bad example though, because the bypass on the moogerfoogers is truly awful - has anybody ever been able to mod those for true bypass?
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Calling Bongo - Testing True Bypass - Multimeter?
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bad example though, because the bypass on the moogerfoogers is truly awful - has anybody ever been able to mod those for true bypass?
bongomania
Commercial User
Right, their pedals sell fine in spite of their rotten bypass. They are one of the few cases where it really does matter. Seems like there should be no problem with modding them, there's plenty of room, but I personally haven't seen it done yet.
I've learned to live with a little dirt. I'm ok with it. Still, I run an FX loop on a completely seperate channel than my clean sound. It blends in when I step it in. Still, I have a mooger fooger in my chain and that thing is dirty. It's ok though. Doesn't bother me much because this is my distortion channel anyway. Besides, do your really think the drunk dude at the bar can tell that one of my effects is bleeding sound into my mix?
EDIT: Still one way to test it is to hook it up to a computer that you record with. Play some clean sound for reference, then put it in your chain to see if it "alters" it at all.
EDIT: Still one way to test it is to hook it up to a computer that you record with. Play some clean sound for reference, then put it in your chain to see if it "alters" it at all.
Agree completely. I only got very anal about it when I started noticing a problem with long chains of tone-sucking pedals. I never would have gotten so deep into it if there wasn't a problem to begin with.
If you're paying over $300 for a pedal, would you go at it with a soldering iron?
Wait... bad question...
Place yourself in the shoes of a normal person for a moment or two and think about it.
Makes sense.
Buffers aren't perfect, either - a string of mediocre buffers can produce adverse results more easily than a string of pedals with TBP. And there are some buffers which can impact your tone in very noticeable ways that even non-audiophiles may have a hard time ignoring (if you like a bright tone, that is).
I won't point out any particular examples, but *COUGH*DUNLOP 105Q BASS CRYBABY*COUGH*MOOG PEDALS*COUGH**COUGH*...
True bypass is NOT some magical solution to all of your problems, and it comes with a whole raft of unique disadvantages. It's also, apparently, completely misunderstood by end-users and obfuscated by manufacturers.
Forget about the technology and just assess a product on how it performs. Simple.
Forget about the technology and just assess a product on how it performs. Simple.
