Topic: Some kind of amp-switcher-box-thingy.
Once again, I find myself in the need of help.
Im in the market for a 'tri-channel' pedal, that enables me to switch between two heads, and drive them both at the same time.
Anyone care to help me out?
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Once again, I find myself in the need of help.
Im in the market for a 'tri-channel' pedal, that enables me to switch between two heads, and drive them both at the same time.
Anyone care to help me out?
Once again, I find myself in the need of help.
Im in the market for a 'tri-channel' pedal, that enables me to switch between two heads, and drive them both at the same time.
Anyone care to help me out?
Look for a Morley A/B/Y Switcher. That will do what your looking for.
The Morley isn't as dependable as others out there... do a forum search, as I know this has come up in the past...
I ended up making my own AB/Y switch one day when I was bored. I used to have the Morley but it was pretty much junk. Added noise and popping to the circuit and they are known to have volume drop issues.
Here are a few that I would recommend.
This one is actually pretty good... I have one and I've never had a problem with it. Good for $40 bucks
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ … sku=180614
If you have some extra cash laying around...then here you go. Never used one personally, but heard nothing but good things.
http://www.guitareffectspedals.com/startouch.html
These are also very high quality AB/Y pedals. I've used a few of these and they are real good.
http://www.lehle.com/frameset.php?count … k=products
Joe regarding splitting his amps:
"To split them simple. Wirlwind A-B both selector. run into the Leile ABC. Dont buy the Morley or the Liele A or B. They are horrid and suck the life out of any amp"
I ended up making my own AB/Y switch one day when I was bored. I used to have the Morley but it was pretty much junk. Added noise and popping to the circuit and they are known to have volume drop issues.
Here are a few that I would recommend.
This one is actually pretty good... I have one and I've never had a problem with it. Good for $40 bucks
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ … sku=180614If you have some extra cash laying around...then here you go. Never used one personally, but heard nothing but good things.
http://www.guitareffectspedals.com/startouch.htmlThese are also very high quality AB/Y pedals. I've used a few of these and they are real good.
http://www.lehle.com/frameset.php?count … k=products
Maybe yours was junk. Mine cost me less the $25 and has always done right by me. However, it's easy enough to build your own.
Lehle. Wonderful stuff.
Geoff
Maybe yours was junk. Mine cost me less the $25 and has always done right by me. However, it's easy enough to build your own.
They seem to be real hit and miss. I've heard some that sound ok and others (like mine) that just needed to be sacrificed to the tone gods.
I was thinking about getting a hold of another one and doing a mod for it to fix the problem. I get a request for those from time to time.
I'm SUPPOSED to be getting my Voodoo Lab Amp Selector any day now, I'll give the full review
once it arrives.
I've got a Whirlwind AB Selector running a 4x10 deVille and a Tiny Terror and it's completely quiet and does nothing to the tone.
A+ as far as I'm concerned.
Larry
Radial Tonebone Switchbone JX-2. Great pedal, cant say enough about it, sounds great, works great, well worth the money. Check it out.
Mike
I use the lehle 1 to 3, they also make a 1 to 2, this is the same one Joe uses, I saw it on his pedal board last week at the Birchmere, he has used that for the last several years. I also have borrowed one from a friend who had it commissioned from Jim Bradshaw, isoelectric absolutely no noise when switching, wonderful stuff!
I actually use the Leile abc... The new one is programable and really good... I havent had good luck with the morley switchers...
Joe Bonamassa
Hi,
as Joe said, the Morley isn't the top of the line. I had problems with tone sucking when using this Pedal. Also the noise when switching between A and B.
I have a new Lehle since a while.
http://lehle.com/products/frameset_l1.p … LittleDual
This allows you to swith from A to B or AB dual.
I have a Marshall 2555 head with a 2x12 cab (with G12-65, great speaker btw.)
and a Valvetech Hayseed 30 combo with 2 blue bulldogs which I love to bits.
The Hayseed is just like made for the strat.
The Hayseed runs dry and in the Marshalls FX loop I run an Intellifex with delay and reverb.
To me a fantastic combi. So I can recommend this Lehle pedal 100%
Good luck
Alex
The Morley isn't as dependable as others out there... do a forum search, as I know this has come up in the past...
I actually use the Leile abc... The new one is programable and really good... I havent had good luck with the morley switchers...
Joe Bonamassa
I knew I heard that somewhere... good luck
Spider wrote:Maybe yours was junk. Mine cost me less the $25 and has always done right by me. However, it's easy enough to build your own.
They seem to be real hit and miss. I've heard some that sound ok and others (like mine) that just needed to be sacrificed to the tone gods.
I was thinking about getting a hold of another one and doing a mod for it to fix the problem. I get a request for those from time to time.
Since this came up I opened mine up. It looks like the jacks were replaced with military spec Switchcraft jacks. Maybe thats why I don't have any trouble with it. Just a thought.
Beerdog80 wrote:Spider wrote:Maybe yours was junk. Mine cost me less the $25 and has always done right by me. However, it's easy enough to build your own.
They seem to be real hit and miss. I've heard some that sound ok and others (like mine) that just needed to be sacrificed to the tone gods.
I was thinking about getting a hold of another one and doing a mod for it to fix the problem. I get a request for those from time to time.
Since this came up I opened mine up. It looks like the jacks were replaced with military spec Switchcraft jacks. Maybe thats why I don't have any trouble with it. Just a thought.
I can't remember how the layout of this pedal is. Were those jacks originally mounted on the PCB or are they wired to it? Could you send me a picture of the PCB so I know what I'm dealing with before I go buy another one. Better yet, could you get a shot of the switching jacks too?
I'm sure the trick to fixing this thing cannot be difficult or expensive making a good alternative for those who don't want to dish the $$ for a Lehle-which are THE best.
there isn't a pcb.
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