Electro-Harmonix Switchblade Pro Manual
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Congratulations on your purchase of the Switchblade Pro, our deluxe switching box featuring
true mechanical bypass, soft switching, high quality and low noise buffers, volume controls
for all input signals, high headroom, and a multitude of different possible configurations for
all of your signal routing needs.
CONTROLS
9V Power Jack – The
The SWITCHBLADE PRO offers many different possible configurations to satisfy your various
effects pedal, amp, and instrument routing needs. Here are a few examples.
SERIES EFFECTS
Shown below are two effects chains that can be used individually as clean (delay and reverb)
and dirty (overdrive and phaser) sounds, but can also be used in series
Utilizing just the SEND jacks of the Switchblade Pro will allow you to split your signal between
two amps. Use the A/B footswitch to switch between SEND A and SEND B. The
SERIES/PARALLEL toggle switch only needs to be set to PARALLEL if you want to use both
outputs at the same time (A+B).
Note: To avoid hum, the ground
In a similar configuration as the previous example, switching to PARALLEL mode allows you
to mix all three instruments together. This could be useful for three players to play into a
single amp, or for an electronic music setup. Below is a drum machine and two synths mixing
to one output.
CONFIGURATIONS (cont.)
SIMPLE
VINTAGE PEDAL TRUE BYPASS WITH DRY BLEND
With its DRY LEVEL control, the Switchblade Pro is great for bass players, especially those
who may have vintage pedals that do not have true bypass. Below is an example setup
where the output not only has the original input signal mixed in, but it is also not susceptible
to tone-suck when the p
