Ghetto Vibrato Switch

Generally speaking, I have no complaints about my Fender Twin Reverb amp. It's great.

But I have one regret. And it's that I didn't get the foot-switch with it.

No footswitch means no convenient access to its awesome Vibrato/Tremelo effect. And because the connectors are a totally bizarre RCA-style jack, instead of the more common, more modern 1/4-inch switch pedal most amps and stuff use now, buying one for less than $40 ain't easy.

So instead of paying $40 for some footswitch on eBay, I went to a local, Orlando shop that's a RadioShack meets a scrap-yard called Skycraft Surplus. (Yes, it is the kooky-looking place with the giant, highly visible UFO and Rocket by the entrance.)

After spending only like $4 on a switch and a small cable and made my own ghetto switch--also using some electrical tape I had around the house.

Now, I can finally use that awesome Vibrato effect to make some sweet surf-rock sounds using of my amp.

Or at least some guitar that sounds like the guitar in the first few seconds of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth."