As someone who’s been wanting a G2/G3 for awhile this video may have pushed me over the edge to go quartermaster. A little more budget friendly and gets me into the gigrig environment. So many super handy functions, and gets me thinking how I can configure all the loops. Cheers Dan on keeping the love for gear alive!!
This is exactly what i'm looking for. When I try to explain to somebody dry and wet rigs, I tell them that the dry represents your superhero and its powers, and then the wet represents the kickass outfit that they get to wear with its unique abilities. Ty sir, you are a tower of awesomeness.
I’ve been using a 6 loop Quartermaster for about three years now and it still works as flawlessly as when it was brand new, even after many gigs & rehearsals,the build quality is stunning . The effect that a good loop switcher has , when paired with good clean power ( also available from Gig rig) really can’t be overstated, the enhanced fidelity you get from a clean signal chain is something I now just take for granted, thanks Dan & the team @ GigRig 👍🎸
Quartermaster 8 has been on my board for almost 2 years now. I had already been doing much of what you mention, Dan, but the "2 pedals in 1 loop" is a great (and in hindsight simple and obvious) idea!
building two separate boards around quartermasters (8 & 10) and gigrig power has been the gear highlight of my year. such a fun process, and the results are spectacular!
OH MY GOD! I had no idea I could split my Quartermaster 6 in the effects loop! Dan thank you SO MUCH for this video! You made me jump out of my chair over to my pedalboard for some reconfiguration!
I couldn't imagine playing live without a switcher now. Have had a QM6 for years now on my smaller board and it is perfect - I use flip flop for a couple of different overdrives that I don't stack and then normal switching for boost & delays etc. on top. I love it - so simple and robust, never had an issue with it at any gig. I've learnt a few things I didn't know from this vid - so thanks Dan for making it and thanks to you and the whole Gigrig team for building a fantastic product! PS I used to use a Boss ES-8 switcher on my bigger board until it went wrong at a show (level on both outputs dropped - common issue!) and then bought a second-hand G2, built like a tank, never had any sort of issue with it. G3 coming someday!
I'm so glad you made this video. The QuarterMaster deserves more attention. It has always been my plan to get one for my 'fantasy board' rather than a full-on G3. I only hope that plan can be put into action sooner rather than later.
Another endorsement for the QM from me. I've had it around a year or so and it has made life easier in terms of switching when playing live. It has been reliable ( I gig most weeks)and it has also meant that my pedals stay in one place with no tension on the connection cables. The flip flop facility is also a boon , I use it for a compressor that is always on apart from when I use a fuzz. Keeps the signal path clearer too , I noticed an improvement the moment I rebuilt my board. Thanks for the video Dan.
I use a QMX 10 in almost all the ways you covered Dan. I have a humdinger for wet / dry, 2 delays in a single loop, and I use flip-flop for a specific song where I have a clean flanged sound in the verses and an overdriven sound in the chorus. The only thing I'd missed was the master bypass feature. My only minor niggle is that, unlike G3, you can't easily switch pedal order e.g., stick a delay before an overdrive. Still, a brilliant piece of kit.
I love my Quartermaster (6-loops)! It helps to keep the signal clean and elongates the life of the pedal switches. It also helps to, along with mini pedals, to maximise space on my modest sized board. Of course I'd love a G3 Atom (or more) but my budget and other audio needs haven’t put me in a place financially where I can currently afford one, so the Quartermaster is a great affordable alternative.
Dan, I'm so glad you made this. The QMX is such a brilliant switcher. I've been using it since 2018 (a QMX-10) and LOVE flip-flop mode for all the drive pedals. Normal mode for Cali76 and ARDX20 but am thinking of moving them off to make more room for more drives! (and modulation). The soft switches, the space between them, the simplicity of design... all perfect. Honestly, the QMX and TheGigRig power supply are the backbone of everything. They are the absolute best and together, they provide 100% confidence that nothing will ever go wrong. Perfectly flawless.
The amp preamp-send trick for loop 4 I’ve been using too, and after a couple of mid-show accidents I’ve put on an emergency switch cover so that I don’t mistakenly step on it
Thank You for doing this video Dan very helpful tips AND hearing the WET/DRY setup is something everyone should try it's like night and day .... Excellent Explanation #TheGigRig #QuarterMaster 👍🎸 #StayHappy #KeepPlaying
I've been wanting to get the Quartermaster6 but then lockdown happened. I will get to it eventually. I love it how you kept it to the things needed. I see so many switching systems that add some trickery just for show. The QM does everything. Just wish the input and output were squeezed behind but I've made some loop boxes and I know how hard that is to do. Jacks are a lot bigger on the inside.
Always nice to watch you Dan 👏🏻 It would be great if you could link two QMX or if you would offer QMX8.2 of some sort - essentially two QMX4 in one housing retaining width
Your instructions for wiring up the QMX to connect to the FX loop sounds easy enough, but if I have my board near my vocal mic, I have to run a pair of long cables (send/return) back to my amp. Is the capacitance of a pair of long cables (even good ones) going to affect my tone?
