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Wasn’t sure where to put this, mods please move if you need to and accept my apologies. 
I would like, via a footswitch/pedal, to be able to switch between the output to my amp and a set of headphones, so I can turn my output off to keep noise down but still hear myself through the headphones. I don’t want the sound in the headphones otherwise. 
I have a boss Tu3 at the start of my pedal chain but I would want to hear the output post effects. 
Is there a pedal that can do this, or maybe a combo of a couple of things?

This would be perfect for practice or in the church setting I may be playing in. 

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As above re the A/B switch, perhaps to a Behringer P1 which you could wear (battery powered) or install on the board (9v). The P1 has a second input should you need it. Inputs are via XLRs so you'd need an adapter. I have one and used it for IEM before moving to wireless. I now use it mainly for silent practice.  

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9 minutes ago, Franticsmurf said:

As above re the A/B switch, perhaps to a Behringer P1 which you could wear (battery powered) or install on the board (9v). The P1 has a second input should you need it. Inputs are via XLRs so you'd need an adapter. I have one and used it for IEM before moving to wireless. I now use it mainly for silent practice.  

 

Or the P2, which has one of those fancy all-in-one XLR and jack sockets.

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On 11/05/2024 at 14:57, Franticsmurf said:

As above re the A/B switch, perhaps to a Behringer P1 which you could wear (battery powered) or install on the board (9v). The P1 has a second input should you need it. Inputs are via XLRs so you'd need an adapter. I have one and used it for IEM before moving to wireless. I now use it mainly for silent practice.  

Thanks that sounds exactly what I need. I’ll take a look. 

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How about just moving your TU3 to the end of your signal, before the headphones? That way you could have the mutable output going to your amp and the non-muted output going to your headphones? Worth a try before you buy anything.

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5 hours ago, dudewheresmybass said:

 

Can't tell if this would mute the headphones when going through the outputs and vice versa, but if it does then this is exactly what the OP needs! I would imagine the headphone output is just always on though, but i might be wrong. If you can live with the headphone signal being on all the time though, this is probably quite a neat solution!

 

 

Not sure how you're currently powering a set of headphones from your pedal board, but if you aren't yet, then as others have said, AB pedal plus a headphone amp (such as the P1) would do the exact job you need. 

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You didn't say whether you also have a DI going to the mixer, and thus wanted to switch between amp OR headphones on stage leaving the DI signal intact, or switch both amp and DI off when the signal goes to headphones.

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