Loop-Master Pedals Loop-Master Clean/Dirty Loop Pedal Switcher Hybrid W/Tuner Out (Strip)

The Loop-Master Clean/Dirty Loop Pedal Switcher Hybrid W/Tuner Out (Strip) is a clean/dirty pedal switcher for guitar made by Loop-Master Pedals, sold in strip form with a tuner out¹. It belongs to the maker's family of clean/dirty switchers: footswitch boxes that let a player move between a clean signal path and a dirty path running through their gain pedals with a single stomp, instead of toggling each overdrive or distortion pedal individually.

The "Hybrid" in the name places it among Loop-Master's hybrid clean/dirty switchers, a variant line the maker lists alongside its standard, mini, micro, deluxe, and channel-switching models¹²³. The "Strip" designation is a build-form option: Loop-Master offers several of its clean/dirty switchers as strips, long low enclosures that sit along the edge or back of a pedalboard, as well as in standard pedal enclosures¹⁴⁵.

What a clean/dirty pedal switcher does

A clean/dirty switcher sits between your guitar and your amplifier and splits your routing into two states. In the clean state, your signal passes without the pedals in the dirty loop; in the dirty state, those pedals are in the chain. One footswitch swaps the whole gain section in or out, which is faster and quieter than stepping on three overdrives in a row, and it keeps pedals that are always on, such as delay and reverb, out of the gain loop so they keep working in both states. Loop-Master Pedals lists this unit among its "Clean/Dirty Pedal Switchers for Guitar"¹.

For players who build boards around a small set of always-on dirt pedals, a switcher of this kind turns a row of stomps into a single control. It is one approach among several in the wider category of switching pedals, which also covers loop switchers, A/B boxes, and channel switchers.

The tuner out

The tuner out is the feature that sets this model apart from the non-tuner hybrid switchers in the range. It gives the switcher a dedicated output for a pedal tuner, so a tuner such as a BOSS TU-3s or a Korg Pitchblack can live on the board and be fed from the switcher rather than sitting inline in the main signal path. Loop-Master also sells this tuner-out configuration in its standard enclosure, as the Clean/Dirty Loop Pedal Switcher w/Tuner Out, and in its PRO switchers with tuner out and master bypass¹⁶⁷.

If you are comparing tuner options for a board built around a switcher, the tuner pedals category covers the pedal-format units that pair with a tuner out.

The strip form

Strip form is a layout choice, not a different circuit. Loop-Master Pedals builds several of its clean/dirty switchers in both shapes: the Clean/Dirty/Channel Switcher w/Combinable Loops, for example, is offered as a standard unit and as a strip⁴⁵, and the PRO w/Tuner Out & Master Bypass comes in a strip version too⁸. A strip sits low and long, which suits players mounting a switcher along the front or rear edge of a pedalboard where a square enclosure would not fit. The maker also offers vertical and horizontal layout versions of its standard clean/dirty switcher for the same reason: board space drives the choice⁹¹⁰.

The Loop-Master clean/dirty switcher range

This switcher is one node in a wide range. Loop-Master Pedals' clean/dirty line covers, among others:

Within that range, this model's combination is specific: the hybrid clean/dirty design, a tuner out, and the strip enclosure. A player who wants the same hybrid circuit in a standard box can look at the Hybrid and Hybrid w/Tuner Out models; a player who wants more routing flexibility can move up to the combinable-loops or PRO versions¹³⁸.

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