Line level FX loop question.

[marshallmel]

What have people done to use pedals with an amp with a line level fx loop? Will the Ebtech Line Level Shifter work? I don't want to use rack gear because that defeats the purpose of a grab n go setup.

 

[JMMP]

Depends on the effects loop and the pedal. If it's an SLO, the line shifter may be your best bet. Many effects loops nowadays are somewhere between line level and instrument level, and many of the modern "hyper" pedals, like Strymon and such, handle "line level" that isn't entirely line level, so they match up well to those in between effects loops.

TL;DR your effects loop and your pedal may not be the level they claim to be

 

[marshallmel]

The amps loop is definitely line level....says so in the manual. The pedals are TC Hall of Fame and Flashback. Terribly distorted. I messaged the builder to see what he suggests and I'm waiting for a reply.

 

[mookyj]

Pedal effects in general are all over the map for input/output impedance/levels. Distortion is likely a mismatch. Patchers/loop switchers are also an option as some have built in buffers. Analog muxs/switchers are much better than they use to be

 

[JMMP]

Those pedals claim to handle +4 levels, but since your loop is distorting them, the line level shifter ought to work. It looks passive, so it likely uses transformers to do the shifting, so if you feed it something hotter than +4, it will spit out hotter than instrument level, but that's ok because the TC pedals ought to handle that.