RJM Music Mastermind PBC 10-Loop Pedal Switcher Review by Sweetwater

[@markallen381]

This and the PBC6 are the only switchers out there for some looking at dealing with several stereo pedals. This video should have included multiple stereo pedals, but was done in 2015. It's now 2023 and should be redone with 5 or 6 stereo pedals. Good for the year produced? Now in "STEREO" Mitch!

[@richardwilliams1310]

not sure if a loop switcher will work this way, but I would love to try it to see if it works. Guitar plugged into the RJM Mastermind PBC and just using the 10 send outputs to connect to the inputs of 10 Mooer preamp pedals and the outputs of each of those pedals plugged into a Soundcraft Ui24R 10 combo inputs for recording 1 guitar track to 10 different preamps simultaneously with or without the cab simulator on. With them on for live, or off for playing with cab sim irs with cab mixer software in your daw, Two Notes Torpedo Wall of Sound/Blend IR, Fractal Audio Cab-Lab 3, etc . You could also record a dry signal and reamp with different knob tweeks on the Mooer preamps, lol

[@absinha6209]

So I just got mine up and running. After buying and returning a Boss pedal switcher due to faulty wiring, I got one of these. The (-) is the inability to change the order. The (+++++) way more flexibility in setting up. The PBC editor (see RJM channel) is awesome and real simple to use. Once the pedals are in, you can quickly use the editor or the board to enter all the settings. The editor makes it real easy to label your settings too, which is generally a huge pain is in the ass with the board alone. I have 2 H9s in loop 9 and 10. A little pricey, but buy nice or buy twice.

[@Jaidezilla]

absinha6209 Thanks for the (-) warning. The video didn't say anything about reordering loops. I'm glad you said something.

[@sambray]

can you run multiple amplifiers out of the RJM and if so how many?

​@@sambray 2 I believe

[@TYB439]

Mitch, why doesn't Sweetwater carry this anymore?

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

good to hear the plusses; or not for effects of the ES-8 or the super switcher ? what features one does; others do not

[@markallen381]

Why wasn't this box used with stereo pedals? Stereo pedal switchers are needed now more than ever.

[@abhiananda8781]

can I create different patches from a single pedal but using different parameter? For example, the first patch is a distortion with lower gain and the second patch is with higher gain, and it comes from one single distortion pedal

[@analogmesaman]

with the presets, can you assign channels+pedals+fx/amp reverb/eq?

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

Can this change pedal order?

[@gabet3754]

Doctor McFarland Studios No. Only series

[@angelchavarin4205]

Man, I have no idea what they mean about buffers. Can anyone explain?

Buffers boost the original signal as it diminishes w/ distance travelled.

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

this has order switching ?

[@xxnonstopdancingxx]

Wow $1000.. I want this type of switcher and I set what I felt was a healthy budget of $500. Shame. I want to use my pedals instead of my me80 for covers gigs but I'm not ready to spend more money on a switcher than my I spent on my road guitar, or road amp etc.

[@skullribcage6803]

I'm in the same boat. What'd you even up doing?

[@xxnonstopdancingxx]

A. Truman I spent the budget on tap dancing lessons...

[@xxnonstopdancingxx]

I haven’t found the solution. I couldn’t keep using multi fx. So I went with a boss es 8 to route everything. It works really well but a bespoke build is probably the way to get what I really want

[@noahfickel]

look at musicom or the Boss es5

[@zombiepredator3572]

wow; I want one

[@candlestickproductions6950]

...clear as mud... Seems like every video is an "it can do this, it can do that" which leaves me still scratching my head and not knowing HOW to do it... its great all this shit can do all these wonderful things but how the hell do you do it?

[@RealGengarTV]

2:45 "really a deep box" ... Like my girlfriend B-) .... Just kidding, nobody loves me

[@veerchasm1]

I didn’t know The $6 Million Dollar Man played guitar!

[@thecompletejake]

Awesome product. Woefully overpriced for this product category.

[@nanooman]

+Jake Harvey As much as I would like it to be less, it's not that overpriced for the feature set. This is really only comparable to the GigRig G2 and the new Boss ES-8. This one sits in the middle of those two in price, with arguably more features. It's also not mass produced in Asia, I think, as opposed to the Boss.

[@hankchanaski2181]

...depth

[@Bona19646]

This guy reads his script too quickly. I'm sure he’ll only be able to explain only the most elementary features,

No, Mitch is a real Pro.

[@slickcross]

Once Boss makes a ES-10 or ES-12, this switcher will be useless lol

[@thesphericalguy9018]

slickcross It most certainly will not be useless. The ES-8 is awesome, but the ammount of functionality and control you have in the PBC is nothing short of ridiculous. The only advantage to the ES-8 is the order switching

[@guitartonefreaks]

aha, so no order switching in the RJM.

[@veerchasm1]

Yeah, and it will cost $2000

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

@@thesphericalguy9018 exactly and order switching is most important.