Magnetic/piezo blend pedal!

[Nik_Left_RG]

Good job indeed.. And I take it that you must be quite knowledable in ECs .. m pretty much next to nothing ..LOL.. I would say thats a pretty neat thing you got there.. I am sure there a lotta guys out there who need it ,specially in a live env. WTG!!

 

[Spudmurphy]

I really appreciate you taking the time to do that demo, Spud. Thanks! It did help a lot.

Oh man anytime - you put a lot of thought into that and it was interesting getting to the bottom of it - nice thread!

 

[Sticky1973]

.... nice thread!

Totally.

Followed this thread all day.

Good stuff

 

[applemacintosh]

And here's me with my [yet to be] home made 'Mag/Pie' box... Based on the EBMM Splitter that you can't get in the UK, painted black and white - like a MagPie!

Hmmm.

 

[73h Nils]

Neat!

 

[Spudmurphy]

And here's me with my [yet to be] home made 'Mag/Pie' box... Based on the EBMM Splitter that you can't get in the UK, painted black and white - like a MagPie!

Hmmm.

I hope it's as good as the home made box posted on here a few months ago - the graphics were awesome - showed some cartoon chick with a tattoo going up her back.

Edit
Right here
http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-guitars/35849-my-own-diy-splitter-box.html

 

[applemacintosh]

I did see that and it is awesome! Don't know if I'll be that flamboyant yet... Gotta get round to building it yet!

 

[Astrofreq]

IMHO, anything that can get rid of a knob on the guitar and do the same thing is a great idea. NOW, if they only made a Hardtail Axis with piezo, coupled with this pedal, Tim O and myself would order them tomorrow.

Although, I'd still like to see the hardtail axis revived, even without a piezo.

 

[darren]

I made a splitter box as well. But i love this blend/pan... it's exactly what i needed.

 

[the24thfret]

I think there is a market for your pedal, albeit a small one, if you decide to produce more.

 

[mr.b]

D,

that pedal is exactly what i could do with as well. although i think i like the idea of my rig switching it immediately myself.

... i'm working on it ... watch this space.

however, great pedal man. so, share your secret shall you? hmmm ???

 

[mr.b]

a while back, there was a pedal called a 'powerblend', made by Furman. it did exactly the same as your pedal, IIRC.?

 

[darren]

As far as i know, the Fishman PowerBlend pedal passed the magnetic signal straight through, and merely "blended" the piezo signal in. It didn't actually blend from one to the other.

 

[the24thfret]

Once you outsource manufacturing to Korea, give me a holler!

 

[darren]

Great news!

I did a few more mods on this yesterday:

- disconnected the external loop in the piezo signal chain
- changed the blend pot wiring from "reversed" back to "normal"
- added a partial ground lift with RFI filter to the ground connection
- added an auto-switched stereo/dual-mono option to the output

The result? IT WORKS!

Now, it's already been totally workable on Parker, EBMM and other piezo systems that use manual stereo/mono switching. It's only been an issue with the GraphTech AcoustiPhonic preamp that has automatic mono/stereo sensing. (BTW, GraphTech now has published some alternate wiring schemes for setting up the AcoustiPhonic in dedicated mono or stereo modes, or using a standard barrel jack instead of their switching panel-mounted jack.)

So my design goals have been achieved... it's a 100% passive blend pedal!

Now comes the fun part... deciding if/how i want to market this thing. There are a few interesting options available, including mono/stereo input/output options, loop or no loop, 250k pot or 25k pot, etc.

For those who have asked, my estimate is that this would sell in the $150 to $200 range, because i have to source parts from multiple places, may of which are in the States, so there's a lot of logistics and shipping costs involved just to get the raw parts up here to Canuckistan.

Of course, i could also make a wiring schematic and parts list available for those who might want to DIY it.

 

[mojomkr]

Morley A-B Switching w/ volume pedal's.......

I'm just listing my current setup....Sounds familar though eh? Fender 65 RI Twin Reverb, Fender RI Tweed Deluxe w/ Morley A/B Switch, 2 Volume pedal's one for A/B switch for each amp. Electro Harmonix Stereo Clone Theory Chorus/Vibrato running through the Twin and Vox Big Ben overdrive and Electro Harmonix Memory Toy running through the Deluxe. I can control the clean and the disortion via the volume pedal's and everything is in Stereo.
All this w/ My Musicman Axis Super Sport. Fat stereo sounds, Clean and or distorted depending on what day it is....

 

[walleye]

thats awesome
hope you patented that
i'd buy one if you started production of them

 

[guitfiddle]

Great stuff Darren. I've wanted to do this myself, for my Silo (which doesn't have the Piezo on/off switch like the JP - making it even more necessary for my playing).

I'll likely buy one if you decide to make them available. I've had a hard time finding the time to build one myself lately. PM me if you go for it. Thanks!

 

[the24thfret]

Darren, can you do a YouTube video or something? I think it may help possible sales... Anyway, I'm still interested in purchasing one depending on the price I guess. Nice work.

 

[darren]

I'm not sure what a YouTube video would exactly demonstrate... "Here's the magnetic sound. Here's the piezo sound. Here's me blending between the two."

If people don't "get it" from the description, chances are they aren't looking for it and don't need it.