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Footswitch for my guitar amp. How to make it any ideas?

post #1 of 18
10/29/03 at 9:01am
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Hi,
I have a guitar amp with two channels. One clean and one with distortion. It has an inpput that says "footwswitch and it's for a 1/4" jack. Without a footswitch you change between the two channels by pressing a small button. I need to make a footswitch to be able to change channels standing up. Any ideas on how to do it?
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post #2 of 18
10/29/03 at 10:33am
No specific ideas for you, other than to say that the Hammond die-cast aluminum boxes are very suitable for this application. The Small Bear Electronics link on the DIY link reference page has some appropriate parts and tips as well, including the actual switch.

I am betting that erix will be along soon with some practical ideas for you. He is very into this sort of thing!
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post #3 of 18
10/29/03 at 5:54pm
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I'll be waitin for erix then. Thanks for the info but I live in EUROPE. I think I can get pretty much everything I need around here. I am not worried about the enclosure. But about the connection and what kind of switch I need. see?
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post #4 of 18
10/29/03 at 7:13pm

I'm Wanted!

Well, it's a fairly easy thing to make.

You need a lamp cord (two conductor anything), a 1/4" mono plug, a SPST stompswitch, and a box to put it in.

All you will be doing is open and close a switch that switches in something as complicated as an additional pre-amp section or as simple as a pair of clipping diodes. Don't know your amp but they all work that way.

Wire the plug, one wire goes to each terminal on the plug. Wire the other end of the lamp cord to the switch, one wire to each terminal. All done!

Step on the switch - circuit open
Step on it again - circuit closes

Steve at Small Bear does ship to Europe and is VERY easy to deal with.

ok,
erix
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post #5 of 18
10/29/03 at 7:31pm
How about buying one of the cheapest Boss pedals used, like an old distortion, and gutting it? You get the switch and a built-in jack. It might even be cheaper than buying a metal enclosure and a stomp switch.
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post #6 of 18
10/29/03 at 8:15pm
if you can't find what you need here it can not be done

http://www.geofex.com/
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post #7 of 18
2/5/09 at 6:44pm
so how about a 3 button footswitch: distortion, solo, efx????
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post #8 of 18
2/5/09 at 6:58pm
Try Antique Electronic Supply here:

Antique Electronic Supply

They should have everything you need to build a foot pedal.
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post #9 of 18
2/5/09 at 9:19pm
General Guitar Gadgets and Small Bear Electronics are also good resources for guitar effects and such.

General Guitar Gadgets - Home

Small Bear Electronics
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post #10 of 18
2/17/10 at 6:44am
hi there i was wondering if anyone could help me. I have a mesa/boogie mkIII simul class which usually has 4 foot switches on in 3 enclosures. Unfortunately my ex stole all of them which means it will cost me a fortune to replace them especially with original mesa ones. I want to make one pedal which has all 4 switches in it. One of the original mesa pedals had 2 footswitches but only one 1/4 inch mono jack coming off it, this turned on/off the EQ and the reverb. I don't know how to wire this up or if it needs more components than just the 2 footswitch's, 1/4 inch socket and 1/4 inch jack. If anyone can shine some light on this it would be greatly appreciated.
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post #11 of 18
2/17/10 at 7:37am
I would suggest taking the ex to court

Here's some clone kits, if that's what you're interested in: BYOC - The World's Finest DIY Guitar Effects Kits

You could probably get a big box and shove 3-4 effects into one box.
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post #12 of 18
2/17/10 at 5:51pm
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Originally Posted by Juaquin View Post
I would suggest taking the ex to court

Here's some clone kits, if that's what you're interested in: BYOC - The World's Finest DIY Guitar Effects Kits

You could probably get a big box and shove 3-4 effects into one box.
lol, its best i just keep a safe distance.
I'm more after making everything from scratch myself tbh, the clone kits are for efx pedals, I'm just after cloning the foot switches. Cheers for your time and advice though
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post #13 of 18
2/17/10 at 9:25pm
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Originally Posted by baggy_punx View Post
I'm just after cloning the foot switches
Ah, I misread. I don't know of any sources for just the switch part but I'm sure others do
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post #14 of 18
2/17/10 at 9:36pm
The switch is easy search ebay for "stomp switch"
3, 3PDT 9-Pin Effects Stomp Foot Switch True Bypass,BL - eBay Guitar Parts, Parts Accessories, Guitar, Musical Instruments. (end time 02-Mar-10 00:30:17 AEDST)

cheers
FRED
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post #15 of 18
2/18/10 at 2:16pm
sorry, what i mean is, i have all the parts and as far as just selecting between RHYTHM 1/RHYTHM 2 is concerned that's cool because that is only one stomp box and only involves 1 foot switch. In total the amp has 3 inputs for foot switches, the problem I'm having is, at the back of the amp there is 1 input labelled EQ/REVERB, this is controlled by 1 stomp box which has 2 foot switches in the box. The other two stomp boxes only have one 1 switch per box and are easy to put together (1 x stomp box enclosure, 1 x mono foot switch, 1 x 1/4 inch jack socket - sorted) I can't get my head around how to make a stomp box that that can turn on/off both the EQ and REVERB when there is only 1 lead going off it and it only goes into 1 input.

I'm sorry if i didn't explain myself properly, I've been told that it may have something to do with using a stereo 1/4 inch jack instead of a mono.
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