zolaar

Well yeah. Of course it isn't going to be supported; I AM a realist! :) The real actual FBV has to wait until I can scrape together another $200 for the shortboard (sigh). In the meantime, I just want to update it to its full potential. It would be nice if L6 could at least give me a heads-up as to whether this is safe and isn't likely going to hose my stuff -- even if it's full of caveats and misgivings. It's not like ppl haven't been poking around inside their amps / pedals / etc to customize their guitar tone since... forever? It's unsupported activity, but experts can still provide friendly, helpful info to a conscientious & careful tinkerer, right? ...right?

Hello! (and congrats on the new forums!) I have a Spider IV 75 that I want to update to the latest firmware, etc. The MKII FBV Footswitches are a little pricey for me atm, and so I wondered if I could simply use the PCB from a FBV Express MkII to do the job? I've found them on ebay selling for ~$10 for just the bare main circuit board; this is much more within my price range! None of the other FBV parts are included: no lcd display, no leds, no dummy input loads. I recognize that I will be unable to use the pedal's other functions (like, for instance, the pedal-y or stomp-y parts), and that's fine. I just want to update my amp. Since it appears a non-trivial amount of current flows to the FBV unit from the amp, I'm going to check first before I blow my $300 amp + $600 PC Ultimately I want to know: Assuming all cables are attached properly, 1) can the bare PCB from a FBV Express MkII can be plugged into the Spider IV amp & my PC without risking damage to the amp or my PC? 2) Will I be able to update the amp with this setup ?