Home › Forums › Help/Technical Questions › Brand New POG2 – Exceptionally Stiff Bypass Switch/Button (Preset Switch seems OK)

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • October 26, 2015 at 4:35 pm #84133
    HaggleLad
    Member

    Hi guys,

    I’ve just taken delivery of my first EHX pedal, a POG2. Functionally its all working fine and sounds amazing however the BYPASS switch is exceptionally stiff and cracks quite loudly when it finally gives under pressure. Pressing the switch with a single finger is quite difficult.

    The PRESET switch however feels totally different and engages with a fairly soft press and subtle click.

    Is this behavious typical of the POG2 (or indeed EHX pedals in general) i.e. inconsistent button/switch?

    Is there anything I can do about it?

    I don’t think I want to live with it, so I guess I’ll probably send it back. The problem is I got in an eBay flash sale with 20% and it was supposedly the last one. :-(

    Hope you can help.

    October 26, 2015 at 9:25 pm #120965
    The EH Man
    Moderator

    They are different switches. The BYPASS is a standard on/off switch while the PRESET is a momentary.

    October 26, 2015 at 9:26 pm #120966
    HaggleLad
    Member

    Thanks for the reply. So there’s nothing wrong with the pedal, its normal for the switch to be exceptional stiff?

    October 28, 2015 at 2:36 am #120968
    EHX STAFF
    Keymaster

    HaggleLad The bypass is a mechanical switch and will feel stiff compared to the soft switch used for presets.
    Sorry, we are searching for a true bypass switch that is “soft” and does the job many thousands of times in a row.

    October 28, 2015 at 10:07 am #120969
    HaggleLad
    Member

    Thanks for your reply and explanaion. I basically just wanted some reassurance that there wasn’t something wrong with the pedal or the switch which might cause it to fail in the future.

    I’m a bit of noob and a bedroom guitarist with a young family so I’m forced to play quietly. I’m obviously more sensitive to a noisy switch than most. It probably doesn’t help that the only other pedal I’ve had til now was a Stymon Big Sky which has almost noiseless switches.

    The Big Sky is true bypass (or can be configured to be) so I guess that Stymon achieve this in a different way (through circuits maybe?) rather than with a mechanical switch like yourselves?

    July 3, 2016 at 4:44 pm #121703
    Mouzon
    Member

    Very informative thread — does anyone know the answer to HaggleLad’s question? I’ve just bought a POG2 and love everything about it except for the stiff, noisy by-pass switch, whose sound — virtually alone of all my other pedals (Dunlop, Strymon, Tonebone, Death by Audio, Analogman, Joyo) — gets picked up by the vocal mic 5 feet above the board and by the the delay pedal(s) further down the chain, causing a lot of auditory interference. Does the switch get less noisy as it gets worn down? Is it possible to change to a quieter, less durable switch?

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.