All depends on the impedance of the send from the amp, if it has a low impedance you’ll be fine but it’s an issue for anyone using long leads from an amp fx send to any pedalboard. We may be working on a solution for this 🤗👍
One more potential use for the QM. Expansion for the G3 or G2. I own G3 but you never get enough isolated loops for mad monster pedal board. On my monster board I have more core drives, more different boosts in pre boost stage and solo boost. Also I have 3 different delays. So One G3 Loop can go to a QM that handles 4 different pedals. Also QM can go before or even behind the G3. My scenario is when I can I use 4 different Pre boost pedals into a drive pedal. Centura as Klon clone, Maxon OD808 as Tube screamer, EP booster as specific full range and One more Germanium full range booster. Selecting what pre boost I use is job for the QM. So you chose on G3 with or without boost gain stacked into the drive pedal and that loop then uses QM to flip flop what boost pedal are you going to use depending what guitar and what drive pedal are you using at that moment. Same thing can be done with some of the delays. For example digital, analog or Tape delay can be in same loop but still if you want to use them individually or even stacked you can use QM to handle that. I know that there is GigRig Remote Loopy 2 that really ads two loops intelligently to a G3 but this works to. Imagine you have 4 core drive pedals and 4 pre boost pedals plus after the solo boost pedal. All those possible combinations are there for your choice. It is like 40 combinations right? Per drive no boost plus 4 pre boost options time 4 different drive pedals that is 20 plus 20 more options of same but with solo boost after the drives boost. So 40 different sounds with 9 pedals. It is even to much for most of the people.
Sounds great Mr Steinhardt! I love my G3, and was curious if it would be possible to use a QMX to add a few loops… with all these stereo pedals, loops can be in short supply really fast! Thanks Daniel and the Gigrig team for you awesome products!
Great video Dan! I just recieved my quartermaster 6 and love it! Thank uyou making these great product switchers! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Mick!
Please correct me if I'm mistaken, my understanding is, if I'm chaining my pedals and going into a purely clean channel of an amp with no breakup, that I don't need to use my effects loop on the amplifier to isolate my time based pedals.
Hey Dan, it's a channel switcher too! I'm using a Deluxe Reverb reissue. The vibrato channel is bright and sparkly but hates pedals, while the normal channel sounds great with pedals but lifeless for clean. I set up three flip flop loops on my quarter master, two basic overdrives and one that goes to a compressor but doesn't return back to the QM. The regular QM output goes to the amp's normal input by way of the left stereo side of my Strymon Flint and El Cap (TRS insert cables to split the stereo) and the QM send with the compressor goes through the right side of the strymon pedals and continues on to the vibrato input of the amp. So one button gives me rhythm dirt (OCD on low gain, Mike Camble-ish) into the normal input, next button gives me lead tone (JSH @) into the normal input, 3rd button gives me sparkly clean Keely Comp+ into Vibrato input. All sounds get whatever verb/trem/delay I'm using for the song. It's seemless for what's essentially multi amp/channel switching. What a solid piece of gear!
Can you have the same pedal in more that one loop. I.E. you may want a gain pedal straight to a Reverb pedal and then the same Gain pedal into a Delay pedal (and maybe another Gain Amp into both the reverb and delay pedals).
I run my wet/dry set-up a little differently. I use the chain of guitar-tuner-EQ-compressor-overdrive-octave, into the preamp of the dry amp. The effects loop out to the delay-reverb-chorus pedals, using the stereo chorus for the split. Dry side of the chorus back to the effects loop on the dry amp and the wet side to the "power amp in" of the wet amp. This way I only have to use 1 preamp section. I need to get a hum cancelling pedal for sure but it's a pretty simple set up. Any thoughts?
#1 it's early morning here in Florida and I'm going to need a few more shots of espresso to follow the I/O path and concepts. #2 your entire production setup is looking and sounding completely top shelf on this Dan! Great lighting, great camera lensing, great composition and awesome audio. Plus your graphics and overlays are spot on sir! Well done!!! I just got a Two-Rock Bloomfield yesterday and was planning on checking out GigRig as I'm currently playing through a Kemper.
? I love this idea Dan. But I I have a question that can change the way we practice AND record. Your knowledge is undeniably amazing. But would you send me a "hand shack" on an idea that would be more than epic? And I mean Epic!
Thanks Christopher, the one thing we’re not short on around here is ideas, literally folders full. It’s components, time and resources that get stretched. Still loads of fun though. Cheers mate, best of luck with it 🤓🙏
How many loops can you have in flip flop mode? Examples tend to showcase only two loops from what I see. I have one on the way and I'm thinking I want to have three loops in flip flop mode since I don't plan to stack those three loops.
I've had 3x footswitch/springs fail on me and Gigrig never replied too my email. I just use the other 5x. Bummer, maybe I'll try and reach out to them again. I love my QuarterMaster, love creating different "little worlds" of sound on each channel with parallel blenders and order, etc.
