Using a cheap USB power cable for your guitar pedals
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- I thought I would power my pedals from a battery, but didn't want to pay for the products sold by the guitar companies.
I bought this for £10 on Amazon and with a very easy bit of fiddling it works perfectly.
Here's a link to the power supply I used in the video.
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That’s brilliant , what an informative experiment
Glad you enjoyed it
Just what I was looking for, nice informative video, cheers.
Glad it helped!
Thanks for the informative vid. Always wanted a power bank to run my pedals. Ended up putting together pretty much the same configuration you have here with a 5000mah 2amp output powerbank. Unfortunately polarity was centre positive so bit of soldering required and presto, can run 7 pedals (500mah) for 5 hours on a single charge! Thanks again
My pleasure. Glad you liked it.
I got one of those usb to 9v step up and they are center negative by default no nodifications necessary, it powers up most of my effects pedals, except the boss pedals, which makes my think that the actual socket is not connecting properly.
I tried this and got lil moxie step up converter for guitar pedals, hooked up my blackstar LT Dual to my artist Tweed tone 20R and it squeals like a pig in the deep south! Back to batteries.. bugger!
I have no idea about the lil moxie, but I have used this cable with plenty of digital and analogue pedals since making it and I've had no strange noises at all. Were you using it from a USB power supply? If so, that may be the problem - it's only noiseless if you use a battery.
What about any potential noise? I remember trying some cheap USB 9v adapter and quickly gave up because of an annoying hum/buzz when actually connecting to an amp. Any issues there?
No noise when connected to a battery. However, mains adapters can be a problem.
It would be better to solder to a new power plug. Anyway, thanks for the video.
Thanks for the suggestion. Why do you say that?
@@GuitarStuffChannelLooks professional with less work, lenght on cable just right - it must obvious
@@GuitarStuffChannel Professionalism I guess
Can we use internet router adapter? Does it works when we alter the (+) (-)?
Firstly, the voltage of the adapter must be exactly the same as required, usually 9 volts. If that is the case then it will work if you get the polarity correct, however I have found that most power supplies for electronics end up being very noisy when used with audio equipment. See my other video here th-cam.com/video/t6mFW_3OgxI/w-d-xo.html
But what about the noise?
Good question. No noise at all if you are running from a battery. If you run it from a mains powered usb device there is some risk of noise. But no point in using a mains charger, you might as well use a normal power supply.