Just started playing my new dc30 last night,
I found a 808 ts sounds great to push channel 1

I'm wondering what cord exactly do I need to be able to use the effects loop?
I know it is a stereo cord but not sure which one to get,
where do I find one online or at a store location in the us



Thanks

You can't. Its one channel or the other.

I run a stero cord out of the EF86 loop on the back of the amp. It goes straight to a hammond box on the pedalboard, that splits the signal into a send and return jack. On that loop I use a TimeFactor delay (great buffer) and a ge7 Monte Allum modded eq.

I like the TF better on the loop than in front of the amp. And use the eq to add some bright to the overall signal.

Now lately, I've doing some experiments mixing things at the effects loop. My latest trick (not tested yet, at least at high volume):

- I bridge both top boost and EF86 channels at the front of the amp
- I added a Boss Line Selector on the loop, that allows me to mix the effect send of both EF86 and top boost channels. The mixed signal goes to the TF and eq
- The whole signal returns trough the stereo cable to the return of the EF86

I tested it this morning and seems to work good, no hum or aditional noise. By doing this, I can bridge or use separate channels on the amp, and share the effects loop for both. I've always loved the way bridged channels sound on this amp.

But using the loop on one of the channels and the other dry (when bridged), always added some flanger effect to the overall tone. That's why I decided to mix both send signals...

Pretty much is that. Since the loop works send-tip/return-ring/sleeve-ground, I use one stereo cable from the EF86 loop (to have both send and return). But remember I split this signal on a hammond box, the send to the loop A on the LS, the return from the last effect on the chain.
What I'm trying to do is to throw a mono cable from the topboost channel loop  (this would be only tip, the send). This send signal goes to loop B on the Line Selector (that is set to A+B mode, to mix).
Then , from output on the lineselector the mixed signal goes to the effects, and return to the RETURN of the hammond box, then to the EF8 return.

But I use another lineselector in front of the amp, with 2 loops of effects for a clean or dirty setting. I could run also these to the top boost channel or the ef86, but right now I'm bridgin both channels in the amp, I like how big it sounds this way...

The Line Selector is a handy pedal, when you have one you want another inmediately!

Mind the LS2 has an A+B mix mode, AND  an A -> B mode, but it doesn't do the A/B/Y thing wihout laying down and changing the mode (one knob). Having that said, I'll try to explain how it works.

To mix the 2 sends from the amp to one chain of effects with the LS2, you must :

Set the LS2 to the A+B mix mode
Use each of the sends of the amp into A Input and B input
Plug the cable that goes from the LS2 to the effects into the OUT of the LS2. This is where the mixed signal comes out.

Once that signal passes the effects it must return to the amp, already mixed and wet. To do that, you can plug any of the returns on any of the two Y cables into the out of the effect.

This should work fine, but when you plug one of the returns of the Y cable to the amp, you will leave the other Y cable's return unplgged! That's why I suggested using one Y cable one one loop, and one mono cable on the other loop.

Please follow the signal on the layout I posted, this is pretty much it, the olny thing different is that I'm not using a Y cable, but a stereo cable that splts in 2 on a box, wich would be exactly the same.

The way you suggested won't work to share the effect chain on the loop...





A -> B

Hi guys,
I have been following this topic ever since I got my Dizzy. I have complicated life by adding a C'lator which sounds just great. However I am struggling to get a good result following the diagram posted here. When I run the C'lator into the clean channel, with my time based effects through it, it's whisper quiet and sounds awesome. However when I try to share the time based effects across the 2 FX loops, using the the Boss line selector as per your sketch, I get a lot of hum, even with the levels turned down to almost zero. I get the desired result, i.e. my time based effects are working on both channels of the amp, but its too noisy to be a real solution. Any other ideas how I can share my time based effects/C'lator across both FX loops? BTW I am using an A/B box at the front of the amp to choose between Channel 1 and 2. Cheers from Jakarta.