Hi Chris, so sorry to hear that, the only way we wouldn’t reply to a customer having any issue is that we didn’t receive the email. Please contact support@thegigrig.com and we’ll get you sorted asap
Is there a possibility to get this with stereo as an option? Either double mono jacks on each loop (or trs jacks)? I use 2 amps both wet to get stereo delay effects. Also, is there a possibility to get a qmx 10 ( or 12 if you'd ever make one) in the format of the G3 with 2 rows of buttons stacked instead of all in a long line? I would love to have one that takes up less width on the pedalboard.
Would any of these switches work for amp channel switching? My foot switch is dual TRS. The Tip is for channel switching and the Ring is for effects loop both leds in parallel. It has a midi connection but I know nothing about that lol.
Hi Jonah, the QuarterMaster series is specifically for audio. Remote switching is programmable in G3/Atom so you could have your effect loop system as part of a preset 👍
Hi Dan, Great video just wondering if the QuarterMaster has input and output buffers or do I need to run a buffered interface on my board when using the QuarterMaster? Regards
@@TheGigRigDaniel Sorry I should’ve been a bit clearer. I meant in the video when the switch on the QMX for the overdrive is used you can hear the click coming through the amp. Is that because gain is being used?
I’m struggling to get the fx loop setup (as described) working - clearly doing something wrong - when I set it up with my jcm800 it sounds a million miles away 🤔
JCM800 fx loops can be funky. You may need to buffer the signal coming from the amps fx send. If you have a boss tuner or any other boss pedal, stick a battery in it, stick it on top of the amp, a short patch cable from the fx send of the amp into the boss pedal (make sure the boss pedal is turned off, we’re just using the buffer) then send that signal back to the loop return of the QMX, remember you must turn that end loop on to hear the preamp 👍🤓
@@TheGigRigDaniel really appreciate the response - it was driving me crazy - The gigrig is amazing , if I can get this fx loop sorted it’s at another level of game changer for me ❤️
Hello - for some reason, when I try the amps' fx loop technique with the QMX 10, my master volume dial on the amp doesn't have any impact. It doesn't increase or lower the speaker output. Any reason why this is, or have I done something wrong? My chain to connect to the amps' fx loop is: QMX 8 send > amp input > amp fx loop send > QMX 8 return > my delay/reverb QMX 9 loop > Looper in QMX 10 loop > QMX output > FX Loop Return. One key point to note with my amp is that it's not a buffered FX Loop.
Hi Matthew, just make sure that whatever loop you’ve plugged the preamp into is turned on. If you need more help just get in touch through support at and we’ll get you sorted 👍
Awesome - and enlightening - video, Dan, and also, the timing could not be more puuurfect, as I'm indeed receiving my Quartermasterx4 in a few days...! One question though: In the video where you talk about making a bypass switch (unplugging the power switch, etc.) you say that "you don't even have to plug the tuner in"....!? Well, where does the tuner go then, if I want to keep it separate from the rest of the effects to minimize noise...? Or can I just plug it into the channel I assigned to be the' bypass channel''...? Thanks for another great year of TPS ...oh, and merry Xmas of course 🙂!
Cheers mate. Depends how you want to use the master bypass. You can use it to mute and send to the tuner, or use a separate footswitch for a master bypass and a different one for your tuner 🙏
So, you have just confirmed my suspicion that I can use the QMX with a 4 cable method, but I have one slight concern. What happens if you accidentally turn off the loop that has your preamp in? I’m expecting a change in volume, but without knowing where unity gain is on the preamp volume, I wouldn’t know whether it will lose volume or suddenly deafen everyone within 100 yards…
The preamp is driving the signal into the power amp, normally it would be quieter but it’s different amp to amp. If you accidentally turn it off, just turn it back on I guess 👍
@@TheGigRigDaniel my plan was to put a zip tie on the switch to prevent accidental switching, but I’m always curious about the “what if” scenarios. I build racecars & aircraft for a living, so it’s probably good to consider all possibilities!😂
Hi Daniel! Question! Do you know some of those loop devices with the funtion of Mix Level? I'm asking this cause I'm such a fan of my EHX TriMixer, where I can stack pedals in paralel, as a DAW Aux channel, and I love to stack OD and distortion in paralel + delay's and modulations. I think I lose less power from my Distortion tones with that. The "problem" is that the TriMixer only has 3 loops and would be awesome to have some middle point in between this and the QuarterMaster!!! Thx master! Cheers from Spain :)
Thanks so much. Absolutely, each loop can be flip flop or normal, simply choose which ones you want to flip flop by pushing the button in, the normal ones will stay active as the others flip flop 👍
@@TheGigRigDaniel Thanks Dan, since I'm never awake for the livestreams can I take a second to say you have become hands down my most influential guitarist! I'm entering a new part of my music path/career and as a professional you are a huge inspiration and Red! Oh how I adore Red, I've made several "Red" Pickup sets, they're my best selling Tele set. If you ever get the hankering for some handwound pickups made in Adelaide I'd be absolutely honoured to send you a set on the house (anything you like) . Sincerely, a massive fan! Ben Murray
can I daisy chain 2 Quarter masters together a QMX10 and a QMX4 on one board? instead of losing a loop for the effects loop could I use the QMX10 infront of the amp and the QMX4 in the effects loop? Maybe go from the output of the QMX10 into the effect loops then from the effects loop to the input of the QMX4.
