Routing a battery box in a finished guitar ??

[MikE2e]

Re: Routing a battery box in a finished guitar ??

With an AC adapter you might get more noise. I know sometimes pedals don't like being run from an AC adapter.

I do know that some older pedals on a power pack whistle on cheap switch mode power packs and on transformer type give hum. I take a 12v pack, and put a regulator 7809 with caps, but often there is no space in the pack, and others are sealed. I built a power pack with 4 double output transformers, so it had 8 independent regulated 9v outputs with no noise. But new pedals all seem to use higher current and voltage, many cant run on battery.

 

[dominus]

Re: Routing a battery box in a finished guitar ??

I personally would use a chisel not a router, but the bottom of the the cavity won't look as pretty. With a router, put it on the body and press it until the cutter bottoms, check the the depth gauge, move the depth no more than a few mm. The body will be about 45 mm thick or 1 3/4", standard strat pickups need 19mm vintage are 16mm (3/4" or 5/8").
Put the router on the top when set with the cutting bit over the edge and you will see how deep it is.
Usually 5mm is enough for those look alike pickups with a bar magnet under so after cutting you should still have 3/4"
I have cut a thin body to where there was 1/8 but tapping or scraping a finger nail in the cavity you could hear it was like an acoustic top

I used a chisel to convert a Telecaster to take a humbucker in the bridge. (Four times, actually. Converted four guitars.) Definitely worked in that capacity but I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be putting in a cavity that way.

 

[john65b]

Re: Routing a battery box in a finished guitar ??

Here's what the wiring on the guitar end and the phantom power box looks like. On the guitar end you just remove the power clip. I just put the stereo jack, battery terminal and mono jack for the phantom power in a small plastic hobby enclosure from Radio Shack. You will need to run a stereo cord between the power box and the guitar. The sleeve acts as the common ground, the ring acts as the power terminal and the tip acts as the positive signal terminal.

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Such a good Idea!

Until I realized that my particular guitar setup is wireless...where is Tesla when you need him?