Boss FS-6 Dual Footswitch - Demo/Review
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2017
- In this video, Dave demonstrates the features of the Boss FS-6 dual footswitch. What can it do, and does it justify the price tag?
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Just a quick note that I am still looking this video up to refresh my memory when I haven’t used this Boss FS-6 switch in a while. Thank you for doing this ‘wayback’ in 2017 ! 🎸🎤😎
That was excellent. Thank you very much for posting this, and for explaining the Boss FS-6 Dual Footswitch's functioning very clearly. That was very helpful.
Thank you for explaining how this works I will now buy one for my Roland AC-33 amp
Very nice in depth review probably the best on UA-cam I have been searching everywhere for a comparison between that FS7 and FS6 I have heard A lot of people asking for that review that would definitely go viral food for thought!
THANK YOU! I've played guitar for years, but haven't used pedals or switches much at all, so this is very informative :)
Excellent quality, I’ve been using mine for approximately ten years and still going strong
that's what I love about Boss, and why I use so many of their products. One word to sum them up is "quality"... oh, also I just noticed your name lol hello fellow Sean 😂
@@SeanDS89 right on, sean is a good name! 😂
Excellent review - you've helped me make up my mind. I think I'll get one.
I had boubts about buying or not this switcher, know I have no doubts. Thanks man, great vid!
Everything I needed to know. This pedal pairs 100 percent with a Boss GT-100, greatly expanding its capability with the "momentary" option. If I'm not mistaken, Van Halen used a momentary pedal while doing songs like "Unchained" with the heavy Phaser (or Flanger, can't remember) effect during parts of the song.
REALLY helpful, so many thanks.
Thanks for the review.
Thanks! I plan on using this with my Digitech RDS-7.6 Time Machine Rack Delay Sampler.
Very useful advice, thanks 🤙🎸
This was a Thorough and Informative Tutorial on this Pedal. Great Job with this. It was Better then the Boss demo actually. I have (2) that I use with my Boss DR-880 for Guitar Effects Patch Change, Tap Tempo, Start / Stop Drum Machine and also (separately) for my DD-500.
I realize it is quite randomly asking but does anyone know of a good site to stream newly released series online?
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@Paul Talon thanks, I signed up and it seems to work =) Appreciate it !
@Alaric Dayton happy to help xD
Just bought Tycho's (Scott Hansen) old Boss FS-6, here to how to use it. Seems pretty simple! Thanks :D
Omg, I bought one of these years ago for my Rc 30 looper. Had no idea I could control my reverb and channel select on my Marshall head with it 😍
very informative thankyou.
Can I use this for my fender mustang 3, to up/down presets? TIA! Great vid!
Thank you!!
"Not Napoleon Dynamite's brother." Too funny!!
ThankYou, God Bless
Those wondering you can also use external pedals with this just out the wire for foot switch into back of amp where it says rec out and connect the external pedals through the input at the top and u can use it with whatever I use mine where I connect the mod on to a clean channel and use the distortion pedal I have to use the phaser for soloing
thanks Dave. i originaly bought the fs-6 to use with my rc 30 looper. iam ditching my rc30, but now i know i can use the fs-6 with my new amp ( thanks to you ) i will keep the fs-6, gladly. CHEERS.
At the end of the intro I expected to hear"Reload! Reload! Re-re-re-re-re reload!!!!"
can this be used to control multiple pedals and disengaged 1 or 2 of a series and keep the amp on the setting you have it on? for example i play on my clean channel but i use Distortion and Overdrive pedals, how do i switch between modded cleans and dirties with out having to hit, switch on, switch off...next pedal....switch on....play guitar....quick...switch off?
Great video again. Can't go wrong with Boss footswitches built to last.
I own a couple of Behringers that i got bundled with an old drum m/c from a mate. These can be latching or momentary but they do not have the polarity switch on them. Also not powered either.
Would be good to note that the FS7 footswitch would be a good option too. Only two outputs A and B but does have dc power and also has a different footprint if anyone is limited for space on their pedal boards.
As with so many things, it's a case of weighing up the features and price versus your requirements/preferences and budget.
