Andy P
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My main instrument is: Taylor 312ce, Guild D25, Deering 5 string banjo
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Post by Andy P on Oct 13, 2015 17:36:11 GMT
It also shows its cheapness by being a system with a battery pouch somewhere inside the guitar - L R Baggs use battery pouches for some of their units. I wouldn't call them cheap! For example.
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Post by vikingblues on Oct 13, 2015 18:16:39 GMT
Hells teeth .... not cheap indeed! 50% more than that entire guitar AND pick up system I'm using. So much of this thread has references to the need for trial and error and keeping on trying things until something works - I'm not sure at that price I wouldn't want absolute solid gold certainty. I stand corrected on the pouch thing meaning cheap ....it just seems very Heath Robinson having it that way and I can find no guidance from the manufacturer that gives me confidence I can find the thing and effect the battery change easily - it's like they assume everyone knows how to use one. " To replace the battery in most systems, remove the fabric battery bag that is mounted inside the instrument". Never mind how it's mounted, where it's mounted ... let's just scrabble around by feel and try and be lucky. Mark
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Post by Andy P on Oct 13, 2015 18:40:22 GMT
I had similar worries about the battery pouch in my Breedlove. I lived in denial of it until the electrics failed at a rehearsal one night.
I needn't have worried. It was tucked away at the top end where the neck meets the body. It was easily reachable with the strings slackened off and it took me only a minute or two to change the battery.
I'm the most unpractical person on the planet so I shouldn't worry.
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Post by andyhowell on Oct 14, 2015 7:15:48 GMT
Mark - spot on. If you don't need a pick up don't Rory about it. I can't do without one - sadly!
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Post by andyhowell on Oct 14, 2015 15:39:39 GMT
I had similar worries about the battery pouch in my Breedlove. I lived in denial of it until the electrics failed at a rehearsal one night. I needn't have worried. It was tucked away at the top end where the neck meets the body. It was easily reachable with the strings slackened off and it took me only a minute or two to change the battery. I'm the most unpractical person on the planet so I shouldn't worry. There is a simple rule about pickup batteries. Change them twice a year — on the longest and on the shortest days. Easy to remember :-)
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Post by ocarolan on Oct 14, 2015 16:06:15 GMT
I had similar worries about the battery pouch in my Breedlove. I lived in denial of it until the electrics failed at a rehearsal one night. I needn't have worried. It was tucked away at the top end where the neck meets the body. It was easily reachable with the strings slackened off and it took me only a minute or two to change the battery. I'm the most unpractical person on the planet so I shouldn't worry. There is a simple rule about pickup batteries. Change them twice a year — on the longest and on the shortest days. Easy to remember :-) Good advice ...or use passive pickups and phantom powered preamps! Keith
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