Long story short -- I like my Torn's Peaker, want to get more use out of it. Been playing a minimal setup in rehearsal (JM/Jag -> reverb -> Rat -> amp). I want to bring a fuzz pedal to slap at the end of the chain for some "kaboom" fuzz. My Fender Blender's a little bulky, the FY-2 too nasal, Supersonic Fuzz Gun is a little too buzzy into a solid-state practice amp's clean channel, and I'd like something a little throatier than my beloved Superfuzz.
My Torn's Peaker would be perfect. If it took a battery. There's no clip inside. And I don't want to have to start wall-powering pedals for this stripped-down practice rig. That's what my embarrassingly heavy pedalboard is for.
I'm strictly solder-by-numbers. There are two little unused spots on the PCB next to the power supply input. Would adding a battery clip to this pedal be as simple as wiring in a clip in those open spots? Because that's something I could handle.
My ham-handed soldering is good enough for the basics, but I'm not up to any SMD work.
Can anybody guide me? Or should I just keep looking through my collection to see if I can find something that fits the bill well enough? (Right now my alternate option is a Tone Wicker Big Muff wide open.)
Adding a battery clip to a Torn's Peaker
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Re: Adding a battery clip to a Torn's Peaker
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... le-18-inch
Maybe a non intrusive solution like that would work?
Maybe a non intrusive solution like that would work?
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Re: Adding a battery clip to a Torn's Peaker
I know this is sort of the opposite of what you've asked for, but get a cheap daisy-chainable power supply. You're only powering three pedals so I'm sure it will be doable for cheap.
Batteries are terrible for the environment.
Batteries are terrible for the environment.
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Re: Adding a battery clip to a Torn's Peaker
Not sure if those pads are for a 9v clip option or not... maybe a pic of the board?
Also not sure if there's enough room in the enclosure for a battery - if memory serves, there should be.
The easiest paint-by-numbers thing to do, would be to unsolder the leads going to the 9v adaptor and attach them to a clip lead, one at a time.
But yep - as already said - even more simple, would be something like this vvv
Also not sure if there's enough room in the enclosure for a battery - if memory serves, there should be.
The easiest paint-by-numbers thing to do, would be to unsolder the leads going to the 9v adaptor and attach them to a clip lead, one at a time.
But yep - as already said - even more simple, would be something like this vvv
You'd be surprised, how often something like that comes in handy!salty wrote: ↑Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:18 pmhttps://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... le-18-inch
Maybe a non intrusive solution like that would work?
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Re: Adding a battery clip to a Torn's Peaker
I like this option. I'm going to have to pick one of those up, regardless of what I'm able to do with this TP.salty wrote: ↑Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:18 pmhttps://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... le-18-inch
Maybe a non intrusive solution like that would work?
I know, I agree. I genuinely prefer to use a power supply, but this is a sorta "in-a-pinch" solution. Frankly, I'd just love to have the OPTION, even if 98% of the time it's got a power supply on my board.
And I should have put up a pic to start. Sorry it's upside-down, my camera had trouble with the lighting and the macro-ness, so I had to snap this quickly as I was dashing to work.
The back of the board isn't helpful, there's no visible traces. But there IS plenty of space in the enclosure to slip a battery in.
The circular pad takes a path that leads from one/both of the lower two connections on the power jack, and then disappears up to the 1/4" input jack, and the square pad seems to dead end at that terminal, but the path connects to the upper ("single-side") contact on the AC input jack. I don't know much about signal paths YET, but it sure seems like this is might be the battery option on a multi-circuit board. But who knows, I could be wrong.
I appreciate everyone helping out... feels like I'm getting so close to knowing either way!
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Re: Adding a battery clip to a Torn's Peaker
Well, it looks to me like you're supposed to plug it into your butt. It's labeled clear as day.
Kind of hard to find an appropriate plug for that at a reasonable price, but you can get one here.
Wire that to a barrel plug on the other side and you're powering your effects with beans.
Kind of hard to find an appropriate plug for that at a reasonable price, but you can get one here.
Wire that to a barrel plug on the other side and you're powering your effects with beans.
This is an excellent rectangle
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Re: Adding a battery clip to a Torn's Peaker
If I could power a fuzz pedal with farts I'd sound just like Live At Leeds.mackerelmint wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:47 amWell, it looks to me like you're supposed to plug it into your butt. It's labeled clear as day.
Kind of hard to find an appropriate plug for that at a reasonable price, but you can get one here.
Wire that to a barrel plug on the other side and you're powering your effects with beans.
And the pedal's too... *pointy* to plug in "the other way". I don't think I'm ready for that. Maybe a Malekko or something.