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Manage all of your favorite tones and effects loops with precision assignment and professional-grade quality preservation with the optimized Fender Switchboard Effects Operator from Sweetwater. Equipped for an armament of up to five of your chief effects loops ? each complete with a rearrangeable relay and true bypass ? the Switchboard Effects Operator uses its stunning processing power to present a mecca for multi-pedal preset recall with streamlined fluidity. You’ve got the freedom to retain up to a mind-blowing 500 user presets for housing all the intricate parameter settings to tackle any song in the set list. The Switchboard Effects Operator’s full-color LCD is a breeze to navigate under both studio and stage circumstances, and it features an onboard tuner plus I/Os for even greater creative control. And it sounds superb, too! Buffered I/O connections maintain that hi-fi, all-analog quality that keeps the very best of your effects at the forefront, no matter where the music takes you.





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Unmatched loop and preset control





Housing five banks to accommodate five separate effects loops is a monstrous undertaking, but the Switchboard Effects Operator makes it look easy. Each relay loop can speedily rearrange your entire pedal path should you like to change up the signal flow, providing maximum board management with zero headaches. Aboard the Switchboard Effects Operator, you can access 400 quick-recall user presets, with an extra 100 favorite presets waiting on standby. Need to toggle between multiple effects and their varying intensities and tones? Even numerous versions at once? Not a problem! The Fender Switchboard Effects Operator is your total command center for hastily queuing all the best details your board has to offer for fast transitions in the spotlight and soundstage.





Connect and navigate with ease





Each loop’s quality Send/Return jacks are dutifully lined up at the back panel of the Switchboard Effects Operator, flanked on the left by general I/O jacks and on the right by available Expression Pedal and amplifier Footswitch connections for quickly expanding the operational appeal of your unit. Next to this grid of 1/4-inch connections are MIDI out and USB-C connections, allowing users to engage and command their outboard gear effortlessly.





The top panel, however, poses a control board that’s as charming to look at as it is easy to use. With its gold-finished top plate, stylish encoder knob, built-in tuner, and clearly marked banks and commands, effects users of all stripes can navigate the Switchboard Effects Operator’s waters in style and with total ease. What waters are these, you ask? The waters of its full-color LCD! Presenting vivid graphics with insight into your active effects, engaged presets, and more, this screen showcases the blueprints of any effected route you need to take with comprehensive grace.





Primed for superior signal quality





What good is an effects controller that hinders your tone? That certainly isn’t the case with the Switchboard Effects Operator. Courtesy of its all-analog, high-fidelity operation with true bypass looping and extremely powerful processing, every nuance of your hard-fought-for tones is represented with truly clear and accurate translation. Also to thank is its dual I/O buffering, providing complete tonal preservation that’s entirely free of loss due to frequency roll-off so your original sonic vision is exactly what you and your audiences experience.





Fender Switchboard Effects Operator Features:


Houses up to 5 rearrangeable relay effects loops at one time, all equipped with true bypass


400 quick-recall user presets plus an extra 100 favorite presets enable near-infinite parameter setting storage and management


Expression Pedal and amp Footswitch connections offer simplified creative expansion


MIDI output permits the engagement and control of outboard gear


Encoder knob, onboard tuner, and clearly marked banks/commands provide an effortlessly navigable interface


Full-color LCD boasts a vivid yet comprehensive breakdown of active effects and presets


Engineered for powerful processing and all-analog, hi-fidelity operation


Dual I/O buffering preserves and translates tones with maximum precision and clarity


Charming gold-finished top plate looks fantastic in any light