Apollo tremolo help

[Anonymous]

I’ve been trying to build an Apollo tremolo for a couple years now and I just can’t find the right instructions. My kit came with three 3PDT foot switches and all guides I can find are using SPDT foot switches. I haven’t found any pictures of 3 3PDT switches installed. The pcb  is done, my issue is with the foot switches. I wish I could read schematics but I can easily read this wire goes from here to there. Not my first build either but I’m about at the end of this puzzle. I appreciate any one’s time and help with this. Thank you.

[Steve]

I don’t know if there has been a version change or not but this is the stomp switching wiring for the current Apollo Tremolo…
Hope this helps.

[Billy]

You can just use one pole of the 3PDT footswitches as single pole switches although I’d just purchase an SPST on/off and SPDT on/on toggle switch

Rather than use the more expensive 3PDTs

A 3PDT switch is basically 3 x SPDT on/on switches side by side in one package, lugs 1, 2, 3 is an SPDT on/on as is 4, 5, 6 and 7, 8, 9 and using just 2 lugs the middle common and an outer lug would give you an SPST on/off lugs 1 and 2 for example

 

[Barry]

What Billy said although I would bet you received 3PDT foot switches so that you can change the function with your feet as opposed to bending over and flipping a switch. The options are yours.

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