Hi all, I might either have a dud pedal or am I missing a golden rule of guitar rigs? I bought a Boss DD6 digital delay pedal and whacked it into the effects loop of my amp (JSX) last night. Sounded great...then the battery died about 20 minutes later. I thought no problem, must have been on the shelf a while. So I swapped in a new battery and same thing...after 20 minutes of playing it was completely drained.

Do effects loops drain more power and could they do this or id it more likely a bug with the pedal?

Any ideas?

Hi all, I might either have a dud pedal or am I missing a golden rule of guitar rigs? I bought a Boss DD6 digital delay pedal and whacked it into the effects loop of my amp (JSX) last night. Sounded great...then the battery died about 20 minutes later. I thought no problem, must have been on the shelf a while. So I swapped in a new battery and same thing...after 20 minutes of playing it was completely drained.

Do effects loops drain more power and could they do this or id it more likely a bug with the pedal?

Any ideas?

Sounds like a bad pedal to me.

An effetcs loop is no biggie - the pedal isin't using anymore power than it would if you just plugged it straight into the amp.

What I normally do is by an AC adapter for all my pedals anyway. Then theres no battery nightmares.

Thanks PJ - I thought it seemed strange that an effects loop could possibly chew more power. I'll take the pedal back to be sure.

Cheers

Boss Digital Delays do chew through batteries, I had a DD3 that would last for about 20 mins - the solution is a power supply ;)

I also have a Boss DD3, it sure is a battery hog, I never use it anymore although it does sound great. If I recall well, one of those 9 volt batteries was enough for a few hours though, twenty minutes seems to be a little too strange.

What I have learned also is sometimes a 9 volt adapter adds unwanted noise to the signal too. Which is a pain if your looking for an unltra clean sound.

thats why you need one of these...

http://www.stompin-ground.com/pics/voodoo/VoodooPedalPower2-01webtn.JPG

I tried another battery in it last night and again it chewed it in like 15-20 minutes. I think I'll take it back and if the same thing happens buy a power supply. My other pedals hardly chew any gas at all so its no problem to have an adaptor just for the delay, which is in the FX loop.

I used to have a DD3 years ago and it also drained battery power but it would at least last quite a few hours.

Thanks for the help!

Maybe I just used cheaper batteries :D I only used it twice without a powersupply though, after that it went on the pedalboard. I've got a Line6 DL4 here which I should try batteries in for curiousity's sake :)

thats why you need one of these...

http://www.stompin-ground.com/pics/voodoo/VoodooPedalPower2-01webtn.JPG

Ahh ha!

Well for anyone interested, the Boss pedal has no problems... the battery simply only lasts 20 odd mins. Never mind, I got adaptor and think I'll look into getting one of those powerblocks! Cheers Bluesgeek!

Try the Onespot. I've got ten pedals on one plugin without any problems.http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Visual-Sound-1-SPOT-SpaceSaving-9V-Adapter?sku=151686

Can 'one spot' handle a mix of 9volt and 18volt pedals? Thanks

No, I thinks it's only 9v, but it really works well.
You can check it out here, and they have a compatibility chart.
http://www.visualsound.net/pa.htm