Why You Need A Buffer

Do I need a Buffer? Where Do I put a Buffer? What does a buffer even do?
Buffers can be kinda mysterious and my goal with this episode is to help clear up any confusion around the subject.
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Gear in this video:
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5:41 JHS Buffered Splitter
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5:56 JHS Ernie Ball 6180 VP Jr Mono Volume Pedal w/ "Active/No Loss" Mod
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[@JeremyEWiss]

Can you just reissue the Sovtek, since you are hoarding them all.

[@eguitarplayer6689]

I had a Mig-100 it was great. Reissue the Mig-100 with hybrid solid state/tube technology.

[@Lennoxandjon]

This!!! Especially the Mig 60

[@GrungeIsN0tDead]

This

[@joeyravage4798]

🤣😂🤣

[@feddomeijerwiersma6955]

This made me spit out my drink. And made me realize we watch waaaaay too much Josh in his white dungeon

[@braddietzmusic2429]

Seems like a nice guy with wise words and parting thoughts. No dogma about gear and stuff, and gives props to other manufacturers.

[@michaelpacinus242]

I want to pet your horse tail

[@whiskerbiscuit6674]

What's ironic is that everyone complained about boss pedals being not tru bypass. So they modded all their boss pedals to be tru bypass, then went out and bought buffers for the pedal boards... Musicians eh

[@alexmurphy5289]

Guitarists**

[@IPushHard]

I have stuff. I have wires. I hook my wires to my stuff. The stuff lights up. My guitar makes noise. I like noise. Usually. I hook my guitar to my stuff with my wires. I make noise through my lit up stuff. It makes me happy.

[@Petanifer]

Simple bit of advice: get a BOSS tuner. It has buffered bypass. Go one step further, get the BOSS looper/reverb/delay and boom you have a buffer at the beginning and end of your chain.

[@bohenian]

TC electronic HOF2 has a buffer mode as well if that helps

[@keithremedy]

That would only give a buffered signal to the next pedal over soon as you turned a compressor or drive the rest of the board wouldn’t be buffered. You want the pickups to think it’s getting the same input impedance as an amplifier. Buffer interface is a better option something with a 1mg ohm input and a output

[@emiliolopez8796]

Jhs pedal is 44 bucks tho

[@DanielBobke]

Two of these Little Black Buffers are way cheaper than a BOSS tuner and looper pedal...WAY cheaper.

[@kilroy2517]

To all the people asking "where should I put my buffer?", stop typing and start switching your boxes around, then use whatever arrangement sounds best to you. Then ask your friends, just in case your opinion sucks.

[@simonoosterman2456]

dude. you just completely saved my biscuits. i must have been crook the day "no buffer before fuzz" got taught at school. unbelievable difference to my fuzz face . thanks man

[@TubeYouScreen]

You're literally improving the world by doing vids like this

[@Roger-il8iw]

The price of that water hose went up to $1000 on reverb after this video

[@meesterdinglefritz2064]

I always click on a JHS video, if just to hear the intro music :) sounds like a warm blanket.

[@sporkfindus4777]

I use a small board of RAT - Boss EQ - Boss Chorus - Boss Reverb, so, this guy's honesty has led me to the decision that I don't need a buffer and can save some money

[@poorstudioguy6434]

0:23 Nice full stop at that stop sign there. ;) Thanks for what you all do!

[@timfowlie3138]

I always use a buffer, even if I’m not using my pedalboard, I modded one of your buffered splitters so I have individual active volumes on each so when I’m playing at a gig I put my bass direct to the pa and to the bass amp.

[@gdteabag3493]

So a buffer is basically a redstone repeater

[@raptor_guy2327]

Wait actually

[@CrashExhibition]

Or just a repeater ;)

[@AS-vq3ep]

redstone repeater circuit clone

[@marcello9476]

or just a normal repeater

[@tangentz0007]

One last comment. I am retired in Europe in a country with terrible grounding. I bought 2 very expensive Joe Bonamossa guitar cables. They made an incredible difference in the signal and the noise!!

[@leftymadrid]

Very cool, very honest, and respectful towards other pedal companies...

[@luisangelEXALTA]

A class act. I still will get one of his pedals out of respect for all his work and videos ( and he makes some damn tempting boxes)

[@MrMarkmegaro]

Honestly I don’t own any JHS pedals but I’m addicted to this station. This dude is awesome. Recently i got a Fulltone Deja vibe and Realize i should have bought a unicorn if for no other reason than that i want to support this dude and this channel ... so now i have to find a reason to buy something else just to support jhs !

[@jhspedals]

Thanks!

[@morphine0000]

Josh, I had the utmost respect for you as both a pedal manufacturer and entertainer. Then I saw those New Balance shoes.

[@Josev-TV]

morphine0000 😂😆😝

[@redbud815]

This is by far the best video I've watched explaining a buffer. I've watched many I can't lie :) Thank you!

[@StuartBridson]

These videos are ALWAYS brilliant and one of the best things for me is the way you constantly talk about how good Boss pedals, MXR too, Danelectro, etc and really hammer home that you don't have to buy boutique stuff all the time and it's OK to get cheaper gear because there are some real gems out there. I did a lot of work on my board last year and ended up putting a few buffers in at various points to balance it all out - the TC Electronic Polytune 3 has a built-in buffer so I was able to get rid of my separate Bonafide Buffer then in my FX loop I have an MXR Stereo Chorus, Carbon Copy Deluxe and M300 Reverb which are all buffered. You really can hear the difference between that and the old all true bypass board that I used to use especially when connecting with two 20ft cables in the front end and two 10ft cables into the loop.

[@ericjohnson195]

I have my RC-30 looper at the end of my board. I'm glad I do now after watching this vid. Got about 6 true bypass pedals in front of it (including two JHS...Whitey Tighty, Crayon) so I hope it being at the end of my signal chain cleans any loss up good and proper. BTW, just some feedback on your channel. Your unbiased channel which features more product placement for your competitors, rather than your own product, has driven me to your products. You do a great job educating and showing love to all pedals, which in turn leads me to trust your products and designs. If a guy loved hamburgers as much as you love pedals, I'm sure he makes the best hamburgers kind of logic. The Crayon is ridiculous by the way. Just ridiculous. The Whitey Tighty with a clean boost are my always on pedals, going into an AC30. The compressor really makes a huge difference. You and your team do a great job. Don't know what my next JHS purchase is going to be. Still mulling that around. Cheers.

[@blindbarista]

This was really helpful. Just rearranged my board putting my Fuzz before overdrive (and SD-1 acting as buffer) and it sounds way better! Thank you!

[@Brightred11]

This is the best channel.... why have I only just found this?? I am telling all the guitar playing kids I teach about it and now we all nerd out at break and lunch about different pedals and our dream shopping lists.... awesome vids, great work!!

[@TheHeggahegga]

These vlog videos are fantastic, I'm learning LOADS from them. Please keep them coming!

[@dankauffmanmusic]

I finally realized your theme reminds me of the "Portlandia" theme... nice theme.

[@leeanucha]

I don't know what to say but i am just glad i found your channel. And i don't even have a pedal...yet

[@sirtreebeard8106]

That analogy just blew my mind. Ive always known kind of what buffers are for but that analogy just brought it home for me.

[@thomascrosson8541]

Love the little pep talk at the end. Keep it light and have fun.

[@yfz450rider39]

Your KZbin channel is soo damn awesome! Soo much great info.

[@stratodan27]

I had the JHS little black buffer on my mini pedal board a few years ago and it worked best at the front of the board. But then I got a TC Elec poly tune 3 tuner for that mini pedal board so I didn’t need the jhs buffer anymore. But for my main rock band (one gig per week) bigger pedal board w about 13 pedals on it, I didn’t have a buffer at the end of my board. Most but not all pedals are true bypass on that board so just the other day I thought I’d A/B the sound of my board as is - with no buffer at the end, vs the tone w the jhs buffer at the very end of the board. Note that I already have a buffer at beginning of the big board via a tc elec polytune 3 tuner. The results were very unexpected. Without the buffer the sound was weak and lifeless compared to the sound w the jhs buffer at the very end of my chain. Wow. More volume. More life. More top end. Sounded like I was plugged straight into the amp. I’m sold. I mounted the little black buffer underneath my pedal train Novo board last in the chain. What a difference. Had no idea I was missing what I was missing. Big fan of that little buffer!

[@timothyvanburen3431]

I absolutely love this VLOG series. Just switched my Source Audio Ventris reverb at the end of my chain to a buffered bypass (per your suggestion) and it fixed so much so easily. Thanks for doing this!

[@rahzark]

Josh, if you're ever super busy and you feel you don't have the time for a new episode, just do a quick Record Time :D It's my favourite part of the videos, you've already showed me so many amazing artists I had no idea even existed!

