Thank you for the quick response.

The problem with switching back and forth to a "boost" patch is the well known droupout of signal/delay. Plus I would still have to accurately hit the right switch for boost on and then boost off without looking down, I was hoping to program ALL the 4 switches to boost toggle so it would be hard to hit the wrong one on the fly...

I was pretty frustrated and angry at first but I think I have found a working solution for now, I put the volume pedal last in the Vetta signal chain and set the minimum volume for all patches I am using to 75%, it is pretty easy to find the volume pedal without looking down and the boost for solos comes in a little more naturally than boost toggling would have provided. I setup the A-D patches in the banks I am using to be all the same in case I accidentally hit a A-D switch when bumping the volume pedal ( I think I will make a small cover for the switches so this never happens) , plus now I can access all those great Vetta wah pedals if I ever want to...

SO I got solo boost, a bunch of wahs, and a tuner that I don't have to walk over to my amp to use in the middle of a show all for only $100... not bad Line 6, although the product didn't really do what I understood it would (a programmable midi cc controller that I can't use to directly control a midi device made by the same company...? Oh, theoretically I can if I bring a computer along to shows to patch in between my pedal controller and my amp hahahaha ) I am still looking for a better solution but I am pretty happy with the way things are working in my rig right now.

I see some others here had similar questions about this product and received similar disappointing answers, had I researched the product on this site beforehand I would seen the bad news in advance and would never have purchased this product BUT it worked out okay in the end so... thanks...?

I bought the FBV at Guitar Center, I called first to ask if they had it in stock and they said "Of course!", I asked if they were sure it was an FBV EXPRESS MKII and they assured me it was... I rushed over and they handed me an ancient used FB, the one that works with POD 1.0/2.0 I think, they were selling it for $50 hahahaha turns out they were out of stock on the FBV Express and I had to order it for me, they didn't know ANYTHING about what the FBV could or couldn't do midi control- wise or whether the POD 2.0 footboard was compatable with the Vetta...  maybe Line 6 could do a better job educating retailers on the capabilities of their complex line of not necessarily cross-compatable products... just sayin'...

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