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I've been looking at making my own true bypass looper for ages now, but this one appeals because even with our currently shitty exchange rate, it's still better than anything I can get from UK soil with four channels, let alone two. And I'm no solder retard. What I want to know is, how hard would it be to make one of the four channels a feedback looper? I'm prepared to drill another hole into the casing if that's what it will take. Anybody got any plans for a feedback looper?

Feedback mod - dead easy. It'll just be some wiring change. If you can solder it'll be simps. You could even use one of the unused jacks as a Tuner out or whatever.

I know Benecol has a feedback schematic someone and Aen will know. It's probably worth it seeing as the case is the hardest part to come across and drill in the first place.

Rah bro. It'll be waiting until January and I have that sweet, sweet Student Loan back in my hands.

The instructions look cool too, coz they come with plans for a Tuner Out and Master Bypass Switch.

Somebody in the UK should jump on this and just start offering DIY kits for simple pedals like loopers and stuff. What else do you need to do other than ordering the parts in bulk? Drill some holes in a case?

ekwatts wrote:Rah bro. It'll be waiting until January and I have that sweet, sweet Student Loan back in my hands.

The instructions look cool too, coz they come with plans for a Tuner Out and Master Bypass Switch.

Somebody in the UK should jump on this and just start offering DIY kits for simple pedals like loopers and stuff. What else do you need to do other than ordering the parts in bulk? Drill some holes in a case?

Yeah, it's the sourcing the chassis' in various sizes that is a pain, it's a pretty odd size box when you think of it, strips of varying length.

I really couldn't be arsed to do it, plus as Aen will attest, drilling cases is fucking tedious, and I do it about 1/100th as often as he does.

haha, you probably do it more often, i just do it for like 3 hours at a time. I was thinking about making one of these for myself but I'm probably just going to slim my bass pedalboard down. I did a 2 channel looper a whle back, easy as pie! I didnt even test that shit, i just brought it down to the music store and was like, do you all want to sell this or what? and they were like, no.

A bypass switch has always made so much sense to me. I have a few shitty pedals (not as many as I used to, many just out-shitted themselves and stopped working) and they sound like ass even when they're turned off. I'm also rubbish at co-ordination, and while some might laugh, I find it difficult to turn more than one pedal on at once.

I'm going to make a geeky pedal diagram when I have the chance later to help me sort out what I want to do with it all. One of the reasons I want a bypass loop is so's I can get some Hurb-stylee Mini Kaoss Pad stuff going on.

They are a cool idea, I built one for Lamp which he uses as a Master pedals on/off switch and he said he really hears a retention of treble with it bypassing all his pedals. I also like the multiple switching thing to avoid tap dancing.

Yeah, it also means that I could probably leave my EHX pedals on and switch them without having to step on them. As sturdy as they look, I know they're just faking so they can break at the worst possible moment.

I'd say these days EHX are as solid as most pedals. Boss are the only brand I would say are completely indestructable.

Mike wrote:They are a cool idea, I built one for Lamp which he uses as a Master pedals on/off switch and he said he really hears a retention of treble with it bypassing all his pedals. I also like the multiple switching thing to avoid tap dancing.

This is exactly right.

I also need a nice, clean, transparent boost pedal. Dano have just released those new Cool Cats and there's one in that range, but it's still about 35+ British Poonds and I want one cheaper.

You just want a dirtless clean boost pedal?

EHX Nano LPB-1. It was £30 last time I looked.

Mike wrote:EHX Nano LPB-1. It was £30 last time I looked.

Clean but nae transparent.

It seems to basically cut off the highs, it takes all the snap out of bridge singles but adds some lovely girth to neck pickups so it's giving with one hand and taking away with the other.

I remembered afterwards you said it was bassy. Weird.

I don't know of any really transparent boosters. Doog had me install a tone control on his Saltbooster to roll of some highs as he likes his boosted sound rounder, and Proggie is getting me to mod his for a deep/thin switch so he can have his more trebly with his guitars. Everyone is different.

I'm still waiting on Proggie's pedals. His Dad needs to post them!

I think I have a behringer booster. I can check that out for you.

Hurb wrote:I think I have a behringer booster. I can check that out for you.

What a surprise haha.

Seriously, how many behringers do you buy a week?

none.

Show-off.

Hurb wrote:none.

"Recieve" then yeh jammy git.