rabies said:
not sure where to post it so here now.
is there any decent sounding aby pedal so I can run two amps at the same time (i.e. split the signal from one 1/4" input)?
i read some bad reviews on the Radial Engineering BigShot ABY Passive Switcher. Switchbone costs too much.
???
I'm interested in hearing the mix of KT66 marshall and EL34 rivera.
thx.
Many AB-Y switchers will only let you choose "A" or "B" but *not both* so be careful. Only the more expensive ones can do both channels at once.
And the cheap and nasty ones will leave the unused channel dangling, so it's like having a guitar lead plugged into an amp with no guitar - we all know that means buzz buzz buzz.
Anyway you're talking about trying BOTH amps at once.
A cheaper, easier and in my opinion far better way to hear your rig with both amps running at once is via a good chorus pedal, most guys have chorus lying around the house somewhere ... look in the garden or something ...
The more transparent the better but for an experiment any stereo chorus will do, just start with very low deep and speed settings so you can't even tell chorus is on.
I never really liked my tc electronics SCF (I prefer Roland/Boss and Electro Harmonix type chorus) BUT as a dual amp driver the SCF was absolutely brilliant. Wall to wall tone heaven.
Another completely different way to do this is to SLAVE the amps together, if your amps have slave outputs? Most mesa amps do (but make sure you know what you're doing...)
But I'm just guess here but I reckon the chorus experiment will get you started.
If you get into this multi-amp thing seriously then look at the Ground Control and tc electronic gear but don't expect to get out of it cheaply. I have a Rocktron PatchMate and All-Access (heavy) and I can't be fussed with all that MIDI guts, --- dancing on pedals was easier after all.
Good luck.
PS. Has anybody tried a Boss AB-2, pretty cheap and from what I can tell they do take care of the dangling unused channel problem?