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Cheap and easy King of Tone - why is nobody interested?
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I'm toying with making myself a utility pedal that essentially allows me to plug in two other pedals and then gives me the ability to switch between running pedal A into pedal B, or B in A, or have them run alongside each other in parallel.
It seems (to my novice, simple mind) to be fairly straightforward to have this pedal feature a 3-way toggle (between AintoB, A &B, BintoA), a level/volume dial for each side, and maybe (and this would be a complication) a phase dial or inverter switch.
That said, it seems *so* basic that I must be missing a reason why nobody already supplies this pedal, or why there's no demand for it.
For someone on a budget like I am, the ability to pick 2 from all the inexpensive tube screamer, blues breaker dumble options to arrive at something not a million miles away from the
Is it because ultimately, you could accomplish the same just by cabling? That seems a faff, especially when you want to mess around and easily and quickly compare options and tone.
As I say, I think I'm missing something (and my preference for what I'm missing would be a readily available inexpensive instance of this pedal already in production and available for me to buy!)
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I've not tried to work it out, but I think doing this on a mechanical switch might not be simple.
It can do A ->B and A+B parallel mix
Also works as a clean blend in parallel mode with only one loop connected (bass players take heed lol)
I have an LS-2 and it's a great pedal, but as @roberty says, it doesn't do quite what I'm after. In terms of I think avoiding pops might be an issue .
ecc83 said: A few months back I built my son a box, could have been a pedal, that allowed him to route his guitar either through a looper or directly to an amplifier. It also incorporated a PP3 and LEDs selected for very low current drain <2mA but the pedal still worked sans power.
To run both sides all you would need is a second switch to link both 'hot' jack tags. No V pots though, not needed in this application.
Dave.
Thanks - that's pretty motivational/inspirational! In terms of volume/level I was thinking it would allow to control the blend when in parallel , but also, I was thinking/hoping to be able to use the pedal to blend with the clean tone in some way - if I switch off one of the pedals, then I may need a volume control for that signal...
Polarity switching can be done with a single op-amp and some passives, there's a circuit at Geofex for that.
Pricey and you have probably missed the boat for a new one.
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[1] For certain values of “easy” and “cheap” which mostly involve having the kit and skills available, although both of those are surprisingly easy to acquire these days for anyone with an interest in tinkering with this kind of thing.
I might sketch out my switching idea properly, as I'm near certain a 4P3T rotary would do the switching just fine.