I have three boards and all have a Quartermaster - QMX4 / 6 / 8. They’re absolutely bulletproof and the flip flop mode is awesome. I run several drives in flip flop and a lead boost in regular mode so I can stack it on top. I can’t imagine running pedals all in a line without a switcher ever again.
Had a qmx8 for a few years now. Utterly brilliant- completely revolutionised my playing technique as I could suddenly hear everything! Had to up my game regarding accuracy as it was like peeling a layer of audio wool off everything. Great for live but almost essential for recording. Wish I had bought one years ago. Worth every penny- thanks Dan and team. 🎉
Mark here. Tell me if I'm correct. If you have a QMX-4 and a QMX-2 you wouldn't have to use a loop to use the 4-cable method for splitting effects between the front of the amp and the effects loop. Should work for the Wet/Dry, too. Gets you an extra loop and prevents you from bypassing the preamp by stepping on button 4.
I've been using Quartermaster for playing live for years now. Its been a game changer for me - no more tap dancing and accidentally turning on several pedals at once! So simple and also preserves the tone much better.
As someone who’s been wanting a G2/G3 for awhile this video may have pushed me over the edge to go quartermaster. A little more budget friendly and gets me into the gigrig environment. So many super handy functions, and gets me thinking how I can configure all the loops. Cheers Dan on keeping the love for gear alive!!
This is exactly what i'm looking for.
When I try to explain to somebody dry and wet rigs, I tell them that the dry represents your superhero and its powers, and then the wet represents the kickass outfit that they get to wear with its unique abilities. Ty sir, you are a tower of awesomeness.
I’ve been using a 6 loop Quartermaster for about three years now and it still works as flawlessly as when it was brand new, even after many gigs & rehearsals,the build quality is stunning . The effect that a good loop switcher has , when paired with good clean power ( also available from Gig rig) really can’t be overstated, the enhanced fidelity you get from a clean signal chain is something I now just take for granted, thanks Dan & the team @ GigRig 👍🎸
Thanks so much John 🙏
I couldn't agree more. I use a Quartermaster 10 in the same way.
Just bought my first TheGigRig item! Snagged a QuarterMaster QMX -4, can't wait to hook it up to my pedalboard. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Awesome stuff, thanks so much 🤓🙏
Quartermaster 8 has been on my board for almost 2 years now. I had already been doing much of what you mention, Dan, but the "2 pedals in 1 loop" is a great (and in hindsight simple and obvious) idea!
Had managed to miss the existence of Master Bypass... really handy!
Cheers Paddy, hope you’re awesome 🤩
building two separate boards around quartermasters (8 & 10) and gigrig power has been the gear highlight of my year. such a fun process, and the results are spectacular!
Ah mate, that’s awesome, thanks so much 🤗🙏
OH MY GOD! I had no idea I could split my Quartermaster 6 in the effects loop! Dan thank you SO MUCH for this video! You made me jump out of my chair over to my pedalboard for some reconfiguration!
My pleasure mate 🤓🙏
True by-pass loop switcher and proper power are game changers and The GIGRIG products and service are the best. Thanks Dan!
Thank you mate 🙏
I couldn't imagine playing live without a switcher now. Have had a QM6 for years now on my smaller board and it is perfect - I use flip flop for a couple of different overdrives that I don't stack and then normal switching for boost & delays etc. on top. I love it - so simple and robust, never had an issue with it at any gig. I've learnt a few things I didn't know from this vid - so thanks Dan for making it and thanks to you and the whole Gigrig team for building a fantastic product!
PS I used to use a Boss ES-8 switcher on my bigger board until it went wrong at a show (level on both outputs dropped - common issue!) and then bought a second-hand G2, built like a tank, never had any sort of issue with it. G3 coming someday!
Thanks so much Matt 🙏
I'm so glad you made this video. The QuarterMaster deserves more attention. It has always been my plan to get one for my 'fantasy board' rather than a full-on G3. I only hope that plan can be put into action sooner rather than later.
Another endorsement for the QM from me. I've had it around a year or so and it has made life easier in terms of switching when playing live. It has been reliable ( I gig most weeks)and it has also meant that my pedals stay in one place with no tension on the connection cables. The flip flop facility is also a boon , I use it for a compressor that is always on apart from when I use a fuzz. Keeps the signal path clearer too , I noticed an improvement the moment I rebuilt my board. Thanks for the video Dan.
Thank you, really appreciate it 🙏
My live change with my Qmx6. Thank you Dan and all the people of GigRig!
Thanks so much 🤗🙏
I use a QMX 10 in almost all the ways you covered Dan. I have a humdinger for wet / dry, 2 delays in a single loop, and I use flip-flop for a specific song where I have a clean flanged sound in the verses and an overdriven sound in the chorus. The only thing I'd missed was the master bypass feature. My only minor niggle is that, unlike G3, you can't easily switch pedal order e.g., stick a delay before an overdrive. Still, a brilliant piece of kit.
