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Added a Power Adapter to My Black Russian Big Muff

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 3:44 am
by HNB
I got it off Reverb with the intent to add a power adapter so I didn't have to use a battery. I looked online and got info on wiring it and got it done tonight. In spite of a lot of mixed info, it wired up just like any other pedal. Black (ground) to the ground lug, along with the ground of the battery adapter, pedal hot to the center lug, and battery hot to the outer lug. Easy peasy. I had no qualms about it because the wires had already been cut before. When it got to me, it had no feet or battery cover. It also had big strips of velcro on the bottom. I peeled those off and took one and stuck it over the battery opening to seal it off. Then I stuck a piece of paper on the opening so it wouldn't be sticky and painted the paper black. (Taped off the pedal opening so I wouldn't make a mess.) I also added some cheap-o stick on feet for it to help it not drag all over my stuff. Works great and if someone ever wanted to use batteries, they would just need to take that velcro part out to get to the battery part.

Image20150828_200549 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Image20150828_200600 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

(The velcro piece on the inside covering the opening.)
Image20150828_200612 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Image20150828_201308 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Black paint was still wet.
Image20150828_202228 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

New feet.
Image20150828_202358 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Image20150828_202722 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:10 am
by Fakir Mustache
You did a good job, but there was also a simpler way: simply connect one of those battery to adapter jack converters, but you still would have needed feet to raise the pedal for the cable.

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:55 am
by HNB
I had it like that before the doing this mod, but I don't like the guts hanging out of the bottom. :) This was easy enough.

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:30 pm
by Doog
Hooray for less wasteful sources of power!

You done a great jeeeeorrrrb