Little Help with a channel switcher.

[bubs_42]

So I bought this channel switcher off of the bay from Buzz Electrics. Basicly it is a two loop and a channel switcher. 1 loop is on the clean and one loop is the drive channel. Fuctionally the pedal works and below is the last communication as of this morning with the builder. Can someone translate this a little more for me?

Hi Shawn,

The pedal is wired to only engage one loop at a time as it is a clean/dirty switcher, so the footswitch will toggle between the pedals in each of the loops when it is pressed. The channel switch will switch at the same time - the channel switch works by shorting the tip of the cable connected to ground so you will need to use a mono cable or a stereo to mono y splitter cable if you would like to choose the switching channel.

Let me know if you have any other questions,

Thanks,

Simon

On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Shawn Soens <bubs_42@yahoo.com> wrote:

Sorry I have taken so long to get back to you. Yes, I have it routed in the correct direction. And I set it up with a delay in each loop. Plugged the Amps switcher into the channel switch jack. I have the amp on the overdrive channel and the polarity set with the Red Light on. The pedal on that channel works. Then I step on the switch and I have no sound. But if I crank the effect up I can heard a faint effect sound. If I flip the polarity switch I will have the Clean Channel but no overdrive channel. The switcher itself is working I believe, both loops produce sound but only one at a time. It has to be the fact that my amp runs with a Negative Center Channel Switching Cord. It only messes up went I try to switch channels.

[hamerhead]

Sell it.

[bubs_42]

I deserved that.

[murkat]

yup sell it.

get a lehle

[carfish7]

Or a Loopbone from Radial.......

[bubs_42]

OK so I sell it, is it pretty much good for most other amps, just not mine?

[django49]

Another option. Great guy. Talked at length to be sure I got exactly what I needed.....In my case for a Duo-Tone (stereo out) going into two amps, one for the acoustic side. He even did research on the guitar AND amps to be sure it was the best fit. ABY is very versatile.

http://www.startouchpedals.com/SFNT.html

[bubs_42]

I'll have to put a call in. The Lahle and the Bigshot are great but with my smalll pedalboard I want a pedal that I can control both Channel Switching and Loops. I want one loop on the Clean Channel (Reverb, Compressor, Slap Delay, Driver) and one on the Drive (Overdrive, Boost, Delay, vibe). I don't want to run 2 amps, I don't want to get into MIDI $ I should be able to nail something that does this for reasonable money. At least I think I should be able too.

[carfish7]

The Loopbone does all that and has a pretty killer booster also. The only drawback (that isn't that big of a deal) is that you assign the switching function to a specific loop - in other words, engaging one of the 2 will also switch channels ( you choose - or choose to do so when engaging the boost). If you have your "clean" loop engaged and want to switch to the "dirty" loop you have to step on 2 switches at once to also turn off the "clean" loop. No big as they are close enough to each other that this is easy to do, plus there may be times when you want to use both ( I do anyway). You can also determine if it is switching using the ring, tip, or sleeve if your stock switch has more than 2 conductors.

It also has a useful "drag" feature that can help adjust the load on the signal - I think it is a variable buffer of some sort. Dedicated tuner out as well and built like a tank. Kinda big and kinda spendy, but does a lot of cool stuff. I am using mine to do what you are describing while switching channels on my Mesa Heartbreaker. Works perfectly.

http://www.tonebone.com/tb-loopbone.htm

[bubs_42]

Man I really don't need all that, I may buy a used one and try it but the size turns me off as well. I want 1 button and boom, Channel A, Loop A, (Tap) Channel B, Loop B. I'm a little pissed at the first guy because I asked all these questions PRE order and got YES it does that and it does that with YOUR amp. Nada.

[murkat]

okay,

switch 1

channel A or B

switch 2

Loop A ( just for channel A?)

Switch 3

Loop B (just for channel B?)

tuner out?

is that all you want?

[bubs_42]

okay,

switch 1

channel A or B

switch 2

Loop A ( just for channel A?)

Switch 3

Loop B (just for channel B?)

tuner out?

is that all you want?

Well in my head it is 1 Switch. I want it switch the Loop and the Channel at once. I can send you a picture later of pedal that I have and what I want.

[carfish7]

Man I really don't need all that, I may buy a used one and try it but the size turns me off as well. I want 1 button and boom, Channel A, Loop A, (Tap) Channel B, Loop B. I'm a little pissed at the first guy because I asked all these questions PRE order and got YES it does that and it does that with YOUR amp. Nada.

Sounds like he want to do all of this with 1 button - AND switch channels, with the same 1 button.

Opps, too slow on the draw......

[bubs_42]

Yep you got it. Sorry Jay this is the first time I made it to a computer since yesterday. I'll try to upload a picture today.