No true bypass, Soft touch Boss style

[seedlings]

Since I dont see them too often, except perhaps TTG plate switches, what are the DIY options for Boss style, soft-touch, non (or less) mechanical switching - instead if using stomp switches?  Leaving a buffer running is fine.  I've lost two 3PDT switches in the last 3 weeks... when you have to stomp, plus a light tap to get the switch to throw.

CHAD

[R.G.]

http://geofex.com/Article_Folders/bosstech.pdf

[seedlings]

http://geofex.com/Article_Folders/bosstech.pdf

What about the physical switches- a reliable momentary contact with little mechanical failure?

CHAD

[Jdansti]

Yes.  Here's an actual Boss switch:



Source: http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=161057324953


If you want to use the exact switch that Boss uses, you'd have to design a way to actuate it without breaking it.  Instead, you could get a SPST momentary stomp switch. Just make sure you get a good one. I've got some inexpensive ones and used on as a replacement garage door opener switch. Sometimes it works by barely pushing it, and other times I have to mash it a few times to get it to make contact.

[deadastronaut]

ive been thinking about using those tiny momentary switches lately...as i really only play/rec at home nowadays it would be nice to have a ''non clunky'' board...

my old korg ax1500g multi fx uses them, and are really reliable..it just uses a sprung piece of plastic with a 2mm pole of plastic that hovers just 1mm above the switch..lightly tap and its on...silently.

[smallbearelec]

The OEM BOSS tactile switch is this:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/Detail?no=36

If you want a reliable momentary stomper for re-housing jobs:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/Detail?no=672

SD

[seedlings]

The OEM BOSS tactile switch is this:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/Detail?no=36

If you want a reliable momentary stomper for re-housing jobs:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/Detail?no=672

SD

Smallbear, is that momentary switch significantly more reliable than the standard Asian 3pdt?

CHAD

[smallbearelec]

is that momentary switch significantly more reliable than the standard Asian 3pdt?

The momentary switch is very reliable...I think it was developed for automotive apps.  It has become a standard replacement part for Line 6 and Digitech mods, and many people also use it for BOSS/Ibanez re-houses. But please realize that the momentary switch and the 3PDT are very different animals electrically: The former is a simple contact closure that triggers logic; the 3PDT actually switches audio.

[greaser_au]

The boss momentary switches are the same type as was used in the keyboards of a couple of brands of old-school computer terminals (before membrane 'boards became popular), which were used day in, day out, by professional and non-professional typists alike... We used to keep a boxful of them at work, and we had maintenance contracts on over a thousand of the terminals that used them (that is about 90,000 individual switches),  but the consumption rate was still fairly low.

david