Parallel fx loop vs hi-pass fx loop

[idoru]

g'day guys,

we're all familiar with blending our effects with our clean tones via Boss LS-2 and other pedals, right? Who here has also had experience with using a series loop with a hi-pass filter on the fx, like a Tym Guitars Big Bottom pedal or the Trace Elliot heads? To clarify, some low-passed portion of the signal bypasses the effects loop to maintain low end.

I'm finding that parallel blending works great with dirt pedals, but makes it hard to use modulation pedals in a subtle fashion; ie: the effect gets a little lost unless depth & rate is cranked up.

Curious to hear some thoughts on this.

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[dannybuoy]

There's a blender pedal called the Parablender made by Moosapotamus which has an adjustable lowpass filter on the clean side and high pass filter on the fx side. I might try and build one and play with it, there's a schematic floating about somewhere on the internet.

[idoru]

Just google Moosapotamus I've got that schematic somewhere. Thing is, he ditched the filters in his second & subsequent builds.

[Edit] Actually, he ditched the _controls_ on the filters, just set them where he likes it.

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