Boss Angry Driver Mod (Remote Switch)

johnmontana

Can anybody here do this remote switch mod for Angry Driver?

 

ICBM

Isn't that just a way of doing what the remote switch does, only by f***ing the pedal?

johnmontana

It is, indeed. but this is the whole point - it saves pedalboard space, you don't have to mess around with an extra footswitch.

If someone her can do this or knows someone who can, please let me know. 

Funkfingers

ICBM said:

Isn't that just a way of doing what the remote switch does, only by f***ing the pedal?

Affirmative.

It all looks a bit "bedroom" to me. I would hate to have to operate the two switches that close together on stage.

rivercider

I just use a mini/micro switch thingy that I bought for about 20 quid from Bright Onion. Works great & is small - 53x38x31mm

johnmontana

@rivercider, got one of those too but still, I would prefer the switch straight on the pedal...or maybe there is a way to mod  own pedal switch to go on/of while holding down ... oh., well

english_bob

rivercider said:

I just use a mini/micro switch thingy that I bought for about 20 quid from Bright Onion. Works great & is small - 53x38x31mm

Couldn't you just velcro one of these to the top of the pedal and get all the space saving benefits of the mod with none of the resale-destroying butchery?

clarkefan

Sorry can't run the video, is this a mod involving adding a footswitch to the big Boss footswitch, so the body of the added footswitch fits where the battery would go?

If so the Boss spare parts dept can sort you out another Boss footswitch, you can drill that one instead, they're interchangeable

I did this years ago when I added a tap tempo switch to a DD-7, worked great.

ICBM

clarkefan said:

Sorry can't run the video, is this a mod involving adding a footswitch to the big Boss footswitch, so the body of the added footswitch fits where the battery would go?

He's fitted it through the pedal directly above where the Boss switch is, so he must have hacked a hole in the main casting as well.

Fitting it on the battery side would be a lot more sensible, if you're using a power supply.

johnmontana

Fitting a switch on the top of the Boss footswitch is a common mod used back in the day by Analogman, Kelley etc on their TS9, BD 2, DS 1 and those pedals are not coming cheap these days, etc.

Although some of you here are concerned about the resale value, I would be happy to pay someone to drill a hole in my pedal and do the mod for me. And I don't care which side the switch would be, as long as it will be functional. 

johnmontana

Actually, here is a TS9 with the added switch by JHS! He should have done it on the Angry Driver too ...=) 


https://www.jhspedals.com/products/discontinued-rare/ibanez-tube-screamer-true-bypass/

ICBM

Drilling a Boss pedal to get extra functionality is sensible compared with that.

I am not concerned about resale value, I just don't like hacking something to do a job which is easier and better done by another method, but if you're absolutely determined to do it then I would consider doing it for you if I can find a switch which will fit in the battery side without making a hole in the main pedal body. I'd prefer to use a replacement rocker from a scrap pedal, which would then make it reversible if you ever want to.