Thanks for the tips,

So I tested this out, with a truly, truly horrible little plastic microphone that has a guitar jack (which I got for the princely sum of £1.80p)

I left my SMMH where it normally is on my pedalboard 2nd to last in the chain with my guitar signal going into the left input & the left Output going to my LPB-1 (& then amp).

I plugged the Microphone into the SMMH’s right input & voila! It worked, pretty well actually considering what a horrible little microphone it is & that the vocals were going through my guitar amp.

The vocals were a touch quiet, but not too bad (just sang a little louder to compensate) I turned the mic off when not using it so that I doesn’t pick up any additional ambient sound while the guitar is played,

Anyway had fun messing about with it building up loops (just a shame I’m not a better singer!! Or guitarist for that matter!!!)

Had always wanted to try this out (ever since I saw KT Tunstall do it live) & had looked at loopers a few times over the last couple of years but never wanted to part with the cash (especially when I was told that as most loopers only had a single input I’d need mixers, PA’s & allsorts to do vocals), but when I saw a bargain priced SMMH I thought I’d treat myself.

Anyway, it works well enough to keep me happy.

Thanks for that, I thought the loose green wire probably wasn’t a very good sign!

(I tried to upload a picture here but my file was too big)

You will have to excuse my ignorance here, you say the green wire should run to the footswitch, I can’t see where exactly it has come away from so I’m not sure where it needs to go to.

The green wire has a little silver plate with a round hole in it I assume this is to attach it to something, but where on the footswitch does this need to attach to & how?

Is it simply a case of soldering it on?

I’ve been looking on the web for photo’s showing how these are wired & I can only find wiring schematics (that I don’t understand) or photo’s of the circuit board that don’t show where this wire goes to,

I don’t want to give up on this pedal & if I could fix it simply (with the aid of my brothers soldering iron & a screwdriver!) that would be great, not really sure where to get it fixed otherwise & it would be good to know how, in case it happens again.

With regard the now loose Rate Knob, I assume if I take it off then its fitting can simply be tightened up.

Your patience & help is appreciated!

Thanks for the tips,

Well the Hum Debugger is on it’s way back to the shop for a refund, I’m sure it does what it’s supposed to do (i.e. kill guitar hum) very well it just wasn’t what I needed it for.

Wish I’d known that before I bought it but to be honest there didn’t seem to be all that much helpful information around about them.

When I get the money back I’ll try to get myself either the Rocktron Hush Pedal or the ISP Decimator, as far as I can tell these 2 seem to do more of what I need i.e. get rid of the hiss generated by my pedals,

Only problem is neither of these pedals seem that easy to find over here in England there are a few about but I might have to end up ordering one from the US where they’re cheaper & endure the 2-3 week wait for it to arrive (I’m impatient).

Anyway before I buy, if anyone thinks either of these won’t do the job please let me know it would be appreciated.

Curiously since I’ve moved my amp & pedals across the room to another socket at home they seem to have quietened down some, but I still think I’ll get the pedal more so for when I’m playing with the band (as I’m not sure about the electrics where we practice)

Also on an unrelated matter I know this is probably sacrilege but I ordered a Behringer Vintage Time Machine as it became apparent that much as I would like too I will never afford a Deluxe Memory Man (£50 versus £250! & to be honest I’m not a good enough guitarist to warrant one) Just wondered if anyone knew if they were any good? again not a lot of information around!

And just to make it relevant are they noisy?