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Ridiculous footswitch pop

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:03 pm
by neonblack
I have a green ringer that I adore but it has a little pop on the footswitch. By itself it's not too bad but once it's amplified by my dirt pedals, it's deafening. I turned it on before a song last time we played live and people were visibly unhappy with the sound. And not in the fun ILF way.

Apart from buying a bypass looper that takes valuable board real estate, is there any way to work around this? Maybe a footswitch replacement? I'm gonna have to take it off the board if I can't figure something out, which sucks because I definitely use it a lot. But I can't have that pop.

Re: Ridiculous footswitch pop

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:12 pm
by Chankgeez
Yeah, I think the footswitch probably just needs to be replaced.

(I have another Green Ringer clone I'm not using I can send you if you'd like. :D)

Re: Ridiculous footswitch pop

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:22 pm
by Jwar
Smash it with a hammer and light it on fire. That's the only logical suggestion I can make.


OH! Record it too! :)

Re: Ridiculous footswitch pop

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:24 pm
by chromandre
I always have this problem on phaser pedals with mechanical switch, but on a green ringer it may be as simple as how you wired the LED on the 3pdt switch
http://www.muzique.com/lab/led.htm

Re: Ridiculous footswitch pop

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 7:01 am
by UglyCasanova
If you have room, something like this (if the replacing stomp switch doesn't work)

http://www.brightonion.co.uk/mini-looper/ (passive FX looper)