Installing a FXLoop

[Olderama]

Hi all

Sniffing around a amp without a loop
What's involved and rough cost for installing one and any recommendations for welly based amp techs

Cheers

[godgrinder]

I had Ryan to add a passive loop to my 2203KK which didn't cost much (less than $100).

If you want an active loop (ie a proper one) it'll probably cost a bit. People say good things about the Metro loop kit:
https://store.metropoulos.net/products/ ... x-loop-kit

FX loop is overrated though, dry/wet system is the way to go haha. Do you still have your DV Mark? That'll work great as a wet amp.

[Olderama]

I had Ryan to add a passive loop to my 2203KK which didn't cost much (less than $100).

If you want an active loop (ie a proper one) it'll probably cost a bit. People say good things about the Metro loop kit:
https://store.metropoulos.net/products/ ... x-loop-kit

FX loop is overrated though, dry/wet system is the way to go haha. Do you still have your DV Mark? That'll work great as a wet amp.

I do please explain more (rubbing chin)

Lol looking at a 2203KK aswell

[godgrinder]

Get an ABY box to split the signal, run a JCM800 profile and the FX you want on the DVM, set FX to 100% wet, leave the actual amp dry.

I added the passive loop on my 2203KK so I can use just the power section when I want to. For running effects the passive loop is probably a bit meh, but the money involved in adding an active loop isn't quite worth it when you can run a D/W system.

[sizzlingbadger]

I had a metro loop in the Blankenship, very good.

[Miza]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6moy_pAW3jU[/youtube]

[Miza]

Hmmm, let me try that again...

[jeremyb]

Loops are overrated, just chuck your effects in front of the amp

[Bg]

yep, toughen up princess...

[Aquila Rossa]

So called Zero loss FX loop that was popularized on the metroamp boards is not a state secret these days. Schematics diagrams are all over the internet. I think Ceriatone do one too and there are others. Flick Ceriatone an email and they will likely make you a FX circuit any tech can install

p.s. Dude asked about FX loops, not wet dry rigs. Maybe wet, dry, wet? .

[Miza]

p.s. Dude asked about FX loops, not wet dry rigs. Maybe wet, dry, wet? .

I do please explain more (rubbing chin)

[Miza]

But going back to FX loops, years ago I ordered a 18W TMB EF86 head from Ceriatone and I asked them to add an FX loop, which they did. They actually added two, one for each channel, but with a single TSR input/output jack for each. Spose it would have been cool if you wanted different FX for each channel. I never got round to acquiring the Y cables to actually use them.

[godgrinder]

Flick Ceriatone an email and they will likely make you a FX circuit any tech can install

Probably will end up costing more than US$85 to have someone making that from scratch than buying a pre-made PCB.

[godgrinder]

But anyway, considering how often you flip your stuff I definitely don't recommend sinking any cash in modding it, haha.

[Aquila Rossa]

But anyway, considering how often you flip your stuff I definitely don't recommend sinking any cash in modding it, haha.

yeah, I agree. Not worth doing unless you really like the amp and will keep it. That said, installing a zero loss loop in an amp with no loop may give better results than many amps with loops already in them.

Another thing to consider is that many well known guitar tones from Jimmy Page and Brian May etc used delay, but they had no loop. They ran the Echoplex unit into an overdriven amp. It gives a different effect than running in the loop. Reverb came from the room or from the mixing desk. The sound of an amp's spring reverb tank being distorted by the power amp crunching up can be nice, but I do not like room reverb doing that. For more complex reverbs, it's better to have clean power amp, or add it post