I love my Quartermaster (6-loops)! It helps to keep the signal clean and elongates the life of the pedal switches. It also helps to, along with mini pedals, to maximise space on my modest sized board. Of course I'd love a G3 Atom (or more) but my budget and other audio needs haven’t put me in a place financially where I can currently afford one, so the Quartermaster is a great affordable alternative.
Cheers mate 🙏
Dan, I'm so glad you made this. The QMX is such a brilliant switcher. I've been using it since 2018 (a QMX-10) and LOVE flip-flop mode for all the drive pedals. Normal mode for Cali76 and ARDX20 but am thinking of moving them off to make more room for more drives! (and modulation). The soft switches, the space between them, the simplicity of design... all perfect. Honestly, the QMX and TheGigRig power supply are the backbone of everything. They are the absolute best and together, they provide 100% confidence that nothing will ever go wrong. Perfectly flawless.
Cheers G, really appreciate it 🤗🙏
Love my QMX-10! I've been using it for years. The Gig Rig support has been great as well.
I have been using one of these for about 4 years or more now. Best investment I've made. No more pedal dance!
I bought qmx4 and qmx6 few days before and here's Dan with tutorial. Tap dancing days are over.
The amp preamp-send trick for loop 4 I’ve been using too, and after a couple of mid-show accidents I’ve put on an emergency switch cover so that I don’t mistakenly step on it
Thank You for doing this video Dan very helpful tips AND hearing the WET/DRY setup is something everyone should try it's like night and day .... Excellent Explanation #TheGigRig #QuarterMaster 👍🎸 #StayHappy #KeepPlaying
You’re most welcome 🙏
I've been wanting to get the Quartermaster6 but then lockdown happened. I will get to it eventually. I love it how you kept it to the things needed. I see so many switching systems that add some trickery just for show. The QM does everything. Just wish the input and output were squeezed behind but I've made some loop boxes and I know how hard that is to do. Jacks are a lot bigger on the inside.
This was timely. My QMX should be here Monday!
Yes! Enjoy it, let us know if there’s anything else you need 👍
Quartermaster is on my list for upgrades! Great video sir. Also the home studio looks like it has had an upgrade 😂
This is great, just what I need as I just got my quartermaster recently and I'm going to hook it up this week finally :)
Thanks mate, enjoy! 🤓🙏
I agree about getting things out of the signal path. Guitar - Strymon Flint - amp. That's it.
Brilliant Dan, so well explained ,I have one of these, so can set it up with your suggestions now .....cheers Dan ,
My pleasure Colin, thank you 🤓🙏
It gave me a bit of a surprise to see my own board staring back at me in those early video photos!! 😜 But super cool. Thanks Dan!! Great video!
Cheers David 🤗🙏
My wife surprised me with a QMX 8 a few years back and I can’t imagine my rig without it.
Awesome 🤩 thanks Ryan and thanks to your wife 🤗🙏
Always nice to watch you Dan 👏🏻
It would be great if you could link two QMX or if you would offer QMX8.2 of some sort - essentially two QMX4 in one housing retaining width
When the dry amp is just a bit more dirty than the wet in a wet/dry setup it's absolute magic and sounds better than studio delay
You need more of this videos!! Great one
More to come!
A pair of smaller QMs works well for the loop vs front end too
Very tempting. I'd love to set up something semi-permanent board.
Love your playing, Dan! 🔥
You’re too kind. Cheers mate 🙏
Very informative and useful video Dan! Thanks!
Nice. Loved it. Thanks, Dan!!!
Fantastic video with great info- thanks Dan!!!!!
Cheers mate, you’re most welcome 🙏
Boy I'd love to try one of these. Way too expensive though. I like how it's made with good components I won't need to worry about down the line
No hum, no noise, no daisy muck, very clever.
For skme of us, a Quartermaster is all we'll ever need
This is great. Thanks so much Dan. Love my QM4 and 8.
Thanks so much Joe 🙏
You're the best Dan!
Ah, bless you mate, hope you’re awesome 🤗🙏
What about stereo pedals in a loop.Can you feed to two amps?
Your instructions for wiring up the QMX to connect to the FX loop sounds easy enough, but if I have my board near my vocal mic, I have to run a pair of long cables (send/return) back to my amp. Is the capacitance of a pair of long cables (even good ones) going to affect my tone?
All depends on the impedance of the send from the amp, if it has a low impedance you’ll be fine but it’s an issue for anyone using long leads from an amp fx send to any pedalboard. We may be working on a solution for this 🤗👍
@@TheGigRigDaniel Ah... I had a feeling the master had something up his sleeve! :) Something like a reverse Remote Loopy?
One more potential use for the QM. Expansion for the G3 or G2. I own G3 but you never get enough isolated loops for mad monster pedal board. On my monster board I have more core drives, more different boosts in pre boost stage and solo boost. Also I have 3 different delays. So One G3 Loop can go to a QM that handles 4 different pedals. Also QM can go before or even behind the G3.
