Mute Switch Pedal Review

Well Built

Works perfectly, solid build.

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Does what it says

Beautiful little thing! I set this up so when I'm playing live, that I can tune or preview an improvised riff without it heard by anyone else. No popping when I cut my feed to the mains - that's the important thing! It will ring with any note I have currently just played before I click on (unless I silence my guitar strings) which is an interesting effect.The action isn't fast… read more enough to produce stuttering if that's what you are hoping for, it's not a momentary switch, it's ON or OFF. It has a satisfying click when you stomp the button, you can feel it in your foot. If the room is silent then you can hear the click. If the sound in the house is loud and you can't hear because you haven't upgraded your monitor system - then the blue/red LED let's you know for sure when you are live or not (9v power cable not included). This is helpful because you can see that you are still disconnected when you return to the stage for an encore. Power not necessary for the pedal to work - it's just for the light. I hadn't paid attention to the description that said the power for the LED is separate. I had an extra 9v power box in my gear. I plugged the power into the same power strip as my other equipment and there was no discernible difference. My guess is that if you have multiple pedals that clip onto a board that the power could be built into the pedal board...it could be wired to one power source so you don't end up with a Christmas tree overload of plugs fighting for your power strip.

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Stellar!

No pops or crackles in the audio path when you engage this little beast! Works as advertised. Keep in mind, the light won't work if you don't plug it in, but otherwise it will function quite happily without a power supply since the rest of the box is passive. Though the audio path is clean, the physical switch itself produces a satisfying CLICK when you press it. Wait til the recording… read more is over or get ready for the producer to give you a light beating. I run my lavalier mic into an old Art Tube MP preamp, into an Alesis 3630 (mostly for the gating), into the JHS Mute Switch, into my mixer, which then feeds my computer's line input. This gives me a hands off "Zoom mute" function without showing as "muted" during my Zoom calls. Fancy, eh?

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GREAT UTILITY PEDAL FROM JHS

JHS makes several little utility pedals, the mini AB, Sum, Splitter and this one which is a favorite, MUTE. This pedal simply shuts down your guitar signal with a light that goes from BLUE for ON to RED for OFF. When performing and recording live I switch between guitars and between amps so it is really nice, amid all my stomp boxes, to have this little MUTE waiting to shut everything… read more OFF so I can switch instruments safely and silently. Made in America, works great, low in price, a killer combination of features. Thanks Josh and Thanks Sweetwater. Good music to you!

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A well made mute switch

I use this as a stand alone mute switch to avoid "pop" when plugging guitar into and out of amp. It even works great on carpeting with my foot in a sock. An inexpensive 9 volt power supply is a must enabling the on/off pilot light.

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