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Offline slash

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wanted: beta bass footswitch
« on: February 17, 2011, 08:12:05 pm »
hey, i'm new here. i've got a 1x15 beta bass combo and a silverface concert bass. need footswitches for both but i need one for the beta more. anyone on here have one they want to get rid of or know of a replacement/substitute that works just as well? i only need the kind that switches from channel A or B and then has a function for BOTH. any help/info would be greatly appreciated!

Offline rot gut

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Re: wanted: beta bass footswitch
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2011, 09:28:58 pm »
buy an aby switch.

Offline grimniggzy

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Re: wanted: beta bass footswitch
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2011, 10:52:00 am »
Most ABY's won't let you use both channels simultaneously.
You need the correct one to have one channel clean/one dirty/and both at the same time

http://voodoomanswitches.com/component/page,shop.product_details/category_id,34/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,401/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,37/vmcchk,1/

or DIY here...
http://sunn.ampage.org/sdp/index.php/topic,4355.0.html
« Last Edit: February 18, 2011, 11:02:08 am by grimniggzy »
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Offline warandhairstyle

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Re: wanted: beta bass footswitch
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2011, 06:37:58 pm »
I used a Big Shot ABY for this very application with my old beta.  it does A, B and both.  It has lots of other uses too if you get creative.

http://www.tonebone.com/re-bigshot-aby-detail.htm
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Offline slash

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Re: wanted: beta bass footswitch
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2011, 12:40:29 am »
I used a Big Shot ABY for this very application with my old beta.  it does A, B and both.  It has lots of other uses too if you get creative.

http://www.tonebone.com/re-bigshot-aby-detail.htm

hmmm, how did you make it work? do you just plug your instrument into the input and then that into whatever channel and it will let you switch from there? the footswitch input jack on the beta bass is weird, it's got 3 pins on it, i've never seen anything like it.

Offline warandhairstyle

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Re: wanted: beta bass footswitch
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2011, 11:24:32 am »
Exactly.  The ABY has one input (instrument) and 2 outputs.  You run one output to channel A and the other to channel B.  Then use the switch to regulate A/B or Both. 

It's also great for running one instrument to two separate amps, and has phase switching, ground lift, etc for this reason.

I now use it to run 2 signals from by bass into a 2000s, leaving one pure and putting effects into the other signal.  Note that this trick doesn't work with digital amps, ime, but it's a cool way to maintain that pure tone while still introducing some effects.

The ABY can also be turned around to run 2 instruments into one input, just plug the instruments into the "out" jacks and the amp to the "in" jack. 
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Offline grimniggzy

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Re: wanted: beta bass footswitch
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2011, 01:18:55 pm »
forgot the radial one with the both switch.
stumbled across this too, should do the job...
http://www.loop-master.com/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=224
Sunn Coliseum Bass--->Sunn 215B
Sunn Beta Bass--->Ampeg 410HLF
Sunn Beta Lead--->Marshall 4X12
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3 Fender P's, 1 Fretless J, 2 Statss, AmpegPlexiBass
OC-2 + QTrons + RATs + VTBass

Offline easyedger74

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Re: wanted: beta bass footswitch
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2011, 02:57:27 pm »
There is one on ebay (sunn footswitch) 2/26/11