2-in-1 pedal with effect order switch, but one PCB uses 9 holes for footswitch

Started by Reef79, January 10, 2023, 11:58:32 AM

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Reef79

DeadendFX Skirmish (DBA Super Fuzz War):
Store page: https://www.deadendfx.com/product/skirmish
Build doc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LY_p6hvtx-ZUd5wgizEra50MKM-3ploi/view?usp=sharing

PedalPCB Greengage Overdrive (EQD Plumes):
Store page: https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/greengage/
Build doc: https://docs.pedalpcb.com/project/Greengage.pdf

PedalPCB effect order switch: https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/3pdt-order-switch/

I'm pretty new to pedal building, I recently built a Skirmish/Super Fuzz War but I want to take it up a notch. I want to build a 2-in-1 pedal with effect order switching, using a Skirmish and Greengage Overdrive. Also plan to use the Effect Order Switch from PedalPCB, along with their 3PDT breakout board.

The Skirmish has two footswitches - 1 for the fuzz and 1 for the boost. My intention is to toggle the order between Greengage -> Fuzz+Boost and Fuzz+Boost -> Greengage. I understand the concept of effect order switches, but the problem here is that the Skirmish uses 9 holes to connect from a footswitch, while the Greengage Overdrive (and most other PCBs I find) have 4 holes for connecting from a footswitch. This means that I couldn't use the order switch's wiring diagram to my understanding, as it calls for connecting the order switch to the 3PDT breakout board directly.

Since the Skirmish has separate in/out holes, my idea is that I would connect the Skirmish in/out to the effect order switch's S1 & R1, Greengage wired normally to S2 & R2, and the in/out to the 1/4" jacks. Can anyone confirm if this would work? Also if that does work, would I need to connect anything to the Skirmish's in/out grounding holes?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

bartimaeus

the skirmish has so many pins on the PCB because it has the overall input and output at the top of the PCB. tbh it's a bit overkill and adds unnecessary wires.

but you can just connect those IN-TIP and OUT-TIP wires to the order switches and you should be good.

Reef79

Hey just wanted to update and say this method did work, thank you for the help!