animal control
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I'm sure this has been asked before but I must not be using good search criteria. I'm looking for a pedal that will allow me to switch between two amps with as little signal loss and noise as possible.
One guitar, two amps
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THIS will lead you to a bunch of A/B/Y boxes.
How much do you want to spend? I would say get THIS. You may need to dance a bit to switch amps during the middle of a song, but you can have up to 3 outputs, and they can be simultaneously on.
EDIT: At second glance, you want no volume drop, and being a passive system, I'm not sure if my suggestion will do that. You may need to spend more to get a buffer that will set the level the same for all outputs.
How much do you want to spend? I would say get THIS. You may need to dance a bit to switch amps during the middle of a song, but you can have up to 3 outputs, and they can be simultaneously on.
EDIT: At second glance, you want no volume drop, and being a passive system, I'm not sure if my suggestion will do that. You may need to spend more to get a buffer that will set the level the same for all outputs.
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I have used a Boss TU-2 for a two-amp set up. It does not work as a switcher but you can add one in when you choose. The way I did it in a small club was to run the bypass line to my clean amp which is a Princeton Reverb and then the Output line to a 56 Tweed Vibrolux dimed. When the tuner is engaged the Tweed amp is out of the mix and when I want to add it in I turn the tuner off and the screaming starts.
I have a Voodoo Labs Amp switcher that I took out of the box tested it out and put it back in the box and never used it again. If you want I’ll make you a good deal on it.
I have a Voodoo Labs Amp switcher that I took out of the box tested it out and put it back in the box and never used it again. If you want I’ll make you a good deal on it.
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Tonar8353 said:
Thanks, that's just the kind of info I was looking for. That unit looks great in the catalog but it's a bit pricey to be sticking on a shelf after a disappointing experiment.
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Paul-less said:
The Morley ABC looks good. It's $130 in Canada at my closest Long & McQuade but I can go and play with it there to try it out. For the first time in my life I'm in possession of two amps, and I won't rule out the possibility of some other one that may come my way. I had a Morely volume pedal once and the thing looked like it was built to military specs.
Thanks.
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digitech reverb pedal. sounds cool, too.
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Tuner FTW. Did it with a subwoofer for a while. It works like a charm as long as you're ok with having one of your amps always on. If you keep the clean one always on like Tonar suggested you get your normal clean tone plus added definition when distorted (clean always cuts better).
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Justinginn said:
No kidding. I'm always surprised at the YouTube videos where somebody is "reviewing" an amp/guitar/pickups and they've got the reverb cranked to where it sounds like some sort of '50s science fiction flick and they're feeding it with a Big Muff Pi or a Tube Screamer or some other kind of mega-breaker-upper thingy. WTF? You're supposed to draw some kind of conclusion from that? Well, I do. And that is: this guy wouldn't know tone if it bit his ear off.
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yea, I want to hear the amp, not the effects with itkböman said:
anyway a good clean amp is the first thing I look for, I will not even try to get it to cut up until I am in love with the sound it produces dry, I have spent hours testing amps this winter looking for a portable rig and it made me decide a few things, KEEP THE VOX, do n0t care how big that half stack is, it has tone to the bone. And to get a small tube amp, even in 2011 solid state lqacks so much, I want pure analog tone, I want to hear my tone not hide it. Distortion needs to compliment your tone, not cover it up
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Has anyone tried this? I am pathologically paranoid about anything in my signal chain that loses the connection between pickup and amp and then promises to "recreate" it.lidesnowi said:
I just heard a demo of this box's little brother - Radial Bigshot ABY. It seems ok, the guy that showed it to me says he love it. I like that it's passive.
But it would be nice to have led's to show which amp is connected. Argh. All I want is everything.
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i've been using an mc-fx single looper pedal (for true bypass switching) as a "splitter" for over three years now. i've tested it over hundreds of gigs and studio sessions, never had a (noticeable) loss of signal etc etc. and it's just a switch and few jacks (it's passive, power only for the LED), which is super handy because essentially the bastard will never break!
I run my orange as the "constant" amp and add my Laney vc30 for a huge boost. if you're looking for something simple, go for a looper. cost me around $40 new off fleabay and have not had a single issue. if you wanna go the buffer/aby/inbuilt booster etc go for radial (they are meant to be the bomb dizzle).
I run my orange as the "constant" amp and add my Laney vc30 for a huge boost. if you're looking for something simple, go for a looper. cost me around $40 new off fleabay and have not had a single issue. if you wanna go the buffer/aby/inbuilt booster etc go for radial (they are meant to be the bomb dizzle).
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