I want to run PA AND and amp and I figure an A-B foot switch should be the plan. I don't want any crappy loss of signal/tone because I'm going through another thing... Anybody found something they like?
Is a pedal like this really necessary? What if you run out of a stereo pedal at the end of your chain? For instance my jamman has stereo outs (aswell as a few other pedals i have)
Will this work just as well or will it likely produce the issues that littoral has mentioned?
What about going out to two different amps instead of FOH? Is there a difference?
Edit: is it just me or did it sound slightly better without the pedal? ----------
Last Edited by Killa_Hertz on May 21, 2016 12:09 PM
For fun and utility. I play A LOT of different genres and work on having as many sounds as possible. I think B3 and horns on accompaniment and I really like playing melodic single note (pretty) stuff on solos (as well as the standard solo/lead things). My main mic is a 57 so I'm not limited in terms of the bullet sound. I want a foot switch to change rigs for utility. Delay for the both (amp and PA) and a Harp Break to the PA. I'd add a LW Octave to the Concert rig (only) as a preamp for signal boost, no effect.
Last Edited by Littoral on May 22, 2016 11:13 AM
check out the the gear page.. they are having a discussion on this subject.
the lehle pedal is a top tier product.
personally i just use the standby switch on my amp.
with the guitar i think it is more critical to have a switch. it is necessary to change on the fly. but having a switch , could be a cool thing to have. ---------- .
Thanks! lehle, yeah, I hunted all the details, pro gear. Their options certainly would do the job. ~200.00 for the one I need. I play a lot over just the PA these days but for the bigger high profile events I'd love to have both rigs at the switch -or, temptation overload, both. I really want an EP Boost as well. Let's hope.
A friend has the Fender ABY pedal, around £25 in the UK, which is passive so shouldn't affect the tone. Splitting the signal into two inputs will increase the load on the element (I mean: present a lower impedance load) but I think that shouldn't affect a dynamic mic very much. It could adversely affect a very hi-Z element like a crystal, but it depends on the specifics, and I don't have any practical experience of that.
If I understand you right and you have an effect pedal (delay) in the chain before the splitter, then the load is buffered anyway so it should all be fine.
Last Edited by MindTheGap on May 23, 2016 2:38 AM
