True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

[Jacew]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

I'm sure there is plenty of variation regarding how people use true bypass and buffered pedals. It's interesting and quite educational at a times to read about.

I don't get why people get so emotional about it?

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

Because guitars, Internet, tones, trolling, man!

 

[Ascension]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

I dealt with it this week, there is something to it for sure.

Can save your backside if you have true bypass on stage. Example is when I stepped on a bod in my pedal board wrong and unplugged my wah during a song. If it had been a buffered pedal not true bypass my entire rig would have instantly died. However as long as the wah was in the bypass mode and not engaged I had signal so got through the song and fixed the issue. Had a couple of these happen over the years with true bypass effects.
That plus having a bunch of buffers running at the same time in your chain can cause some weird issues with noise and strange overtones. Both buffered and true bypass has advantages and disadvantages.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

Trooper skyflash my squasch massh....

 

[devastone]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

Trooper skyflash my squasch massh....

Truer words have never been spoken on this forum.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

You swear to speak the truth and nothing but the truth, so help you bypass?!

 

[devastone]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

My neighbor had a triple bypass, his wife says she can't tell if he is on or off.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

Uuh true bio bypass...

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

I truly bypass the fiction. It’s a fact.

 

[NegativeEase]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

I truly bypass the fiction. It’s a fact.

I get buffered on fact before I bypass the fiction so that my truth stays the truth before it gets bypassed through all the nonsense.

 

[Girondist]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

Look at the pedalboards of many of the world's most famous guitarists and you'll usually find a healthy mix of TBP and Buffered pedals.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

I want a lying bypas...always wanted to hear one!

 

[devastone]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

Look at the pedalboards of many of the world's most famous guitarists and you'll usually find a healthy mix of TBP and Buffered pedals.

Famous guitarists use what works for them and don't get bogged down in the minutae like people on internet forums, they have better things to do, like making music. Jimi Hendrix would be mocked today for his signal chain.

 

[IMENATOR]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

Unless the non-true bypass pedal you're refering to actually has good transparent buffer with boost ability... which turns that other way around.

I was joking

 

[Jacew]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

I was joking

Well. That could very be true depending of what you're referring true bypass for

 

[Blille]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

What is "true", really?

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

True bypass is only when you unplug the guitar.

 

[Jacew]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

What is "true", really?

Effect adds 0 resistance inline and don't affect load. Isn't it that simple?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

^No such thing...lying through your teeth bypass....don't trust them

 

[dpaterson]

Re: True Bypass .... fact or fiction ?

Famous guitarists use what works for them and don't get bogged down in the minutae like people on internet forums, they have better things to do, like making music.

Much as I hate to admit it (given my history on the forums): I agree with you!!! LOL!!!

Proof of the pudding: I've got a thread that's almost two pages long and the topic is a 3-way blade switch for goodness sake!!! LOL!!!

Then again: were it not for (these) forums I'd probably STILL not be satisfied with my Viv. tone let's face it (which I AM now indeed) (and in spades too) so there's that of course.