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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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Originally posted by Securb View PostIt doesn't matter. Everyone is overthinking this. Just move your pedals around until you get a pleasant sound.
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My vfe ice-scream has adjustable input impedance,,,,,,,maybe the focus does also come to think of it.
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It doesn't matter. Everyone is overthinking this. Just move your pedals around until you get a pleasant sound.
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Originally posted by ehdwuld View PostWell Josh said not before a fuzz
So tuner
then Fuzz
Then some boost or the Boss DS1
Like in the Op
So any pedal at the end of chain will work?
Turns out that downstream loading can actually be used to tune its sound.
I only recently realized this.
One solution would be to mod the fuzz with a cap to ground.
With true bypass, it can be done in a way that won't affect your tone when the pedal isn't engaged.Last edited by eclecticsynergy; 09-14-2021, 05:42 PM.
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Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View PostI don't know if all Boss pedals have the same buffer, but I changed from a TU-3 to a TC Polytune 3 because the buffer clipped/compressed with hot pickups. I could literally see it when I recorded DI's from the both the main and parallel outs. That's unacceptable, IMO.
ehdwuld, I think your DS-1 plan sounds good. if you find weird things happening when you engage/disengage a pedal, you can consider an output buffer. Technically it’s “better” to have one, but “technically” a Fuzz Face is a Schmitt Trigger that doesn’t belong anywhere near an audio path!
The reason for the output buffer is to make the impedance relationship between the pedals and the amp input common. In rare cases you could step on a delay or chorus pedal and all of a sudden you are driving the amp input differently causing a tonal or gain change. I had this happen with the Belle Epoch, when turned it on the tone changed (which in some senses it’s supposed to, but I had it set as transparent as possible) but I didn’t like a volume bump when the delay went on. Switching it to buffered/preamp always on was great. That was it was a little extra goose into the amp’s input all the time.
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I don't know if all Boss pedals have the same buffer, but I changed from a TU-3 to a TC Polytune 3 because the buffer clipped/compressed with hot pickups. I could literally see it when I recorded DI's from the both the main and parallel outs. That's unacceptable, IMO.
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Originally posted by ehdwuld View Postis there a test with a meter that can tell if it has a buffer or not?
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Usually I only keep buffers on my distortions because that's what the guitar sees first. After that I don't particularly care so long as it's not a crappy buffer, but you don't see those too much these days.
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Originally posted by ehdwuld View PostWell Josh said not before a fuzz
So tuner
then Fuzz
Then some boost or the Boss DS1
Like in the Op
So any pedal at the end of chain will work?
The DS-1 is buffered. I'd put the tuner after the fuzz and DS-1 - just kick off the gain to tune and kick it back on when you're done. This way you've only got one pedal before the buffer.
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