The DC power in on the FS7 is a big selling point for me, but I'm not sold on the one-switch-above-another form factor...I much prefer side by side...I guess I just don;t trust my feet not to catch on the switch that I'm not aiming for.
I've not seen an FS7 in the flesh so to speak but I do think there is quite a height difference in the two pedal so I don't think catching it would be a problem, but then again I think I'd too have the same issue and go for a side by side myself.
Thanks for this Dave. I just bought a Boss Katana MkII along with the FS-6 footswitch. As soon as I unboxed the FS-6 and went to plug it in, I discovered Boss's design error. There should be a 9V plug-in in the back. Nobody wants to have to reach down to unplug pedals before and after use. Your suggestion for the battery cable was perfect. But still, shame on Boss for this mistake on what is otherwise a great product!
they did make a better footswitch mode FYI - its called the FS7... I was so bummed I bought the FS6 first..total waste of money... the FS7 is the same, but with 9v.
Oh! good catch. I wish I had noticed this before I bought the FS-6. I prefer the the pedal layout of the FS-6 but would have bought the FS-7 if I had picked up on this.
Hello, I have a MIDI controller Novation Launchkey has sustain input is it compatible? Thank you !
Can it be used to control the looper A and Harmonizer B , how would I wire it .
polarity ... it sets up if the switch is normally open or normally closed. if the switch is normally open then closes when pushing the switch or normally closed then opens when the switch is pushed. Different devices have different needs and that is why it can be useful.
He should do a tutorial video on the light switch next. It would be fascinating.
Funny you should say that, but I got a few questions on the back of this video so I did a follow-up and I used the light switch anaology to explain some features of the Boss footswitch ua-cam.com/video/msjEEXMyBCg/v-deo.html
Hi how are the modes and polarities with a loop pedal boss rc 3 ??
nice explanation! I watched because I couldn't believe that the only way to shut down power was to pull out the 1/4" cables...alas, it was confirmed and I share the dismay.
great video. Can you tell me about the switch "polarity" in the FS-6 dual boss?? how to use this option (polarity) I dont now anything about "polarity" I think I m gonna damage my boss pedal. I use rc3 loopstation boss, I use it to change channel of my amp and sometimes to change the mode of distortion in my turbo distortion boss and a digital delay DD7. Please . .
It's not polarity like on a power supply, it means 'normally open' versus 'normally closed' ... as far as I can tell this means whether when the effect is engaged the light is on or light is off.
Thanks :-)
Does it work with a Blackstar Id:core 40?
I can't keep my eyes of that watch, do you mind telling what it is?
Can this be used for switching patches?
Anyone know if this will work with a Vox Pathfinder 15R instead of the Vox VFS-2?
Can i use this pedal to change patches on korg krome for e. g strings to organ so can i assign patches from one patch to another patch
Yes you can. You can ser une pedal to switch and one oedal to damper ;)
Hi, you've made a very informative video, nice one!
Can anyone please outline the differences between the FS-6 and FS-7...
thanx
I believe the difference is the layout - FS6 is side-by-side so takes up a bit more real estate on your pedal board but it's really easy to access each pedal/switch. The FS7 is narrower with one pedal/switch behind the other, but I'm not so keen on it as I don't like reaching over one pedal to get to the other
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There's something else to have in mind:
When due to there's only one MODE switch on the FS-7 when you choose latch or unlatch both A and B switches work latched or unlatched.
And as you have two MODE switchs on the FS-6 you can have A switch latched and B another one unlatched and viceversa.
If you don't mind me asking, can a stereo jack that then splits into two mono jacks work.
I'm waiting on a boss Street cube 2. The amp has two jack inputs on the back, one for the inbuilt looper and one for the harmoniser, also built into the amp.
Would single stereo (middle of the Boss pedal) to two mono's work? Great explanation of the Boss pedal/foot switches PhatPhish.
Use two mono cables, one from the A outlet and another from the B one
@@RGalindoM Yes, thanks. That's what I ended up doing.
Does the footswitch work without battery if only used in Momentary (non-Latching) mode?
