Marshall foot switch woes! URGENT!!!

rockmonster

My Marshall double footswitch is giving me jip! One of the buttons is buggered. I need a replacement button ASAP! Got a gig on Saturday. Where can I get just the button so I can wire it in myself? Mucho help needed!!!

Modulus_Amps

I have some here, but no chance of getting it to you tomorrow. Have you got a maplins nearby?

ICBM

Is it definitely the switch itself - ie does it feel buggered?

Cable failure is far more common on these.

rockmonster

ICBM said:

Is it definitely the switch itself - ie does it feel buggered?

Cable failure is far more common on these.

Yep it’s def. the switch it feels buggered!

rockmonster

Modulus_Amps said:

I have some here, but no chance of getting it to you tomorrow. Have you got a maplins nearby?

Which one would it be from maplins?

ICBM

The good news is that it doesn't have to be a specific type of switch - *any* latching footswitch which fits the hole will do, from a SPST up to a 3PDT. All it needs is to make and break one contact. (If you're using a DP or 3P switch, you can parallel the poles to make it more reliable, but you don't have to.)

If you don't have time to buy one, do you have any old pedals you could sacrifice (temporarily) to get a switch?

rockmonster

ICBM said:

The good news is that it doesn't have to be a specific type of switch - *any* latching footswitch which fits the hole will do, from a SPST up to a 3PDT. All it needs is to make and break one contact. (If you're using a DP or 3P switch, you can parallel the poles to make it more reliable, but you don't have to.)

If you don't have time to buy one, do you have any old pedals you could sacrifice (temporarily) to get a switch?

I have a joyo pedal I could butcher but i think it’s got six connectors on it which ones do I use?

Voxman

rockmonster said:8

My Marshall double footswitch is giving me jip! One of the buttons is buggered. I need a replacement button ASAP! Got a gig on Saturday. Where can I get just the button so I can wire it in myself? Mucho help needed!!!

If you're in London (I'm in North London) I have two and could loan you one. 

rockmonster

Thanks very much but I’m in Andover in Hampshire.

rico

If you can get to Guildford, Andertons have a load of two button foot switches for a tenner. 

ICBM

rockmonster said:

I have a joyo pedal I could butcher but i think it’s got six connectors on it which ones do I use?

The Joyo should have a 3PDT, mounted on a small PCB. It's best not to try to get the switch off the PCB, it's very hard without damage and will stop you putting it back later, once you're repaired the Marshall properly.

What I would do is cut the wires close to the PCB, leaving enough coloured insulation that you can see where to re-solder them. Bend the LED out of the way, don't remove it. Then use the middle terminal and one of the end ones in the row nearest the wires.

rockmonster

ICBM said:

rockmonster said:

I have a joyo pedal I could butcher but i think it’s got six connectors on it which ones do I use?

The Joyo should have a 3PDT, mounted on a small PCB. It's best not to try to get the switch off the PCB, it's very hard without damage and will stop you putting it back later, once you're repaired the Marshall properly.

What I would do is cut the wires close to the PCB, leaving enough coloured insulation that you can see where to re-solder them. Bend the LED out of the way, don't remove it. Then use the middle terminal and one of the end ones in the row nearest the wires.

Fanku for your Ossum advice ICBM!

nickb_boy

I've got an old 2 button Marshall footswitch lurking from the days of an old 90s valvestate I had in the garage.  If that's any use let me know

Voxman

nickb_boy said:

I've got an old 2 button Marshall footswitch lurking from the days of an old 90s valvestate I had in the garage.  If that's any use let me know

That was the spare one I had too!  Just too far away to help. 

rockmonster

Yeah thanks for all the offers guys