Pedalsnake question

[FretFire]

Alright, I'm thinking about snagging a Pedalsnake to simplify my setup/teardown. What I'm thinking is to have 3 guitar lines (effects loop send, loop return, and the guitar signal running from my board to the front of the amp) and then the problem child... the amp footswitch.

My amp is a Mesa Rectoverb, which uses a 5-pin MIDI cable to connect the footswitch to the amp. Now, with my pedalboard, I can attach the switch unit to the board and leave the cable coiled up under the panel it's mounted on no problem, that's how I store it. So I'm thinking I could just leave the end of the cable sticking out a bit, and plug the Pedalsnake into it there and at the amp. the only problem is that the Pedalsnake's MIDI ends are all male, and I need a female at the "pedal end". Would this adapter fix me up perfectly, or do I need to ask the folks at Pedalsnake if they can arrange for a female end?

Thanks guys, and please let me know if this is unclear.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--HOSGMD108

 

[aleclee]

Re: Pedalsnake question

The adaptor will work . . . but there might be a catch.

The Pedalsnake DIN connectors only have three conductors attached so if your pedal uses more than the three conductors, you might be SOL.

 

[FretFire]

Re: Pedalsnake question

The adaptor will work . . . but there might be a catch.

The Pedalsnake DIN connectors only have three conductors attached so if your pedal uses more than the three conductors, you might be SOL.

Yeah, I thought about that. The footswitch only has 3 functions (channel select, reverb on/off, solo boost) so I can't see why it would have any more.

 

[FretFire]

Re: Pedalsnake question

Anyone else have any comments/ideas?

 

[Closed Eye]

Re: Pedalsnake question

I'd like to know how the damn pedalsnake thing works. I'm so confused! If it cuts down on patch cables/power supply I'm down. The whole in/out of effects loop concept on the website also confuses me.

 

[FretFire]

Re: Pedalsnake question

It cuts down on the tangle because all the cables are contained within a single jacket, just like the snake for a PA. The cables break out at the ends, and they have different attachments you can slap on the ends if you need a 1/4" cable, barrel jack power cable, or leave it open for a MIDI cable.

 

[aleclee]

Re: Pedalsnake question

I'd like to know how the damn pedalsnake thing works. I'm so confused! If it cuts down on patch cables/power supply I'm down. The whole in/out of effects loop concept on the website also confuses me.

The big thing about the PedalSnake is that it consolidates a number of signal and power cables into a cable (just like a PA snake). It doesn't cut down on the number of connections that have to be made. It just means you don't have five cables running out to your pedalboard.