Pedal junkie needs advice....

Pedal junkie needs advice....

I have to comment on the DOD Yngwie Malmsteen overdrive. AWESOME
pedal.
I saw it on musicians friend for $29.99 so I just had to order one..
Whoever suggested this pedal, thank you:)

TO THE POINT.......
I want to get what I need, and FINALLY say GOODBYE,
to fiddling with my setup.
I would like to hear YOUR OPINIONS, on what would YOU would do
if you had my gear.

----GEAR LIST------
Guitars:
1.American Fender Humbucker Strat (Seymour Duncan Invader in the
bridge).
2.Mexican Fender Telecaster

Amps:
1.Peavey Triple XXX -----> (4x12)
2.Modded Sovtek Mig-50 (best clean sound I have ever heard ,IMHO)
------>(2X12)

Stomp Boxes:
1.Boss SD-2-Dual Overdrive
2.Boss DS-1 Distortion
3.Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
4.Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
5 Boss Robert Keeley Metal Zone
6.Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
7.DOD YJM308 Preamp Overdrive
8.DOD Death Metal Distortion FX86B
9.DOD Grunge FX69B
10.Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
11.Boss TR-2 Tremolo
12.Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
13.Boss BF-2 Flanger (Japanese)
14.Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
15.Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus
16 Budda Wah-Wah
17. Vox Volume Pedal

For the sake of figuring out my setup, and for the sake of
fun. I would love to hear your suggestions.
How you would set it up if you had my gear,
whats missing ect....

I KNOW I'M MISSING SOMETHING KEY HERE.I can't quite put
my finger on it.
I want to be able to set and forget my stomps. Not have to switch them
around all the time.
I actually have 10 pedals in the FX loop of my Peavey right now, and 3
distortions into the front end of my Sovtek.
Like I said, I have about $2000 to spend, to put all the connections
together, buy whats missing....

I play every kind of music possible. From Jazz to Blues, Death Metal,
Techno/Industrial, 80's, Punk, Funk,
Classical...and everything in between.

I need a little more CONTROL over my effects. I'm sick of having to re-
wire my whole chain, every time
I set up at a different place. Thats why I was asking about multi-
effects units in my earlier post.
I want to have a very complex array of effects, but simplified and not
so confusing...versatile for every kind of music.


-Major

Re: Pedal junkie needs advice....

On Mar 19, 2:57 pm, majorbluego...@msn . com wrote:

> For the sake of figuring out my setup, and for the sake of
> fun. I would love to hear your suggestions.
> How you would set it up if you had my gear,
> whats missing ect....

I think you are trying to get too specific with pedals making your
sounds.

I'd whittle things down to one overdrive and one distortion (but
finding the right combination of distortion and overdrive is not
easy). That gives you 4 gain-settings: clean, overdriven, distorted,
and distorted-overdriven. Bridge the gaps with your playing dynamics.
Your compressor can function as a boost for all of the above, too. A
different guitar (say, a modest Les Paul) will take you into new tone
territories too.

You might consider moving from 4 separate modulation pedals to a Line6
MM-4. Then you can choose 4 different mod effects from the 15 or so it
contains. No pedal swapping that way! One power supply! One patch
cable!

So, I've got you simplified down to (in my perferred order-of
operations):

Wah
compressor
distortion
overdrive
volume
delay
mods (MM-4, doing chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo).

This is essentially what my pedalboard looks like, except I have 3
delays sync'ed together with different beat-values for cascading
echoes. I turn them on and off individually.

Also, I'd use the clean amp. A great clean sound is worth its weight
in gold. Besides, the Good Lord gave us distortion pedals to filthy-up
a good clean amp. ;^)

-dave----:::
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Re: Pedal junkie needs advice....

majorbluegoose@msn . com wrote:
> I have to comment on the DOD Yngwie Malmsteen overdrive. AWESOME
> pedal.
> I saw it on musicians friend for $29.99 so I just had to order one..
> Whoever suggested this pedal, thank you:)

I like the 308 model in my Digitech DF7 pedal. It actually gives more
control over tone than the stock one. Plus the stock pedal lacks an LED.

