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I've got an idea that i'm researching to see if anyone makes. What I need is a Channel switcher for me Budda with loop in it. So I can run Pedals 1-4 through channel 1 and 5-8 through channel 2. Anything out there like that?

I want to run a Fuzz,Vibe,Rotory,Delay through the Clean Channel and my OD's, 2nd Delay through the Overdrive Channel.

I just sent all of my pedals down to Dave at LA Sounds who is going to make me a board. I'm going to be running a comparable set up with my Swart SST and Matchless Avalon. With their custom interface and A/B/Y switch, he is going to set it up where I run my time based effects into the loop of the Matchless. My OD based effects will go through the front of the Matchless and all of my effects will go through the front of the Swart. It will have an A B and both switch. You may want to give him a call to see if he can build you an interface.

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This was mine up until about a year ago.

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I came up with this idea back around 1982 - inspired by Pete Cornish's monolithic pedalboards, but using the pedals' original cases instead of re-packaging their guts. The top is 1/8" aluminum and is the shield/ground connection for all pedals. There are grommeted holes up through the deck under the pedals, so the input, output, and 9-volt wires can exit into the space below where all the connections are made. Power is supplied by a homemade 9-volt supply. The interconnecting wires were soldered onto the tabs on the jacks, inside the pedals. This design was super-reliable and easy to set up. The whole thing could be in place, hooked up, and powered before the lid was removed, protecting it from beer and errant beer-consuming lifeforms right up to the last second before the set began.

Once I got into playing for fun rather than gigging, and the Internet inspired GAS and the resulting, incessant pedal-swapping, this old design got to be more of a pain in the ass than it was worth. Also, the common-ground design worked fine in the old days with 4 or 5 pedals, but it got noisy and ground-loopy when loaded up with pedals as shown. So, about a year ago, I caved in, bought a Voodoo PP2+, and designed to go with normal patch cords. I'll reuse the same case, but replace the deck with a non-conductive, two-tiered masonite top.

I got as far as pulling the old board apart, then ran out of time, and haven't gotten it back together in nearly a year. I miss my pedalboard.

Far a little historical perspective, here is Ver. 0, from about 1982.

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