Foot pedal for reverb

[primal]

I have a generic tip to ground latching footswitch that I connected to the reverb jack under the chassis.

Initially it didn't work. The reverb would never come on I checked the pedal with a multimeter and according to the multimeter the pedal worked fine.

So I grabbed a regular patch chord and plugged it into the reverb jack. I used a penny to short it. With the cable it was working fine. When shorted, no reverb. When not shorted, I got reverb.

So I took my pedal and disconnected the led in it and wallah, it worked fine.

For some reason the presence of the LED was enough current flow to make the reverb not work.

Kind of sucks because I like having the light letting me know it's on or off immediately before having to hear. I guess I could pull apart the ED footswitch and see what type of LED's and resistors they are using in there. I would guess they would work on the reverb as well.

 

[MrMarkIII]

You may need to get one of the latching pedals with a battery-powered LED.

 

[specialed]

That's a great question for the folks at Mesa. I was just about to pull the trigger on a mini footswitch with LED on ebay but needed to find out from Mesa wheather or not that jack had the power for the LED. What kind of footswitch was it ? The one I was looking at was a voodoo man. I think that sucks too if theres no easy fix. I was looking forward to having control of the reverb on the fly with LED.

 

[primal]

That's a great question for the folks at Mesa. I was just about to pull the trigger on a mini footswitch with LED on ebay but needed to find out from Mesa wheather or not that jack had the power for the LED. What kind of footswitch was it ? The one I was looking at was a voodoo man. I think that sucks too if theres no easy fix. I was looking forward to having control of the reverb on the fly with LED.

This looks exactly like the one I have

http://cgi.ebay.com/Footswitch-One-Button-with-LED--Marshall-Amp-1%2f4%22-Plug_W0QQitemZ150368429765QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Laskyman]

In my recent talks with Mesa, they recommended the Mesa "reverb" single button switch for this function. I don't think it has an LED, but it will definately work. I have a Signal Flex 1 button controller works the reverb, but I would like the Mesa branded switch....unfortunately it does cost more, but a Mesa dealer can get one.

 

[Jmango]

In my recent talks with Mesa, they recommended the Mesa "reverb" single button switch for this function. I don't think it has an LED, but it will definately work. I have a Signal Flex 1 button controller works the reverb, but I would like the Mesa branded switch....unfortunately it does cost more, but a Mesa dealer can get one.

I believe you can also order one off of their website directly.

 

[Birdy]

Great info guys.
I agree that it would be best if an LED indicator would work
in "conjunction with the function".

I missed this thread when I started mine.
Have to pay more attention :mrgreen:

 

[HIgh Gain Junkie]

****, I never should have sold those extra footswitches when I sold my Tremoverb...

 

[smogfalls]

Hey guys, I know this is a very old thread, but just thought I should share my experience...

I've been using a single button Marshall footswitch that came with my JCM2555SL, and it works perfectly to switch the reverb in and out... plus the led shows the current status just fine also. Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Xan