User Manual

FBV Shortboard
1. Channel A, B, C & D: Select from the four Channel
Memories. Note: On the FBV Express, you can also
use your active channel to change your Tap Tempo
setting. Just Tap the channel button twice to the
drummer’s beat and presto - you’re locked in!
2. Bank Up - Bank Down: The FBV Shortboard
gives you 9 banks of 4 channels each. Bank 1 is the
same 4 memories you get from the Spider III front
panel A,B,C,D buttons when no FBV is connected.
3. STOMP/MOD/DELAY/REVERB: You guessed
it! These switch the Spider III effects MOD, DELAY
and REVERB on and off kinda like they were stomp
boxes on a pedal board. STOMP engages the
DISTORTION BOOST (see Tap Button extra
functions)
4. Tap/Tuner: Tap a couple beats to set the tempo.
Or press and hold this switch until you see the tuner
on the pedal’s display. Press it again to exit tuner mode.
5. Wah and Volume Lights: These light to show
that a pedal is ready to control Wah or Volume. Note:
Pressing the pedal fully forward to click the toe-switch
selects its control between Wah or Volume. If a separate
expression pedal is connected to the Shortboard’s rear
panel 1/4-inch jack, the Shortboard pedal controls
Wah only, with the toe switch toggling the Wah on/off.
6. External Pedal Jack: You can connect an
expression pedal (such as the Line 6 EX-1) to the
Shortboard’s rear panel 1/4-inch jack, and the
connected pedal will control Volume, while the
Shortboard pedal controls Wah only.
7. FBV Pedal: Press the pedal forward to click the
toe-switch, turning the pedal from Volume to Wah.
Saving with FBV Shortboard: To prepare for saving,
it’s a good idea to browse through the various factory-
stored preset sounds to decide which you can do
without. Make a note of their Bank number and
Channel letter so you can save your own sounds there
instead.
Save: Step on the FX LOOP switch until “NAME
EDIT” is displayed. The Shortboard’s COMP and
MOD switches then select one of the characters of
the channel name so you can edit it. The DELAY and
REVERB switches choose from the available letters,
numbers and symbols. The Bank Up and Bank Down
switches then pick a Bank you’d like to save within.
Complete the Save: Press the A, B, C or D switch
to store to that Channel Memory in the chosen Bank.
The display will show “SAVING”. Congratulations,
you’re all done!