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I wanted to use this BBE Sonic Stomp both in its intended function and as a dirty boost, which it can be at extreme settings. I decided to jump the terminals of both controls to a 3P3T (the only switch I had around that would work). Now it goes from preset levels to max via the second footswitch.

As you can see the wiring is pretty simple and non-destructive (at top right, that wire is only touching one terminal though it looks like it's overlapping two). The footswitch looks weird because I have a socket stuck on there with a plastic bushing, and this acts as a button extender so it's easier to tap without hitting the other one. I had to remove the battery housing from the back panel to make room for the switch, but I would never use this kind of pedal with a battery anyway.


The only real problem I ran into is when I was experimenting with tapping the juice to the LED for another LED to indicate control bypass circuit in/out. I think I shorted something or blew the LED, but I leave this pedal on all the time anyway so it doesn't matter, and I can hear when this new effect is on without having to look. I know this is not a classy type of pedal but it makes my guitar sound spunky as fuck, and now I can get two modes out of it so I'm in love.

That is actually an interesting mod. While mine stays on anytime I'm playing, I've ordered their small desktop maximizer ($39 at guitar center) to use with my Akai EiePro which I use as a "mixer" with my modeler and guitar interface, it's the 2nd one I'm buying to use in the insert effects of the Akai. I found the effect to be more "pronounced" than on the stomp pedal, the negative is no true bypass. So the pedal was going to be relegated to the rare amp duty (most of the time I play through the Akai and amplified by the M-Audio BX5s, which works great for the modeler and drum machine (Beat Buddy).

wow, nice mod dude!
these are underrated pedals or rack gear for sure. different flavor of tone shaping

Thanks! BBE would do well to make this a future option, allumsayin.

How would one of the Sonic Stomps sound in an ampliiers fx loop? I ran some tracks through a rack mounted version in a studio years ago and it really Brought those tracks to life. Would it add a nice sparkle to the amps tone?

KaosCill8r wrote:How would one of the Sonic Stomps sound in an ampliiers fx loop? I ran some tracks through a rack mounted version in a studio years ago and it really Brought those tracks to life. Would it add a nice sparkle to the amps tone?

I don't see why not. If you can put pedals in the FX loop then you should be fine with the stomp. I see rack dudes using the rack version all the time, but that model is looking for line level impedances and doesn't have a footswitch. I haven't tried running anything but instrument/pedal level signal through mine. The only problem I can see is that they pick up and accentuate noise, so if it's last in your chain then it's gonna jack up everything you hit it with. I use mine at the beginning of my pedal chain so that it just beefs up the guitar signal and then hits the dirt pedals with force. I got it to give my humbucker the sparkle of a single coil without losing mids, and it does that very well.