Build Your Own Guitar Amp Foot Switch (Under $15)

How to make a foot switch to change between the clean and dirty channels on most guitar amps.

Additional Info:

The Enclosure, jack, and switch all came from Mammoth Electronics, not sponsored but their pre-painted enclosures are awesome to build guitar pedals out of:

Enclosure: 1590LB ($8.46)
1/4" Jack ($2.00)
Footswitch ($2.90)
TOTAL COST: $13.36

[dnlmrtnnly]

Great video, I didn't pay attention to one important thing - here's a tip to learn from my mistake. I wanted to center the switch and jack. I didn't double check if the internal parts of the jack and switch would run into each other before I drilled the holes. The centered holes on my enclosure will not work, as the jack and switch don't fit, and now I will have to get a little extra crafty... So, the video's off-centered holes are a good idea!

[jasonosorio]

Awesome video, tried it out for my JHS morning glory as the red remote, works perfectly. Thanks!

[documentalist-NL]

Cool and simple build. I wonder if it would be possible to make a multi pedal switching bar like this, with multiple switchable send/return loops. That could be pretty awesome I think.

[Guitarnivore]

Thanks! It worked perfectly for my Orange 35rt.

[diecuttingsolutionsinc]

Wish you could have done a LED light with it!

[jrom]

Great video! Very helpful and clear. 1 tip, just mention that you have a link in the description for the parts to buy.

[saplifrom]

The best video on YouTube about DIY footswitch. Great job!
P.S. Wish you could have done a LED indicator.

[MinistryOfStrings]

I built one today using your video. Thanks. This was way cheaper then a red box from jhs and its the exact same thing.

[sicstringerman]

Clear explanation, great job. Appreciated. Need to try this one myself. Thanks

[JoeySchmidt]

Works on a Marshall cab too. Boost channel needs to be engaged and the footswitch "cancels" that signal path.

[VolkovithaDesu]

this is great ❤️ love it please try to do a distortion and chorus pedal

[clintwhite]

Check if your amp needs a 'momentary switch' instead first, mine does :).

[Psychemic]

im doing somethibg similar for a gcse engineering project where i want to turn a pedal on/off from an extra button or a switch in a guitar. i know nothing about guitar modding or much about electronics but seeing the pedal change the amps sound absolutely blew my mind because ive been trying to find something like that for ages now as my deadline will be coming up.

does anyone know however what i need to do or how i would actually make this work? because im still really confused and kinda dumb.

[grahamkelly]

Hi, can you please tell me which way I would wire the jack to a 3pdt switch?( i have a few lying around i would like to use up, and i have a jhs mg)

[hh]

Great video! Keep up the awesome content, we really appreciate it.

[WMG]

Very nice!Where did you plug-in?I Have a Bugera 333xl and I don’t know other entrance to put…because is hard to find the original Footswitch!Thanks!👍🙏

[flabens]

Please a 3 footswitch pedal for a Jazz chorus 120. I know is the same thing multiply by 3, but would be great to see it first.

[matthewmcdonald]

Awesome video man, a great beginner project

[fbf]

I think you can do this without the jack. Just solder the hot and the ground wires of a guitar cable with a jack plug to the logs of the foot-switch. Put some rubber ring around the hole in the enclosure where you have placed the jack - for cosmetics and to avoid the metal cutting the cable - and you're done. Easier to fit in the pedal board (no jack plug) and cheaper (if possible). Can you confirm?

[Joey.Darkwoods-Studio]

Nice video! So, if I wanted a 2 button footswitch with two independent connections for a Marshall DSL amp (one for channel switching and one for the reverb on/off), I would simply repeat this is a biiger box correct? And if we wanted to add an LED for both switches?