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I wasn't certain the FS-300 would work with either the reverse or the phrase shift settings, but it was 2am and any stores that might carry a FS-5U switch were closed and while I didn't know if it'd work, I doubted trying would kill either the RC-20 or the FS-300. (Besides, I splurged yesterday and picked up a great condition Morley EVO-1 oilcan echo/volume pedal along with the used RC-20). Since the FS-300 worked for one of the functions I thought I'd share the partial success with the list. Thanks much for the other switch suggestions you make, by the way, I appreciate them. On the off chance it'd matter I tried substituting a mono cord for the Digitech stereo cord - unsurprisingly the use of a mono cord caused the FS-300 to fail to work in both reverse and patch shift for the RC-20. Steve Burnett Subscape Annex http://www.subscapeannex.com/ On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Tim Nelson wrote: > The RC-20 uses a regular mc switch with a mono cord > for both jacks. (My reverse switch is actually a > modified cheapo dictaphone switch, but a whole lot of > different brands will work that cost much less than > the FS-5U Boss recommends... I don't use a footswitch > on the phrase shift, since I don't use the storage > settings.) > > The FS-300, on the other hand, needs a stereo patch > cord, so it's likely that in this application the > jacks on the FS-300 phrase shift and RC-20 are > incompatible. > > You might be able to use a two button footswitch to > control both of them IF the pedal end terminates in > two separate 1/4" plugs... > > -t- > > ps: another minor gripe about the RC-20 is that when > the remote footswitch for the reverse function is > already plugged in at powerup (like, as in, the way > someone with a pedalboard would always leave it), the > unit powers up in reverse mode; I'm not sure if this > is also the case with the "legit" FS-5U, but... > > --- burnett@pobox.com wrote: > > re FS-300 (3 button) vs. FS-5U (1 button) & ilk