True bypass loops. To go there or not?

68 lost souls

Hey guys,

building my pedal board at the moment. It looks at the moment as if its going to be (not in any particular order as of yet):

HT-Dual
Marshall Bluesbreaker,
Boss OC3 Octave pedal,
Boss Phase shifter,
Behringer Shifter,
Behringer Flanger,
Danelectro Real Echo,
TC Electronics Nova delay or Nova Repeater,
Behringer Acoustic simulator,
Digiteck Whammy 4
Cry ababy CG95Q,
Ernie Ball volume pedal Jr,
Zvex Fuzz factory Clone,
Boss Tu2,
Boss GE7,
Marshall supervibe

then possibliy:
Boss slicer,
EHX Deluxe electric Mistress,
MXR Dyna Comp
Holy Grail + or a home built reverb tank.
Some sort of tremolo.

And I was tihnking maybe I should build a true bypass loop into the chain and have all my effects running off that with a line driver in front of it. What do you guys think?

Any one out there use a true bypass loop? Ive never used one before but it sounds like it would be good, in theory, then again everything sounds great in theory.

Kinda want to leave enough space on my board for one in case I decide to go that route. Im also using a power conditioner for the sockets.

EDIT: Forgot to ask, anyone got any pros and cons for using a bypass loop?

punchdrunk

Theres no cons at all imho!
I'm using an amp with no effects loop so all my pedals are out front
I've about 15 or so pedals and even though only two are buffered
and the rest true bypass you still get tone suck,I'm currently lookng to put all my modulation pedals into a loop to minimise the signal run

also it will have the benefit of switching multiple pedals at once
as I rarely use just one pedal alone

so it'd be
wah probe
fuzzes/clean boost/overdrive

(loop)
envelope filter
vibrato
chorus
digital modulated reverb
analog delay with modulation

(return)
lo-fi loop junkie
digital delay
spring reverb
tremolo

Dord

I have a Loooper (note the extra O) for this reason. I don't really use it though because while I have effects I don't use them that much.
It's nice to have them available if you want to use them though.

Grolschevik

68 lost souls wrote: »

Hey guys,

building my pedal board at the moment. It looks at the moment as if its going to be (not in any particular order as of yet):

HT-Dual
Marshall Bluesbreaker,
Boss OC3 Octave pedal,
Boss Phase shifter,
Behringer Shifter,
Behringer Flanger,
Danelectro Real Echo,
TC Electronics Nova delay or Nova Repeater,
Behringer Acoustic simulator,
Digiteck Whammy 4
Cry ababy CG95Q,
Ernie Ball volume pedal Jr,
Zvex Fuzz factory Clone,
Boss Tu2,
Boss GE7,
Marshall supervibe

then possibliy:
Boss slicer,
EHX Deluxe electric Mistress,
MXR Dyna Comp
Holy Grail + or a home built reverb tank.
Some sort of tremolo.

And I was tihnking maybe I should build a true bypass loop into the chain and have all my effects running off that with a line driver in front of it. What do you guys think?

Any one out there use a true bypass loop? Ive never used one before but it sounds like it would be good, in theory, then again everything sounds great in theory.

Kinda want to leave enough space on my board for one in case I decide to go that route. Im also using a power conditioner for the sockets.

EDIT: Forgot to ask, anyone got any pros and cons for using a bypass loop?

You're gonna need a forklift for that board!

-=al=-

its gona be mad hevy


and a good pedalboard or signal consists of a mix of both true and buffered pedals

but for that amount of pedals i have no idea, its mad!

68 lost souls

Twill be heavy indeed. I have casters for it already. When Im talking looper Im talking somethings like this.

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showpost.php?p=5760465&postcount=13

At the moment the board is about 80cm long and 50cm deep, but thats just the start of it. Im going to have to add on roughly the same again for the expression pedal section. I might loos the real echo when I get the TC delay. It takes up a lot of room and I dont use it as much.

Is anyone else interested in getting a loooper? Was thinking about ordering the parts for one soon and buying in bulk saves a lot.

rcaz

If you're building, why not make a few single loop pedals? I just don't like those big loopers like the one you linked to. I think they simplify things too much. Just not my thing I guess.

Build a few feedback loopers, that would double the amount of sounds you can get from your pedal board.