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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: Micpoc on December 20, 2016, 11:00:34 PM

Title: Fulltone Footswitches: Worth the extra bucks?
Post by: Micpoc on December 20, 2016, 11:00:34 PM
Title says it all. Has anyone found them to last significantly longer or be more sturdy than the more common makes?
Title: Re: Fulltone Footswitches: Worth the extra bucks?
Post by: gtr2 on December 21, 2016, 10:37:58 PM
Best I've found and use is the mammoth pro switch.
I don't know what a fulltone footswitch is tbh.  They sell 3pdt's?
Title: Re: Fulltone Footswitches: Worth the extra bucks?
Post by: chuckd666 on December 22, 2016, 06:57:39 AM
Tbh there's a bit of the ol' snakeoil in some of Fulltone's marketing.

All devices can fail, some maybe more than others. Maybe Fulltone makes them domestically, but that's not necessarily going to prevent potential failure.

Personally, I purchase Alpha DPDTs or cheap momentarys w/relay circuit if I'm making something nice, or just cheap generic blue 3PDTs otherwise.
Title: Re: Fulltone Footswitches: Worth the extra bucks?
Post by: juansolo on December 22, 2016, 11:59:13 AM
I've replaced a failed one before in an OCD...

But as has been said, mechanical devices fail eventually.
Title: Re: Fulltone Footswitches: Worth the extra bucks?
Post by: sonnyboy27 on December 22, 2016, 03:25:11 PM
This is only my experience from repairs. But of the switch repairs friends have asked me to do...90% have been Fulltone switches.
Title: Re: Fulltone Footswitches: Worth the extra bucks?
Post by: Micpoc on December 24, 2016, 04:57:34 AM
Thanks for the replies, all; sounds like a pass for me.