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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
 Posted - 09/04/2007 : 08:54:02
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The quality of the buffer stage seems to have a profound effect on the tone-sucking qualities of a pedal, I have read that from several sources, and it sounds relevant. The buffer stage is ON even when the pedal is �by-passed�.
Does the buffer stage differ in Boss pedals, or is it a �standard� one found in every pedal?
I�m not so sure about that, as there are several known tone-suckers, like PSM-5 and TU-2.
I also read in a test of the new RE-20 that this pedal had a high quality buffer. I thought of to really test this so I brought out my looper/true bypass-box and connected RE-20, and indeed there was no signal loss at all when listening real closely. Then I did the same thing with PSM-5, and guess what�. There was a very noticeable difference in tone quality, a little muffled and less bright than the direct signal. Adding up with a couple of other tone-suckers would not be so good.... But we have EH-2 for that!
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Edited by - Goran on 09/04/2007 08:57:27 |
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The buffer stage