Thanks. I ended up getting the NUX NMP-2. Much smaller, works great and can be switch to different modes to work with any kind of setup. I had a brand new Boss FS-7 that died in less than a year of use.
as about this pedal, the fs7 does the same BUT does not require battery for momentary functions,,
sad thing is that i love fs6 form factor T_T
Awesome vid! If I need to connect two instruments to a loop station (guitar & bass) can these type of switches do the work? Thanks.
For the use case you're describing here I think your best bet would be an ABY pedal
@@PhatPhishGuitarStudio Thanks for taking your time to clear my question.
Very helpful. I think I've been using mine incorrectly tho... I have to press twice to switch channels which don't seem right. Not sure why? Any suggestions? It's going in to the back of a Cube 40W combo. Cheers 👍
Try by changing the switch polarity.
I also had the same problem using a switch provided with a Marshall amp on my Cube 30. Had to press twice to engage and one to disengage the clean/lead channels.
Once I bought a FS-6 had no problems any more by setting the polarity switch
The Marshall switch has no polarity switch such as the FS-6 has
I bought my FS-6 in December 2020 and haven't needed to change the 9 volt battery.
Today is March 27th, 2024
What exactly is the cable to connect both the 9v battery connector in the foot switch and the power supply?
What type of power supply plug would you need to the connect the pin end of the cable?
Thanks
I made the power cable up myself using a 9 volt battery connector cable on one end, and standard effects pedal power cable cut in half to provide the other end. You can get pre-made cables though - I just made my own because I didn't have exactly what I needed, but I did have spare parts lying around to be able to make one myself.
Ok. Thanks
Does it work with digitech whammy dt ????
Could you use the TRS output as a regular out put, like the Fender ABY pedal?
No - this is just a switch - the guitar signal doesn;t actually route through it.
Would it be possible to set one side up as a tap tempo and the other side as a momentarily function on my DD7
Yes, of course.
That's one of the features of the FS-6
Can this be used for the MIDI IN port in a trigger module, to change program?
I don't think so (but I may be wrong). MIDI is about sending data (in bursts), using optical coupling at the connectors to avoid hum. Program changes each represent a message of a number of bytes (one byte for the command itself and the MIDI channel targeted, one byte for the number of the program, I remember), and "one up" or "one down" would require the current number to be stored in a buffer. This switch looks like mere closing a circuit for a moment (unlatched) or some time (latched). - So I was going to say "I think you'd need an Expression pedal", but I'd be wrong, as Expression is a continuous controller.
hello ,
I hope you ll see my coment.I have BOSS katana MKII ,and it has 2 chanals ,but in acualita it has 4 (you hold a bit longer and you have 1b chanel ,so I habe 4 chanals for pessets ,and boss been a great amp with a lot of modeling ,4 presets chanels ,can you cover you for entire gig ,haveing ,for example 1 clean chanel with some reverb and delay ,swcond on crunch with a bit of gane ect ,and OD1 and OD2 ) can I use foot switch for all 4 chanells ,it would save me a lot of money ,on pedals ,I could buy (and yes I was countig) I gould buy feneder player series made in mexico for all the money I could save. If you read this please give me some advice.many thanks ,
kind regards
Enis
Can you use a split y cable for this? If so, will it make the two switches independent?
You can use the stereo A/B cable when your device input for channel/effects loop is controlled by connecting only one plug.
You can use the A output to control an amplifier channel switch and B output to control a separate device such a loop station, then you have two independent switches.
You can't use the three outputs at once.
Opiton 1. Choose the central A/B output with an stereo cable
Option 2. Use “A” output with one mono cable and “B” output with another mono cable
just got one used, for 49$ (CAN), so good deal,.....I want to use it primarily with my Roland Cube 40XL...mainly for channel switching for now.....but I can't seem to get it to unlatch...I will need to fiddle around a bit more.....
Maybe you can switch its polarity? Search for the user's manual.
I also have Cube 40 XL. What external guitar effects do you have? Is the 40XL alone sufficient? I'm looking for Boss ME 80 but still not sure if it is worth.
