Simplest, lightest and cheapest footswitch solution for AXE-FX

[ozanerkal]

Well I have a Line6 POD HD500 (4.8 kg) which can be used as a MIDI controller with my Axe-Fx XL and works perfect with the right settings. But it's big and heavy. So I didn't want to carry it for gigs after trying that for once. (Especially when all i do with it is switch presets.. )

Then I realized the pedal inputs and thought i could get two simple amp footswitches, use one for preset decrease and the other for increase.

But because this would only be a temporary solution until I found the perfect (lightweight, battery powered-no power cables around and affordable) MIDI controller as the ultimate solution, I didn't want to spend much on a simple footswitch.

So I bought two wall type electrical switches (momentary type) from a hardware store (2 x $4 = $8) and did the cabling with my existing cables. Voila!

Compared to the BOSS solution which costs around $80 here in Turkey, i think it's pretty reasonable and recommendable..

here's what it looks like..

 

[paranoid]

I like low budget work arounds. maybe with a couple house light dimmers you could build a exp pedal. I put a trs jack in one of my guitars(and built a special cable) to control some axe functions like drive(through a switch jack) with the tone pot I never used. of course my mention of this did not go far some here look up at thrifty.

 

[paranoid]

When using the pod for pedal how many times did people want to know how you got that tone? I got that a lot until I got a fcb. It did work really well though I used an empty bank in the pod and named all the presets to match the axe but when I went to fcb I had trouble getting use to 5 presets per bank instead of 4.