A/B loop switching pedal (buy or build)

[CaptainWhizz]

I’m after a pedal that does the following:

Input
Send A
Return A
Send B
Return B
Output

Single footswitch. One of either Loop A or Loop B is always active, footswitch selects between them.

Any thoughts?

[jeremy]

i dont know of one that does that, though im sure there is one, but it wouldnt be hard to build it

[jimilee]

Doesn’t the switchblade do that? I don’t remember if it’s MXR or who makes it.


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[PFDarkside]

Boss LS-2 does.

Building it with a 3PDT stomp switch should be easy too.

[CK71]

What about something like this?

https://www.radialeng.com/product/bigshot-efx

Radial Engineering products are very good quality and looks like it is 99.00 at Sweetwater.

[rbc]

The One Control Black Loop 2-Channel Loop Switcher might be what you need:

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/one-control-black-loop-2-channel-loop-switcher/j52417000000000

[rbc]

My preference was for the One Control White Loop Flash 2-Channel Switcher Pedal. It allows bypassing the loops.

[CaptainWhizz]

The Boss LS-2 is great, but overkill for what I want.
The One Control is the closest I’ve seen, but I was under the impression each switch only controls its own loop, so turning one loop on would not turn the other off.

[PFDarkside]

The Boss LS-2 is great, but overkill for what I want.
The One Control is the closest I’ve seen, but I was under the impression each switch only controls its own loop, so turning one loop on would not turn the other off.

There is the Black and the White, one is flip/flop the other is independent.

[CaptainWhizz]

There is the Black and the White, one is flip/flop the other is independent.

Brilliant, I only read the spec for one. Thank you. They are not too expensive either, so I will probably grab one. Cheers.

EDIT: have checked their site, the white one has a switch to toggle which loop is selected, and a switch to bypass both loops. That’s what I wanted and what I’d hoped for too. Thank you.

[PFDarkside]

Brilliant, I only read the spec for one. Thank you. They are not too expensive either, so I will probably grab one. Cheers.

EDIT: have checked their site, the white one has a switch to toggle which loop is selected, and a switch to bypass both loops. That’s what I wanted and what I’d hoped for too. Thank you.

Great, it should work well for you!

Are you going to flip/flop drives with it like rbc ?

[rbc]

Great, it should work well for you!

Are you going to flip/flop drives with it like rbc ?

Sort of. The Blue Moon Phaser is kind of touchy when it comes to levels in conjunction with distortion. I guess the phaser effect really sets off the distortion harmonics.

I put it off on it's own loop paired with the Distortion III matched to keep the clean/overdrive/distortion levels even.

It's more likely that I would go from clean to distortion during a song. I'd choose between the GT-OD or Distortion III, depending on the song.

[CaptainWhizz]

Great, it should work well for you!

Are you going to flip/flop drives with it like rbc ?

To switch between preamps on a pedalboard amp setup. Put the preamp section of the pedalboard amp into one loop, one or more AMT preamps in the other.

[CaptainWhizz]

So, I finally made up my mind. Muziker had the Hotone Britwind reduced to about £20 lower than anywhere else, and also had the One Control Minimal White switcher, plus the Rockboard ISO 16 power supply, and the Digitech FS3X footswitch to provide additional control to my Whammy DT or Rubberneck. As they charge for postage (but even with postage they were the cheapest), I bought everything at once.

When it all arrives, I will have everything I need to finish my pedalboard (although I may squeeze an overdrive/ boost/ EQ on), as well as what I need to make my floor amp- the Britwind set up with the One Control and an AMT preamp to give me a 3-channel amp I can fit on a smallish board. I believe that the reverb in the Britwind is after the effects loop, so that’s handy. The only thing I might need to look at is getting a clean boost pedal to go last in the signal before the effects return, so I can get a pure volume lift for leads. Not a big issue though.

[FuseG4]

I love my white loop minimal!!