My scenario is when I can I use 4 different Pre boost pedals into a drive pedal. Centura as Klon clone, Maxon OD808 as Tube screamer, EP booster as specific full range and One more Germanium full range booster. Selecting what pre boost I use is job for the QM. So you chose on G3 with or without boost gain stacked into the drive pedal and that loop then uses QM to flip flop what boost pedal are you going to use depending what guitar and what drive pedal are you using at that moment. Same thing can be done with some of the delays. For example digital, analog or Tape delay can be in same loop but still if you want to use them individually or even stacked you can use QM to handle that. I know that there is GigRig Remote Loopy 2 that really ads two loops intelligently to a G3 but this works to.
Imagine you have 4 core drive pedals and 4 pre boost pedals plus after the solo boost pedal. All those possible combinations are there for your choice. It is like 40 combinations right? Per drive no boost plus 4 pre boost options time 4 different drive pedals that is 20 plus 20 more options of same but with solo boost after the drives boost. So 40 different sounds with 9 pedals. It is even to much for most of the people.
Love it!!!
@RubenRavichandrarajan one can't have too many drive pedals, period 😀
Sounds great Mr Steinhardt!
I love my G3, and was curious if it would be possible to use a QMX to add a few loops… with all these stereo pedals, loops can be in short supply really fast! Thanks Daniel and the Gigrig team for you awesome products!
Cheers Ran 🙏
Brilliant. Sounds ace. Love mine.
Cheers Seth 🙏
Great video Dan! I just recieved my quartermaster 6 and love it! Thank uyou making these great product switchers! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Mick!
Thanks so much mate. All the best to you and yours 🙏
Wow - my pedalboard made the montage! 😊
You should put this onto the product page as well :)
Will do, thank you 🙏
Please correct me if I'm mistaken, my understanding is, if I'm chaining my pedals and going into a purely clean channel of an amp with no breakup, that I don't need to use my effects loop on the amplifier to isolate my time based pedals.
Yes, exactly 👍
Great video Dan, and I spotted my pedalboard in it as well 😀👍
So cool!
Hey Dan, it's a channel switcher too! I'm using a Deluxe Reverb reissue. The vibrato channel is bright and sparkly but hates pedals, while the normal channel sounds great with pedals but lifeless for clean. I set up three flip flop loops on my quarter master, two basic overdrives and one that goes to a compressor but doesn't return back to the QM. The regular QM output goes to the amp's normal input by way of the left stereo side of my Strymon Flint and El Cap (TRS insert cables to split the stereo) and the QM send with the compressor goes through the right side of the strymon pedals and continues on to the vibrato input of the amp. So one button gives me rhythm dirt (OCD on low gain, Mike Camble-ish) into the normal input, next button gives me lead tone (JSH @) into the normal input, 3rd button gives me sparkly clean Keely Comp+ into Vibrato input. All sounds get whatever verb/trem/delay I'm using for the song. It's seemless for what's essentially multi amp/channel switching. What a solid piece of gear!
Dude, that’s awesome!! Thanks so much 🙏
Love my Quartermaster 4
Cheers Z 🙏
You always have the best tone!!! What amp did you use for this demo? It sounds superb!!!
Cheers Charles. Details with links in the description. I used a Hamstead RT60 and a LazyJ J20 🙏
Got one. Get one.
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Just bought a QMX4 and can't wait to redo my board to incorporate it! Only issue is I need a bigger board...shame!
Thanks Matthew 🙏
Wtf never knew about master bypass! Very Handy !
Cheers Billy 🙏
Great switcher.. I would like to buy the quartermaster-10.I wonder how to get one in Canada?
Hi Julie, we ship to Canada from our uk store shop.thegigrig.com 🙏
Can you have the same pedal in more that one loop. I.E. you may want a gain pedal straight to a Reverb pedal and then the same Gain pedal into a Delay pedal (and maybe another Gain Amp into both the reverb and delay pedals).
Brilliant✨🔊🏆
Ugh! I just got the G2! Looking for the extension piece. NOW I've got the G3 to worry about? Sigh...
I run my wet/dry set-up a little differently. I use the chain of guitar-tuner-EQ-compressor-overdrive-octave, into the preamp of the dry amp. The effects loop out to the delay-reverb-chorus pedals, using the stereo chorus for the split. Dry side of the chorus back to the effects loop on the dry amp and the wet side to the "power amp in" of the wet amp. This way I only have to use 1 preamp section. I need to get a hum cancelling pedal for sure but it's a pretty simple set up. Any thoughts?
#1 it's early morning here in Florida and I'm going to need a few more shots of espresso to follow the I/O path and concepts. #2 your entire production setup is looking and sounding completely top shelf on this Dan! Great lighting, great camera lensing, great composition and awesome audio. Plus your graphics and overlays are spot on sir! Well done!!! I just got a Two-Rock Bloomfield yesterday and was planning on checking out GigRig as I'm currently playing through a Kemper.
