Big effects chain and passive pickups

[Robert Delahunt]

Re: Big effects chain and passive pickups

.....well i have a rather big pedalboard with 12 pedals that i use in front of the clean channel of my amp.......i use the best cables possible e.t.c......I have used in the past active emg pickups and as we all know emg's are quite good with long effects chains...............

I would also like to use passive pickups but all those pedals (btw only one of them is true bypass)......do not work as well as they do with actives........Is there something i could use to reduce the tone loss i get when using my passive equipped guitars????(buffers?/

First, I doubt it's got anything to do with active pickups in a too-long effects chain. Check your chain. Make sure all pedals are grounded to a common point.

Tone loss comes from over-processing your sound. The above is all my opinion, for what it's worth.

 

[fenderiarhs]

Re: Big effects chain and passive pickups

thanks a lot i got some quite good suggestions i might try......having two separate effects chains using a line selector would be good but since i use various combinations of various effects i think i will end having one pedal i might need in the wrong effects chain......

I think the best solution would be to use some bypass boxes for the pedals that create the most problems (EMistr. &behringer tuner e.t.c) Boss pedals are not such a problem even though they do alter tone.........

 

[James Rock]

Re: Big effects chain and passive pickups

I suggest getting true bypass loopers (these can be found or even made quite cheaply) and a good quality buffer (like the radial buffer) that also means if you use two pedal together (like eq and distortion) u can have them both on but isolated then switch them on with the looper when need to so no tap dancing. Or you could go for an effects looper with built in buffer like the ones suggested above or many other brands