HH VS Footswitches

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:22 pm

Some may remember I asked for opinions on a footswitch - use of LEDs etc - for this amp:

Well, I bought some bits and found that some layouts didn't actually work, so....

is what I came up with.
Here it is in the drying oven after spraying

Wiring up has started but it's been interrupted by insanity, unfortunately.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:29 pm

haha i dried some shit in my car once too
nothin better than a 45+ degree car haha

Post by **Mike** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:50 pm

hahah.. wicked.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:52 am

Would you believe it... I picked up one momentary switch and one latching. And the latching one's broken and doesn't switch, new out of the packet. I'd already soldered them and thrown away the packaging, so that's another life lesson learnt.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:57 am

Bastinados.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:23 am

Aaargh! Went and bought a replacement footswitch and it's from the same batch and also faulty!

Alpha DPDT, solder tags, batch code 7G2
Found a receipt for the first faulty unit, so I'll try to take them back to Maplin at lunchtime and get a refund. Now looking for best place to buy online.

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:41 am

Haze wrote:haha i dried some shit in my car once too
nothin better than a 45+ degree car haha

Does it make your car smell?

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:25 am

Placed order for stomp switches with Banzai on the 18th, still shows order processing. Barstuds.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:37 pm

NickS wrote:Placed order for stomp switches with Banzai on the 18th, still shows order processing. Barstuds.

Kicked them on the 24th, they said it went in the post that day. Still no sign of these switches so I've ordered a couple from RSH Electronics at Â£4.95 ea. for TPDT with Â£2.50 p&p and threw in 20 LED clips at 6p ea. Might turn up Saturday, with luck.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:09 pm

RSH ftw
switches turned up Sat morning. Too busy to fit them today/night.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:37 pm

OK, completed!

Post by **Doog** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:52 pm

Stirling work!

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:58 pm

I thank you for your kind words.

I'm peeved that the VS LED is looking greener now than in that pic. OR my eyes are going funny, I'll have to take another camera pic and compare.

Post by **Mike** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:14 pm

Looks excellent.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:08 pm

that is the sex nicks.

i missed out on that HH amp due to no cash, i was gutted. trying to get the model hackett had.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:26 am

I think I missed the first thread....is this basically an amp footswitch that routes the send/return from the amp through one cable into that box?

genius.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:13 am

Nick wrote:I think I missed the first thread....is this basically an amp footswitch that routes the send/return from the amp through one cable into that box?

On the amp the effect send/return is after the master volume, which means effect noise goes straight into the power amp section at full volume. The amp provides a connector that gives you the main channel dry clean and "VS" (dirty) feeds and a connection to the top of the master volume control, plus an input to disable the internal connection to the master volume.

This box switches between clean and dirty, puts that through the effect sockets and lets you switch a pot into circuit to give you a volume drop for lead/rhythm switching. From there it goes back to the master volume where it's mixed with the second channel and reverb signals. This does require the effect to be capable of working with line level inputs, as it would on the main amp.

The main limitation is that only the dry signal goes to the switch box & effect loop, and reverb volume is unaffected by the lead/rhythm switch. You set reverb to suit the rhythm setting and lose some when you switch to lead. I'm still not sure whether it's a workable compromise, and I guess I won't until I've used it in anger for a while.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:17 am

Progrockabuse wrote:that is the sex nicks.

i missed out on that HH amp due to no cash, i was gutted. trying to get the model hackett had.

Never mind, there'll be another along soon...

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:58 pm

Neat work Nick - any closer to solving the riddle of the switch?

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:21 pm

benecol wrote:Neat work Nick - any closer to solving the riddle of the switch?

Thanks. No, I haven't opened the box yet.