The first "note" will probably make me look like an idiot. So be it. Been there, done that before.
I hadn't noticed anyone mentioning it, and the pedal didn't come with an owners manual . . . so I didn't see it 'til I took the bottom cover off. There's a "buffer/true-bypass" micro switch hidden inside. Very cool. That will be, of course, the first mod. Bring the switch to the outside.
The next note, is interesting. I always like to look inside a new pedal just to see what makes it tick. There's a couple of TL072 op-amps, and a TC7660 chip. That last number rang a bell. It's a chip that generates a negative voltage so that the pedals' op-amps can run from a true +/- 9-volt bi-polar power supply. Very cool. This chip is a newer version of a chip I saw in an old Yamaha bass many years ago. The chip allowed the Yamaha to run 18-volt pickups from a single 9-volt battery. Sweet!
Anyway . . . inquiring minds want to know.
Artie
I hadn't noticed anyone mentioning it, and the pedal didn't come with an owners manual . . . so I didn't see it 'til I took the bottom cover off. There's a "buffer/true-bypass" micro switch hidden inside. Very cool. That will be, of course, the first mod. Bring the switch to the outside.
The next note, is interesting. I always like to look inside a new pedal just to see what makes it tick. There's a couple of TL072 op-amps, and a TC7660 chip. That last number rang a bell. It's a chip that generates a negative voltage so that the pedals' op-amps can run from a true +/- 9-volt bi-polar power supply. Very cool. This chip is a newer version of a chip I saw in an old Yamaha bass many years ago. The chip allowed the Yamaha to run 18-volt pickups from a single 9-volt battery. Sweet!
Anyway . . . inquiring minds want to know.
Artie
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