Triple Pedal Plans (Katana, TS, Blues Breaker)

[giovanni]

I was going to suggest to use tip switched jacks instead of an order switching board so you can use the 3 as separate pedals or out other pedals in between... but I guess it’s too late!
Very nice build!

 

[JDJudd]

I was going to suggest to use tip switched jacks instead of an order switching board so you can use the 3 as separate pedals or out other pedals in between... but I guess it’s too late!
Very nice build!

Tell me more!

I’ve never considered tip-switched jacks before.

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

Tell me more!

I’ve never considered tip-switched jacks before.

This is a crude drawing, but it should explain. (wires: orange is audio, black is ground).

Each pedal is connected to its own set of jack, but the 2 "middle" jacks are switched jacks, and the switched pins of each of these are connected to each other (green wires), so that when there are nothing plugged in the switched jacks, the connection is normalized ad the audio goes through. When you insert a jack, it switches that connection off and then you can treat each board as its own pedal. You can then insert something in between, only use one in your chain, or reverse the order using patch cable.

 

[giovanni]

Check this out too. You should be good with just connecting the tip not the ground.

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

Check this out too. You should be good with just connecting the tip not the ground.

Thanks for the link, makes sense.
I gave that example from what I did recently where I was using isolated jacks, so I connected the ground.