Astro2k Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hi I have a Marshal mini stack and it dont have a foot switch to change channels (clean dist) so I was wondering if it would work to put a 1/4 in jack in the back of the amp wire it to the switch and buy a footswitch for it would this work? sounds like it should. thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 Could work... consulting the schematic would tell you for sure. If you don't want to mess with that (I imagine that schematic is pretty complex), you could just try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro2k Posted September 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 well it has a switch in the front of the amp what I was thinking was just wiring to that switch to a 1/4in jack in the back then you plug a foot switch into it maybe opening up the foot switch making sure its wired same sounds like it should work right? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronbelluso Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 My guess is that it might not work. The problem being is that Marshall uses very specific circuits for their footswitches. I'm just guessing here but having tried to interchange lots of different Marshall parts between various amps without luck, I wouldn't count on this being a sure fire solution. Ron Belluso is a founder and contributing author of http://www.wiser-rocker.com, an indie music career site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro2k Posted October 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 the switch it has on the amp just has two wires to it a red and black, its a in out switch witch is what foot switch switch is correct? it would just be replacing one with the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro2k Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 I'll just try it see what happens can't believe no one has ran across this or thought of it. Thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 (edited) the switch it has on the amp just has two wires to it a red and black, its a in out switch witch is what foot switch switch is correct? it would just be replacing one with the other. Some warnings first. You need to know if the switch on the panel is carrying any serious DC voltage. Or if it is directly in the signal path somehow. My guess is that it simply activates some switching electronics. So none of the above would be a problem, but you need to find out. Then if your plan is to simply wire a footswitch in parallel with the existing switch it might work. You also need to determine is if any of the wires at the switch is connected to chassis ground. It might not be the case. So the safest woud be to run a stereo shielded cable from the switch (If you'll put a jack in the backpanel, use a stereo jack) and run the hot wires to the footswitch keeping them isolated from chassis ground. Just use the chassis ground to shield the whole thing. I hope this explanation makes sense... Of course if you happen to have the schematic PM me and I'll have a look at it for you. Edited October 8, 2007 by Blackdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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