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Double Bass True bypass tuner effect on impedance

Hi! If I put a Strobostomp mini tuner in true bypass mode before a 5 MOhm HPF in my chain, what impedance does the pickup 'see' when the tuner is bypassed? Based on what I've read, my guess would be 5 MOhm or very close, but I'd be grateful if people more knowledgeable than myself would confirm that :help:

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The pickup should still see 5M in that instance. Though high impedance sources like a piezo pickup can be more sensitive to the effects of capacitance so it's possible that the extra cable length, connectors and switch before the 5M buffer may still make some perceptible difference.
Thank you for the reply. There will only be a short high quality patch cable between the tuner and the hpf, so hopefully it won't make much of a difference.