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Post subject: Question on 1 button footswitch use
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:43 am
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I see in the Mustang manual that we can use an optional one button footswitch, does anyone know if this can be used a lead boost switch? You know, to hit this switch to temporarily boost the volume for a lead part. If so how can this be set up? Thanks in advance


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Post subject: Re: Question on 1 button footswitch use
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:38 am
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The one button switch switches between two presets. You can select those presets yourself from the presets on your amp. If you want to use the button as a lead boost, make a preset thas is effectively a lead boosted version of the first preset, and make those presets to be selected by the footswitch.


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Post subject: Re: Question on 1 button footswitch use
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:25 pm
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So if I want to have a lead boost in a song I have to switch to a second version of a song . . . . wow, not cool. If I was jamming and someone said take a lead I'd have no where to go. You'd think it would be a simple thing to be able to have a boost dialed in like most amps for a lead.


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Post subject: Re: Question on 1 button footswitch use
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:49 pm
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I think what luppa meant is that the other preset you have on footswitch is the same as first one, only maybe a bit louder (ie the amp volume [not master volume, master is the same for all and you have to set it manually each time you turn the amp up] on preset of overdriven guitar for chorus would be, say 8, and then on the second button on footswitch you have the same preset for overdriven guitar chorus, just the volume of amp on this preset would be 10 and maybe some added effects - whatever you like of course) :) That way you can use the footswitch as volume boost, as delay/overdrive/fuzz/wah-wah/whatever effect unit :)

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Post subject: Re: Question on 1 button footswitch use
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:41 pm
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Yes, that it what I meant... I was about to reply but this talk about songs... versions of songs? I got confused.

But in any case, as you are able to make your own presets to the amp, just make a "non-boost"-preset, and then a "boost"-preset, and you can just make the 1-button switch switch between them. I have a Mustang I, I'm not really sure how the 1-button switch works with III/IV/V, does it?


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Post subject: Re: Question on 1 button footswitch use
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:00 am
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Thanks guys, I mentioned this to my buddy when we were discussing the1 button footswitch. He mentioned as you did the doubling up, I guess I was thinking, "if I had 100 presets, to double them for the lead capability, I'd have to have 200 presets". Of course this is right but to break it down, I don't think that I'll have that many presets I'd be using on stage and then, what percentage would I actually be playing a actual lead part. It would have been simpler to just have a lead channel. But I guess you can't have everything.


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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:12 am
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Roger L. wrote:
Thanks guys, I mentioned this to my buddy when we were discussing the1 button footswitch. He mentioned as you did the doubling up, I guess I was thinking, "if I had 100 presets, to double them for the lead capability, I'd have to have 200 presets". Of course this is right but to break it down, I don't think that I'll have that many presets I'd be using on stage and then, what percentage would I actually be playing a actual lead part. It would have been simpler to just have a lead channel. But I guess you can't have everything.


I know for myself that there are about 10 presets I actually regularly use for playing so I really doubt you'd need 100. Besides as I said before - the amp has 100 slots, you can not store more than 100 presets. Think of it as computer - on your disc you have 100 GB space. Each movie or episode from your favourite TV series or whatever takes 1 GB space. You can not save more than 100 movies/episodes. If you want more movies you're going to have to overwrite some movies you already have on your disc.
If you want to double the presets with a boost for lead for every preset you can not have more than 50 presets + 50 presets with a boost for lead.

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Post subject: Re: Question on 1 button footswitch use
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:07 pm
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Roger L. wrote:
I see in the Mustang manual that we can use an optional one button footswitch, does anyone know if this can be used a lead boost switch? You know, to hit this switch to temporarily boost the volume for a lead part. If so how can this be set up? Thanks in advance


The MI and II are pretty limited in this capacity (since they can only use the 1 button foot switch), unfortunately; unless you have minimal requirements for bouncing around between patches, the one-button foot switch will get clumsy fast. At best, you'd have to hightail it over to the amp and quickly reprogram the foot switch presets between songs and you'd still have only 2 choices on the fly. This was one of the big reasons I ended up opting for a III in the end. At least with the combination of 2 and 4 button foot switches, you can have some clever combination that allows access to more presets, scrolling/banking up/down, or turning effects on/off on the fly.

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Post subject: Re: Question on 1 button footswitch use
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:34 pm
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I am starting to realize that the idea of loading a preset for lead is best applied using the 2 button switch. That way you would be bouncing back and forth between the two presets set up for that sound. There may be a use for the one button in turning a effect on and off but the lead function I think is better suited to the two button. I mentioned to a buddy, you would save preset "A" then copy it, then after setting the volume where you want it and then saving it to make "B".


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Post subject: Re: Question on 1 button footswitch use
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:41 pm
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Roger L

While the one button switch for the I and II amps is certainly limited, it does allow switching back and forth between two presets, so I don't see why it can't be used just as you describe, to access a basic tone and an equivalent, but volume boosted 'lead' tone.

You don't need a two button switch to do that.


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