Replace a Nine Volt Battery in an Electric Guitar

Hello, dear VisiHow viewers! When your guitar with active pick-ups stops sounding brightly or loudly, it does not produce any sound at all, or several years ass, you have to replace its battery. A battery is a 9-volt bar-shaped unit that is placed inside the guitar and is connected with pick-ups.

Steps

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   First of all, find out whether your pick-ups are active if you do not know the brand and their specifications

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   Let us take a guitar with passive pick-ups first. Take out the jack if it is plugged in.

   

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   To locate the battery slot, turn the guitar over and check the body for any covers

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   There is one in the middle.

   

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   Remove the cover by using a screwdriver

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   As we can see, this guitar has nothing but springs inside

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   The pick-ups are all passive

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   Let us put the cover back.

   

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   Let us try another guitar

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   It is already turned over.

   

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   There is only one cover that we are going to remove, again, with a screwdriver

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   Take out the jack if it has been in the guitar

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   The cover fits the slot tightly, so we need something to push it out

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   Metallic objects will scratch the finish, so I prefer hard paper or plastic. I shall use the edge of a guitar string set package to remove the cover.

   

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    To the right you can see something in a shape of, presumably, a battery

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    To take it out, grab the foam firmly and pull it up, minding the wires coming out of it (do not pull them too hard).

    

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11. 11
    Unroll the object

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    That is a battery. We need to replace it now.

    

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    Pull it out of the connector

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    Apply slight force to do that, but hold the connector, not the wires when you do that.

    

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    Unpack a new battery

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    Connect it by pushing the bigger connector input against the smaller battery output. Now, push the other input into the output.

    

    Note: the battery must have been packed when stored.

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    Test whether the connection is solid

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    Wrap the foam around the battery

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    Put it back and cover the whole opening by using a screwdriver and screws

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    That is it! The battery is replaced! Thank you for watching VisiHow!

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Video: Replace a Nine Volt Battery in an Electric Guitar

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