How long the 9V batteries last ?? Months?? Always taking the cable off after using it... Could you please tell me?? it will be a key question for me to buy it or FS-7. PLEEEEEEEEEEASE
Not all 9V batteries are equal. I have just received my Boss FS-6 and the Boss SY-1 I'll use it with. If the included batteries should be dead before I receive the power-to-battery-connector cables that I just ordered, then I'll replace the batteries with Duracell brand ones. I'll try rechargeables first, but these tend to fall short in voltage.
What about battery ? if I plug the cable and forgot to turn my device off? how long it works on battery?
As long as a plug in connected to any of the three output the device is turn on
Thanx. I have this device for over two years :)@@RGalindoM
Does the polarity switch work as the phase when two amps connected are not in phase?
No - that's not its intended purpose
Do you have the link or part number for the 9 volt power supply adapter thanks for the video
The adapter was just something that I made myself using generic, readily available parts
i ordered a 1-spot combo power supply & it came with the adapter...
but i would just solder up my own & save money
HELP! I've tried with several velcro strips to fix this to a pedal board. The under side is not at all glue/Velcro strip friendly - any suggestions?
Mine is fastened onto my pedal board using cable ties
Use two rubber bands.
Will it work passively with the battery dead....just with out lights?
Yes
one important ,maybe most important thing you left out.Please if you read this coment ,let me know.I have Boss katana 50 ,and it has 2 chanals ,but A1/Ab and B1/B2. SO can this foot switch be used for all 4 chanells? I would really aprisate that info ,I cant find it anywhere on the net ,and that is the deciding factor to me ,to get it or not.Also I live in strange Europen country ,so here is 90 euros ,and at Thoman is 55+40 shipping +customs :) so ...
Yes,
FS-6 allows you to control all 4 channels on Katana. Video: ua-cam.com/video/Wqu82m2Pf00/v-deo.html
Hello, tell me please which Guitar is seen in the Intro? she's beautifull! Cheers & thanks! Alex
It's my Evo Artist from HJ Williams Guitars. More about that particular guitar here... ua-cam.com/video/0ksG5fGDCLI/v-deo.html
What a beauty, thanks for the hint budy!
Can this be a tap tempo to DD20 pedal?
I've not tried it myself, but I believe that it can
Yes - I believe so. It works with the DD-500. Must be TRS Cable.
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Does it work with a Boss Katana 50 amp?
Yes.
ua-cam.com/video/Wqu82m2Pf00/v-deo.html
@@rayana4250 Does it work as latching and non-latching without a battery?
Do you know if it is possible to use the FS-6 as an assigned "satelite" rec/overdub switch for the Boss RC-300, super looper? Thank you.
Mykhedelic ***** i suspect so as it works perfectly with the Boss RC-3 looper
@@GNeuman well, ive tried and also looked far and wide but it seems that using it as a satellite rec/overdub switch is not an assignable function for the pedal (somewhat inexplicably since you can assign it to do most other things... absolutely regrettable, really)...
Should the footswitch be preferable or a midi controller ?
@@rishulmatta16 (A bit late...) MIDI is a different matter: vector music rather than "real" bitmap music.
Hi I have a problem with my fs-6.
the "pedal B" is always active.
- Mono cable entry in pedal A
- Mono cable entry in pedal B
- stereo cable output in A + B
Pedal A works (on \ off), while pedal B is always active even when pressed.
Obviously I tried to change cables, I also used contact spray but nothing.
Question: Is this normal or is there something wrong?
Thanks!
You can use individual mono cables OR a stereo cable but not both. These aren't entry/output connections, they are means of connecting individual swicthes- either 2 individual swicthes on 2 individual mono cables, or 2 switches sharing a single stereo cable.
@@PhatPhishGuitarStudio I also did this test: mono input “pedal B” and mono output in “A / B” does not work.
While mono input “pedal A” and stereo cable output in “A / B”, it works. Why?
@@dario5542 The fact that you keep referring to 'input' and 'output' makes me think that you may be misunderstaning how the FS-6 works. These are not input or output connections. What exactly are you trying to control with this?
@@PhatPhishGuitarStudio ok, example: "input" pedal A guitar and pedal B bass, A / B stereo cable in "output" to amplifier, to be able to switch from one instrument to another
@@dario5542 That's not how this intended to be used. It is literally just a remote switch , not a way of routing signal.
