SWR • SCOTTSDALE, AZ • USA
USER GUIDE
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the SWR Mo’ Control Programmable Master Footswitch,
custom-made for use with the groundbreaking SWR Mo’ Bass amplifier. The SWR Mo’ Bass and
Mo’ Control were designed to bring together the famous SWR sound and studio-quality onboard
effects, with the means to control them as conveniently as possible. Everyone here at SWR sincerely thanks you for sharing in our vision of providing today’s bassists with the widest possible
variety of tools to help them find new roads to greater musical expression. It is, in the end, all
about music, and it’s our privilege to be a part of your creative voice on your musical instrument.
The Mo’ Control completes the Mo’ Bass system. With a touch of your foot, you now have individual control over all five effects—Overdrive, SubWave, Bassynth, Mo’ EQ and Chorus—plus
Bypass. You can now activate the Dual Mode function (a clean/dirty channel splitter) from the
floor as well. You can open and close the Bassynth filter with the Mo’ Control’s Filter Sweep
Pedal, for everything from wah-wah sounds to Moog-style synth sensitivity on demand.
Most importantly, you now have the capability to store four unique combinations of Mo’ Bass
effects by using the programmable Preset Group switches. And as if that wasn’t enough, you can
send simple MIDI commands from the Mo’ Control/Mo’ Bass to an external MIDI-capable ef fects
device—which means you can link your Preset Groups to correlating external effects such as
reverb or delay. (The MIDI function is a MIDI Out only—there is no MIDI In on the Mo’ Bass.
Remember, the system is essentially analog.)
We recommend that you read the following manual thoroughly and completely before using the
SWR Mo’ Control. Have your Mo’ Bass manual handy as well, as we'll be referencing it frequently.
After all, we want you to be as prepared as possible for the complete Mo’ Bass experience.
Sincerely,
SWR
1 • MO’ CONTROL USER GUIDE
Note: Please take a moment to verify that the following items were included in your Mo’
Control packaging:
• Mo’ Control footswitch cable (DB9 connector, male-to-female)
• Mo’ Control filter/bypass insert cable (
1
/
4
" stereo male to two
1
/
4
" mono males)
• SWR catalog
MO’ CONTROL—TOP PANEL FEATURES
Top Row (left to right)
• Preset Group 1 switch
• Preset Group 2 switch
• Preset Group 3 switch
• Preset Group 4 switch
• Bypass Switch
(all top row switches have red LED indicators)
Bottom Row (left to right)
• Overdrive switch (with red LED)
• SubWave switch (with blue LED)
• Bassynth switch (with amber LED)
• Mo’ EQ switch (with green LED)
• Chorus switch (with yellow LED)
• Dual Mode switch (with red LED)
• Filter Sweep Pedal
MO’ CONTROL USER GUIDE • 2
MO’ CONTROL—BACK PANEL FEATURES (left to right)
• Filter Pedal Range Control
• Filter/Bypass Insert Cable
1
/
4
" Jack
• Main Footswitch (DB9) Jack
• Preset Group Mode Switch
CONNECTING THE MO’ CONTROL TO THE MO’ BASS
Before connecting your Mo’ Control to your Mo’ Bass, it’s best to turn your Mo’ Bass power of f.
Why? Mo’ Control is powered by the Mo’ Bass (you’ll notice the lack of an AC receptacle on the Mo’
Control). Also, Mo’ Bass and Mo’ Control are “twins” when the units are connected—one controls
the other, and vice versa. The effects even have the same color LEDs. So if you connect the Mo’
Bass to the Mo’ Control while the Mo’ Bass is on, most likely all of the individual effects will turn on
and the LEDs on both units will illuminate. No harm will come to either unit, but if your settings on
the Mo’ Bass are boosted—like, say, the Overdrive—you may hear a noise you weren’t expecting.
Now that your Mo’ Bass is off, locate the DB9 cable (the one that looks like a computer cable) and
connect it from the “Foot Switch” DB9 jack on the rear of the Mo’ Bass to the similar DB9 jack on
the rear of the Mo’ Control. This jack has a text box above it that reads “To Mo’ Bass Foot Switch
Jack Only.”
3 • MO’ CONTROL USER GUIDE
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