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So, I found my self in possession of a 6505+ halfstack, head and matching cab(yes the ENGLs gone, what else do you expect from me, got tired of asking people if they could hear me because I couldnt), but it didnt have a footswitch. Well, you know me, ingenuity over the all mighty dollar, so I made one, cable and all(for roughly $20). The stock pedal and cable sell from $60 to $90 online, OVER PRICED as far as Im concerned.
So, as some of you know, the stock footswitch controls channel, crunch on the clean channel, and FX loop. I dont give a rats ass about the later two, I adapted a 7-pin DIN midi cable to tip/sleeve 1/4 in.. Its 7-pin on the amp end and 1/4 on the pedal end. It was really a quite simple project. You just had to mark out which wires went to which pin, then solder pin 7(lead channel hot) to tip and pins 3(footswitch present hot) and 4(ground) to ground. Done. That simple.
So now we have a cable, what of the switch? Any f'n switch you can find that takes tip to ground, ie. older Marshall, Peavey, Crate, the list goes on. You can make one as well with a small project box and a single off/on push button switch. Im curently using my Behringer ABY pedal(it also can do switching, its really useful for a Behringer product), but I plan on making the custom box soon as the ABY box is battery powered.
So, there you have it. This fix may not work for everyone, but for those that dont use FX switching or crunch and are missing the footswitch, theres your reasonably priced fix.
So, as some of you know, the stock footswitch controls channel, crunch on the clean channel, and FX loop. I dont give a rats ass about the later two, I adapted a 7-pin DIN midi cable to tip/sleeve 1/4 in.. Its 7-pin on the amp end and 1/4 on the pedal end. It was really a quite simple project. You just had to mark out which wires went to which pin, then solder pin 7(lead channel hot) to tip and pins 3(footswitch present hot) and 4(ground) to ground. Done. That simple.
So now we have a cable, what of the switch? Any f'n switch you can find that takes tip to ground, ie. older Marshall, Peavey, Crate, the list goes on. You can make one as well with a small project box and a single off/on push button switch. Im curently using my Behringer ABY pedal(it also can do switching, its really useful for a Behringer product), but I plan on making the custom box soon as the ABY box is battery powered.
So, there you have it. This fix may not work for everyone, but for those that dont use FX switching or crunch and are missing the footswitch, theres your reasonably priced fix.
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