Fender
30
Footswitch
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This footswitch is for the 1980-1981
Fender 30 amp, which isn't Rivera-era, but here you are anyway.
It probably won't work with any other amps.
I reverse-engineered this schematic from the amp schematic, and
Nick Serra, who owns a Fender 30, had it built and it works.
Just saying.
I drew the scrappy build
sketch below for someone who emailed me and asked for it, as he
didn't understand the schematic above.
As of Nov 2022 he hasn't emailed me back to say if he's
built it, or whether it works. If you build it, and/or if you
can see a mistake in it, please let me know.
The 9.5VDC is supplied by the amp. As with all my stuff, build
it and use it at your own risk.
I have kept my notes and I'll add an actual description of how the
switching logic works inside the amp if anyone really, really
wants it. Email me on stratopastor (at) hotmail (dot) com....
Here's the inside of Nick Serra's footswitch... he had it built
into a Fender dome-style casing.
photo- Nick Serra
The above advice is offered in good faith but I
accept no responsibility for loss, damage, injury, death,
blown up amps, etc etc. I'd appreciate it if you'd treat my
write-up and sketches as copyright 2016 Andrew Waugh. Thanks.
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