DC-5 Rhythm EQ without a Footswitch.

[MrMcTritone]

Hello there in DC land. I, too, just recently acquired a DC-5 and joined this forum. This is great. I traded from a DC-3 to a DC-5 to get that 6L6 sound - he wanted the EL-84 sound. So it was a win-win.

I was interested in using the EQ in the Rhythm channel without a footswitch. But it appears that it can't be done, so I set the toggle on the back panel to "Rhythm & Lead", inserted a stereo plug in the front panel footswitch jack and bridged the sleeve and the ring of the plug. That seemed to do the trick. I haven't gigged it yet - just bedroom volume, but I think there should be no problem. Does anyone out there see a problem with this approach?

Thanks for the great info here.

 

[highwaynine]

wha?...

My EQ selector on the back of the amp says:
Out : In : Rhythm : Lead : Footswitch

:?

 

[cb101]

The later models of the DC-5 were marked "Rhythm and lead" and "Lead Only".

 

[MrMcTritone]

I wondered about the discrepancy from the manual. My DC-5 has the EQ toggle switch like cb101 described. In fact it's like the illustration in the DC-10 manual - which has the "Rhythm and lead" and "Lead Only" positions.