauts Article
Any credibility to this? If I am successful at aquiring a BW/Deacon soon I will probably find a way to wire in a 9 volt transformer up the lead. |
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Location: Minnesota | Having previously owned a Deacon, and just recently aquired a replacement :) , I can tell you this. The batteries are actually very easy to replace. I'm sure the mechanics of the process aren't what your interested in but rather the battery life. If your not gigging with one as your only axe, the battery life is actually pretty long. I always unplugged the guitar between sets I also had at least one other guitar on stage and I'd always kept a spare set of batts with me! I've never tried rechargeables, but the technology is pretty good now, might be a possibility? I think your transformer idea is great also. I definately wouldn't let the battery concerns discourage you from getting one! They are great guitars :cool:
BTW You will definately know when the batteries are going dead :eek:
Good luck with your quest! |
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Location: Scotland | Changing the batteries is easy. The fact that the guitar needs batteries is part of the reason for the lack of success. Guitarists have been very slow to ebrace new technology, and guitars with active circuits have never been particularly well accepted. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Changing batteries is as easy as....well,changing batteries!
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As most know, I have had mine since '71 or so. And yes, at the time, comments were made about my battery powered guitar. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | 18 volts, not 9. It uses 2 batteries. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by BruDev:
18 volts, not 9. It uses 2 batteries.
But are they wired in series or in parallel?
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Location: Oregon USA | I think they're wired up to provide +-9v (bipolar) - assuming it's similar to the Magnum 2. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | BruDev,
Can you get out the incredible 3d BB and come up with another schematic or two? Any one have one? |
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Location: Minnesota | If it's 18v, then they are wired in series, 9v would be paralell. It really don't matter if your gonna use a transformer because I believe the wiring tranformation takes place in the circuit board, therefore, as long as you provide 9v to each pair of battery clip leads, then you are all set! As long as you provide enough mA to power the circuit :cool: |
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