My vfe ice-scream has adjustable input impedance,,,,,,,maybe the focus does also come to think of it.
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Originally posted by Securb View PostIt doesn't matter. Everyone is overthinking this. Just move your pedals around until you get a pleasant sound.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
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Originally posted by dave74 View PostMy vfe ice-scream has adjustable input impedance,,,,,,,maybe the focus does also come to think of it.
Usually if it’s a high input impedance it’ll be fine anywhere in the chain, the lower impedance will cause more interesting things to occur which could be beneficial or not based on what you want.
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Do you find your tone even needs a buffer? Or are you just trying to make Josh happy? He's in the business of selling pedals.
I play single coil Fenders into Fender amps, there's more than enough "bright" going on that I don't mind a little loss of hi end.
No buffer's for me!Trainspotter
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I did notice my long cheap braided cables darken the sound a bit
the 20 ft George L cable doesn't do that
But it tangles much quicker than the big cheap braided musicians gear
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Originally posted by ehdwuld View PostI did notice my long cheap braided cables darken the sound a bit
the 20 ft George L cable doesn't do that
But it tangles much quicker than the big cheap braided musicians gear
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As always - let your EARS be the final judge. After all of this arranging and rearranging to get the correct settings:
- It may all sound the same either way
- It may sound better with the buffers
- It may sound worse
Physics is physics, and sound is sound. Somethings they can be more or less related. YMMV
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Originally posted by Aceman View PostAs always - let your EARS be the final judge. After all of this arranging and rearranging to get the correct settings:
- It may all sound the same either way
- It may sound better with the buffers
- It may sound worse
Physics is physics, and sound is sound. Somethings they can be more or less related. YMMV
"everything is right"
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RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)
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What’s your current complete signal path? Which pedals are you using?
EDIT: Aceman wasn’t saying “everything is right”, he was saying that what’s right for one person and their setup is not necessarily right for someone else.
Play the guitar through your pedalboard, but without any pedals on (unless they’re normally always on); then plug the guitar straight into the amp, and see if it sounds better. If it sounds better straight into the amp, you might need a buffer.Last edited by CaptainWhizz; 09-21-2021, 04:15 PM.
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Thank you
I am aware of how to plug in my gear
I was making a discussion about buffers and and true bypass
This is the title of the thread
I posted the signal path in three posts in this thread
I realize no one reads the title or the whole thread before offering opinions
Thanks again
I like Aces view and i agree that if it sounds good in whatever configuration, it is good.
that does nothing to drive the conversation or topic at all.
Its like asking should i get the brown Toyota or white Ford
And someone saying get the one you like best
hardly informative at all. And although it is technically the right approach
Does nothing for the topic
Doesn't compare the vehicles, or in the case of this thread, the design of the pedal switches
Or like you said just ride a bike
Again thank you for bumping the thread back up
So that someone may see it and offer a worhwhile opinion
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RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)
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I for one have noticed some loss in fundamental tone when using too many buffered effects in the path. Starts sounding thinner when you get more than a few IMO.
The common theme of using a couple in the front-end that are strategically-placed is probably the best policy.
If you use the amp's loop and have long cables going to and from then use another buffered model at the beginning and/or at the end of the loop.
Just a hunch here, but I'd bet the cheapo $20 pedals do not have the same buffers as the Boss models. Never compared them myself though.
Waza buffers are improved MIJ versions, and the waza tuner has the buffer/bypass switch so it's very useful beyond just tuning and setting intonation. Great first-in-line pedal.
The waza delay makes a great last-in-line pedal, especially if your amp has reverb.
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