I bought one of
these a long while ago, to switch my TS9 on with the dirt channel. I never got around to using it though, as I found a different workaround. Now I want to use it, and it doesn't work properly.
It will switch the loop in and out, but it doesn't switch the channel. My amp works with a bog standard two-button Marshall footswitch (channel and reverb). When I push the stereo cable (the pedal has a stereo socket) into the pedal slowly, it switches the channel fleetingly, but that's it. If I leave the jack in at the point it switches the channel, the switch does nothing. Is the pedal wired to the wrong lug on the stereo socket? Here's a pic;
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd489/Bydytron/IMG_20130928_1542361_zpsd152f8dc.jpgIt has an internal (what I think is a) polarity switch too, which doesn't affect the problem.
Halp!
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Mines a gec-9 unit.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Brilliant, cheers. One more problem though - the terminal between the 'blue' (it's actually purple, but the photo has made it look blue) and the white has been inexplicably snipped off. Would it be alright to solder it onto the bit where the terminal was?
The polarity switch looks alright IRL - again, the photo hasn't flattered it.
Just make sure it doesn't short against the casing.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein