Søren Andersen - BonaFide Buffer Demo

We sat down with long-time TC friend, tone connoisseur and buffer advocate, Søren Andersen and had a chat about our new BonaFide Buffer.
Learn more about BonaFide Buffer: www.tcelectron...

[@musicman7773]

Tc electronic needs to make this in a dual buffer pedalboard interface.

[@rafsbio]

Interesting video! I have to say though, one thing that Soren said shows how pedals are being overused nowadays (not trying to sound like a grumpy old man). Ten pedals in AVERAGE is just absurd. And I'm not questioning if this is true. Is pretty much accurate with what I see in pedalboards around. Adding a pedal has a "cost" (besides the actual cost). You have to power it, is another stage to malfunction and troubleshoot, and, true-bp or not, it will change your tone. I build my pedalboard according to whatever songs I'm playing in a set, and I never needed more than 4 or 5 pedals. Sure, if in your band you have to make your guitar sound like a backwards orgy of spaceships and goats, that's one thing (and I approve that, btw!). But people do it the wrong way. They think "ok, I need a flanger, and phaser, and etc." Then they stuff it all in a giant pedalboard and MAYBE will use a certain pedal for 12 seconds in one song. I personally think you should have as many pedals as you want in your pedalboard. But remember (and listen!) that David Gilmour had a wah, volume, fuzz, and delay for the entire psychedelic set of Pompeii. And talent. And creativity. And if you really want to have ten pedals, my advice is to have a switching system. P.S.: I know I failed miserably in not sounding like a grump old man. Sigh.

[@rafsbio]

Now that's funny!--> "You Definetely gonna get bored really fast and then you'll need something bigger ,more pedals"

[@New_Zealand_Music]

Well said! Nice comment about David

[@AngelRiveroMusic]

After have decided not to buy anymore pedals (for a while) now you are making me to want this. And yes... You just sold me another pedal

[@tcelectronic]

+Angel Rivero you can always telll yourself that this isn't actually a pedal since it doesn't have a bbypass switch. That should make the purchase easier :D Really happy you like the buffer, man :)

[@crozb52]

Excellent, thanks for that. You answered my only question right at the end, about isolating fuzz pedals or putting at the front of the pedal train. Why is it though, that fuzz pedals and guitar tone do not benefit from a buffer?

[@Robotwr]

I use mostly TC pedals and you can choose between TB or Buff. Presumably all I need to do is set the first in the chain to TB and it will act as the Bonafide. They must have designed this for people with a mixture of pedals where a TC pedal is not the first in the series.

[@41luti]

+Trefor Roberts Hi, Trefor. I load 2 tc eletronic´s pedals in my chain (with 7 pedals) in buffered bypass mode (Flashback - last - and Viscousvive - second). Do I need the bonafide buffer? I think no. Thanks

[@davegoody7172]

Søren Rocks! Nice demo TC, really shows us the difference. I use a Boss pitch pedal at the end of the chain into the front of the amp and an Alter Ego X 4 with the buffer on before reverb in the loop. So, I have 2 buffers in circuit already and adding BonaFide would make it 3. I have read multiple buffers cause problems. Do you guys believe this to be the case or would you make recommendations?

[@ljgaines8170]

I have eight pedals on my pedalboard three individual 15 ft chords going from a splitter the three different amplifiers I have a bona fide buffer on the 1st of my signal chain and one on the last of my signal chain works great

[@AngelRiveroMusic]

I want to buy a Polytune 3 but i need is a video exactly as this one, but with the polytune to see if it works exactly the same

[@tcelectronic]

It does, Angel. It does :-)

[@miguelpessanha]

3:14 "That's what we like about Fenders" He says while not playing a Fender X)

[@Dugahu]

A great learning video. Well done!

[@poppacooter]

soren has great tone prints.!!!!!!!!!!

[@fifthmen8866]

This looks awesome! I definitely want one for my setup. Quick question though, where do I get those patch cables you have?

[@erdismaxhelaku]

Great video and product. Will definitely be getting one of these very soon. Quick question, would you put a buffer before or after a Wah pedal?

[@Frankieboy24365]

@TC Nice product ! Wrong endscreen in video :-) hyper gravity?

[@tcelectronic]

+Rockguitar Channel Whoooops. You're right :)

[@MK-tj5bf]

Very useful! Thanks!

[@livinthesound5182]

hey, i defenitive need one! what is the size of the baffa? :-)

[@tcelectronic]

+livinthesound same size as the rest of our mini pedals. So very small :)

[@JDL0111]

livinthesound you could run it under the board if you want to!

[@DonThorvund]

Please hold off on sending me my shirt, send me one of these amazing Buffers!

[@GeoAl09]

I have one as the first pedal in front of the amp and then I have another one as the first pedal in my FX Loop chain.

[@everope]

The one in your FX loop chain is pointless, because it is after the preamp, which is already a "buffer" in itself

[@MoooseBlood]

So I run on my board now Guitar> Sp Compressor>Micro Pog>Fuzz War. If I buy this where should I place it?

[@treversgoh]

Marco Resendez Generally after the Fuzz pedal. Simply because Fuzz pedals dont work well with a buffer befofe it. Or you can place your Fuzz pedal first in the chain. then the buffer as the second pedal. That would fix the impendence issue.

