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Topic: Effects Pedal With Total Bypass ? |
Bob Snelgrove
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 9:21 am |
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Digitech's Hardwire series of stompboxes are all true bypass and are built like a tank. I use their tuner inline all the time with absolutely no loss of frequency response. Haven't tried their dly or cho boxes. There are others out there with true bypass as well.
It's noteworthy that many guitar tone snobs will warn that true bypass may not be as valuable as you might think, especially if you use a lot of stompboxes. I never have more than 4 or 5 devices in line at a time, but have not had a hum or hiss problem in many years. The newer stuff, true bypass or not, is just quieter than the stuff I used to use in 1975 or 80.
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Bob Snelgrove
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Ken Fox
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Nashville GA USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 1:07 pm
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The hardwire DL-8 has modulated delay as well as many other fuctions. Quiet as a church mouse and true bypass.
Last edited by Ken Fox on 9 Oct 2011 5:56 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Larry Bell
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 4:59 pm
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I've learned to trust Ken Fox on matters like this.
. . . 'nuf said
Don't know about the Line6. Their website doesn't specify, but I can tell ya the Digitech Hardwire series is built like a Sherman tank and completely bypassed when 'off'.
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My CD's: 'I've Got Friends in COLD Places' - 'Pedal Steel Guitar'
2021 Rittenberry S/D-12 8x7, 1976 Emmons S/D-12 7x6, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Quilter ToneBlock 202 TT-12 |
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Ken Fox
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Nashville GA USA
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Thom Ferman
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Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2011 1:27 pm
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I've got the Hardwire DL-8 delay, RV-7 reverb (right on the leg of the PSG where I can dial it on-the-fly, GREAT sounding reverb) and the SC-2 valve distortion (voiced really well for PSG overdrive). All feature true bypass switching and are extremely quiet. The DL-8 and RV-7 also have a "trails" dip switch that allow the delay / reverb effect to trail off after the effect is switched off. However, turning the "trails" switch on defeats the true bypass functionality of these pedals. Although...it does enable a nice built in buffer that can help equalize the tone drop of running too many effects pedals in line (kind of a poor man's "Free Loader").
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Matthew Dawson
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Portland Oregon, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2011 9:33 am
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| If you want to go one step further, the Strymon El Capistan keeps your analog signal analog and blends in the digital delayed effect. The El Capistan is a tape delay modeler and you can get some really cool sounding modulations and control for things like tape age, wow, flutter, bias, " tape crinkle," and head alignment. It will even add in random tape splices! |
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Bob Snelgrove
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san jose, ca
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Posted 12 Oct 2011 3:03 pm
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| Matthew Dawson wrote: |
| If you want to go one step further, the Strymon El Capistan keeps your analog signal analog and blends in the digital delayed effect. The El Capistan is a tape delay modeler and you can get some really cool sounding modulations and control for things like tape age, wow, flutter, bias, " tape crinkle," and head alignment. It will even add in random tape splices! |
Nice box!
bob
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Michael Hartz
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Decorah, Iowa, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2011 9:21 am Re: effects pedals
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Take a look at Wampler pedals. They make a Faux Analog Delay and a Nirvana Chorus pedal that are awesome. These are boutique pedals used by Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, and many others. They are all true bypass and are made will all high grade film caps and other components for the the lowest noise. Paul Franklin right now swears by his Benado Effects board in which all of the individual effects components were designed by Brian "Wampler". I have 4 of their pedals and love them and Brian is a Fanatic about Tone and customer service. CORRECTION!!!---The Benado Effects board was designed with help from Brian Wampler but the effects themselves are Sage's design and not Brian's. Sorry about any confusion this might have caused. Regardless they are both great sounding boutique pedals so you can't go wrong with either one.
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Cliff Kane
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the late great golden state
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Posted 15 Oct 2011 1:43 pm
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| Bob, I don't know how many pedals you're running, but what I eventual did was put all of my pedals on a true bypass loop strip. Some pedals that claim to be true bypass pop when switched, and a lot of great sounding pedals have buffered bypass, which is cool as it drives the line, but can add weird gain and highs to the signal. Get a switching loop strip, and then when you find a great sounding pedal you don't have to worry about its bypass. I had a company named Road Rage make mine. It's high quality and reasonably priced. |
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Georg Sørtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 15 Oct 2011 2:12 pm
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| Cliff Kane wrote: |
| Get a switching loop strip, and then when you find a great sounding pedal you don't have to worry about its bypass. |
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Bob Snelgrove
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san jose, ca
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