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ed_r
Junior Username: ed_r
Post Number: 41 Registered: 10-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 9:04 pm: | |
Can the Spoiler electrics from the early to mid '80s handle being run on two batteries? Anyone tried it? |
phys49
Junior Username: phys49
Post Number: 24 Registered: 4-2005
| Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 6:15 am: | |
I do not know specifically about this circuit but in general doubling the voltage will increase the current to a level that can damage the circuit components. You could wind up with a really smokin' guitar. The best people to answer this question would be the Alembic technicians. Perry |
ed_r
Junior Username: ed_r
Post Number: 43 Registered: 10-2005
| Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 6:49 am: | |
That was my question- can the circuit handle it? Most onboard preamps these days can, I was wondering if the Alembics could. |
ed_r
Junior Username: ed_r
Post Number: 50 Registered: 10-2005
| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 4:43 pm: | |
WEll? ANyone? Bueller? ...Forrest? ... Hello? |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 2718 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 5:36 pm: | |
If you're clipping and need more headroom, then you can have the circuit modified slightly to handle the increased voltage. If you're not clipping, you probably can stick with 9V. If you want it to be louder, make sure you increase the gain with the internal trimpots before going through the trouble of modifications. |
ed_r
Member Username: ed_r
Post Number: 51 Registered: 10-2005
| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 5:54 pm: | |
Thanks Mica. I'm not really clipping, but I can sorta tell its' gettinga teeny biot close to the line sometimes, especially with new strings. |