[rubbersoul]

This is probably really simple but I know nothing about electrics. Question is this:

I bought a cheap footswitch for channel changing on a Cube. Works fine, except that the switch works on the release rather than the stomp. It just isn't right! I want to go to mayhem when I jump on the damn thing, not have to hold it down and then step off it. Is there any way to change this?

[Ultimate Garage Band]

I'm not enough of a pedal user or electrician to really answer that. It would seem that switch is just supposed to work that way, which I think most switches like that I've dealt with work that way. You could try to see if there's another lead on the switch to swap a wire so it activates in a different physical position, even reversing the current wires perhaps.

[Alfcarguy]

Do you have any picture of this footswitch or diagram, of how it is wired up. My buddy is an electronics master. But with out any diagrams to go by might be tough. But if your having to leave your foot on the pedal ( button ) sound's like the button is not working right. But that's what I was getting from your post, you saying you have to stand on the button and not just stomp on it and click it. Its just a switch On- Off if its not coming on when you switch it something is wrong. Button could be sticking or something like that. Something going on with the wiring system causing the button to short itself out. A loose soldier on the button thats not making good connection. But with out really seeing it can't say any more. I might have to open mine up well let me go get it and open it up and show you the inside. Okay its just an On-Off switch the way mine is wired is just like a battery positive-negative its a simple wiring system nothng to hard to figure out, I am thinking your button switch is bad and you need to get another switch put in.

[rubbersoul]

Here's a picture, sorry about the quality. There are 2 wires, 1 goes to a terminal at the bottom, 1 to 1 of 2 terminal on the side. There is a spare terminal (if I switched them round would that do it?) The switch itself is that little plastic hump on the top of the box. It really was bargain basement stuff (£8 out of Maplins) - not even a proper guitar footswitch but it works ok apart from the wrong-way-round thing. Guess I'll just have to go buy something a bit more up-market.

[Alfcarguy]

I couldn't really make anything out with the picture, even when I clicked on the link it was about to blind me, it was so shiney But switching I don't think will help. Does the thing your holding in your fingers there have a number or any kind of information on it. All you really need is a switch push button type wire it in to your foot pedal, like this one in the link. Most switch's are all about the same.

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But with a swtich like this all you are doing is just shorting out the circuit, were before it was a closed circuit but once you click the switch its an open short that sends a feed to open that up. To change the channel, or whatever you want the switch too do.

I use this button switch thou for cars to by pass the computers system to access the fuel pump ( to test ). But it looks about the same as the kind that are in my Crate 3 foot switch push button foot pedal. All you have to think of the switch is like this you have a postive and negative battery feed power going inside the car right you know it feeds power to the starter but its a close circuit until you turn the ignition key and thats how the switch works until you turn the key ( or push the button ) you don't have power going through the circuit. Just and open or close switch . Or you can say Off -On switch. Cause when its off nothing is going thur it but when its on you get power to the starter and the car starts. Your just changing channels, and thats what the button is letting you do with out having to go over to the amp to push the button on the amp, the switch is just sending the signal telling to change the channels. Let me know if you need anymore help.

[rubbersoul]

Cheers. There's no information on the switch, as I said it's cheap crap. Thanks for the advice, I'll go away and have a think.

[Donna Matrix]

If you can only change channel with switch pressed in, and when you let go it goes back to clean, then you have a 'momentary' switch and you need a 'latching' one. (that's what you should ask for in the shop).
If you mean that there's a delay between pressing the switch and hearing the desired change in sound then unfortunately that's probably to do with the amp and not the footswitch.
If you mean it's dirty and you have to hold it in to get the clean sound you could try either checking that the channel-change switch on the amp is set to 'on' ( I don't really know the Cube, but this works on others) or for about a tenner you can get a footswitch with a polarity switch built in. Keyboard players use them for sustain, and they're normally about 3 inches square. try and get one with that doesn't have a connected cable. Hope this helps!