Members Giorgio Samchez Posted January 17, 2007 Members Posted January 17, 2007 I'm mainly asking becauseI don't know whether it is worth the extra $50 for a Vox V-848 over a V-847. Would've searched but I couldn't.
Members ChitownTerror Posted January 17, 2007 Members Posted January 17, 2007 True Bypass is Magic. It makes everything sound better. Not really. But I'm at work and don't have time to explain it now.
Members StompboxMan Posted January 17, 2007 Members Posted January 17, 2007 The simple answer is: TB is your guitar's impedance going around the circuit of a pedal. It's bypassing the circuit.
Members lostandfoundpdx Posted January 17, 2007 Members Posted January 17, 2007 actually, true bypass is when the little hamster inside your pedal stops running on his wheel so the signal isnt affected by the sound of the rotary... wait, what are we talking about again?
Members gproud Posted January 17, 2007 Members Posted January 17, 2007 Save that $50.00, spend about $10.00 on a 3PDT switch, and True Bypass the V847 yourself. It takes about 10-15 minutes, and it sounds a lot better than the V848 IMO*. *All opinions expressed by me are my own.
Members ZeppelinPie792 Posted January 18, 2007 Members Posted January 18, 2007 When a pedal is true bypass, it does not suck tone out of your signal. This is good when you have a large amount of pedals in your chain.
Members L6Sguy Posted January 18, 2007 Members Posted January 18, 2007 When a pedal is true bypass, it does not suck tone out of your signal. This is good when you have a large amount of pedals in your chain. flip side of that is when you've got a large amount of pedals strung together, fact of the matter is that you are going through 2 jacks per box, and 1 (more) cable per box. thats not true bypass, thats jack'd & cabled bypass, which after a few pedals worth, can sound not so hot.
Members booher Posted January 18, 2007 Members Posted January 18, 2007 The V848 is supposed to have some damned good reviews for what it is. And if you're buying it from a store you can haggle them down a bit anyways.
Members ChitownTerror Posted January 18, 2007 Members Posted January 18, 2007 flip side of that is when you've got a large amount of pedals strung together, fact of the matter is that you are going through 2 jacks per box, and 1 (more) cable per box. thats not true bypass, thats jack'd & cabled bypass, which after a few pedals worth, can sound not so hot. Right. That's what buffered bypass is good for, correct? Or a signal boost.
Members lostandfoundpdx Posted January 18, 2007 Members Posted January 18, 2007 L6Sguy brings up an excellent and well argued point. all i can say is i try to pick my pedals based on how well they stack up by themselves in the chain, and i pick cables that, to my ears, can replace some of the high end loss of a longer chain (george Ls) and i deal with the fact that my chain will never sound as good as my guitar going straight into my amp. thats a reality all pedal whores must live with:(
Members andreas Posted January 18, 2007 Members Posted January 18, 2007 Save that $50.00, spend about $10.00 on a 3PDT switch, and True Bypass the V847 yourself. It takes about 10-15 minutes, and it sounds a lot better than the V848 IMO*.Indeed, that's probably what I'd do too. The V848 is nice, but I'm not sure it's $50 nicer than the V847... /Andreas
Members g3rmanium Posted January 18, 2007 Members Posted January 18, 2007 and i pick cables that, to my ears, can replace some of the high end loss of a longer chain (george Ls) Cables cannot replace anything. You might want to look into a good buffer if you experience high-end loss. Or change the make of cable to one with less capacitance.
Members Lanefair Posted January 18, 2007 Members Posted January 18, 2007 It's all subjective. If true bypass didn't exist no one would know any better. But when it comes to wah's, I would definately go true bypass.
Members guidedbyechoes Posted January 18, 2007 Members Posted January 18, 2007 in dumb folks talk true bypass is like a short cut so instead of running through 50 feet of wire it just goes through ten.
Moderators AMZ-FX Posted January 18, 2007 Moderators Posted January 18, 2007 Here is a description of true bypass and how connecting multiple pedals together has an impact: http://www.muzique.com/lab/truebypass.htm regards, Jack
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