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I have started playing some outdoor gigs with double bass (you could call it busking, I guess) and I need a battery powered amp.

 

I’ve used the Roland cubes which are fine, but necessitate a lot of batteries, so I’d prefer one with an internal battery.

 

Any recommendations?

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14 minutes ago, Mottlefeeder said:

Quick question - are you in to DIY, or just looking for a pay and go solution?

David


I just want s simple solution. I’ve got festival mates who build stuff but I’d prefer a single box, covered by a manufacturers warranty.

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Would a single external battery that replaces the external power adapter do?

I've recently found the Krisdonia range of Laptop Power Bricks, I use one (The 25,000 mAh) to power my Dwarf Multi F/X unit and it works a treat (I still run my Amp off rechargable AAs)!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Krisdonia-25000mAh-Portable-Charger-Projector/dp/B078XPYH4R

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Krisdonia-50000mAh-Power-Portable-Charger/dp/B077TR3H2R/

They provide selectable output voltages (5/9/12/16/20) up to 3A with various adaptor tips (as well as USB ports)

You could then carry on with whichever Amp you've got.

 

S'manth x

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2 hours ago, Smanth said:

Would a single external battery that replaces the external power adapter do?

I've recently found the Krisdonia range of Laptop Power Bricks, I use one (The 25,000 mAh) to power my Dwarf Multi F/X unit and it works a treat (I still run my Amp off rechargable AAs)!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Krisdonia-25000mAh-Portable-Charger-Projector/dp/B078XPYH4R

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Krisdonia-50000mAh-Power-Portable-Charger/dp/B077TR3H2R/

They provide selectable output voltages (5/9/12/16/20) up to 3A with various adaptor tips (as well as USB ports)

You could then carry on with whichever Amp you've got.

 

S'manth x


It’s a good suggestion, however the only amps I have are all using AC power (kettle lead). Perhaps a rechargeable battery pack would do, but would it last long enough?

 

might be worth a try, I guess.

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I was getting 7-8h on a Roland Micro Bass Cube RX using 6 2,400 AAs. The Boss dual LX bass I’m now using should give me 8-10h on 8 AAs, so for either of these I’d expect to get 10h easy with one the 25,000 mAh Krisdonias

S’manth x

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Phil Jones Briefcase can be fitted with an internal battery which will give about 60 minutes playing. It's a heavy little chap even without the battery. You can also run one from a much bigger battery with some phono leads, but now we're talking serious trolley.

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As nobody has been mentioning it yet, there's the GSS 06B400 Mini Bass Amp coupled to the dedicated intelligent Lithium battery pack.

 

Not cheap, but excellent sounding and certainly one of the best with 12 hours of playing time.

 

Here they are:

 

https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/gss-06b400-mini-bass-amp-c2x15043753

 

https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/gss-7s35v2-intelligent-lithium-battery-pack-for-guitar-sound-systems-mini-bass-amps-c2x18346407

 

And the carrying bag too:

 

https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/custom-padded-bag-for-gss-06b400-mini-bass-amp-and-gss-08gcxxx-guitar-cab-c2x14812542

 

There's also another thread about the subject here:

 

 

 

And another here:

 

 

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

As nobody has been mentioning it yet, there's the GSS 06B400 Mini Bass Amp coupled to the dedicated intelligent Lithium battery pack.

 

Not cheap, but excellent sounding and certainly one of the best with 12 hours of playing time.

 

Here they are:

 

https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/gss-06b400-mini-bass-amp-c2x15043753

 

https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/gss-7s35v2-intelligent-lithium-battery-pack-for-guitar-sound-systems-mini-bass-amps-c2x18346407

 

And the carrying bag too:

 

https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/custom-padded-bag-for-gss-06b400-mini-bass-amp-and-gss-08gcxxx-guitar-cab-c2x14812542

 


Apparently Tony the product is listed as unavailable on their site. This is the case in France and perhaps not in Belgium?

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20 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

As nobody has been mentioning it yet, there's the GSS 06B400 Mini Bass Amp coupled to the dedicated intelligent Lithium battery pack.

 

Not cheap, but excellent sounding and certainly one of the best with 12 hours of playing time.

 

I can only speak from my personal experience, it was one of these systems that suffered a catastrophic battery on charge failure leading to my flat fire :sad:

S’manth x

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The older version of the Phil Jones Double 4 uses 20v d.c laptop like external power supply so running it on suitable rechargeable external battery packs works fine, I get 4 hours run time on my PowerAdd 2300mA battery; 70W compact combo with adjustable aux in, single channel amp with gain and a seperate output volume and the PJB clean sound and space filling projection, with useful bass, mid and treble tone controls, standby and switchable hi and low impedance input to suit passive and active instruments and or pedal boosted input chain

 

I just fix the battery pack to the side of the combo with velcro makes it less than 2cm bigger

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