griff10672
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Couple of months back Dave had posted this thread ....
https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/threads/buffer-pedals-you-need-one.291593/
A lot of good advice involving your rig in there .....
I had gotten a decent amount of inquiries involving building the same one Dave had showed ( Cornish Buffer )
So I built a Dual version and a Single version ...... a majority of the questions were what exactly does it do ...
Instead of a sound clip .... I'd figure I'd show a visual of what is going on ... and a difference in your signal you can actually see .
These two photos are of my scope with a 10 foot standard guitar cable between the buffer and scope ( think of the scope as the amp )
the buffer is true bypass ..... so without power ... you're getting what you would get if the buffer wasn't there
so ... in the pics .... one has the buffer off .... and the other the buffer is on ... you can plainly see the difference in signal ... the one with power has taller and a bit narrower ( sharper ) waves ..... that difference in the wave shapes as minute as it might look to you ... is basically your treble loss ..
that's only with one ... 10 foot cable .... now imagine all the length of cord involved in a simple setup ... not even mentioning a full blown decent size pedal board ..... the more " length " you introduce ..... the crappier that wave is going to be without using a buffer .
the pic on the left in my screen shot is the one with the buffer on
https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/threads/buffer-pedals-you-need-one.291593/
A lot of good advice involving your rig in there .....
I had gotten a decent amount of inquiries involving building the same one Dave had showed ( Cornish Buffer )
So I built a Dual version and a Single version ...... a majority of the questions were what exactly does it do ...
Instead of a sound clip .... I'd figure I'd show a visual of what is going on ... and a difference in your signal you can actually see .
These two photos are of my scope with a 10 foot standard guitar cable between the buffer and scope ( think of the scope as the amp )
the buffer is true bypass ..... so without power ... you're getting what you would get if the buffer wasn't there
so ... in the pics .... one has the buffer off .... and the other the buffer is on ... you can plainly see the difference in signal ... the one with power has taller and a bit narrower ( sharper ) waves ..... that difference in the wave shapes as minute as it might look to you ... is basically your treble loss ..
that's only with one ... 10 foot cable .... now imagine all the length of cord involved in a simple setup ... not even mentioning a full blown decent size pedal board ..... the more " length " you introduce ..... the crappier that wave is going to be without using a buffer .
the pic on the left in my screen shot is the one with the buffer on
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