Part V: Care and Feeding of
Little Boy Blue
The Little Boy Blue was designed with
reliability in mind. The only regu-
lar maintenance it should need is to
change the battery. The LBB will let
you know when it’s getting weak, be-
cause the oscillators won’t go as high
and the sound will get dull and listless.
Remove the six screws on the bottom
of the case, exchange the dead battery
for a new one, wrap the foam around
the battery, and put it back in place as
shown. Now you’re good to go!
Changing the
Battery
Repairing the Banana Cables
straight plug
(johnson)
wires pass
through hole and
wrap around
If this one gets
loose, just screw
it back together!
bare
wires
“stacker”
(pomona)
bare
wires
go in
here
top
view
There’s a set screw to hold
the wire in place. You can
tighten it with a flat-blade
jeweler’s screwdriver (3mm
is good).
Both kinds of banana plug
are solderless. If the cable
falls apart, don’t throw it
out! It’s easy to put it back
together.
If you would like more cables,
you should also be able to use
any standard banana plug. Or
you can make your own!
