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feraledge « Avoid at all costs! »
Published on 05/27/12 at 22:03I bought this pedal because I was running two high gain heads and wanted to split the signal. Seems easy enough at first, I've done it more effectively just running two outputs from my Boss TU 2 tuner.
Wrong! It's not that simple. Or, if it is that simple, then Morley has no idea what they're doing. Running two heads on this ABY, whether both were switched on or not, created some insane ground loop noise. If one head wasn't on, I got a lot of low volume bleed through on the other amp, but the noise alone made it completely unusable. I tried finding some scenario where this would work, but I can only imagine that the greatest part of the market for these pedals is getting folks who would like the ABY option, but can't justify the higher price tags to buy it once and then be stuck with it.
On top of being totally unusable, this requires a battery (no adapter option) if you want to use the signal lights. They're not necessary, but they're there and you'll probably want to use them. But to get the battery in, you have to take the entire chassis apart. No easy in, no easy out. This could easily lead to knocking something loose inside the pedal if you had to change the battery.
On the flipside, it's pretty doubtful that you'll want to keep this pedal around long enough to need a second battery.
Radial makes an ABY that's almost twice as much, but worth every penny. When you realize that an ABY can be as simple as you might think it should be, it's almost criminal that an option as worthless as Morley's stays on the market at all!
Wrong! It's not that simple. Or, if it is that simple, then Morley has no idea what they're doing. Running two heads on this ABY, whether both were switched on or not, created some insane ground loop noise. If one head wasn't on, I got a lot of low volume bleed through on the other amp, but the noise alone made it completely unusable. I tried finding some scenario where this would work, but I can only imagine that the greatest part of the market for these pedals is getting folks who would like the ABY option, but can't justify the higher price tags to buy it once and then be stuck with it.
On top of being totally unusable, this requires a battery (no adapter option) if you want to use the signal lights. They're not necessary, but they're there and you'll probably want to use them. But to get the battery in, you have to take the entire chassis apart. No easy in, no easy out. This could easily lead to knocking something loose inside the pedal if you had to change the battery.
On the flipside, it's pretty doubtful that you'll want to keep this pedal around long enough to need a second battery.
Radial makes an ABY that's almost twice as much, but worth every penny. When you realize that an ABY can be as simple as you might think it should be, it's almost criminal that an option as worthless as Morley's stays on the market at all!