
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
I've pretty much given up on using my Pod XT Live for amp modeling except for just screwing around. I still have hopes for it as a programmable multieffect pedal board.
I would like to build a simple single-effect true bypass box. (The Pod, in all its multi-effect glory, would be the single effect.) The traditional way to do this is just to use a DPDT switch.
I've already drawn up a diagram of the signal path, no problem there. The box would be a two-input, two output box with four 1/4" jacks for instrument cables.
The question is, how should the ground path be arranged? Should I just wire the grounds of all the jacks together within the box, or should the ground path follow the signal path (necessitating a third pole on the switch)? Or something else?
Sorry if this is a stupid question.
I would like to build a simple single-effect true bypass box. (The Pod, in all its multi-effect glory, would be the single effect.) The traditional way to do this is just to use a DPDT switch.
I've already drawn up a diagram of the signal path, no problem there. The box would be a two-input, two output box with four 1/4" jacks for instrument cables.
The question is, how should the ground path be arranged? Should I just wire the grounds of all the jacks together within the box, or should the ground path follow the signal path (necessitating a third pole on the switch)? Or something else?
Sorry if this is a stupid question.
