The EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things looks incredibly complicated at first glance but fear not tone traveler, let's break down this black box of pedalboard magic;

This is what you can do with it:

• Use as many pedals as you’d like without tone-suck
• Quickly and easily bypass or engage all of your effects with one click
• Use Flexi-Switch™ Technology with every pedal in your setup
• Eliminate volume pedal tone-suck by using any expression pedal to control volume
• Use multiple amps without phase issues, ground loops, or extra noise
• Tidy up your rig, shorten cable runs, and reduce tone loss by keeping all inputs and outputs in one location

Swiss Things Control Guide

1. Loop 1 - Engage Loop 1. This loop is Unbuffered and is suitable for Boost, Overdrive, or other effects that don't require buffering.
2. Loop 2 - Engage Loop 2. This loop is Buffered and is suitable for Time Based effects (reverb, mod, delay). Also functions as mute when empty.
3. Boost - Toggle the onboard Boost, adjustable up to 20dB.
4. A/B  - Switch between Amp A or B.
5. Both - Engage both amps at the same time.
6. Input - Plug your instrument in here.
7. Loop 1 Send - Plug into the Input of the first pedal in Loop 1.
8. Loop 1 Return - Plug into the Output of the last pedal in Loop 1.
9. Loop 2 Send - Plug into the Input of the first pedal in Loop 2.
10. Loop 2 Return - Plug into the Output of the last pedal in Loop 1.
11. Tuner Output - Connect to your Tuner.
12. Vol/Exp Out - Plug in your favourite expression pedal.
13. Output A - Plug into the Input of your amplifier.
14. Output B - Plug into the Input of another amplifier.

Specs

Power - 9V DC Negative Tip. 40mA current draw.

It is highly recommended to use this effect with an isolated power supply, as non-isolated power sources will add unwanted noise to the signal.

Expression Jack - a 50kΩ expression pedal will allow the full range of control from the Swiss Things. 

Switching - This is a true bypass pedal, but due to the nature of relay based switching the Swiss Things must be powered to pass audio signal.

Size - 121 x 154 x 57 mm