Thanks so much Robert, love the Bloomfield Drive, epic sounding thing
Blinkin' hell Dan! What studio are you in? Great vid as usual!
Studio in Frome called Cheese & Grain. It’s epic!
@@TheGigRigDaniel It looks like a whole shitload of fun in there man!!🤟
? I love this idea Dan. But I I have a question that can change the way we practice AND record. Your knowledge is undeniably amazing. But would you send me a "hand shack" on an idea that would be more than epic? And I mean Epic!
Thanks Christopher, the one thing we’re not short on around here is ideas, literally folders full. It’s components, time and resources that get stretched. Still loads of fun though. Cheers mate, best of luck with it 🤓🙏
@@TheGigRigDaniel awesome. I love to hear that. Because mine is more of a looping and playing with 2 amps kind of thing.
How many loops can you have in flip flop mode? Examples tend to showcase only two loops from what I see. I have one on the way and I'm thinking I want to have three loops in flip flop mode since I don't plan to stack those three loops.
You can have all of the in flip flop if you like 👍
I’m curious about the master bypass function. Does the quartermaster save this or do you need to repeat this function each time you use your board?
Every time you power up, but it’s so easy. Thanks John 🤓🙏
I've had 3x footswitch/springs fail on me and Gigrig never replied too my email. I just use the other 5x. Bummer, maybe I'll try and reach out to them again. I love my QuarterMaster, love creating different "little worlds" of sound on each channel with parallel blenders and order, etc.
Hi Chris, so sorry to hear that, the only way we wouldn’t reply to a customer having any issue is that we didn’t receive the email. Please contact support@thegigrig.com and we’ll get you sorted asap
Is there a possibility to get this with stereo as an option? Either double mono jacks on each loop (or trs jacks)? I use 2 amps both wet to get stereo delay effects. Also, is there a possibility to get a qmx 10 ( or 12 if you'd ever make one) in the format of the G3 with 2 rows of buttons stacked instead of all in a long line? I would love to have one that takes up less width on the pedalboard.
Hey ive got one of these 😊
Thanks so much 🤓🙏
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is it possible to switch channel of the amp with the quartermaster?
Hi! No, the QMX series is audio switching only 🤓🙏
Would it work to put an ACS1 in place of the humdinger as shown in 10:07 for the wet/dry setup?
Absolutely i
Would any of these switches work for amp channel switching? My foot switch is dual TRS. The Tip is for channel switching and the Ring is for effects loop both leds in parallel. It has a midi connection but I know nothing about that lol.
Hi Jonah, the QuarterMaster series is specifically for audio. Remote switching is programmable in G3/Atom so you could have your effect loop system as part of a preset 👍
What is the two layer pedal board you are using?
Hi Rhys, the main board in this is a simple Pedaltrain, but one of the shots shows a Schmidt Array board 👍
Hi Dan, Great video just wondering if the QuarterMaster has input and output buffers or do I need to run a buffered interface on my board when using the QuarterMaster? Regards
Hi Michael, no, there are no issues inbuilt buffers in the QMX. Cheers mate 🙏
I'm assuming you run multiple fx through each patch?
You can do, or single, depends on how you’re wanting to use it
I notice when switching the overdrive there is a clicking sound. Is it normal for a sound to come through the amp when switching overdrives
Depends on how much gain there is, QMX actually makes this much quieter
@@TheGigRigDaniel Sorry I should’ve been a bit clearer. I meant in the video when the switch on the QMX for the overdrive is used you can hear the click coming through the amp. Is that because gain is being used?
I’m struggling to get the fx loop setup (as described) working - clearly doing something wrong - when I set it up with my jcm800 it sounds a million miles away 🤔
JCM800 fx loops can be funky. You may need to buffer the signal coming from the amps fx send. If you have a boss tuner or any other boss pedal, stick a battery in it, stick it on top of the amp, a short patch cable from the fx send of the amp into the boss pedal (make sure the boss pedal is turned off, we’re just using the buffer) then send that signal back to the loop return of the QMX, remember you must turn that end loop on to hear the preamp 👍🤓
@@TheGigRigDaniel really appreciate the response - it was driving me crazy - The gigrig is amazing , if I can get this fx loop sorted it’s at another level of game changer for me ❤️
Might be a stupid question but can you use this as an fx loop for my pedals into an amp simulator in Logic Pro?
Sure thing 🤓👍
Thanks Dan!
Do any of these switchers allow you to change the order of pedals on the fly?
G3/Atom 🙏
Hey Dan are the quartermasters capable of taking stereo inputs?
Hi Bryson. QMX is mono 👍
#FlipFlopMode That sounds like something only #MickTPS could come up with. HaHa
Hello - for some reason, when I try the amps' fx loop technique with the QMX 10, my master volume dial on the amp doesn't have any impact. It doesn't increase or lower the speaker output. Any reason why this is, or have I done something wrong? My chain to connect to the amps' fx loop is: QMX 8 send > amp input > amp fx loop send > QMX 8 return > my delay/reverb QMX 9 loop > Looper in QMX 10 loop > QMX output > FX Loop Return. One key point to note with my amp is that it's not a buffered FX Loop.
