Foot switchable fx loop

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gary sanders
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Foot switchable fx loop

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I was thinking of putting a relay on the send and return to cut out the loop when I didnt need it.To hush the popping should I use a capacitor across the switch or would it be better to use the high ohm resistors like on the PAB(22M) and mid boost(4.7M)?
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High ohm resistors work - you can actually get fancy with this and diode from your OD relay to the loop relay so it only comes on with the OD.
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I am finally getting around to do this and I am going to wire the relay as the bypass switch is in this:

https://tubeamparchive.com/download/file.php?id=11010

Where should I put the pop resistors?
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Diode across relay coil is enough. If you want add a cap across the switch going to ground.
Other than that use a well filter supply.
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cool,easy enough! thanks chris
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I wired my bypass switch like this and it doesn't pop when switched.
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Re: Foot switchable fx loop

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Structo wrote:I wired my bypass switch like this and it doesn't pop when switched.
Yep, me too.
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