BJFE / BearFoot fx Guitar Effects Community

I am receiving a Honey Bee in the mail soon. I was wondering the following:

a) What is the audible difference with the HB and other BJFE pedals when using batteries vs. a 9V power chord.
b) Which batteries sound best for the HB?

Thank you everyone.

I have never noticed a difference. That doesn't mean there isn't one in all cases, but I like my honey bee just much with batteries as plugged in. I have a VL pp2+, but I've had it on my small board before with a 1spot and i didn't notice any difference there either.

right theres no real difference with batt/ac ............ but the distortions can get fatter and furrier as t he voltage drops on a dying battery - down around 6v can be very tasty.......

so maybe get an ac with a variable tap...

Donner wrote:so maybe get an ac with a variable tap...

You know, that would be quite handy to use to wind a pedal up to 18V as well... Maybe a variable AC power supply could make an excellent effects pedal in its own right? You know, use it to kick in and out different AC levels to existing pedals.

Yeah Ive always wondered about that, either having a loop that would change t he voltage - or like a volume pedal that varied the voltage.... both woud be cool not sure if that would damage the circuits...

I used to have an Analagman Sunface and that thing sounded great with a dying battery. I wonder if anyone has ever thought of marketing dying batteries to musicians? You could probably even get a premium. That's it, I'm contacting Energizer (St. Louis based).