> TO THE POINT.......
> I want to get what I need, and FINALLY say GOODBYE,
> to fiddling with my setup.
> I would like to hear YOUR OPINIONS, on what would YOU would do
> if you had my gear.
> ________________________________________________________________
> ----GEAR LIST------
> Guitars:
> 1.American Fender Humbucker Strat (Seymour Duncan Invader in the
> bridge).
> 2.Mexican Fender Telecaster
>
> Amps:
> 1.Peavey Triple XXX -----> (4x12)
> 2.Modded Sovtek Mig-50 (best clean sound I have ever heard ,IMHO)
> ------>(2X12)
>
> Stomp Boxes:
> 1.Boss SD-2-Dual Overdrive
> 2.Boss DS-1 Distortion
> 3.Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
> 4.Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
> 5 Boss Robert Keeley Metal Zone
> 6.Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
> 7.DOD YJM308 Preamp Overdrive
> 8.DOD Death Metal Distortion FX86B
> 9.DOD Grunge FX69B
> 10.Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
> 11.Boss TR-2 Tremolo
> 12.Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
> 13.Boss BF-2 Flanger (Japanese)
> 14.Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
> 15.Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus
> 16 Budda Wah-Wah
> 17. Vox Volume Pedal
> ______________________
> For the sake of figuring out my setup, and for the sake of
> fun. I would love to hear your suggestions.
> How you would set it up if you had my gear,
> whats missing ect....
>
> I KNOW I'M MISSING SOMETHING KEY HERE.I can't quite put
> my finger on it.
> I want to be able to set and forget my stomps. Not have to switch them
> around all the time.
> I actually have 10 pedals in the FX loop of my Peavey right now, and 3
> distortions into the front end of my Sovtek.
> Like I said, I have about $2000 to spend, to put all the connections
> together, buy whats missing....

You're not gonna like my answers...

First of all, I'd cut down on sheer numbers of stomp boxes, and/or use
A/B to split them between amps. If you keep all those pedals you'll
constantly be tweaking and twisting knobs. I'd focus on finding my
tones in the amp, then use a few pedals to fill in the missing tones.

After all, how many OD pedals do you REALLY need? How many distortions?
If you really like running all series, so that you can kick the SD,
the TS9 or the 308 for three separate types of OD, fine. But with that
many pedals I'd be thinking about using some true bypass mods or true
bypass loop pedals to keep the signal pure. Same goes for HM-2, the TWO
metal zones, grunge, the FX86B... That many buffer amps in a row can
kill a clean tone for sure! ...and maybe even gain tones.

(BTW, I modify the "Death Metal" pedals, they're a good starting
platform. But in stock dress, they can be VERY noisy!)

Now, on to the amps... If I had some gear to sell of and $2k in my
pocket, I'd may darned sure I had the right amps to start with.

Do your REALLY love that Sovtek for clean to blues tones, or could it be
that you just haven't tried better? I'd suggest comparing it to a good
Silver Face Super Reverb (not one with a mids control in the normal
side). Can't find one? Try a reissue Black Face, but I don't like them
as much. Need louder clean? Silver Face Twin Reverb.

What do you use for medium gain classic rock? Pedals on the clean amp?
Less drive on that XXX? I know I'd be happier with a Marshall JMP
2204 and B type 4x12, preferably with Green Back or Vintage 30 speakers.
Can't find the JMP? Try an EARLY JCM800 single channel 50W master
with vertical input jacks.

Using 3 amps at a gig may not be practical, though. So you might have
to decide between pedals on a good Marshall for higher gain (lose the
XXX), pedals on the clean amp for mid gain (keeping a high gain amp), or
reduced gain through your high gain amp. But you won't get the same mid
gain result as a good Marshall. THAT could be what you're missing.

How do you like that XXX? If you really like it, you've got high gain
covered. But you might consider comparing to Mesa for high gain. My
answer was a Mark III. Yours might be a Dual Rectifier or a Mark
series. The earlier Dual Rectifier can do good cleans or gain (as can a
Mark series, but Rectifier has the edge on bottom heavy metal). You
could do much worse than a Mesa and a Marshall 2204. Or, you may decide
to loose the high gain amp in favor of a pedal in front of a mid gain or
low gain amp.

