I used a thin piece of foam to insulate the battery from the surrounding hardware. In Photo 4, I’ve secured the circuit board to the back of the volume pot with double-sided foam tape. Strat-type guitars are a tighter squeeze, though the battery should fit between the knobs and pickup selector. Better yet, if the control cavity is deep enough, you can just lay a thin piece of foam on top of the pots ( Photo 3).
On a Les Paul-style guitar, there’s usually room between and around the pots ( Photo 2). Your first task: Open your guitar’s control cavity, grab a 9-volt, and see where it fits. (Chances are the battery will hog more space than your circuit board, as in Photo 1.) And as we’ll see, the battery may also determine which effect you install. Part 1: It’s All About the BatteryĪny circuit you’re likely to install will probably require a 9-volt battery, so your first task is figuring out where it will go. The usual ass-covering applies: Don’t do anything stupid or dangerous.
Most gain effects-boosters, distortions, fuzzes, and compressors-have relatively low current draw, and unlike ambient and modulation effects, they can still sound great when the battery starts to lose its charge.
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