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9.0
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Description:
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The Lehle 3at1 SGoS permits stereo switching, via gold-plated relays, between up to 3 different instruments. The signal is routed without any loss from Inputs A B or C to Outputs 1 and 2, enabling you to switch easily between amp and tuner.
The Lehle 3at1 SGoS can be controlled and synchronized with other Lehle SGoS Switchers via MIDI.
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krueckschloss
Supporting Member
Registered: June 2009
Location: Hersbruck, Germany
Posts: 80
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Review Date: Thu July 2, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
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Pros:
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no sound coloring if volume per channel full up, smart footswitching, color displays of currently engaged channel
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Cons:
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volume pots only cut volume and color sound a bit if engaged
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As the name says, the 3@1 allows you to connect up to 3 instruments and route it onto one output, which is a bit of an understatement since you actually can route it to two outputs and not one, so the correct name would be 3@2, but I understand the 3@1 naming for the sake of clarity. The rather cryptic SGoS stands for "second generation of switching".
The pedal has three big buttons you can engage, each of them has an assigned led. This is something I really like about the 3@1. If you engage instrument 1, the first led is lit with GREEN color, instrument 2 has the middle led lit YELLOW and the 3rd instrument has the rightmost RED led. If you engage the same button again, it will switch your instrument, say 3, to the second output. So you toggle your instrument beweet output 1 and 2. If output 2 is engaged, the led will be blue (on all 3 leds). Usually you would want to connect a tuner to the second output but you could also connect another amp there... it's up to you. I have my rack mount tuner on the second output.
The routing is really noiseless. I use it with my basses, both 4 and 5 strings, and the sound remains completely unaltered - but only if the volume pots are turned up 100% (let me explain that later). You can tell that the signal is routed hardwire between the inputs and outputs. If you switch from one channel to another, you hear this switching "click" which is a good sign. There is no pop during the switching process, at least I could not hear anything disturbing.
One of the reasons that I bought this device was that I wanted a pedal switcher that allows for volume compensation between different instruments. My 4-string bass is louder than my 5-string bass and I of course don't want to mess around the volume on my amp each time I switch instruments between songs. Each input on the 3@1 has a volume pot. I was hoping that it could both cut and boost volume but it does not. If you have the volume pot turned up all the way up (100%), you get the full signal. If you turn it down counter clockwise, you cut the signal strength. To my big dissapointment, cutting the volume colors the sound audibly, it takes out highs and makes the signal a bit muddy. If I wanted to use it in my setup, I would have to decrease not only the volume of my main 4-string bass (which would be OK), I would also have to decrease the sound quality. Which I of course don't want to do. So I found another solution - I have a high quality clean booster (Fulltone FatBoost2) in front of the 3@1 for my 5-string bass which is not so high output. Too bad. Aside from the sound quality issues of the volume pots, I wish it could also boost the signal. But this is not so tragic because the rest of the product IS AWESOME :-) Btw, I dropped an email to Mr. Lehle about this and he replied in person very quickly (support = 10).
I highly recommend this to anyone who needs a pedal switcher for their multiple instruments in live situations. And perhaps you will be more lucky with the volume pots than me.
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Basses: Fender American Standard Jazz Bass V, Human Base BaseX.oc4, Fender Jazz Fretless
Amps: Gallien Krueger 700RB-II 15" combo with Mesa Boogie Powerhouse 2x10" cab, Markbass mini 121P combo
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