Amp head switcher?

[zackd]

Who makes a good amp head switcher unit? I want to use two head's and switch between them with 1 or 2 cabs (fullstack) if it allows. I searched the archives and could'nt find anything about this.

[philmanatee]

The Radial worked well for me. Phil

[thousandshirts]

The Radial worked well for me. Phil

+1 - Radial Headbone is well regarded - http://www.tonebone.com/tb-headbone-vt.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Weber also has a unit - https://taweber.powweb.com/store/2head.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There is another one, I can't think of it at the moment, though

[zackd]

The Radial worked well for me. Phil

+1 - Radial Headbone is well regarded - http://www.tonebone.com/tb-headbone-vt.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Weber also has a unit - https://taweber.powweb.com/store/2head.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There is another one, I can't think of it at the moment, though

Cool I just looked them up. Can you still use a power soak (ie power brake or air brake) with one head? Then have the other head with out it?

[908ssp]

I have a Radial amp switcher and it works but adds a noise or distortion I disconnected it the other day for some reason and the amp sounded better with it out of the circuit. You can use an attenuator either before or after the switcher. You would need to put it on the speaker line before the switcher if you only wanted it on one amp.

[JTyson]

I have the radial, and a voodoo labs switcher, they both work well, the voodoo unit would be overkill for 2 heads, they both change the tone a bit, i hate that, but they both have ground lifts to keep em quiet. The radial would be the cost effective solution for you. Well made, I havent had any issues with mine, but I notice someone above had a noise issue, I just dont like the fact that the tone is not quite as good with it in the circuit. Its not so bad that I could not live with it if I had to. There are some others I have had, but I liked them less, they change the tone even more than these, and dont have ground lifts(Morley A-B, and Tripler) so they are noisier. Generally they are cheaper too . I am assuming you are using 1 cab per head, and not switching to 1 cab? - Jim

[daneswede]

I have a Radial amp switcher and it works but adds a noise or distortion I disconnected it the other day for some reason and the amp sounded better with it out of the circuit. You can use an attenuator either before or after the switcher. You would need to put it on the speaker line before the swir if you only wanted it on one amp.

I NEVER had noise in the line with my AMp Switching TONEOBONE EVER !!! That must have been an isolatred incident. I use a couple vintage 100 wat Marshalls. and an A-B/Y switchbox. Sometimes if you do get a bit of noise there is a switch on the TONEBONE that will get rid of that 100% for noise free operation. I think like out of phase and in phase or sumthin like tht. anyway. works perfect me and i didnt even need to use it. IVe tried it . Cleaned up 1% of a tincy wincy bit of hiss cranking the living shi* out of lboth amps . Hwne you run two amps sometimes you get that out of phASE DEAL SO.. TRY IT! tHE tONE BONE WINS imho! HAD THREE YEARS . And im using a Non Master and a Master Volume Marshall.72' and 81'
my 77' sometimes works great with the 81 tone wise .

[daneswede]

I have the radial, and a voodoo labs switcher, they both work well, the voodoo unit would be overkill for 2 heads, they both change the tone a bit, i hate that, but they both have ground lifts to keep em quiet. The radial would be the cost effective solution for you. Well made, I havent had any issues with mine, but I notice someone above had a noise issue, I just dont like the fact that the tone is not quite as good with it in the circuit. Its not so bad that I could not live with it if I had to. There are some others I have had, but I liked them less, they change the tone even more than these, and dont have ground lifts(Morley A-B, and Tripler) so they are noisier. Generally they are cheaper too . I am assuming you are using 1 cab per head, and not switching to 1 cab? - Jim

Sorry , Thats it , Ground lifting . The Radial is perfect as suggested .
JH

[Big Mike]

Mesa Boogie used to make a nice rack unit..I think it was called the high gain amp switcher or some such.

Looked like a cool piece.

[vanhalen5150]

Radial A/B/Y. True bypass. About $70. I run a Variplex and a 5150 together. Weird but it smokes!

[Big Mike]

You can't use an ABY in the head to speaker section. IE: one cab, 2 heads.
Bad things happen, because there's no load on the one not used.

[peers]

Gday

I use a Radial Bigshot ABY to swich amps at the input stage and on one output use a Boss DD3 digital delay set on half.0.0 and s.50ms (very small delay on second amp) when you kick in both amps is ***** awsome soundslike two guitarists (letsface it no matter how tight two guitarists can be together your never deadon) I dont get any hum or noise. The only complaint I have is that the switches on the ABY are to close together and I hit both buttons sometimes so when I go back to 1 amp the wrong one is going,

lash

[gt_r]

Hello,
there is a switching system by german company Palmer, called the PTINO (Palmer Two In One). It switches two tube heads (or combos, or one of each) to the same speaker / cabinet. It has a load box attached to the channel not in use, so tube heads don´t run "empty". Good thing, costs around 290 Euros.
Best regards, gt_r

[SteadyEddie]

Randall Aiken had a schematic for a head switcher on the internet.
If you can't find it, PM me and I can e-mail it.

[hozmoney]

The Radial Headbone works great for 2 heads into 1 cab