Baba
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Spawned from the Badlander threads and my own thread about the 5150 Iconic.
As a live player, there are so many amps out there, that are limiting for me, because of the lack of footswitching options, and it's frustrating.
Some, like the Marshall DSL for example, have addressed this problem with the latest DSL40CR/100CR by adding midi. Perfect. You can now (IIRC) get to ALL of it's modes and save them with midi gear.
A LOT of other amps, (read: Badlander, 5150 Iconic, et al), do not have that kind of flexibility. The Badlander has 3 modes per channel, but you can only get to 2 of them when playing live. That's annoying.
I know, it adds cost, and a footswitch would have to be designed, etc., but I dunno, they manage to develop a $100 footswitch for a cheap amp like the BOSS Katana, you're telling me that is too much trouble for a more expensive amp? My Grandmeister Deluxe 40 has a dedicated footswitch that lets you choose preset or stompbox mode, and can accept expression pedals.
How about adding midi, like the aforementioned Marshalls, and giving people that choice?
Okay, I'll stop whining now.
As a live player, there are so many amps out there, that are limiting for me, because of the lack of footswitching options, and it's frustrating.
Some, like the Marshall DSL for example, have addressed this problem with the latest DSL40CR/100CR by adding midi. Perfect. You can now (IIRC) get to ALL of it's modes and save them with midi gear.
A LOT of other amps, (read: Badlander, 5150 Iconic, et al), do not have that kind of flexibility. The Badlander has 3 modes per channel, but you can only get to 2 of them when playing live. That's annoying.
I know, it adds cost, and a footswitch would have to be designed, etc., but I dunno, they manage to develop a $100 footswitch for a cheap amp like the BOSS Katana, you're telling me that is too much trouble for a more expensive amp? My Grandmeister Deluxe 40 has a dedicated footswitch that lets you choose preset or stompbox mode, and can accept expression pedals.
How about adding midi, like the aforementioned Marshalls, and giving people that choice?
Okay, I'll stop whining now.