There are soooo many possibilities. Without HEARING you, I can't say
what *I* think is missing.

I know I'd have a problem with the guitar choice. You're also missing
something in between a single coil and that hot humbucker. THAT could
be the source of much of the trouble. I might think about an SG or Les
Paul.


>
> I play every kind of music possible. From Jazz to Blues, Death Metal,
> Techno/Industrial, 80's, Punk, Funk,
> Classical...and everything in between.
>
> I need a little more CONTROL over my effects. I'm sick of having to re-
> wire my whole chain, every time
> I set up at a different place. Thats why I was asking about multi-
> effects units in my earlier post.
> I want to have a very complex array of effects, but simplified and not
> so confusing...versatile for every kind of music.
>
>
> -Major
>

Re: Pedal junkie needs advice....

On Mar 19, 2:57 pm, majorbluego...@msn . com wrote:
> I have to comment on the DOD Yngwie Malmsteen overdrive. AWESOME
> pedal.
> I saw it on musicians friend for $29.99 so I just had to order one..
> Whoever suggested this pedal, thank you:)
>
> TO THE POINT.......
> I want to get what I need, and FINALLY say GOODBYE,
> to fiddling with my setup.
> I would like to hear YOUR OPINIONS, on what would YOU would do
> if you had my gear.
>
> ----GEAR LIST------
> Guitars:
> 1.American Fender Humbucker Strat (Seymour Duncan Invader in the
> bridge).
> 2.Mexican Fender Telecaster
>
> Amps:
> 1.Peavey Triple XXX -----> (4x12)
> 2.Modded Sovtek Mig-50 (best clean sound I have ever heard ,IMHO)
> ------>(2X12)
>
> Stomp Boxes:
> 1.Boss SD-2-Dual Overdrive
> 2.Boss DS-1 Distortion
> 3.Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
> 4.Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
> 5 Boss Robert Keeley Metal Zone
> 6.Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
> 7.DOD YJM308 Preamp Overdrive
> 8.DOD Death Metal Distortion FX86B
> 9.DOD Grunge FX69B
> 10.Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
> 11.Boss TR-2 Tremolo
> 12.Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
> 13.Boss BF-2 Flanger (Japanese)
> 14.Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
> 15.Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus
> 16 Budda Wah-Wah
> 17. Vox Volume Pedal
>
> For the sake of figuring out my setup, and for the sake of
> fun. I would love to hear your suggestions.
> How you would set it up if you had my gear,
> whats missing ect....
>
> I KNOW I'M MISSING SOMETHING KEY HERE.I can't quite put
> my finger on it.
> I want to be able to set and forget my stomps. Not have to switch them
> around all the time.
> I actually have 10 pedals in the FX loop of my Peavey right now, and 3
> distortions into the front end of my Sovtek.
> Like I said, I have about $2000 to spend, to put all the connections
> together, buy whats missing....
>
> I play every kind of music possible. From Jazz to Blues, Death Metal,
> Techno/Industrial, 80's, Punk, Funk,
> Classical...and everything in between.
>
> I need a little more CONTROL over my effects. I'm sick of having to re-
> wire my whole chain, every time
> I set up at a different place. Thats why I was asking about multi-
> effects units in my earlier post.
> I want to have a very complex array of effects, but simplified and not
> so confusing...versatile for every kind of music.
>
> -Major


Since you play so many different styles, I'd think about splitting up
your effects into several pedal boards for different gigs. If you're
playing jazz, you don't need five distortion boxes; perhaps just a
compressor and maybe a chorus for variety. You could do the same with
the rest of the pedals and other styles.

As Jim was saying, perhaps you should be looking into an amp that you
like better. AFAIK, the Triple XXX is a high gain rig which should
give you more than enough overdrive/distortion for most applications;
I can see having a boost or some other overdrive pedal handy to kick
it up, but do you really need all those other distortions?

I'm a pedal junkie too (although, a bit reformed these days) and I
found the best way to approach setting up what you're going to use is
to plug right into the amp and get the best sound you possibly can out
of it. If it's not working for you in the big picture, you probably
want to look into another amp. If it's good but you just want some
more options, try limiting yourself to just one or two boost/overdrive/
distortion pedals and see if you can get those to work.

