moosapotamus pt80 effects loop mod question

[PurpleTheory]

might be a dumb question, but i've already made so many and you guys have been so cool about it, why not one more...
the send jack for the effects loop, is this a regular mono jack or something special?

thanks,
matt

[idiot savant]

its a closed circuit mono jack. it has a normally closed switch which connects to the return jack. you insert a plug into the send jack and it disconnects the short.

[PurpleTheory]

thanks for clearing that up for me.

[PurpleTheory]

I just finished building the pt80 today and it sounds awesome! I still haven't quite gotten the moosapotamus effect send/return mod right though. I'm pretty sure that I must have the wiring wrong, I just can't seem to wrap my head around it, I think I've been staring at it too long. :shock:  Here is a quick drawing of how I have wired it:

The delayed signal is effected by the external effect, but when i flip the switch it just seems to turn the external effect off.

Thanks for all the help,
Matt

[idiot savant]

first off, it's really late, and i'm kinda tipsy now. keep in mind that i dont have any good image editing software on my pc and my MSPaint skills are somewhat lacking. but here you go anyways.





i added dc blocking caps to prevent popping, it was a big problem with my build, though i haven't heard of it being a problem for anyone else. so if you have popping when switching the effect in the loop on and off, this will fix it. i lifted the idea from the mcmeat schemo.

[PurpleTheory]

thanks, i really appreciate you taking the time to help me out. i'll give it a go today.

thanks again,
matt

[moosapotamus]

i added dc blocking caps to prevent popping...

Nice!

Thanks
~ Charlie

[mrsage]

My delay with FX loop (inspired by Charlie!):

http://www.voxblues.com/clips/#byocdelay