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Post by rickyp on Sept 23, 2018 8:51:47 GMT -7
Does anyone here use a 3 way amp switcher? I’ve got a Radial Big Shot (for switching between 2 amps), but since I acquired another amp, I’d like to switch between my amps without unplugging.
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Post by headshrinker (Marc) on Sept 23, 2018 9:09:56 GMT -7
I've got a Morley ABC switcher. When I have used it, it worked fine. If you are looking to buy, sorry, not interested in selling. There are some on reverb. Usually start around $50.00. The nice thing about the morley is you can control all the amps individually. With aby pedals, at least one amp is on at all times.
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Post by Jaguarguy (Mike) on Sept 23, 2018 9:14:41 GMT -7
I have a four-way made by DeLisle and an old 8 way made by Ampeg. Morley makes the George Lynch Tripler which is foot switchable (the other two are not). With the De Lisle and the Ampeg you can use multiple cabinets if you have multiple heads.
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Post by rickyp on Sept 23, 2018 9:26:33 GMT -7
I've got a Morley ABC switcher. When I have used it, it worked fine. If you are looking to buy, sorry, not interested in selling. There are some on reverb. Usually start around $50.00. The nice thing about the morley is you can control all the amps individually. With aby pedals, at least one amp is on at all times. I was looking online at the Morley. Does it work well...no noise or issues? I know some of the switch boxes can be noisy. Trying to keep it at around $150. Won’t be for live use. Just at home.
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Post by headshrinker (Marc) on Sept 23, 2018 9:44:24 GMT -7
Never got any noise, or at least noise that I noticed. It's a passive box that basically splits your signal into three paths with each running into an on off footswitch. If you are running more than one amp at a time there is the possibility they will be out of phase. If so, you will likely hear it as the sound goes thin like when pickups are out of phase, but not as dramatic. If that occurs you need to reverse the positive and negative speaker terminals on one amp. I should add that some amps when you run them together do generate hum. I find that occurs more often when you are running a fixed bias amp with a cathode. Don't know why that happens, the electronics is beyond my knowledge. The way I solve the problem (some folks will tell you to never do this, so you are on your own) is to put a ground lift on one amp's plug. Usually the cathode biased one. I've never had a problem doing that or gotten a shock, and I've done that for at least 40 years, but again others will disagree with me on the risk. If you can find the Morley for $50.00, I'm guessing you could resell it for the same amount.
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Post by doctorice on Sept 23, 2018 16:11:56 GMT -7
I have a four-amp switch from Voodoo Labs. I don't use it much, but it seems to work fine. It's like large stompbox; goes on the floor. This one
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Post by daddyelmis (Greg) on Sept 23, 2018 18:26:27 GMT -7
I’ve used a number of them over the decades, but a Lehle 1@3 has been on my board for years now. Dead quiet, built like a tank, great design where the actual footswitch is isolated from the actual switch internally so you could actually jump up and down on the footswitch and not damage the actual switch.
They’ll show up used on eBay every now and then. Buy once, cry once.
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