Comments on: Defining True Bypass and Buffered Bypass http://www.effectsbay.com/2009/10/defining-true-bypass-and-buffered-bypass/ Talking about guitar effects Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:37:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://www.effectsbay.com/2009/10/defining-true-bypass-and-buffered-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Eric Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:26:54 +0000 http://www.effectsbay.com/?p=210#comment-239 Here's a quick rundown of my setup along with my bypass reasoning for it. I've got 6 pedals all run in front of my amp. The first is a true bypass looper I made myself (with a little help from a friend). Everything else is run through that for two reasons, 1. to enable switching multiple effects on and off quickly and 2. to remove the extra length between the guitar and amp when I don't need the effects. Then I have all my TB effects sandwiched in between a Boss TU-2 and a Japanese GE-7. When I first introduced the GE-7 I noticed a difference in tone, but I liked it. Not sure what it was exactly, but it was good. Having buffers on either end of the chain really helps to push the signal through. Good luck with your experimenting. Here’s a quick rundown of my setup along with my bypass reasoning for it. I’ve got 6 pedals all run in front of my amp. The first is a true bypass looper I made myself (with a little help from a friend). Everything else is run through that for two reasons, 1. to enable switching multiple effects on and off quickly and 2. to remove the extra length between the guitar and amp when I don’t need the effects.

Then I have all my TB effects sandwiched in between a Boss TU-2 and a Japanese GE-7. When I first introduced the GE-7 I noticed a difference in tone, but I liked it. Not sure what it was exactly, but it was good. Having buffers on either end of the chain really helps to push the signal through.

Good luck with your experimenting.

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