[@gustabartok]

it goes in front of the pedalboard, right? because I´ve heard it´s ok to have a buffer in front and at the end of the chain, causing this, maybe, the loss of stereo delays or reverb because the buffer has not stereo in or outputs?

[@detlevski]

I have the Polytune 3 as the first pedal in front of 5 true bypassed effects, the buffer on the PolyTune is on, no problems there. Besides these pedals I have 4 other modulation and time-base pedals in my effects loop. Should I use a seperate buffer in the effects loop, the first pedal is the Corona Chorus ? Should I set the Corona to buffer. I use fairly long 2 * 3m high quality cables for the effects loop. Am I wrong in thinking the cable length and signal gets somehow "reset" coming out of the pre-amp? Is the buffer inside the Corona a Bonafide buffer?

[@bastian6755]

at the end of the chain do the same effetc?? Or it need to stay at the beginning of the effect chain?

[@geezberry8889]

can you put the buffer after the fuzz?

[@fabianmillerofficial]

When will the pedal start shipping?

[@slowdawnphmusic]

I have 8 pedals and my last 3 pedals in the chain were Flashback X4 (Thru) > MXR reverb (Buffered) > Ditto Looper. Is it okay if I set the Flashback also to buffered?Will it affects my tone?

[@luizfernandosilvamagnago8508]

Hi guys. If I use the buffer function from the hall of fame or flashback I will have the same function of bona pedal? Thanks

[@morten1]

Some say: Have a buffer at the front AND the end of your pedal chain, if you have a lot of pedals

[@AndroxineVortex]

guess it depends on what sound you like

[@morten1]

+AndroxineVortex No, to clean up the signal after all the pedals too (if you have many)

[@keithmason1841]

I have 11 pedals (8 of them TC Elec), my first pedal is the Polytune. Should the buffer go before or after the Polytune?

[@tcelectronic]

+Keith Mason preferably before :)

[@igetmycalcium]

Maybe this is a dumb question but will a buffer in front of a tuner affect the performance of the tuner?

[@tcelectronic]

No, I don't think so, Bob :-)

[@JDL0111]

are you guys gonna make a tremolo pedal?

[@tcelectronic]

Maybe! It's certainly requested by you guys often enough. Let's see what we can do! :-)

[@martincamarero6534]

I have a Polytune 3 (buffer), big muff, sub n' up, ehx talking pedal (fuzz). what is the correct order of those pedals? I'm a bass player. Thanks!!

[@tcelectronic]

As mentioned in the video, fuzzes can be tricky when used together with buffers, but you should try using the PolyTune first, then Sub N Up and then the fuzzes. It's not a hard n fast rule. If it doesn't sound great then try the buffer after fuzz. As you can see, there's really not a right and wrong answer. Use your ears as best you can! 🙂

[@Frankieboy24365]

I need one :-). What Will be the price in NL / EU?

[@tcelectronic]

+Rockguitar Channel it'll cost somewhere around 69Euro :)

[@Frankieboy24365]

+TC Electronic good price too! When Will it be available in the shops?

[@tcelectronic]

Rockguitar Channel should be available now :)

[@elserrg]

Does this go at the beggining or at the end of a pedalboard?

[@tcelectronic]

+Sergio Martin it should be placed as early as possible in your signal chain :)

[@Sokolemon]

@@tcelectronic I was led to believe its better to use the polytune3 for true bypass (with the inbuilt bonafide buffer) at the front, and the stand-alone bonafide buffer pedal at the end. Is this overkill? Where would you put these two on a board?

[@8Junio76]

If you have all those pedals off, you might need a buffer. But as long as 1 pedal is on, you don’t need a buffer.

[@JonLarson]

If you want to use a buffer with a fuzz. Mission Audio VM pro will solve that :)

[@kimhansen6384]

It is easy, you just place the buffer aften the Fuzz. Same with Wah and Vibe if you want to retain the Hendrix sound.

[@orbitalchiller]

I am so confused, I thought buffers were good at the end of the chain...

[@savanaviolenta]

Thank God it must be first cause my last eight pedals of the chain are in stereo.So it will fit perfectly on my pedalboard at the beginning of it.

[@dogbrochure]

You know what would be great? A buffered tuner. ;)

[@YiggaP]

+Nathan Sislow like a BOSS TU

[@pieroog]

The new PolyTune 3 got BonaFide incorporated. Call TC for your cut! :D

[@Geeteaohh]

Personally, I do not need this for I am a bedroom guitarist. But, great pedal !

[@tcelectronic]

+Geeteaohh - If you care about your bedroom tone, then you definitely need this ;)

[@silverpennypromotions4637]

Josh from JHS said you can use a Fuzz with a buffer as long as you put the Fuzz first in your chain with the buffer second. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWK8omyQpZV3rcU

[@soundknight]

The True Bypass slogan on stuff makes the word 'True' annoying, they should be called standard bypass because that what it actually is. True indicates retention of signal which actually doe not occur.

[@tcelectronic]

+Brian Cullen - True just signifies that your signal travels unaltered through the pedal when it's off. It doesn't color your tone in any way, and hence it actually retains your core tone. It's not the pedal that's robbing your tone, it's the long cables ;)

[@soundknight]

+TC Electronic Oh, thanks for that. This buffer stuff is a lot more interesting than it initially looked.