It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking, "Well, I need a sound for
this, a sound for that, a sound for this other thing..." and so on.
Really, when you get right down to it, how many different kinds of
distortion sounds do you need? Lately, with all these pedals I have,
I've been using just one for boosting (okay, it's really two pedals in
one) and that's worked really well for me even when switching to very
different guitars (Strat, Tele, Les Paul). The pedal is an Analogman
King of Tone and it can be set to be very neutral sounding so it
doesn't color the tone a lot except how I want it to. This way, when
I want a different sound, I grab a different guitar and let the guitar
sound like how it sounds. I'll concede that the tradeoff is that I'm
carrying around more guitars than pedals though. ;)

Re: Pedal junkie needs advice....

> I have to comment on the DOD Yngwie Malmsteen overdrive. AWESOME
> pedal.
> I saw it on musicians friend for $29.99 so I just had to order one..
> Whoever suggested this pedal, thank you:)
>
>
No problem. The thing is that that's actually malmsteens pedal.
He actually has that incorporated in his rig. It's not like it's all for
show. His personal pedal is not rewired.
That is what I like about Yngwie. He just goes for the of-the-shelf stuff.
With guitars, amps and effects. He custumized the footswitch though.
So in co-op with DOD he took their pedal, the 250 (that he used for 20
years) and just modded it a little so it has more string definition and
probably that "11" feel.
And that's it. An awesome pedal at 29.99


You might want to think of making a rig that is controlled by a huge
footwitch, and then just put the wah right next to it.
And have all of your effects on a rack. It's a pain in the ass to configure
and wire, but it could be what you're looking for.
Yngwie has the same thing.

And then you could have separate setups. Like 5 for one amp and 3 for the
other.

I would do that..

Re: Pedal junkie needs advice....

I want to thank everyone for their advice so far, it is defenetley
putting things into perspective.
To answer a few key questions that ppl asked...


Q: Do you really like the clean tone of the Sovtek that much?
A: The most important question, IMO, YES-YES-YES
it is, I swear to the almighty maker.
It was originally a stock Sovtek-MIG-50. Then I took it to
my friend who is an electronics expert, He loves to mod amps, so I
gave him the sovtek,
and he did his thing, he told me he used all fender parts to mod it
I'm not sure what he did, but this thing is so amazing.
It has such a WOODEN and TRANSPARENT sound.

Though I AM tempted to try one of those Fender clean amps.....
Hows the Roland JC-120?, Does the using Boss effects through
the Roland JC 120 live up to any of the avertising hype?
Ive heard good thing about the Roland JC 120, even though
its solid state, it supposed to be kick ass for clean (so I been told)

Q: What do you use for your high gain?
A:Either My Triple XXX's amps overdrive, or
My Sovtek with a metal pedal (the death metal is my favorite for
industrial/metal sounding LOUD crunch.
The drive on the XXX is good for Industrial music too.
But it has a BIG problem CUTTING through the mix, when there is
allot of Bass/Synth,,Techno thumping beats, electronic stuff.
Thats why I got the Invader pickup, to cut through the mix a little
better.
It helps a great deal but I'm still looking for better solutions...

I will get back to everyone soon:)

Re: Pedal junkie needs advice....

On Mar 20, 8:02 pm, majorbluego...@msn . com wrote:
> I want to thank everyone for their advice so far, it is defenetley
> putting things into perspective.
> To answer a few key questions that ppl asked...
>
> Q: Do you really like the clean tone of the Sovtek that much?
> A: The most important question, IMO, YES-YES-YES
> it is, I swear to the almighty maker.
> It was originally a stock Sovtek-MIG-50. Then I took it to
> my friend who is an electronics expert, He loves to mod amps, so I
> gave him the sovtek,
> and he did his thing, he told me he used all fender parts to mod it
> I'm not sure what he did, but this thing is so amazing.
> It has such a WOODEN and TRANSPARENT sound.
>
> Though I AM tempted to try one of those Fender clean amps.....
> Hows the Roland JC-120?, Does the using Boss effects through
> the Roland JC 120 live up to any of the avertising hype?
> Ive heard good thing about the Roland JC 120, even though
> its solid state, it supposed to be kick ass for clean (so I been told)
>
> Q: What do you use for your high gain?
> A:Either My Triple XXX's amps overdrive, or
> My Sovtek with a metal pedal (the death metal is my favorite for
> industrial/metal sounding LOUD crunch.
> The drive on the XXX is good for Industrial music too.
> But it has a BIG problem CUTTING through the mix, when there is
> allot of Bass/Synth,,Techno thumping beats, electronic stuff.
> Thats why I got the Invader pickup, to cut through the mix a little
> better.
> It helps a great deal but I'm still looking for better solutions...
>
> I will get back to everyone soon:)

