McSpunckle wrote: Or that weird "something doesn't sound right..." thing that happens when batteries start to die.
This is a big one for me too, especially since most of my pedals aren't very battery friendly. Over the years I've received a lot of emails about RRRs that weren't working anymore that just turned out to be dead batteries. Anybody watch the IT Crowd? It's like how they answer the phone and say, 'Have you tried turning it off and on?'... any time I'd get an email about a weirdly behaving RRR I'd sound like a broken record, 'Are you using it with a battery?'"
I just don't like that a pedal can even be placed in that situation of not getting the power it needs and having to act up because of it. I don't want people using SDDs and CCs and Tremos with batteries that are dropping down under 8 or 7 volts... it's just not fair to the pedal, it hungers for more!
I haven't used batteries in a while now, they're pretty expensive and it's just a pain when they start running out, daisy chaining feels a lot more reliable for me and once you have it set up you don't have to worry about it :D
I also hate when the battery starts getting low and you can just sort of tell from the sound, it's nice not having to worry about that.
- sound consistency. less variables improve the fight for tone.
- less weight for big boards with lots of pedals. when's the last time you held the weight of ten or more 9v batteries? throw them in a sock an you gonna hurt a body but good...
- cost. less dollars on batteries, more fundage for fuzz. there we are.
- sound consistency. less variables improve the fight for tone.
- less weight for big boards with lots of pedals. when's the last time you held the weight of ten or more 9v batteries? throw them in a sock an you gonna hurt a body but good...
- cost. less dollars on batteries, more fundage for fuzz. there we are.
I think these are the most important reasons too, especially the first thing. I don't come at it from much of an environmental angle although I do appreciate that aspect, but for me I just hate the sound inconsistency...when a pedal only runs off a paltry 9 volts then I think that poor sucker deserves every single volt!
futuresailors wrote:-Less money on batteries, more money on strippers.
I'd like, and I'm sure strippers would like this too, I'd like to see people giving their unused batteries to strippers. They're still worth good money and have good uses so give those girls a treat!
smallsnd/bigsnd wrote:fuck batteries. i stopped using them a while back, stopped having them in the pedals i sell and haven't looked back once...
Cool to hear, thanks! I love making pedals with no batteries... I always hated messing around with them, especially when I knew how pointless it was like in a Reverberator.
I consider it a no-brainer to phase those suckers out and thank you very much to all 72 voters and commenters in the thread, much appreciated. My second no-battery pedal is well underway now and nearly ready for a first prototype and I'm really excited about it... gaining all that battery space has made room for some cool features.
