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Post by tdog on Jan 30, 2020 9:17:31 GMT -7
New to the forum. Just bought a Jetta based on lots of your posts, so thanks! I'm not the most technically adept guy so my question is if anyone uses the earthquaker "swiss things" pedalboard reconciler with the Jetta's effects loop. This is my first amp with an effects loop. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Post by helmi on Jan 30, 2020 17:05:56 GMT -7
Sorry cant answer your ?, but WELCOME to the forum. many wonderful people here. we grow on you in time! (lol)
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Post by markT on Jan 30, 2020 18:21:02 GMT -7
Welcome! And Congrats on the JETTA! Playing mine tonight a never ceases to sound great.
All I can tell you is plug your output of your Earthquaker device into the return of your JETTA and a cord from the send of your amp to the input of your device. Maybe you knew that al ready. Good luck and let us know how it works~
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Post by simpleton on Jan 30, 2020 19:52:21 GMT -7
Both the EQD Swiss Things and the Z effects loop want to see the same thing....the SEND wants the input of the first pedal and the RETURN wants the output of the last pedal in line....not sure how you would use the FX Loop with the Swiss Things.
Seems you would end a pedal with a in/out to use the Z FX LOOP that triggers its own(the pedals) FX loop off and on when needed.
The EQD seems made for direct into input. Perhaps I’m missing something obvious, but I just got the EQD and can’t see how it could be used in an amps FX LOOP.
I’ll look around for a pedal that might be a good trigger for the FX Loop...if I find one I’ll try to post it.
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Post by tdog on Jan 31, 2020 5:37:39 GMT -7
Thanks for the replies. Simpleton, I had pretty much come to the same conclusion that the 'swiss things' was redundant with the jetta's effects loop. The swiss things was a great fix for my amp with no effects loop but I can't see how to get them to work together. If I figure something out I'll post it.Thank you!
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Post by simpleton on Jan 31, 2020 8:27:55 GMT -7
Thanks for the replies. Simpleton, I had pretty much come to the same conclusion that the 'swiss things' was redundant with the jetta's effects loop. The swiss things was a great fix for my amp with no effects loop but I can't see how to get them to work together. If I figure something out I'll post it.Thank you! Swiss Things will still be great in front of the amp for Turing multiple pedals on/off at the same time. Plus it has a great boost. Later today I’ll look around too for a good one with the amp fx loop. |
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Post by simpleton on Jan 31, 2020 18:06:48 GMT -7
Something like THIS would work I think....but I would want something with a remote trigger, so I could leave my Amps FX pedals close to the amp and just run a trigger switch up by my pedal board. The amps FX Loop would SEND to INPUT and RETURN to OUTPUT.....then the effects would run thru the pedals SEND/RETURN and be triggered with the engagement of the foot switch. This pedal has more uses than just this but something like it or this would work I think. Still I would prefer a separate “Trigger” pedal. Good luck! |
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Post by runninwiththerevil (Matthew) on Feb 6, 2020 21:14:50 GMT -7
I have the Swiss Things. You wouldn't use it in the FX loop in the way that either are intended to be used. Forget the EQD for a moment. With a loop you want your dirt and distortion going direct into your amp to hit the preamp. With the loop you would put modulation and time based effects. I played a bunch with using the loop on my Cure and never found a big difference. I now have a Maz Jr with the loop and have yet to plug into it. Try pulling your modulation and time based effects out of the EQD and see if you really like the difference with them in the FX Loop of the Jetta. If not forget about it. If you do, you may need to rethink the use of the Swiss Things.
Back to the EQD. This pedal is meant to go from the outputs into the front end of the amp. Loop one is meant to take the dirt and is not buffered. Loop two is buffered and meant to take your time based effects.
Now you may want to think about putting a couple things through the loop and not the Swiss Things. Perhaps, your reverb or if you have a certain type of delay that you only use occasionally, but don't tend to stack (maybe a slap back). This would place these effects following the preamp and before the power tubes. It would still leave you the ability to control what ever is in loop two, and if you have dirt/distortion in loop one it isn't much different than using it or not. Obviously, you could still turn loop one on and off all at once.
There is a lot I like about the Swiss Things, but it does get hard to use if you start needing something that is outside of the way it is set up. Wanting to use an FX loop is one of those examples.
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Post by simpleton on Feb 7, 2020 8:02:08 GMT -7
I just updated my previous post with a LINK.....I’ve been away awhile and forgotten how to use everything apparently.....slowly regaining memory. |
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Post by tdog on Feb 21, 2020 0:43:23 GMT -7
Thanks for all the ideas, y'all. My solution: I'm using the Jetta's effects loop and just ignoring 'loop 2' on the EQD swiss things. I'm still using loop 1 for OD, fuzz, and distortion to go straight into the front of the Jetta. I really like the boost on the EQD and the isolation of the tuner. If I decide to do a stereo rig I might put a delay into the EQD's loop 2, but I'm trying to to keep it simple. I should be practicing more, not plugging/unplugging cables, lol. Thanks again for all the quality suggestions and advice.
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