THis is just like the ABY switch, or better?
No - an ABY switch sits inline with the guitar signal and routes it, whereas this is a switch for remote control of amp/pedal. You don't connect your guitar to this switch
REF; AT 10.30 THE LEAD ; If you connect the plug to your board and the battery clip to the fs- 6 the polarity would be reversed/WRONG .... you use or make it WORK by changing it . ( CUT THE LEAD AND change the wires over over and solder
I don't think I understand your question here, as there's no reversal of polarity - the cable is wired so positive & negative lines from power supply connect correctly to positive and negative connectors on the battery clip
@@PhatPhishGuitarStudio You made your power cable yourself, so you definitely observed the polarity of the DC-plug before soldering. But I side with David Bradley in doubting polarity in purchased cables. - Anyway, thank to your addressing the matter of powering, I have just ordered some of these cables from China. So I'm bound to face this matter. :-)
is it compatible with the roland cube 20xl ?
Yes.
Just use a stereo cable from the A/B outlet from FS-6 and plug it into the FW/SW inlet in order to control the CLEAN/LEAD channels and the EFX Loop
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I wish it had a 9v plug. Why make such a nice pedal and leace out the plug
How long does the battery last?
I bought my FS-6 in December 2020 and haven't needed to change the 9 volt battery.
I use it about 6-8 hours a week
Today is March 27th, 2024
So the cable I need for this is?
If your're using the individual connectors then its a standard mono or tip/sleeve cable like you'd use for a guitar. For the combined connection then it's a stereo or tip/ring/sleve (TRS) cable. There's a bit more about cales in another of my videos... ua-cam.com/video/UHmHPeIuAB8/v-deo.html
@@PhatPhishGuitarStudio If you want to use two delays with this, do you have to connect them individually to A & B and then, if wanting to "sync" the delays, tap on A & B switch one after the other, or could you use it in "both A+B" mode with a TRS>two standard mono (ie: a splitter cable)? I read in the manual that if you are using the "both" option you cannot connect devices like pedals to the unit.
Kind of sucks that it only runs on battery. Why in the world would Boss not add the feature to run the power to an adapter or 1spot??? Nobody is going to want to tear this off your board every time you need to change the battery! I was almost sold on it until realizing this.
Will it operate without the battery?
It will not, regardless what you have read elsewhere. I have had this apart, and there is circuitry controlling the switch options. I did install a DC jack to eliminate the battery. Hope this helps, since the author did not reply to you.
@@bobt7484 thank you. Since my posted comment, I have done as you have done and installed a DC port/jack. It was a very tight fit to find a good location but I managed and it works perfectly now with a battery or with it plugged into a DC power supply.
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Anyone has tried it with a boss ME-50 ? What does on it?
Works to control which bank your using and switching between patches.
They've just taken a huge price jump for some reason.
you just Know at its serious stuff, when the vid starts with gun shots " or a bad amp ;-) "
It's a complete mystery to me why FS-6 needs power.. And why BOSS deliberately made it without the option of using a power adapter. It can ONLY use battery, which could die anytime during a live show. I am pretty disappointed with it, and would stay away from this product. Alternatively get two BOSS FS-5U's instead. The can do the same and doesn't need power. Why the heck do a passive contact need power in the first place? I still wonder..
TO POWER THE RED LIGHTS ON FRONT PANEL THEY NEED ENERGY TO INDICATE WHERE YOU ARE IN THE PROCESSES
does it work without the battery ,just need for latching just a simple on off switch not bothered about the leds lit up
cheers
Stop moving the product.
The translation is just laughable
If you mean the captions/subtitles, they aren't my doing. I guess the automated speech recognition has trouble with my accent
please speak clearly
i can use this on any box that needs switches for cv control ?
Yes. Whether you need a Momentary/Latching or Normally Closed/Normally Open footswitch, the fs-6 can do it.
Can this be used with a roland 505 looper
Yes - this is one of the switches recommended by Roland
@PhatPhishGuitarStudio than you brother