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3-way relay with footswitch
« on: September 09, 2019, 09:04:12 am »
Hello. How would I implement a 3-way footswitch(clean, overdrive and distortion channels) on a TRex type amp? Has anyone ever done this? Shematic? Thank you

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Re: 3-way relay with footswitch
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2019, 09:40:22 am »
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TRex type amp?
Got a schematic for that?
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Re: 3-way relay with footswitch
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Re: 3-way relay with footswitch
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2019, 09:55:24 am »
There are only two channels. An A/B switch on the inputs would be easy.
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Re: 3-way relay with footswitch
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2019, 11:29:32 am »
I want to add a high-gain addition to the clean channel. For example:
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Re: 3-way relay with footswitch
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2019, 06:06:44 am »
You would need two relays. E.g. one to switch between the two channels and one to switch one channel between crunch/higain.

For this amp, it would probably be easier to add a separate boost stage to one of the channels, rather than folding one channel back into the other.

If you don’t have another triode to spare, you could add an LND150-based stage.

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Re: 3-way relay with footswitch
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2019, 02:34:17 pm »
Thank you.

 


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