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Topic: A-B Input Switch (multiple insts into one chnl) |
Steve Howard
From:
High Ridge, Missouri, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 5:52 am |
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Might sound strange, but I play guitar, banjo, and steel guitar in my band and only have two channels on my amp and a limited number of effects I can use for all of these. I run my guitar alone through one channel, but would like to run both my banjo and steel through the other channel and actually would like to plug both into the same effects loop so I can use different pre-amp settings for each.
So, I would like to have some sort of A-B switch that I can plug both inputs into and use the switch to go between banjo and steel.
Anyone have any ideas on this?
Thanks. |
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D Schubert
From:
Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 6:14 am
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| Take a look at the two and four channel mini-mixers made by Behringer and others. Use a channel for each instrument, and get some pre-adjustment of EQ and level for each, to match levels going into your amp. Well under $100. |
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 8:21 am
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Steve, I made my own switch with a single-pole/double-throw (SPDT),mini toggle switch. I did not notice any degradation of sound. I mounted the switch and 3 jacks in a metal electric receptical box.
I put a switch in my effects rack to enable me to switch from the amp to the tuner(I don't like to leave a tuner in line). I used a DPDT for that function so I could use one side of the switch to short the input to the amp when tuning(to eliminate hum)......JD |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 1:09 pm
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| I've done the same thing and also had no signal degradation or hum problems. Also no pops when I switched. But if your not looking to roll your own, there are plenty of inexpensive A/B units out there. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 1:13 pm
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| I vote for the mini-mixer too. You can also use it to set levels for recording into a computer or digital deck, hook it up so you can play your own steel soundtracks to football games, run backing tracks or a CD player into one channel to practice with, all kinds of stuff. When I use distortion I split my signal with a Y-cord and back into two channels of the mixer, so I can blend any proportion of straight to distorted signal. I have a Rolls "Playmate" MX56 which is no longer made, but the Behringers look to do about the same thing. |
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Jan Dunn
From:
Union, NJ USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 5:46 am
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| Go to the Fulltone (effect pedal maker) website. He has free plans for a great A/B box that ends up costing about 10 bucks and is simple to build for anyone that knows which end of a soldering iron gets hot. |
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