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Musicman Nut
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I don't think so and second why would you want to run it at 18 Volts????
bovinehost
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Faster response? First time I've ever heard that! Do tell.
TheAntMan
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With 2 batteries the speed of electricity goes twice as fast!!!
Yeah, yeah....that's it
Sorry, couldn't help it
--Ant
Yeah, yeah....that's it
Sorry, couldn't help it
--Ant
maddog
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Mind sharing your test data for review?
Big Poppa
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lets be nice there is usually more jeadroom with 18v
scottbass71
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Beat me to the punch pops just more headroom so more voltage swing from the op amp
Musicman Nut
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I guess I'm gonna go for it. those opamps are cheap anyway. if it blows I'll just buy 10 more of them. gotta hack out 3/4" of wood to fit the other battery
Hammer and a screwdriver seems to work best.
Rod Trussbroken
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...gotta hack out 3/4" of wood to fit the other battery
Great idea!
Big Poppa
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before you damage the bass in the spirit of incresaed headroom why dont you just tape the extra battery and see f you like the sould better....
Bean
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I applaud your restraint BP... I'd flip if someone were to talk about hacking the crap out of one my creations.
To OP, please, please use the tape method first!
I already tried it out and I was correct, there is a faster response. since there is no gain control on the preamp it also got louder. now all my basses have 18 volts
bovinehost
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I already tried it out and I was correct, there is a faster response. since there is no gain control on the preamp it also got louder. now all my basses have 18 volts
I'm a firm believe in doing what you want to your own bass. As Sheryl Crow said, "If it makes you happy.."
That said, I've never noticed any sort of "slower" response between my 9v equipped basses and those with 18v.
bovinehost
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Hmm, having said that, now I wonder how much slower passive basses are.
syciprider
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So that's why Yngwie has a car battery tied to his guitar.
bizmarckie
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Probably like my car... hit the gas and it takes 2 seconds to go. I do vaguely remember from using a passive (when I had one) that I had to play 3 beats ahead of the drums to compensate....
Ken Baker
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I'm nearly speechless. Nearly.
No gain control? Isn't there a big silver knob somewhere?
Ken...
Vintage7
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Many chips have a wide operating voltage range and have an ideal operating voltage for best performance. Not sure as to what the performance gains would be at 18v.
There's other factors like the resistor biasing and the circuit it's used in.
In case you want to read the specs on the LM4250, here's a link:
http://www.national.com/ds/LM/LM4250.pdf.
As to the hammer and chisel...I couldn't do that to mine.
There's other factors like the resistor biasing and the circuit it's used in.
In case you want to read the specs on the LM4250, here's a link:
http://www.national.com/ds/LM/LM4250.pdf.
As to the hammer and chisel...I couldn't do that to mine.
