Radial Engineering BigShot™ ABY True Bypass Switcher

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Radial Engineering BigShot™ ABY True Bypass Switcher

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Play 2 amps at once, or switch between them.

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26 Artists Use This
Duff McKagan

This switcher can be seen on the back of Duff's Bass Rig (on the right) in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM4zJIwXLQg) for DunlopTV at 1:03.
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Buddy Guy

"The Radial BigShot ABY is great! I use it to switch between Buddy's wireless system and direct wired guitar before it goes into the Radial JD7 and his various amps. The Radial gear is the best." ~ Mark Messner - Stage manager about Radial JD7 and Radial BigShot ABY Box.
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Shaun Morgan

In Shaun's Ernie Ball String Theory video, he mentions that his pedalboard is getting smaller and smaller and it shows a picture of it at around 4:25. It is shown next to a Boss Noise Suppressor.
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Phil X

"Great for running 2 amps with 3 switches to help eliminate ground buzz & phasing issues"
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Steve DiGiorgio

Current signal chain for recording setup
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Brian Aubert

In the top row of Brian Aubert's pedalboard, his Radial Big Shot True Bypass Amplifier Switcher can be seen.
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The Tallest Man On Earth

In this photo, Matsson's Radial Bigshot ABY pedal is visible.
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Mark King Level 42

"my pedalboard, which changes quite regularly as I come across some other new bit of kit. It is largely TC, though. I currently have a TC Corona chorus, Hall of Fame reverb, Flashback Delay and looper, Dark Matter overdrive, Helix phaser, ElectroHarmonix POG2, Radial Design Big Shot ABY amp switcher, Line 6 Relay G50 wireless system going into a TC Electronic Blacksmith 1600w head, and two 4×10 cabs."
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Alex Rosamilia

Alex sat down with *Paste* magazine where he outlines all the pedals he uses live. One of these pedals is the Radial ABY. [Source](http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/05/14-guitarists-talk-about-their-pedal-boards.html).
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Jon Deiley

Can be seen at 1:13
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Neil Fallon

Up close and personal with the pedalboards of the stars
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Dan O'Connor

According to Premier Guitar, O'Connor uses Radial BigShot ABY Switcher.
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James "Munky" Shaffer

Can be seen at 8:48.
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John Moyer

at 0:44, he talks about the pedal
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Jonathan Wilson

A Radial True Bypass Switcher can be seen on Jonathan's board at :52 in this video.
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Wil Wagner

The first 2018 picture of Wil's pedalboard shows him using a Radial Big Shot ABY in the top left. In the comments he states, "...Splitter > a Quilter head and a Valvetone head > two Orange cabs..."
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Michael Keene

keenemachineHow much fuzz is TOO much fuzz though?
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Ronni Le Tekrø

The picture is posted by Ronni's tech on facebook
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Spencer Hazard

I absolutely need this pedal. Most of the time my equipment will have a bad grounding or something shorting out and will buzz like crazy, with this pedal I can clean it up some. We like to be noisey live, but for the right reasons, this pedal helps me accomplish that.
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David Catching

During Eagle's of Death Metal's 2015 tour, Catching used the ABY next to his pedalboard.
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Lee Hartney

This image of Lee's pedalboard shows his Big Shot ABY Amp switcher for his 2 heads.
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Vignir Rafn Hilmarsson

At the 29:00 mark, the BigShot can be seen on the floor, under the Moog.
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Cody Bonnette

Cody's stomp station is filled to the gills with goodies including an Electro-Harmonix 720 Stereo Looper, Dr. Scientist BitQuest, ISP Decimator II, Walrus Audio Warhorn, Classic Audio Effects Passive Volume Roller G2, Roland RE-20 Space Echo, Walrus Audio Julia, 1981 Inventions DRV, and an EHX Micro POG. A Radial BigShot ABY switcher controls the amps while the TC Electronic PolyTune keeps everything in check.
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Nate Bergman

Nate talks about this unit at the 2:56 mark of the video.
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Joshua Martin

In this post josh shows off his radial big shot pedal
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Mike Mason

Seen on his pedalboard. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarpedals/comments/9zul30/mike_masons_board_cult_leader_exgaza/
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Description

Play 2 amps at once, or switch between them.

The Radial Engineering BigShot ABY Passive Switcher toggles between 2 guitar amps. Or use the BigShot to play them both at the same time. Offers a guitar input, a thru-put, and 2 outputs. Output B has a ground-lift and 180 polarity reverse. For active buffered circuits, The BigShot ABY Passive Switcher eliminated ground loops with an isolation transformer on output-B. 14-gauge steel construction.

Specifications

Toggle between 2 guitar amps or play both at once
Guitar input
Thru-put
2 outputs
Output B has ground-lift, polarity reverse, isolation transformer

1 Review

john_sander

151

Rugged and easy to use

Great A/B/Y box. Equipped with lift, isolation, and polarity switches to negate any types of feedback or interference from ground loops or other electrical issues. It is a passive device and so it has clunky switches and no LED, but those are not a big issue. LEDs would be helpful, especially when switching from both to just one amp, but that's why they have more expensive versions.

+3

almost 5 years ago
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jimmarchi1 Moderator

Yeah, I've relied on the active tonebone for years. Maybe over a decade.... not sure. Its pretty much as good as ABY gets and I've tried everything but the Lehle. I think the BigShot is the only passive box I would mess with.

almost 5 years ago

john_sander

Definitely worth the money, especially since one of the active ones would basically cost as much as a new amp.

almost 5 years ago