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Have a question for you more experienced guitar gurus

submitted by JudyStroyer to Guitar 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 12:46:44 ago (+4/-0)     (Guitar)

So, I used to play a little guitar when I was younger and when I had to move away for work purposes, I let my "buddy" hold on to my guitar and amp. Well, when I returned a year later, I found out he sold it for some heroin.... So a decade and a half went by, had some kids and bought myself and my daughter(6 at the time) each a guitar. I bought myself a Jackson dinky and bought her a Jackson randy rhodes minion (sweet little guitar). I have never had any lessons and retaught myself some from the youtubes and have actually made some good (in my mind anyway) progress. She is going to start some lessons on this outschool website over zoom(my 11yo son takes bass lessons on it) as I am in no position to teach someone guitar. Ok, sorry for all the useless info above. Now for my issue...

I know this is a shot in the dark, but I recently purchased a used Marshall avt150 amp. This thing sounds absolutely amazing and a huge step up from my old blackstar id10 little practice amp (which sounds great for its size).

Anyway, i come to find out that there is a footswitch available for this amp, but actually finding one is not looking good as this series of amps has been discontinued. So, to my question: do any of you have any idea if there is something that would work with this amp? Like I said, this amp is absolutely incredible, and would love to have a switch to switch betewwn channels. It has acoustic simulator(which sounds beautiful), clean, overdrive1, overdrive2. The oem switch lets you switch between those and also switch the onboard effects on and off. I couldnt findany solid info, just some posts from like 2015 claiming that it could be reverse engineered and some other switches may work with no solid info to follow up on and I dont want to revive a 7 year old thread. I figure maybe someone here knows a thing or two about this. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Anyway, I do plan on doing some jamming for you guys when I develop the nerve to not be so worried about being laughed at. Music is life, and I play drums, bass, and geetar. My living room looks like a mini studio. And I tell my wife: music=life, living room should be filled with instruments, right?

Take care goats. Thanks for reading this if you've made it this far. Love you faggots.


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[ - ] Hall_of_Cost 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 2, 2023 18:04:16 ago (+0/-0)

Did you ever get your footswitch?

[ - ] JudyStroyer [op] 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 2, 2023 21:34:09 ago (+0/-0)

No, there was one on ebay but it sold before I got around to ordering it. It's common for me to sit on purchasing things for a while. I did recently buy a greenback speaker that I put in, and the amp sounds great with it.

[ - ] deleted 2 points 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 13:26:19 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] JudyStroyer [op] 1 point 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 13:51:35 ago (+1/-0)

Hey! Youre my hero! I didnt see that when i checked. Im going to look into it. Thank you. Great find

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 14:45:19 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] JudyStroyer [op] 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 14:48:18 ago (+0/-0)

Yeah, the cable came up, but i didnt see the switch itself. Nice find.

[ - ] Spaceman84 1 point 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 13:33:04 ago (+1/-0)

Your going to need pics of the footswitch internals to replicate it (I doubt it's very complicated, mostly wiring and mechanical components).

Or just bite the bullet and buy a used one. What is your time and effort worth?

[ - ] JudyStroyer [op] 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 13:49:54 ago (+0/-0)

Well, thats the thing. I wasnt even able to find a used one for sale. Someone told me marshall has the schematics available for the amp, not sure about the switch.

[ - ] MaryXmas 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 20:42:57 ago (+0/-0)

You can call up Marshall, they might be able to give you alternative products that might work. Maybe even a fender pedal would work, who knows. Audio equipment never seems to really die. I have mics from the 70's just hanging around.
Maybe check out reverb.com. I got a few guitars and pedals from there.
All of this stuff about electronics and switching indicates models from the 2000s or later. You should be able to find used switch pedals around.

[ - ] JudyStroyer [op] 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 22, 2022 10:56:50 ago (+0/-0)

Yeah, im going to check that out and call them on monday. The used oem one is something like 150+24shipping+35 for the cable. Before i spend that much for something that sold for 119 as a whole package, I want to get an idea of any other options. Thanks for the info and reply, man. Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

[ - ] MaryXmas 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 22, 2022 22:55:23 ago (+0/-0)*

The pedals are cool and everything but there are plenty of ways to get distortion and such. Like a big muff or soul food pedals- very classic sounds. I have a small 10 inch fender amp that is really good. Way louder than i will ever use. Maybe just see how serious everyone is and then in a few months pick up a new amp.
Edit- fender pro Jr., Very great amp.

[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 15:46:48 ago (+0/-0)

dude, you just get a nigger slave to stand there and push the buttons you want.

[ - ] JudyStroyer [op] 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 16:10:55 ago (+0/-0)

Maybe except for the fact that there would be a nigger in my house. My neighbors wouldnt approve of me bringing one into the neighborhood either.

[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 20:26:15 ago (+0/-0)

My neighbors don't have any say over the tractor in my barn.

[ - ] AugustineOfHippo2 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 13:22:57 ago (+0/-0)

Dude that's a lot of text for one question:

where can I get a foot switch for a used Marshall avt150 amp

[ - ] JudyStroyer [op] 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 21, 2022 13:52:50 ago (+0/-0)

Oh stop, I could have really made it longer if I tried. Would you like to hear the rest of the story about the dopehead? J/k, thanks for reading it and responding.

[ - ] AugustineOfHippo2 1 point 2.3 yearsJan 22, 2022 17:15:03 ago (+1/-0)

it was a fun read. thanks for sharing. but maybe put a TL/DR summary at the bottom next time ;)
sorry i don't know anything about guitars.

[ - ] JudyStroyer [op] 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 22, 2022 22:22:26 ago (+0/-0)

I absolutely will do a tl/dr next time, and i feel foolish for not including, nor considering it in the first place now that you've pointed it out. Good call.