Diezel Footswitch for Herbert?

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Is there an actual footswitch to control the Diezel Herbert that Diezel makes/sells? If so, what's it called, how much does it sell for, and who sells it? I have heard there is one out there, but I have never seen it.

I have been doing the midi thing, but I just don't like using the midi pedal and rack effects, and I am going back to stompboxes and I'd like a regular old footswitch for the Features.
 
Diezel Columbus.

You can still use a midi footswitch to change channels and turn the loop on and off and then use your pedals in the loop.
 
mhenson42":f2cfd said:
Diezel Columbus.

You can still use a midi footswitch to change channels and turn the loop on and off and then use your pedals in the loop.
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Yeah, I knew about the Columbus, but I am using a midi pedal already. What I was wondering was if there was a pedal that used the XLR connector and was just a pushbutton selector for the individual channels, loop, midcut, tuner. I heard that there was one, but I have never seen one.

Peter, can you shine some light on this question?
 
scottph":8b178 said:
That would be the Columbus...
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That is still a midi switcher; I am looking for a good old stomp switcher, kind of like the one that comes with a Bogner Ecstasy. I heard something like that was coming.
 
The Columbus will connect via XLR. The only other board I can think of that works that way is the Prostage but it is essentially a MIDI controller as well.

http://www.prostage.eu/en/technology/stagewire.html

As far as something that just turns the loop on/off or turns the mid-cut on/off or changes the master volume with a button and every thing else stays the same (i.e. a control change), I'm not sure that is possible or there is anything out there.

What so hard about having a bank of patches with all the same channel using the MIDI. For example make button 1 = Channel 2, button 2 = Channel 2 plus loop, button 3 = Channel 2 plus loop plus mid-cut, button 4 = Channel 2 plus mid-cut, etc…
 
prostage x7 i used with my herbert, that might be what ur looking for?
 
mhenson42 said:
The Columbus will connect via XLR. The only other board I can think of that works that way is the Prostage but it is essentially a MIDI controller as well.

http://www.prostage.eu/en/technology/stagewire.html

As far as something that just turns the loop on/off or turns the mid-cut on/off or changes the master volume with a button and every thing else stays the same (i.e. a control change), I'm not sure that is possible or there is anything out there.

What so hard about having a bank of patches with all the same channel using the MIDI. For example make button 1 = Channel 2, button 2 = Channel 2 plus loop, button 3 = Channel 2 plus loop plus mid-cut, button 4 = Channel 2 plus mid-cut, etc…[/quote

I am using the ground control pro, and it works fine-I was just wondering if the footswitch I was describing exists. I am programming it to do everything I want, just haven't had much time to mess with it.
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I thought there was one too. I heard of one on ebay a while back and the seller said it was super rare. Never seen one with my real eyes though!

I use my midi controller with midi FX nearly all the time, but I see your point that it would be nice to have a small neat 5 button footswitch with 3 buttons for each of the 3 channels, and then a 4th button for mid-cut on/off and 5th for FX loop on/off. Otherwise you need Channel 1, Channel 1 with midcut, Channel 1 with FX loop, channel 1 with midcut and FX loop, Channel 2...., etc, to get all combinations.

The MIDI way you need 12 midi program change buttons to get all combinations on a herbert, which means you need a big 15 button controller like an All-Access or something, which takes up floor space (especially if you're using a large analogue stomp box pedalboard), or if you go for a smaller neater solution, you need to either change banks up and down, or if you use one of those Randall 4 or 5 button ones, can't use all combinations so have to have the FX loop on only some channels, or always on or whatever.

If you can reduce your 3 channels with midcut and FX loop on/off down to 4 or 5 combinations you can get a Randall 4 or 5 button one or a Tech21 midi moose I think it's called. They're midi pedals and phantom powered so will look and work like a footswitch from that point of view. I have thought about buying one so I can choose between channel 1, 2, or 3 with FX loop on for them all with a small 3 or 4 button pedal when I'm having an "Analog Day" with just fat diezel sounds and an odd stompbox for a jam!

Do you need a toggle-able FX loop on/off or Midcut on/off for all channels? If you don't use the mid cut hardly ever like me, then with a 5 button you can get 3 channels dry + 2 of them again with FX loop on (or vice versa). If that's fine then look at the Tech21 or Randall ones...

Hope that helps...
 
Yes, there was made as a prototype for the VH4 and Herbert, a pedal box built like a tank that was phantom powered with an XLR connected to the amp and was able to switch channels, but was not midi.
I have one of the few built. They were too expensive and the company decided not to go through with having more built. The Columbus was what came out of that.
The box needed to be wired by Team Diezel for either a VH4 or the Herbert depending on which amp you owned. They were not cheap to build and were sold very quickly about 3 years ago from the California office based on the few people at the time that knew they existed. It was not an item that was genereally offered by the company at the time. They decided to just sell off the prototypes to Diezel amp owners on a first come-first served basis, who did not need or want midi functioning boxes.
 
Hello!

I have one of the original prototype footswiches that is detailed above (think it's called the FS-7) that I would be willing to sell to anyone interested. It connects via XLR and works PERFECTLY with my Diezel Herbert. I too bought mine off of ebay for a fairly steep price but later bought a G System which I love to death, so this pedal has just been sitting here unused since March. I was thinking about it and I will probably never remove my Herbert from it's custom road case and never use this switcher live so it really is of no use for me. Send me a message if your are interested any maybe we can work something out. I can put up some pictures if you'd like. I have 100% positive feedback on ebay (zzzsleepzzz). I paid $800 for it as a buy it now price on ebay, and have seen two others since then both with an $800 BIN price. Some people on the forum here said that is a ridiculous price but to own something made by Diezel that is super rare (supposed to be less then 10 made fully working, and around 250 empty pedal shells) I thought it was well worth it. I mean it's the ONLY pedal in the world that does EXACTLY what it does, period. Anyways, shoot me an offer. I would give you a better deal then I paid. I would like to see it go to a good home and someone that appreciates it for what it is and how rare it is then get full price dropping it back on ebay and some anus getting it that will trash it (if thats possible, it IS a tank lol).

It really does matter to me....I took $500 less for an autographed Zakk Wylde 2203ZW head so it would go to a die hard fan instead of a collector who it meant nothing but a profit too.....

Peace,
Justin
 
THE FS7 DON`T WORK WITH EVERY HERBERT !

The next customer needs Your controller inside the
amp too. You can get a new one from me.
 
I'm not sure I follow? When I bought it they said it wouldn't work with the VH4 if the switch was supposed to be for a Herbert and vice versa. I hooked it up when I bought it and it works flawlessly...should I not sell it to someone? I surely want to make sure it works for who I sell it too....
 
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