Author Topic: Question of wiring a pedal ghetto style (Read 3081 times)

Shag101 · « **on:** October 19, 2007, 02:11:44 PM »

Hi All,

I have a DOD chorus pedal that has the 1/8" power plug input or the 9v battery input.
Here's the issue. To use the 1/8" power supply input, the pedal says you need a 10v power supply. I do not have one, nor wish to buy one.

I do have several 9v power supplies with the standard tip (boss pedal style)
Question: Can I cut the plastic piece off the red and black wires that connect to the 9v battery and hard wire a 9v power supply to it? (Solid black on power supply to red wire on pedal and black/white wire on power supply to solid black on pedal)

thanks
Mr Cheapie :P

WezV · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2007, 02:18:03 PM »

have you tried it with the 9v power supply?

Shag101 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2007, 02:27:30 PM »

Quote from: WezV

have you tried it with the 9v power supply?

nope

all my 9v's have the boss pedal style tip.

i could cut one and attach a 1/8" tip but it would be a 9v when the pedal calls for a 10v.

thanks

badgermark · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2007, 03:07:50 PM »

Gather round as Mr Mark schools you in getting ghetto on your fx.

What to do is find an adaptor that daisy chains your 9V Boss style effects, should be a female connector. Snip this bad boy so you have a connector end and an end where you expose 2 wires, one should be red and the other black/bare.

Now open up your fx box and find the battery clip. Cut the clip part off and strip the wires, a red and a black usually. Now bodge the two reds together and the black with the bare. Give a little bit of solder to hold them together and tape them up for good measure. Now you just have to thread the cable out of the fx box and onto a power supply.

To help illustrate this i present to you my awesome and jaw dropping pain skillz, and a photo of my pimped Big Muff.

Booya (ignore the mess of my living room floor, was doing some soldering...)

Shag101 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 19, 2007, 03:28:25 PM »

hahahahahahah

Nice

So basically i should be fine if i just wire it straight to the 9v power supply, if i'm even cheaper and dont want to buy a "adaptor that daisy chains your 9V Boss style effects, should be a female connector."

i just wont have the option to disconnect the power supply as easy as your idea...

thanks

badgermark · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2007, 03:41:22 PM »

Yeah that should work, 9V into the battery will make it a happy effect. The only problem you will have is that you will have a pedal almost permanently connected to a power supply. Not idea unless you have a static pedal board.

I'm sure you can pick up a 'proper' version of my mod, but I had the bits lying around and just went for it.

Shag101 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 19, 2007, 03:44:46 PM »

cool thanks

i found something that has both a female tip with the proper 9v adapter for it. i will rip it apart and transfer it to the 9v battery wires on my pedal. thanks again!!!!