Carl Martin Octa-Switch The Strip Pedalboard Switcher

General

Nicknamed The Strip, the fourth version of the popular Carl Martin Octa-Switch is one of most the compact yet advanced pedalboard switchers going. Just as with its predecessors, the signal path has an all-analogue design to make sure the original sound of your pedals is retained in full. The Octa-Switch sets players up with eight true-bypass FX loops that can be programmed across an equal number of banks and are backed by impedance-free, gold-plated relays. What's also great is that you get to decide whether you want to configure the main input as true bypass or buffered when using long cables, and the face of The Strip comes lined with blue and green indicator LEDs that let you know which loops and banks are being used.

Extensive Control Via the Push of a Button

Here's where things get really interesting: loops 6, 7 and 8 can be pulled from the front-end of the signal chain and dropped in the FX loop of your amp without sacrificing any of the eight loops. Meanwhile, four external switches can be engaged to toggle through amp channels, reverbs, boost or any other piece of kit that can be externally controlled. Also, it's probably worth mentioning that The Strip is the first Octa-Switch that includes MIDI, making it an extremely intuitive and indispensable bit of kit for professional guitarists.