Do You Need A Buffer? Where To Put It And Which To Buy

Checkout Goodwood Audio Junctions and buffers: https://www.goodwoodaudio.com/collect... A buffer is one of the most misunderstood things on a pedalboard. It doesn't change your tone on purpose, its job is to convert your guitar's high-impedance signal to a low-impedance one that can drive a long cable run without changing your guitar tone. In this live Q&A we work through the three questions everyone actually has: do you need one, where does it go, and are some better than others. We cover the simple test to find out if you need a buffer at all (plug straight into your amp, then through your bypassed board, and listen for lost top end). Then, why long cables and a row of true-bypass pedals are what dull your tone in the first place. Where does a buffer belong in your chain? Often you’ll be told you should have one near the front of your chain to drive the board and one at the end to drive the run to your amp or front of house. But there is one place you should never put one: right in front of a vintage fuzz or a wah. Then the buying question. What actually makes a good buffer (transparent, quiet, the right input and output impedance), why more expensive doesn't automatically mean better, and why a lot of you already have a buffer on your board without realising it. If you run one of our junctions, an Interfacer, Output TX or LongLine, there's a buffer built into the I/O already, so it's worth checking what you've got before buying another. Got a question about buffering your own board? Email us: info@goodwoodaudio.com #Buffer #BufferPedal #Pedalboard #GuitarTone #GoodwoodAudio