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To all custom/boutique pedal makers....a switchless option?

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JimmyM said:
The second you use a pedal with a decent buffer, the differences become immaterial. I guess if you're always going to use a looper, that's fine, but even if I did, there would be times I might only want to use one or two pedals and wouldn't need a looper. Plus I'd be at the mercy of companies who made never-off pedals and not get to use the pedals I really want, so I couldn't do it.
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Jimmy beat me to it. I have a SWEET pedalboard filled with all of TB's favourites, and I barely ever use it. I'm not saying there isn't anyone who *actually* uses their pedals, but it is nice to have the option of grabbing just one or two occasionally, and having the switch at those times is pretty huge. I don't use any one effect for every song...
 
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If the bypass switch contacts are carrying the signal itself, then hard wiring it to eliminate the switch will make no difference. Decent switch contacts are virtually zero ohms.

If the bypass switch is controlling a solid state switch which does the actual signal switching, then eliminating the bypass switch would also eliminate the solid state switch. Possibly, this could have an audible effect. Depends on the quality of the solid state switch and the design.

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Most of my "always on" pedals aren't really that a guaranteed 100% of the time, and I don't use a switcher/looper but even if I did I sometimes want to use a pedal on a smaller board or by itself. Any difference in sound by not having the bypass switch is undetectable if there at all. Apart from possibly making a pedal slightly smaller and marginally less expensive I see nothing good about this idea really, it's just a less versatile product and one with a very small market as well if you want to flip it. So, for me it's a no thanks.
 
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With quite a lot of my pedals I find one sound and then never turn the knobs ever again, except to correct them when they get accidentally moved. Why don't they make pedals with all the knobs inside, instead of on the top where they can get turned by accident or kicked/stood on?

Started this reply as a satire but by the end I really meant it!
 
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kevteop said:
With quite a lot of my pedals I find one sound and then never turn the knobs ever again, except to correct them when they get accidentally moved. Why don't they make pedals with all the knobs inside, instead of on the top where they can get turned by accident or kicked/stood on?

Started this reply as a satire but by the end I really meant it!
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Henretta Engineering Guitar Effects
 
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#29
rratajski said:
He keeps his pedal in true bypass loops, so there's no need to turn them on/off since he loves TB looping.
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OP here. Cool to hear since this is exactly why I brought this topic up....to show how switches are made redundant in a TBL (True Bypass Loop) system and can be eliminated altogether should one choose to use a TBL system. Nice to hear that professional players have started to request this.
 

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