OK ... heres what I got set up so far.....
in this order,

Telecaster------>
Wah
Compressor
Metal Zone
Dual Overdrive ( with the extention pedal to switch between low and
mid drive, thus called the dual overdrive...)
Volume
Delay
Tremolo
Flanger
--------------> 1st input of the clean amp.

Strat--------->DOD 308------->2nd input of the clean amp

(I'm putting the XXX on the side for now and trying what I can come up
with
just the Sovtek.)
I would put in the phaser and chorus but
my pedal board is out of room. This was all put onto one floor mat...
in a very selective , intricate positions and settings...

I'm not sure about the XXX, might keep it , might sell it, might keep
it as a backup....
I sounds good, but not nearly as good as a Metal Zone or a Death Metal
into the Sovtek.
I wanna try a big muff too, cause I'm a big smashing pumpkins fan;)

So mabye like....

Keep the Sovtek clean amp and
Get New hi-gain head, and an a/b split box
so I can use two.
Not sure which to get though...

...well thats enough for now

throw out some more ideas ppl :)........

Re: Pedal junkie needs advice....

On Mar 21, 2:50 am, majorbluego...@msn . com wrote:
> On Mar 20, 8:02 pm, majorbluego...@msn . com wrote:> I want to thank everyone for their advice so far, it is defenetley
> > putting things into perspective.
> > To answer a few key questions that ppl asked...
>
> > Q: Do you really like the clean tone of the Sovtek that much?
> > A: The most important question, IMO, YES-YES-YES
> > it is, I swear to the almighty maker.
> > It was originally a stock Sovtek-MIG-50. Then I took it to
> > my friend who is an electronics expert, He loves to mod amps, so I
> > gave him the sovtek,
> > and he did his thing, he told me he used all fender parts to mod it
> > I'm not sure what he did, but this thing is so amazing.
> > It has such a WOODEN and TRANSPARENT sound.
>
> > Though I AM tempted to try one of those Fender clean amps.....
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hows the Roland JC-120?, Does the using Boss effects through
> > the Roland JC 120 live up to any of the avertising hype?
> > Ive heard good thing about the Roland JC 120, even though
> > its solid state, it supposed to be kick ass for clean (so I been told)
>
> > Q: What do you use for your high gain?
> > A:Either My Triple XXX's amps overdrive, or
> > My Sovtek with a metal pedal (the death metal is my favorite for
> > industrial/metal sounding LOUD crunch.
> > The drive on the XXX is good for Industrial music too.
> > But it has a BIG problem CUTTING through the mix, when there is
> > allot of Bass/Synth,,Techno thumping beats, electronic stuff.
> > Thats why I got the Invader pickup, to cut through the mix a little
> > better.
> > It helps a great deal but I'm still looking for better solutions...
>
> > I will get back to everyone soon:)
>
> OK ... heres what I got set up so far.....
> in this order,
>
> Telecaster------>
> Wah
> Compressor
> Metal Zone
> Dual Overdrive ( with the extention pedal to switch between low and
> mid drive, thus called the dual overdrive...)
> Volume
> Delay
> Tremolo
> Flanger
> --------------> 1st input of the clean amp.
>
> Strat--------->DOD 308------->2nd input of the clean amp
>
> (I'm putting the XXX on the side for now and trying what I can come up
> with
> just the Sovtek.)
> I would put in the phaser and chorus but
> my pedal board is out of room. This was all put onto one floor mat...
> in a very selective , intricate positions and settings...
>
> I'm not sure about the XXX, might keep it , might sell it, might keep
> it as a backup....
> I sounds good, but not nearly as good as a Metal Zone or a Death Metal
> into the Sovtek.
> I wanna try a big muff too, cause I'm a big smashing pumpkins fan;)
>
> So mabye like....
>
> Keep the Sovtek clean amp and
> Get New hi-gain head, and an a/b split box
> so I can use two.
> Not sure which to get though...
>
> ...well thats enough for now
>
> throw out some more ideas ppl :)........- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Well you get my approval on the layout; mainly because it resembles
mine. I'm not sure how often you use a phaser, but I believe that if
you go without chorus for a few weeks, you may never go back to it.

