Signal Splitter

[jmarnett]

So I didn't really know where to post this but I'm trying to distribute a signal along multiple amps without having one of those cheep y cables, Something that's tour worthy. I don't even know where to begin to look so I thought start here.

[Caca de Kick]

I'm using the Lehle P Split. It's a great unit, it isolates the signals, and I think you can run as many as 3 outputs from one input.

[jmarnett]

Do they make a rackmount version of this?

[Caca de Kick]

It doesn't look like they do.

[rbonner]

I use a radial JD-7 injector it costs a chunk, but it has all the perfect features to hook a bunch of amps together. They call it a guitar level distribution amp, but I use it AFTER my preamp and drive the power amps. I hook six amps together with it. It will also take the guitar and distribute it to a bunch of amps if you desire.

BOB

[phatbass]

Boss LS2 will do this, among a bunch of other stuff. Up to 3 outputs from one input and allows you to set individual levels on 2 of the outputs.

Typical Boss - not absolutely boutique but certainly gig-worthy, affordable, and usually near indestructible.

[ga_edwards]

If your amps have parallel fx loops you could daisy chain, send from one into return or main input of the next and so on.

All your tone controls can be done from the first, or master, amp controlling the slaves.

Not a pretty solution, but doable.

[christoph h.]

please note that the LS2 will do this, but when I actually did this, it created hum.
a dedicated splitter or DI will have a ground lift to avoid such problems.

[bongomania]

in addition to the excellent Lehle and Radial products, check out www.sfxsound.co.uk ...Good stuff.

[JimmyM]

i use a morley aby, at least i did. people on here say they interfere with the natural sound of the amp, but i don't hear it. any effects pedal with stereo outs will also work.

[rbonner]

The trick is to keep from getting hum from ground loops with multiple amps. The JD-7 has a ground lift, it has individual class A discrete component amplifiers and also uses jensen audio transformers. The issue is the street price is almost $1000... Some of the stores have them at 1100 which is too much.

Even with six 1200 W amps my unit is dead silent. Almost scary silent until you thump a string and the whole planet shakes. That's the thing that makes the JD-7 worth while.

BOB

[Caca de Kick]

Originally Posted by ga_edwards;

If your amps have parallel fx loops you could daisy chain, send from one into return or main input of the next and so on.
......

Not a pretty solution, but doable.

Originally Posted by christoph h.

......it created hum.
a dedicated splitter or DI will have a ground lift to avoid such problems.

This was why I went with the Lehle. I kept getting not very clean signals while trying to daisy chain, and as well as trying pedals with multiple or stereo outs. The Lehle is dead silent, and I paid only about 85 bucks for it ebay.

[thisSNsucks]

I used the Voodoo Labs Amp Selector pedal to split my signal before. Worked great and was very sturdy. I think you can split your signal into 4 amps and it has dual inputs for using 2 different basses.

[BassMonstrum]

I'm considering a Radial Bigshot AB-Y... anyone have any experience with this one?

[RickenBoogie]

The Radial product is great, as are all their pedals. Also, big +1 for Lehle products. Absolute perfection. The P Split is what you want.