guitars

3936 readers

6 users here now

Welcome to /c/guitars! Let's show off our new guitar pics, ask questions about playing, theory, luthier-ship, and more!

Please bring all positive vibes to the community and leave the toxic stuff elsewhere.

Banner credit

Rules:

Treat others with respect. ALL others.
No spam
No self promotion
No NSFW
No circle jerk posts, there are other places for that silliness, and they are wonderful. Not here.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Why do active pickups require 9v batteries instead of some other kind of battery like AA? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

11 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Only for a guitar that uses active pickups instead of passive ones. Look up the specs on your guitar and it should tell you which ones it came with. If you can't tell from the spec page alone, then look up the specific pickups once you know what they're called. Most electrics have passive pickups, so it's fairly uncommon that you'd have active ones without knowing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Not only that but if you do have active electronics you also most likely have a 9v shaped door on the back of the instrument for access to change said battery.

If you don’t see a door, you probably don’t have active electronics.