EH just released tiny versions of their popular (huge) pedals. I
thought I saw something like that in the recent Musician's Friend
catalog. Anyway, that could get you a Big Muff in a small box. The EH
hugeness has been a compelling reason for me to not use their pedals.

The Roland Jazz Chorus amps are quite good. I have used JC-120's a
number of times on festival-stage backline setups with positive
results. They react not unlike Twin Reverbs, though they are not as
sweet, tonally. I also owned a JC-60 recently. I got it in trade, and
then traded it away about 2 months ago. It was good. The volume of
those things is tremendous. You may not need a 120. Those things are
heavy too. There is also a JC-77 which has 2 10" speakers, each driven
by a separate 35w amp. So it's chorus/vibrato is in true stereo (which
you can only hear if your head is near the grillecloth).

In any case, a Jazz chorus will give you your chorus effect back. ;^)
The old ones are the original CE-1 circuit, AND do vibrato.

You can buy some space back on your pedalboard if you keep your wah
pedal separate. I used to keep mine off to the side, connected with a
2-foot cable. Often I just went without it.

-dave-----:::
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Re: Pedal junkie needs advice....


> For the sake of figuring out my setup, and for the sake of
> fun. I would love to hear your suggestions.
> How you would set it up if you had my gear,
> whats missing ect
> I KNOW I'M MISSING SOMETHING KEY HERE.I can't quite put
> my finger on it.
> I want to be able to set and forget my stomps. Not have to switch them
> around all the time.
This is not a flame but a serious question
True Bypass.....can you remember what your guitar sounds like?
get a switcher you can make combos of the pedals......or dump them and
get a Boss GT-8 you wont notice the difference as you are using
predominantly Boss stompers.Get a TC electronics G System that`ll keep
ya busy for months.Dump em all and get back to basics a good amp sound
and a good pups.
I dumped em all and got myself some good true bypass analogue stompers
no modelling stuff except for a DD20 delay at the end to pump up the
signal into a boogie and a Marshall through an ABY I dont even have my
tuner in the loop as it sucks sound out

Re: Pedal junkie needs advice....

On Mar 22, 12:16 pm, BP01 <ma.flod...@flodder . net > wrote:
> > For the sake of figuring out my setup, and for the sake of
> > fun. I would love to hear your suggestions.
> > How you would set it up if you had my gear,
> > whats missing ect
> > I KNOW I'M MISSING SOMETHING KEY HERE.I can't quite put
> > my finger on it.
> > I want to be able to set and forget my stomps. Not have to switch them
> > around all the time.
>
> This is not a flame but a serious question
> True Bypass.....can you remember what your guitar sounds like?
> get a switcher you can make combos of the pedals......or dump them and
> get a Boss GT-8 you wont notice the difference as you are using
> predominantly Boss stompers.Get a TC electronics G System that`ll keep
> ya busy for months.Dump em all and get back to basics a good amp sound
> and a good pups.
> I dumped em all and got myself some good true bypass analogue stompers
> no modelling stuff except for a DD20 delay at the end to pump up the
> signal into a boogie and a Marshall through an ABY I dont even have my
> tuner in the loop as it sucks sound out

I never really thought boss pedals coloured the sound that much.
I plugged in my lele naked into the Sovtek, it sounded pretty
good, but I would have to compare.

My Budda wah is true bypass.
I always thought of upgrading to true-bypass stomp boxes.

If you could pick 3 ( low, mid, and high gain)
and price were not an issue
what would be the best true by-passers to get?
I wanna get a Keeley compressor, im
pretty sure its true bypass.

Does the Gt-8 or the G-Force suck any tone away?