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The Sanyo Pedal Juice – Power for your Pedals

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A couple weeks ago I was contacted by a representative for Sanyo US. The gentleman who contacted me wanted to know if I was interested in trying a sample of the brand new Pedal Juice by Sanyo for review. Naturally I replied back stating that I’d love to give the Pedal Juice a try.

The Pedal Juice arrived last week and I have to admit that I haven’t really had a chance to test it with my pedals, but I thought I’d start out by writing a post about just exactly what the Pedal Juice is and how musicians can use it when they are playing gigs.

The Sanyo Juice Pedal is a 9 volt portable guitar pedal power supply and from what I have seen and heard of about it online it’s a great thing to use.

The Pedal Juice Pedal is quite light and a very compact accessory that you can take along with you anywhere you practice or perform.

The Pedal Juice is a 9V DC Rechargeable Lithium-Ion power supply for your pedal with a List Price of $199.99(US) that charges up in about 3 1/2 hours. It gives you up to 50 hours of constant, stable power for a single analog pedal or up to 20 hours of continuous power to three digital pedals. No more looking for an electrical outlet or hookup for your pedals – just use the rechargeable Pedal Juice and you’re set.

I use 2 pedals, so when I jam this weekend I’ll see how it works and get back to you with my results. With the price of 9 volt batteries these days, if your better at math than I am, you can see how much money and time you’ll save with an accessory like this.

This power supply eliminates all that AC ground looping noise that you get when you play. Another advantage that it has is that you can recharge it hundreds of times, thereby eliminating the need to change batteries in the middle of a show. That happened to me last year on stage and that’s something no musician wants to go through more then once!

With both DC outputs the Pedal Juice has the ability of powering multiple devices including pedals, multi-effect units, drum machines or portable recorders at the same time. It doesn’t get any better than that.

This device has a very visible LED power indicator that shows you the remaining power level with green, orange, and red LED lights at a glance. There is also a nice little feature that allows you to connect devices with a flip of the on-off switch. The Pedal Juice is both water and shock resistant to JIS IPX3 compliance levels.

I found just a couple of video reviews and this one is the best I’ve seen so far. Why don’t you take a look at it if you find the new Pedal Juice as interesting and innovative as I do, and once I’ve tried this out for myself, I’ll write another post about my experiences with the Pedal Juice.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdh_c9V4eHQ

Keep on Jammin’





Morpheus Droptune Guitar Pedal

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The guys at Morpheus produce only two guitar pedal products and they are the Droptune and Capo. I am a big lover of those business’s use the motto that if you do something good then stick to it. It’s best to leave all the bells and whistle to somebody else because inevitably they will screw up a some point in time, probably more sooner rather then later. Today’s post will be about the Droptune Pedal.

From most of the reviews that I have been reading about the Droptune, most say that this product is VERY straight forward to use. Since most men are not all that inclined to read manuals, this is a big plus! It also doesn’t alter the quality of your sound that much. Some pedals are just plain brutal in this area.

On the back of this pedal, it comes with a USB port for the latest update patches from Morpheus as well as a trim button for guitar levels.

The Drop Tune pedal allows you to change keys, or shifts the pitch of your guitar on the fly at the touch of a knob. Metal guitarists can get that heavy drop-tuned tone without dealing with that floppy string buzz feel that you can get when you tune down, you guys know what I mean.

This is a relatively cheap way to achieve this kind of effect. I understand that there are other products out there that are much more dedicated like the Robot Guitar, Tronical Powertune, the Line6 Varix or the Transperformance tuning system called the Performer but they cost much more.

I also believe that if your a singer/guitarist and your voice is a little bit raw from last nights’ show, here you can drop your guitar tuning a pitch or two for that song that is played in an higher vocal range without having to physically tune down your guitar. Also if your play in a theatre band that has songs that are constantly changing keys, this would be a very useful tool to have in your belt!

The only thing that I don’t like is that you have to use a power adapter instead of batteries.

So does anyone out there use this pedal? If you do, please drop us a line about the pros and cons of it.

Keep on Jammin’

If your interested in getting one then check out the link below!

The Morpheus Droptune

Acoustic Guitar magazine is 20 years old

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The Acoustic Guitar magazine is celebrating 20 years of service to all those die hard acoustic guitarists out there everywhere!

I’ve always found some great topics and intriguing issues in this magazine. The way the articles are phrased makes them simple to understand and the writers don’t talk down to you. I find this magazine to be unmatched and highly recommend it to any level of guitarist.

I’ve picked up some real nice little riffs and chord progressions in it that I find myself using without even realizing it! The website is just fabulous! If you have an online subscription, the guitar videos will help you become not only a much better guitarist, but a well rounded musician as well. I can’t say enough about the guys and girls that work there.

Acoustic Guitar’s 20th anniversary issue has what they consider to be the top 240 essential albums from the past 20 years. Some are from albums/guitarist that are familiar and some musicians that are very obscure to most, but in the end will help you expand your playing styles in new and exciting directions.

The anniversary installment, January’s issue, covers some great guitar and gear innovations over the past 20 years. Products like the Trace acoustic TA-100, the Kyser Quick Change capo (I’ve got one and I NEVER leave home with out one in my case), the Fishman Acoustic Matrix piezo pickup, tons of guitars and pedals. It also has a real nice article about how guitar making technology has helped change the sound of modern instruments.

Acoustic Guitar 20th Anniversary collector’s edition is out and I highly recommend that you pick this one up for either yourself or a guitarist that you know.

Keep on Jammin’ Acoustic Guitar!

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