"TONE" HUNTING HAS GONE TOO FAR.

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:32 pm

ELECTRO HARMONIX RELEASE THEIR OWN LINE OF BATTERIES

http://www.ehx.com/blog/ehx-9v-battery

FOR IDIOTS WITH MORE MONEY THAN SENSE

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:57 pm

DUDE THAT'S AWESME

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:42 pm

Nothing new, Danelectro have had their own line of batteries for ages too.

TAONZ....

blame that Eric Johnsononon fella

Been waiting for them to do their own line in elastic bands

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:09 pm

I'd actually buy them because they have Mike Matthews on them. That has to add something to the tone, right?

I'm just as cynical about this but it at least allows them to include a branded EHX battery in the pedal box with a brand new purchase. That's important for some companies.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:42 am

danelectro had vintage style batteries

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Danelectro- ... 1399391.gc

dkoor · Post by **dkoor** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:29 pm

Guitar colour probably determines output sound more

.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:29 am

hahaha wow... that is quite ridiculous, although for EH it seems like a good move since there's certainly people out there that would buy them. I heard something a while back about how John Frusciante has all of his batteries for his pedals drained to a certain amount before he puts them in his pedals for shows because apparently it affects the tone. Seems absurd to me, not that I know much about that whether or not it makes a difference, but I highly doubt it makes a very noticeable, audible difference.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:53 am

The type of battery you use in a basic fuzz pedal and the amount of juice it has absolutely changes the tone.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:54 am

It's a clever way to sell very cheap zinc-carbon batteries to people who don't know you can get the exact same thing at the dollar store.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:35 pm

jcyphe wrote:The type of battery you use in a basic fuzz pedal and the amount of juice it has absolutely changes the tone.

it's true, I used to have a power adapter that was a little over nine volts and I'd use it on my tube screamer to give it a little extra balls on the gain. That said, it doesn't make sense to do that with a battery because after 4 uses, it would just be down to a lower power anyways.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:45 pm

Really fucking bad for the enviroment.

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:42 pm

can they stand for hours of use?

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:03 pm

When I used a DS-1 as a teenager I always used a sapped battery in it, and never an AC adapter. It undeniably sounded a hell of a lot smoother that way without sounding broken or dying. I didn't buy special batteries or anything, I would just use ones that had been in my tuner for a month (playing every day when I got home from school for a couple hours).

I always found the idea of guitar companies marketing batteries (like Dano) a bit stupid, but branding them is fine. It's not like those companies even make them, or that they're even made special/different to other batteries most of the time.