Amp head switchers

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Amp head switchers - overkill or worth it?

I play at home only, no intention of ever playing live etc.
Just think it might be nice to easily switch between 2 heads but on the other hand probably overkill..
I am looking at the Palmer Tino and switchers that switch the input and output. 2 heads into a Torpedo Live.
What have you all got?
 
circle said:
Amp head switchers - overkill or worth it?

I play at home only, no intention of ever playing live etc.
Just think it might be nice to easily switch between 2 heads but on the other hand probably overkill..
I am looking at the Palmer Tino and switchers that switch the input and output. 2 heads into a Torpedo Live.
What have you all got?
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Not overkill, it's a pain in the ass switching, especially if you have a lot of amps.

Cant help on what to get as I only have a few amps and an ABY but I would say buy one, why not?
 
circle said:
Amp head switchers - overkill or worth it?

I play at home only, no intention of ever playing live etc.
Just think it might be nice to easily switch between 2 heads but on the other hand probably overkill..
I am looking at the Palmer Tino and switchers that switch the input and output. 2 heads into a Torpedo Live.
What have you all got?
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The Palmer Tino introduced radio noise into my amps. You might have better luck with an external pedal-level splitter, or something like the Mesa Head Track.
 
panhead said:
Alot of cables
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Two heads with FX loops, a single cab, and an attentuator in-between.

4 - speaker cables
9 - guitar cables
(not including any pedals in front of the amps or ones needed between loop pedals)
My setup added another 4 patch cables and 2 guitar cables

That's why I got rid of it.
It takes less than 60 seconds to switch one set of cables manually FFS.

OP - not dissing the Mesa unit at all. It's the one to get if you're going to do it.
 
I would recommend a used Metropolous Headmaster switcher. It was well built and not too spendy. I'm not sure if he is still selling them new or not but they seemed to work great and George know how to build stuff to handle high wattage amps at an idle when they are switched out of the circuit.
 
Donnie B. said:
Two heads with FX loops, a single cab, and an attentuator in-between.

4 - speaker cables
9 - guitar cables
(not including any pedals in front of the amps or ones needed between loop pedals)
My setup added another 4 patch cables and 2 guitar cables

That's why I got rid of it.
It takes less than 60 seconds to switch one set of cables manually FFS.

OP - not dissing the Mesa unit at all. It's the one to get if you're going to do it.
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With a switcher, you have lots of cables but you only have to plug them in once. Without that setup, you have fewer cables but you have to mess with them all the time.

Which do you think is really the bigger hassle?
 
Snave said:
The Palmer Tino introduced radio noise into my amps. You might have better luck with an external pedal-level splitter, or something like the Mesa Head Track.
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Thanks! Saved me a few hundred $
 
TheGreatGreen said:
With a switcher, you have lots of cables but you only have to plug them in once. Without that setup, you have fewer cables but you have to mess with them all the time.

Which do you think is really the bigger hassle?
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It's going to depend on your studio/room.
I had very easy access to everything so plugging and unplugging stuff was easy.

If it was going to be hassle doing it I would have kept the switcher for sure!
 
I have the newest Metro Headmaster and it's great. And I play out pretty regularly. But I'm just not gonna haul two big heads to a gig or deal with all that cabling. My Boss Katana or GK 250ML are my gig backup amps (Marshall tube heads are my main amps) and I don't think you can mix SS with tube amps and a head switcher. So I will sell the Headmaster.
 
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