Searching for a pedal

[cybaster]

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone know of a pedal that can blend in a FX loop signal slowly.

It's similar to the Morley FX Blender but instead of it being an expression pedal,
it just uses a knob to control how fast (or slow) the FX loop starts blending in.


What I want to achieve is that on stage, I can be playing my guitar without effects, and once i stomp the pedal, the FX loop (say a fuzz) starts ramping up and blending with my dry signal.

I've looked at the following, similar but not exactly what I want
Xotic, X-Blend
Coopersonic Fader
darth fader

[trevorus]

Re: Searching for a pedal

A volume pedal is probably your easiest option, or a Boss Slow Gear (or clone thereof) at the end of the loop chain.

[cybaster]

Re: Searching for a pedal

A volume pedal is probably your easiest option, or a Boss Slow Gear (or clone thereof) at the end of the loop chain.

I was looking at some Slow Gear demos, and most people use it as a volume swell,
its quite interesting but not entirely what i am trying to get after.

not too familiar with FX loops, of my two amps only 1 have an FX loop so i've been running pedals up front.
wouldn't a volume pedal at the end of an FX loop just kill the output?
if i put a Volume pedal at the end of the chain, when the volume is off, there should be no sound right?

[trevorus]

Re: Searching for a pedal

That depends on how you run the effects loop. A parallel effects loop won't have this problem, though there might be some volume drop. The other option is a pedal actuated blender of some sort, where you switch between the two with volume pedal like operation.

[Agileguy_101]

Re: Searching for a pedal

I can't think of anything that does exactly what you're looking for, but I don't think the slow gear will work because it is an envelope follower.

[Progbusters]

Re: Searching for a pedal

probably something from loopmaster or that volume foot dial from EWS http://ews-us.com/item_volumeCtrl.php?item=custom

[cybaster]

Re: Searching for a pedal

(putting my flame suit on)
The Digitech Dan Donegan pedal has this feature,
when the pedal is engaged, a Phaser effect is present, then when you engage the pedal again, it will slowly ramp up the distortion.

Problem is, the distortion sound is digital and thin. There's also no way to change the tone or gain.

So that's why I have this thought of having some sort of ramping distortion.

The Morely FX blender does seem like it would do similar to what I want, but again, its discontinued and also huge.
Wondering if anyone know of something else (or like a DIY stomp box)

[PFDarkside]

Re: Searching for a pedal

Just saw a demo of the ZVex Loop Gate. With some creative use it might be what you are looking for.

I think an "easy" DIY would be to get an old broken Crybaby and replace the pot with a stacked blender pot like you'd use to blend two pickups, then drill an extra input wired into the blender pot. It would blend between two inputs into one output. You'd use it like this: guitar into stereo pedal to split the signal (could even be a tuner with dry out). One side goes to phaser the other side goes to distortion. Both go into the new "blender" pedal. Output is wherever your blender pedal is swept to.

Does this make sense to anyone else?

[cybaster]

Re: Searching for a pedal

Just saw a demo of the ZVex Loop Gate. With some creative use it might be what you are looking for.

I think an "easy" DIY would be to get an old broken Crybaby and replace the pot with a stacked blender pot like you'd use to blend two pickups, then drill an extra input wired into the blender pot. It would blend between two inputs into one output. You'd use it like this: guitar into stereo pedal to split the signal (could even be a tuner with dry out). One side goes to phaser the other side goes to distortion. Both go into the new "blender" pedal. Output is wherever your blender pedal is swept to.

Does this make sense to anyone else?

Hmm I think I understand how that would work.
I do have a spare wah that I can use...

I suppose it can be like this

Guitar signal --> [ABY out to signal 1,2]
Signal 1 --> blend pot input 1
Signal 2 --> distortion chain --> blend pot input 2
[blend pot output] --> amp