i'm starting to play guitar and i wasn't sure what "Foot Switches" do. any help?
2006-11-06 14:36:54 · 7 answers · asked by betty_iscool 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
If it came with the amplifier, it's for switching from the clean sounding channel to the overdrive channel and back again. If it's a pedal, it's an effects pedal which usually don't come with the amp
2006-11-06 14:42:28 · answer #1 · answered by Damned fan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have the VT15 set for distortion, the AC-3 will sound like a distorted acoustic. The AC-3 has to be run through a clean channel to make it sound like an acoustic. The way I use my AC-3 is to keep the amp set on clean and use a separate effect box for distortion. Whether you choose to use the amp's built-in effects or a separate distortion pedal, you'll have to turn off the distortion before activating the AC-3. It's not that big a deal unless you're trying to do it in the middle of a song. Usually when I use the AC-3, it's to play acoustic backup for the entire song...I rarely run into mid-song changes where I want to switch between distortion and acoustic sounds.
2016-05-22 05:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres a bunch, heres what they all do
Distortion- Gives you more of an edge to your sound, if you add a lot your playing metal.
Overdrive-Like distortion but made to keep a bluesy sound
Fuzz-A distortion thats real staticy/fuzzy sounding
Delay/echo-self explanatory
Reverb-easiest way to explain it is a very very quick delay, like what you hear in large empty room
Wah-makes the famous wah wah sound, but you can also leave the pedal in different positions to change your tone.
Chorus-adds a shimmer sound at light ettings, a little bit of a wavey sound at higher settings
Flange/phasers-both are like hotrodded chorus pedals, adding a lot of wave. the flange seems to sound more airy.
Tremelo-adds volume stutters
Pitch shifter-sends the original note along with a higher or lower note, depending on where you set the knob.You can usually go an octave higher or lower, which will give you an extremely bassy feel or high pitched whine.
Whammy-a pitch shifter that you can control in real time with the pedal, so you could start at one pitch and generally increase it to a higher or lower pitch.
I probably missed something, but eh, thats a lot of pedals.
2006-11-06 16:23:20 · answer #3 · answered by whiteouteyes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a channel switch and say something along the lines of channel a/b or distortion/clean, it switches between channels on the amp. If you're talking about effects, just go to www.bossus.com. Click on the "Interactive" tab at the top of the page and go to "Virtual Pedal Board" This app will let you listen to pedals alone or in combination and in a variety of common sequences. It's pretty fun. Enjoy.
2006-11-08 10:35:53 · answer #4 · answered by Brad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A foot switch is pluged in the amp to switch channals like going from clean to some type of overdrive or distorion. More than likley, the distortion will be the gain control on your amp.
2006-11-06 14:43:18 · answer #5 · answered by metal master 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are "signal processors". They alter the sound and are basically sound effects. I used to have a "fuzz box", a "wah wah pedal", a "phase shifter", a "volume pedal", and a "tremelo". Others include "flangers", "distortion", "overdrive", "reverb", etc.
2006-11-06 14:52:53 · answer #6 · answered by Stratobratster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They Change the sound, or note, of the string.
2006-11-06 14:38:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