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Not terribly exciting guitar effects question

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? by MyOtherCarsAJag

Anyone use an effects loop in their pedal set up? (Not a loop pedal, a loop of pedals which can be sent a signal all at once).
If so, can you recommend a good Bypass or On/Off pedal to send a signal to the loop only when you choose to?
Thanks!

MyOtherCarsAJag | 29 Mar '08, 04:32 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I use this

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/3504

I don't do quite what you do..but same principles.

It can switch between direct input to the amp and an 'effects loop' on my laptop.

You need a send/return on your amp or a linein.

one signal goes straight to amp, the other through the loop.

You can mix the two together as well

countzero | 29 Mar '08, 06:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

thanks!

i'll check it out

MyOtherCarsAJag | 31 Mar '08, 11:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I imagine you could use a standard A/B switch

and not have the 'B' connected to anything. The EHX switchblade would do this and is pretty small.

Or something like

--switch\-A---------/----
\B--loop--/

and connect the two ends together with an adaptor.

What pedals do you use in your loop? I've got a Truly Beautiful Disaster which has got some kind of photosensitive feedback loop, it sounds nuts with a delay and distortion in it.

TheSoundofBastards | 31 Mar '08, 11:14 | Send note | Report this | Reply

curse my boring answer...

couple of goudiefx pedals, delay and overdrive, then the rest are mainly boss ones, chorus, filter, flange and phase, only just getting a wah. i actually use them all on keyboards, not guitars, and it all goes through a kaoss pad first. it makes life more complicated because everything's in stereo, but all the pedals are in mono, so i have to use a mixer to sum L&R, send to the loop and then split it down artificially post FX (losing stereo information in the process).
told you this was a boring question!

MyOtherCarsAJag | 1 Apr '08, 10:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Has there ever been an exciting guitar effects question?

I have a Boss LS line selector pedal. They're pretty good and allow you to have two separate loops of pedals to switch in or just have one or bypass. Plus you can use them as 3 into 1 or 1 into 3 type selectors.

You can also set the volume of the signal going through your loop.

TheoGB | 31 Mar '08, 11:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

surely you mean

"has there ever been a non-exciting guitar effects question?"

TheSoundofBastards | 31 Mar '08, 11:22 | Send note | Report this | Reply