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Step 4Connect the Guitar
Find where the switch is that activates Star Power and de-solder it from it's wires. Then solder the wire that goes down to the foot pedal onto these wires, covering the connections with heat shrink or electrical tape. Find a good place for the wires to come out of the guitar, and put it back together.
If you're using a jack / connector instead of just one big wire, find a good place on the body of the guitar and install the jack / connector there. This way, the jack will be as close as possible to the guitar so you don't have 4 feet of extra cord getting in the way when you put your guitar away. Then, using extra wire, connect the jack up to the
In this particular version, using the OpenChord V1, I attached the wires directly to the wires leading to the output jack on my guitar. This way, I plug in my modified foot pedal into my guitar like you would a regular foot pedal, and it looks pretty sweet.
If you're using a jack / connector instead of just one big wire, find a good place on the body of the guitar and install the jack / connector there. This way, the jack will be as close as possible to the guitar so you don't have 4 feet of extra cord getting in the way when you put your guitar away. Then, using extra wire, connect the jack up to the
In this particular version, using the OpenChord V1, I attached the wires directly to the wires leading to the output jack on my guitar. This way, I plug in my modified foot pedal into my guitar like you would a regular foot pedal, and it looks pretty sweet.
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