Hi Matthew, just make sure that whatever loop you’ve plugged the preamp into is turned on. If you need more help just get in touch through support at and we’ll get you sorted 👍
In using the Wet-Dry config as demonstrated with the Humdinger, does that replace/eliminate the use of the effects loop in the previous demo?
Hi 👋 Both of these utilise a QMX loop for either a HumDinger or the amps preamp
@@TheGigRigDaniel Thanks!
Awesome - and enlightening - video, Dan, and also, the timing could not be more puuurfect, as I'm indeed receiving my Quartermasterx4 in a few days...!
One question though: In the video where you talk about making a bypass switch (unplugging the power switch, etc.) you say that "you don't even have to plug the tuner in"....!? Well, where does the tuner go then, if I want to keep it separate from the rest of the effects to minimize noise...? Or can I just plug it into the channel I assigned to be the' bypass channel''...?
Thanks for another great year of TPS ...oh, and merry Xmas of course 🙂!
Cheers mate. Depends how you want to use the master bypass. You can use it to mute and send to the tuner, or use a separate footswitch for a master bypass and a different one for your tuner 🙏
So, you have just confirmed my suspicion that I can use the QMX with a 4 cable method, but I have one slight concern. What happens if you accidentally turn off the loop that has your preamp in? I’m expecting a change in volume, but without knowing where unity gain is on the preamp volume, I wouldn’t know whether it will lose volume or suddenly deafen everyone within 100 yards…
The preamp is driving the signal into the power amp, normally it would be quieter but it’s different amp to amp. If you accidentally turn it off, just turn it back on I guess 👍
@@TheGigRigDaniel my plan was to put a zip tie on the switch to prevent accidental switching, but I’m always curious about the “what if” scenarios. I build racecars & aircraft for a living, so it’s probably good to consider all possibilities!😂
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Hi Daniel!
Question! Do you know some of those loop devices with the funtion of Mix Level?
I'm asking this cause I'm such a fan of my EHX TriMixer, where I can stack pedals in paralel, as a DAW Aux channel, and I love to stack OD and distortion in paralel + delay's and modulations.
I think I lose less power from my Distortion tones with that. The "problem" is that the TriMixer only has 3 loops and would be awesome to have some middle point in between this and the QuarterMaster!!! Thx master!
Cheers from Spain :)
Cheers Alex, sure thing, yes, parallel is great for some things, tricky for others. A mix is nice 👌
Question about the flip flop mode. What if I want one loop engaged all the time and flip flop between other pedals whilst keeping an always on pedal?
Thanks so much. Absolutely, each loop can be flip flop or normal, simply choose which ones you want to flip flop by pushing the button in, the normal ones will stay active as the others flip flop 👍
@@TheGigRigDaniel Thanks Dan, since I'm never awake for the livestreams can I take a second to say you have become hands down my most influential guitarist! I'm entering a new part of my music path/career and as a professional you are a huge inspiration and Red! Oh how I adore Red, I've made several "Red" Pickup sets, they're my best selling Tele set. If you ever get the hankering for some handwound pickups made in Adelaide I'd be absolutely honoured to send you a set on the house (anything you like) . Sincerely, a massive fan! Ben Murray
Hi Santa, can I get a G3 for Christmas please.
As long as you’ve been real good this year 🤗
can I daisy chain 2 Quarter masters together a QMX10 and a QMX4 on one board? instead of losing a loop for the effects loop could I use the QMX10 infront of the amp and the QMX4 in the effects loop? Maybe go from the output of the QMX10 into the effect loops then from the effects loop to the input of the QMX4.
This is a great way to do it 🤓🙏
I have three boards and all have a Quartermaster - QMX4 / 6 / 8. They’re absolutely bulletproof and the flip flop mode is awesome. I run several drives in flip flop and a lead boost in regular mode so I can stack it on top. I can’t imagine running pedals all in a line without a switcher ever again.
Had a qmx8 for a few years now. Utterly brilliant- completely revolutionised my playing technique as I could suddenly hear everything! Had to up my game regarding accuracy as it was like peeling a layer of audio wool off everything. Great for live but almost essential for recording. Wish I had bought one years ago. Worth every penny- thanks Dan and team. 🎉
Thanks Mike 🙏
Thank you Dan for explaining the basics and definitions (i.e. wet/dry) as well ! always learning from you !
Mark here. Tell me if I'm correct. If you have a QMX-4 and a QMX-2 you wouldn't have to use a loop to use the 4-cable method for splitting effects between the front of the amp and the effects loop. Should work for the Wet/Dry, too.
Gets you an extra loop and prevents you from bypassing the preamp by stepping on button 4.
Exactly right 👍
I've been using Quartermaster for playing live for years now. Its been a game changer for me - no more tap dancing and accidentally turning on several pedals at once! So simple and also preserves the tone much better.
Cheers Paul 🤗🙏
Hi, is it possible to change loop order with the QMX?
Hi 👋 not with the QMX but yes with G3 👍