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mapka
October 13th, 2012, 07:17 PM
I bought a Roland Cube 20 XL amp several months ago and love it but always felt it needed a foot switch. The only way to turn the FX loop on/off is to turn the knob to the off position. The knob is also how the FX is selected and adjusted. This mean to turn it on and off you need to change the settings. Not very useful. You can buy a BOSS pedal to use with the Cube, but I wanted something different. The foot switch was the missing link. Makes the amp so much more useful. Here are a few pictures:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8084291509_ebf5d99735.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62003436@N05/8084291509/)
Cube Pedal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62003436@N05/8084291509/) by mapka2000 (http://www.flickr.com/people/62003436@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8084289681_f73475fe8d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62003436@N05/8084289681/)
Cube Pedal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62003436@N05/8084289681/) by mapka2000 (http://www.flickr.com/people/62003436@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8183/8084287421_fde01c1a0b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62003436@N05/8084287421/)
Cube Pedal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62003436@N05/8084287421/) by mapka2000 (http://www.flickr.com/people/62003436@N05/), on Flickr
mrmudcat
October 13th, 2012, 09:22 PM
Nice work looks clean inside.
Bookkeeper's Son
October 15th, 2012, 10:39 AM
Kool! Wanna make and sell another one for my Cube 30X? The Boss switches are seriously overpriced, IMO.
mapka
October 15th, 2012, 04:03 PM
Kool! Wanna make and sell another one for my Cube 30X? The Boss switches are seriously overpriced, IMO.

I still have one small issue to iron out, but when I get that taken care of I will let you know and try and give you a price. The issue I am having is that on the Cube 20XL the FX are on a knob that is off, then cycles through each effect

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8046/8091754557_686d85c37b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62003436@N05/8091754557/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62003436@N05/8091754557/) by mapka2000 (http://www.flickr.com/people/62003436@N05/), on Flickr

This means that the "normal" state is on so when I push the pedal, it turns the FX off but the LED on the pedal on.