3-way splitter

giovanni

giovanni

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I can’t believe I have another build report! I started this over the weekend and finished it tonight. I now realize that I’m more motivated when I have everything I need to finish a pedal which, in this case, I did, thanks to Robert’s excellent faceplate.

The build went very smoothly. It only took me maybe one hour to populate most components and then maybe a bit over one more to wire all the jacks. Maybe two. I wasn’t keeping track. But I am currently in a tiny groove which is exciting.

Besides Robert’s faceplate, I used silver aluminum Tayda knobs and a sand red enclosure drilled by Tayda. It’s so nice to not have to drill holes manually! 😩

Anyways, I haven’t even tested this yet! I hope it works! 🤪

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That is a nice looking build. I love those faceplates. I have built pedals just because there was a faceplate available for it.

I don’t use my splitter that often, but it’s fun to pull out and get some parallel fx going.
 
VanWhy said:
Wow. you are on fire. The red looks hot with the faceplate. Where's the LED?
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The LED is inside the little hole over there. I thought a 3mm LED would pop right through the faceplate, but it turns out to be too small so it would just swim in there, so I just put in a 5mm one but it doesn't come all the way up - sigh. I am not sure how others have made it work. Maybe I will revisit that at some point in the future. If only there were 4mm LED?

Edit: I guess 4mm LED are a thing, I'll get a few next time I order from Digikey.
 
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I love mine, it's the first thing my guitar plugs into. One channel is routed to a tuner, totally out of the signal chain now. The other is my main signal going to me "compressor bank" hahah
 
giovanni said:
The LED is inside the little hole over there. I thought a 3mm LED would pop right through the faceplate, but it turns out to be too small so it would just swim in there, so I just put in a 5mm one but it doesn't come all the way up - sigh. I am not sure how others have made it work. Maybe I will revisit that at some point in the future. If only there were 4mm LED?

Edit: I guess 4mm LED are a thing, I'll get a few next time I order from Digikey.
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Check these out. They used to be for sale in the PPCB store, but it looks like Tayda has them as well. They snap right into the faceplate hole.

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Ctrl4Smilerz said:
Nice clean build @giovanni Does any know if this would work well to split for a wet-dry rig?
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Absolutely would work for a wet dry. With the level control for each channel you can also dial in levels for the wet and dry rig then control the overall volume with the master. HOWEVER, I really like how Scott Henderson uses his wet/dry. He has a little gizmo (like like a blend control) on his pedalboard that lets him blend in the wet side. He uses a Suhr Scott Henderson Signature amp with a 4x12 for his dry and a Fender HRD for his wet. But he's got it so completely dialed with his playing style. (Which is somewhat out of this world). He'll hit a note or play a chord and blend in the wet after the attack. If you watch his YouTube video's you can see him contorting and twisting his foot on the pedal board.
I don't know why he doesn't just use an expression pedal.........
 
MichaelW said:
Absolutely would work for a wet dry. With the level control for each channel you can also dial in levels for the wet and dry rig then control the overall volume with the master. HOWEVER, I really like how Scott Henderson uses his wet/dry. He has a little gizmo (like like a blend control) on his pedalboard that lets him blend in the wet side. He uses a Suhr Scott Henderson Signature amp with a 4x12 for his dry and a Fender HRD for his wet. But he's got it so completely dialed with his playing style. (Which is somewhat out of this world). He'll hit a note or play a chord and blend in the wet after the attack. If you watch his YouTube video's you can see him contorting and twisting his foot on the pedal board.
I don't know why he doesn't just use an expression pedal.........
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Thanks @MichaelW I'll have to give him a lesson. I recently got a Little Sister to go with my Fillmore 25 and have wanted to try doing a wet dry setup. I've been debating using this splitter or the PPCB passive ABY. I would go with the passive ABY in a heart beat if it had a phase reversal.
 
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