Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: indysmith on January 31, 2006, 09:05:11 PM
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It can't be any more expensive. surely it'd cost more to have a suck-tone circuit, rather than just to cut the effect circuit out of the equation when not in use?
I figure there must be a reason or it though. Are the switches for it more expensive or something?
Thanks for any answers
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I don't get it either. If it's just a switch how much more can it cost than the regular switch...
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About 50 times.......the fet switching in many mass produced pedals you could buy the parts for less than 50p - much less in quantity probably closer to 10p. True Bypass switches even to the trade are at least £3..multiply that across say half a million pedals a year!
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guh they should just jack up the prices £3 - more people would DEFINATELY buy them, and you know it.
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EH do use true-bypass in most of their current range of pedals. True bypass isn't always better - read the Pete Cornish article on his website.
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true, it can be very handy to have a BOSS pedal early in your setup as a buffer.
also, the switches used on Digitech and Boss (the only two mass-producers who don't use true-bypass that I can think of), are too different physically from true-bypass switches for them to work without a total revamping of the casing. What I mean is that for a truebypass switch to be installed in a boss pedal, you'd need to totally alter the casing, wouldn't you?
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I think Dunlop should do it to their Crybaby line. I'd be happy to pay the extra £3 for a wah that comes stock with True Bypass...
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Big companies are all about cost cutting sadly.
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One of the problems with EH pedals (and I'm sure if applies to other pedals) with true bypass is that you get a volume drop when you activate the pedal. Obviously overdrive/fuzz/distortion pedals can be adjusted so that this isn't an issue. My EH Small Stone was modified so that the volume didn't drop get the switch was on. Modifying a Boss pedal for true bypass is more trouble than its worth due to labour costs. Having a loop that activates the pedal is a much better idea which is what Pete Cornish does.
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I think Dunlop should do it to their Crybaby line. I'd be happy to pay the extra £3 for a wah that comes stock with True Bypass...
My Morley Bad Horsie Wah is true bypass. Built like a Volvo clutch pedal too. :twisted:
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I think Dunlop should do it to their Crybaby line. I'd be happy to pay the extra £3 for a wah that comes stock with True Bypass...
My Morley Bad Horsie Wah is true bypass. Built like a Volvo clutch pedal too. :twisted:
Is that one of the spring loaded ones then? Or am I missing the whole clutch joke :?
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It returns to the "fully-up" position when you take your foot off it, if thats what you mean by spring loaded? It's switchless so no great horrible clunk like you can get from activating Cry baby type wahs. Which means it's great for lifting individual notes in a solo or whatever, although you have to keep your foot on it for static-position filter effects.
The clutch pedal thing was more referring to the build quality. It's rather large, and very very solid. Would take some abuse to even scratch the thing :)
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If it was built like a Volvo it would have an ergonomic design, computer controlled anti skidding, ABS and airbags.
If guitar fx are being built like a Mercedes or BMW, I don't want it. The electronics will probably start an argument with you.
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If it was built like a Volvo it would have an ergonomic design, computer controlled anti skidding, ABS and airbags.
Do you remember Volvo's before they smoothed out the design and tried to make them look pretty? Volvos in the 80's looked big and clunky and no frills. The only crumple zones were other peoples cars. Thats how my wah pedal looks. ;)
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The only crumple zones were other peoples cars.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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If it was built like a Volvo it would have an ergonomic design, computer controlled anti skidding, ABS and airbags.
Do you remember Volvo's before they smoothed out the design and tried to make them look pretty? Volvos in the 80's looked big and clunky and no frills. The only crumple zones were other peoples cars. Thats how my wah pedal looks. ;)
My Uncle's Volvo was a bloody panzer, it was like the Tardis too, it's amazing what fits in the back of a volvo estate.
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the Morley wahs are well made but I didn't like mine. the volume drop when i switched the pedal on was too big a difference. anyway i gave it to a mate. much happier with my Teese wah, but like you say the Morleys are built like Tanks.