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effects loops

  • 03-06-2007 4:37pm
    #1
    fourmations
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭


    hi all

    Sorry, i'm thick about fx loops!!

    i have an ancient boss me-6 that has no send and return,
    its modulation and delay/verb effects are great but the o/d's are rubbish
    so i want to pop it in the fx loop and use a couple of stomps for o/ds

    how do I patch this into my amp,
    the me-6 has one in and two outs (L-mono and R)
    the amp has fx send and return jacks

    many thank

    rgds

    4


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  • #2
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Guitar - amp input - fx send - ME-6 in - ME-6 out (L Mono) - FX return


  • #3
    david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,691 ✭✭✭david


    feylya wrote:
    Guitar - amp input - fx send - ME-6 in - ME-6 out (L Mono) - FX return
    Yeah and put your OD stomps straight after the guitar then


  • #4
    fourmations
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭fourmations


    hi

    its not happening!
    have i mixed it up, it could be the amp?, its 25yrs old!

    i went me-6 in to fx send
    and me6 out to fx return

    the amp is operational but the fx aint there
    it has an effects vol knob which is doing nought

    puzzled

    4


  • #5
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Is there an effects switch?


  • #6
    fourmations
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭fourmations


    hi feylya

    there is no switch as such,
    there is a jack for FX and reverb mute footswitch
    I dont have the footswitches (working on it!)

    unless the mute is active as a default unless you have the footswitch in?

    rgds

    4


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  • #7
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Thats probably your problem, the fx loop needs a footswitch to be engaged.

    You could rig up a temporary fix with a cable.


  • #8
    fourmations
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭fourmations


    voodoo_child wrote:
    Thats probably your problem, the fx loop needs a footswitch to be engaged.

    You could rig up a temporary fix with a cable.

    do tell, just plug in a cable, i have a wah will that trigger it?

    rgds

    4


  • #9
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    fourmations wrote:
    do tell, just plug in a cable, i have a wah will that trigger it?

    rgds

    4
    If i read you right and one footswitch controls both reverb and fx loop, you'll need a stereo cable to control both.

    Either the tip or the ring need to be referenced to ground to 'engage' either function. It's a toss up which will control which, so just plug a cable in and manually ground either the tip or ring and see what happens (manually ground it by touching it off something big and metal. Alternatively ground it to the sleeve).

    If you only have a mono cable handy (which is likely), you might be lucky or unlucky whether the tip controls reverb or fx loop. There is no ring on a mono cable, just a tip and sleeve, so you'll only be able to control one of the functions.

    Once you figure out which does what, you could rig up something temporary to switch on and off, i'll leave that to your imagination.


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