d.i.y alternative for boss fs5u or boss fs6

[Hosillos]

good day everyone

im looking to controll a boss rc2 loop station with this ,is there a
d.i.y alternative for boss fs5u or boss fs6 ?

are the boss fs# footswitches fet- based or can we use spst's like this one

http://www.instructables.com/id/Amp-footswitch/


thanks

[cpnyc23]

I've built similar items to this.  I just used a Hammond 1590A enclosure with to momentary SPST switches.   Connect the ground to the corresponding spot on the jack and connect the switches' other solder tab to the tip of of the output and you are good to go.  Just make sure to use SPST.



-chris

[allmonochrome]

any ideas on how one would go about building a switch like this but with one stereo jack and 3 momentary switches? i want to build one to control my eventide timefactor (delay pedal) which can use an external switch such as the digitech fs-300 (http://www.zzounds.com/item--DGTFS300).

i've seen a diagram before that involved diodes but it was pretty confusing

[RickL]

I'm pretty sure this will work, if not, try reversing the direction of the diodes.

Ground from the jack to one pole of each of the switches; S1 other pole to tip; S2 other pole to ring; S3 other pole connected to tip and ring, each through a diode, anode (striped end) of each diode to the tip or ring, cathode to the pole on S3.

So S3 has one pole connected to ground, the other pole has two diodes connected at the cathodes. The anode of one diode goes to the tip, the anode of the other diode goes to the ring.

[allmonochrome]

I'm pretty sure this will work, if not, try reversing the direction of the diodes.

Ground from the jack to one pole of each of the switches; S1 other pole to tip; S2 other pole to ring; S3 other pole connected to tip and ring, each through a diode, anode (striped end) of each diode to the tip or ring, cathode to the pole on S3.

So S3 has one pole connected to ground, the other pole has two diodes connected at the cathodes. The anode of one diode goes to the tip, the anode of the other diode goes to the ring.

that sounds about what i was thinking but i wasn't 100% sure on some of those details. thanks a bunch!