Tuner Mute / Loop pedals

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Hey guys.

I'm in the process of building up a new pedalboard and am toying with the idea of using a 'Tuner Mute' or A/B switch (such as an Electro Harmonix Switchblade) to remove my BOSS TU2 pedal tuner from my signal chain when I'm not using it.

Does anyone else on here do this? If so, what would you say the Pros and Cons? How difficult are Tuner Mute pedals to build? Has anyone here ever built 1?

I'm not too worried about losing the bufering effect of the BOSS pedal as several other pedals on the finished board will have buffers in them

Thanks for any info.

Craig

 

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Re: Tuner Mute / Loop pedals

No-one uses Tuner Mute switches?

 

[Skarekrough]

Re: Tuner Mute / Loop pedals

My Boss tuner pedal IS my mute....

 

[lpmarshall]

Re: Tuner Mute / Loop pedals

I use one from Loooper, but he stopped building pedals. I think Joelap or Bbent have built them before, but I'm not sure. Loop Master is another company that can build them.

 

[Rushfan2112]

Re: Tuner Mute / Loop pedals

Sorry I can't help, I'll be using my tuner in the tuner out of a Volume Pedal.

 

[Brow]

Re: Tuner Mute / Loop pedals

Hey guys.

I think I'll just try an Electro-Harmonix Switch Blade A/B switch, they're only £20 and I'm sure I can find another use for it somewhere if I don't like how it works out

Craig

 

[peace_destroy_many]

Re: Tuner Mute / Loop pedals

Have you ever heard of the Loopmaster?

This guy makes great true bypass and tuner/mute pedals for very reasonable/ inexpensive prices:
http://www.loop-master.com/index.php?cPath=21&osCsid=6ead40d2313e04e2fba7899d52619f81

I've ordered 2 of his loop strips before and they were excellent.

Currently, I'm using one of the new Lehle switchers with the gold contacts. But it was really expensive.

 

[Bludave]

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I use a MAtrix pedal tuner. This has a monitor input, if you wanted to you could plug a small monitor into it or headphones. What I did is clipped a ¼" jack off an old cable and stuck it in the monitor out. Now when I step on it to turn it on it mutes everything. Works just the way I want it.

http://filters.muziq.be/model/matrix/sr3000

This is a pic of it. These were made by Kaman Musical Instruments, which is the parent Company of Ovation. Its not as good as a Boss TU12, but its great for a pedalboard. Works fine!

 

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Re: Tuner Mute / Loop pedals

Thanks for the posts guys

Ive decided that I'm going to buy an EH Switchblade Line switcher and give that a try to see how it works out