iraggie Posted March 23, 2005 Report Posted March 23, 2005 So I know that normally on an active guitar or bass, if you leave the cord plugged it it will drain the batteries. I'm thinking about making a doubleneck with two preamps, one for each neck. If I were to use an on/off/on switch between the preamps and the output jack, would it prevent drain to either battery in the "off" position? Thanks, Quote
lovekraft Posted March 23, 2005 Report Posted March 23, 2005 No, but you could wire a power switch into the jack for both preamps, just the same way it works for one. Quote
thedoctor Posted March 23, 2005 Report Posted March 23, 2005 As usual, Lovecraft answered your question but I want to complicate your life. On a double-neck, why not go to a TRS output jack, still switching your preamps with the jack, and have 2 soundpath outputs? One for one neck and one for the other. You could use two different amp setups with different effects and have a ball! Lovecraft will have to approve or disapprove the next idea. Plug the two neck outputs into the clean and whatever channel of one amp. A seperator cord will be required. The input sections of some amps may make a mess of this idea. Lovecraft will know better. Quote
iraggie Posted March 24, 2005 Author Report Posted March 24, 2005 (edited) As usual, Lovecraft answered your question but I want to complicate your life. On a double-neck, why not go to a TRS output jack, still switching your preamps with the jack, and have 2 soundpath outputs? One for one neck and one for the other. You could use two different amp setups with different effects and have a ball! Lovecraft will have to approve or disapprove the next idea. Plug the two neck outputs into the clean and whatever channel of one amp. A seperator cord will be required. The input sections of some amps may make a mess of this idea. Lovecraft will know better. ← Not a bad idea, but not really suitable for what I'm after. I'm thinking about a doubleneck fretted/fretless bass (and only have one amp, anyway). But I'm sure there are people who would do that, and it's a great idea. Lovekraft ... could you point me in the direction of a schematic or tutorial for a power switch? I looked around a bit and didn't find anything. Thanks, Edited March 24, 2005 by iraggie Quote
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