Isosceles channel changing

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Keith

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whats up all? Wondering if anyone can help me figure out how to wire up a side switching jack on the isoceles so it can channel change and boost at the same time like the real Fortin pedals.. I wired it up to the switch and got it to boost and change channels but the channel boosted is the clean channel.. Fortin has a slide switch to reverse this order so you boost the dirt channel , I need help to figure out how to reverse it, I tried a spdt toggle switch with no luck..
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Hi, total threadbump, but I'm looking to do this myself. I thought this might be an issue, would reversing the wiring of the jack socket for the "channel changing function" work?
Also, this video might help:
 
Well I may not be a neat solderer, not do I particularly understand what I'm doing with electronics, but I am determined.
I managed to get this working with my Triangulum Boost build (will throw a post up over the weekend).
Ignoring the amateur-hour soldering, this is how I wired it, and I used a normal guitar lead to switch the channel on my Engl Fireball 25.

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Yes I could have used the outputs on the 3PDT board but I wasn't expecting it to work!
How it currently works:
Pedal off, wonderful sparkly cleans
Pedal on, amp channel instantly changes to distortion, and is boosted. LED works as it should, and I now have such a crushing tight tone the wallpaper starts peeling off.
Pedal off, wonderful sparkly cleans are back.

Please, brainy folks of PedalPCB, take this info and make it neat and proper!
 
Nice! I’m going to have to give that a go! I really want a engl. How does it compare to a 50w single rec?
 
JimF said:
Well I may not be a neat solderer, not do I particularly understand what I'm doing with electronics, but I am determined.
I managed to get this working with my Triangulum Boost build (will throw a post up over the weekend).
Ignoring the amateur-hour soldering, this is how I wired it, and I used a normal guitar lead to switch the channel on my Engl Fireball 25.

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Yes I could have used the outputs on the 3PDT board but I wasn't expecting it to work!
How it currently works:
Pedal off, wonderful sparkly cleans
Pedal on, amp channel instantly changes to distortion, and is boosted. LED works as it should, and I now have such a crushing tight tone the wallpaper starts peeling off.
Pedal off, wonderful sparkly cleans are back.

Please, brainy folks of PedalPCB, take this info and make it neat and proper!
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So that worked on the Triangulum but not the isosceles?
 
I've never tried a 50w single rec, but I tried a dual rec about 20 years ago and was disappointed. I had no pedals with me at the time so couldn't boost it. The Engl is much tighter to start with, but I still wanted to boost it to get that 'edge' to the palm mutes etc.
I didn't actually try it on the Isoceles (I'm not the OP) but thought I should share the knowledge!
 
JimF said:
I've never tried a 50w single rec, but I tried a dual rec about 20 years ago and was disappointed. I had no pedals with me at the time so couldn't boost it. The Engl is much tighter to start with, but I still wanted to boost it to get that 'edge' to the palm mutes etc.
I didn't actually try it on the Isoceles (I'm not the OP) but thought I should share the knowledge!
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Sorry my bad I wasn’t paying attention when I wrote that. I have a recto and it’s an amp You have to boost to get decent tone (especially with a seven string) then it becomes a different animal.. I still like it but it’s kind of a dated sound now. Engl, Fortin, Revv (etc.) upped the game so now Mesa leaves something to be desired.
 
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