Problems on the pedalboard

At our last but one rehearsal, we were about to play a song in the key of Bb. For this song, I 'cheat' by setting the octave pedal ¹to transpose up by 3 semitones then playing in G. When I pressed on the pedal's footswitch - nothing happened except a sort of delay and a crackling sound. With no time to waste, I took my capo (which was sitting in the guitar bag as I don't normally use it), placed it on the third fret and proceeded to play as usual. Another song is in the key Cm, so again I capo up three frets and play in Am.

I thought that the problem might be some form of interaction with the new pedal², so yesterday I changed the order of the pedals, placing the octave pedal first (after the tuner). This made absolutely no difference. What is galling is that the pedal can transpose down; I ended up using this functionality in order to play a song that is notated in Am, but the singers want to sing it in Gm. Thus I set the pedal to transpose down two semitones - this was OK. I suppose that for the song in Bb, I could set the pedal to transpose down four semitones and play in D, but for this I'll have to learn to play the song in D (a minor problem).

As I bought the pedal at least 15 months ago, I assume that it's no longer under guarantee, so I don't have many options other than buying another octave pedal. The Donner pedal cost $45, if I remember correctly, but maybe I can find a pedal from another manufacturer.

I used the new multifunctional pedal in quite a few songs yesterday; I notice that I'm using the Leslie and tremolo pedals less and less.

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