[@Livelaughlimpbizkit]

What an awesome example that hose bit was

[@connormacaulay7280]

What is the benefit of the 'sandwich' approach to buffers? The way I understand it, putting a buffer between your first cable coming out of your guitar (cable 1) and the rest of your cables (cables 2, 3, 4, ...) essentially eliminates the 'darkening'/'tone suck' effect. I.e., the capacitance that would have built up from stringing pedals together using cables 2, 3, 4, ... is eliminated when you put a buffer in between them and cable 1. Based on this understanding, it would seem that putting a buffer at the end of the chain is redundant. All of the capacitance that would have built up form cables 2, 3, 4, ... is neutralized by putting a buffer between them and cable 1, therefore, your high-end should be retained. Why would I need to put another buffer at the end of the chain? What kind of effect would I likely hear as a result of utilizing the 'sandwich' approach? It seems to me like that is just wasted space. Not criticizing, just looking for an explanation. Would love to hear your thoughts.

[@jhspedals]

Sure, it all depends on the size of the board. If you like your sounds with just one, then that is great! Try the test I mentioned in the VLOG and see what you hear.

[@KonstaKurki]

@@jhspedals With all respect, you completely avoided the question and dissmissed questioner's curiosity. It would be better to not respond at all.

[@DanielBobke]

The goal with the buffers is to decrease/eliminate the high end loss that occurs because of the length of the signal chain and the cabling involved AND to provide the proper impedance load to your guitar pickups and the amp. A buffer at the beginning of the signal chain and one at the very end is ideal.

[@loudlounge_]

I’m a beginning guitar player and this video really helped me. The buffer analogy is genius! Great job !

[@GDmetallic]

hey, i just wanna say how much i enjoy these vlogs, always informative, entertaining and so relaxing. Thanks for keeping em coming on a regular basis.

[@ivanm9186]

Not Russian egg 😂 Russian wooden doll called Matreshka 🙂we love your show here in Saint Petersburg man!

[@felipehoferdenecken9332]

Your water’s example at the beggining was the most graphicalstronomically incredible explanation all over KZbin. Buffers pedals are happy now! Cheers from Chile!

[@HensleyDon]

JHS Pedals - I am new to your channel (subbed about a week ago) and have been enjoying going through your past vids. Thank you for another down to earth explanation of a very common question. Being a *BIG* believer in self-education (including music, psychology, and computer programming/hardware among other subjects that interest me), I appreciate your plain language approach to whatever info you are sharing with your viewers. It is always a pleasant surprise to meet a smart yet humble guy that doesn't talk down to someone who has come to him for advice. Kudos on a great channel and I look forward to checking out some of your pedals.

[@vjc1630]

I'm glad you mentioned the coiled cord thing. I use it the same way, like a UHF filter.

[@thomassawicki6636]

Interesting takes on Buffers and surprisingly some very different ones than Mason from Vertex Effects has. He says that Boss Buffers are not good and you shouldnt use them as main buffers and instead get a standalone one.

[@letmeooze]

You mentioned that Boss has a really good buffer. Is there any situation where that isn't the case or they don't perform well? For example, I run 2-6 pedals at any time. The first time I bought a boss pedal, I loved the sound of it, but when it was off my clean sound had this strange character to the midrange that wasn't there before. So while I was losing some signal with all true-bypass pedals, when comparing the clean sound of my amp to the buffer going through several different pedals of which I swapped around as well as changed the number of them in the chain, I was still getting something that wasn't there before. I've had this experience with every buffered pedal I've tried (though more noticeably with Boss) so I'd like to know why this is happening? I loved my Bluesdriver but I couldn't get on with the clean tone when it was in the signal.

[@californiadaze]

Thanks for putting such great, practical messages at the end of your videos. Sometimes I lose sight of what really matters: plugging in and jamming!

[@rockerchris35]

Back when I was a teenager was the first time I heard Relient K. I’ve been a little complacent lately and needed to hear “Be My Escape” again. For the life of me, I couldn’t remember why the song was called or who it was by. I immediately knew and started singing it like it hadn’t been 13 years since I’d heard that song. Thank you!

[@loulasher]

0:45 nice low key he has the box moment

[@sean_tristan31]

I'm studying for my ECE board exam, and I got curious with the purpose of a buffer (cause I got it wrong in a practice test). As a guitarist, I really appreciate being able to relate my course to my passion. This was a really helpful video! Awesome analogy too with the water hose. Thanks!

[@beefhamma]

Thanks for the video...great explanation! I just bought your little black amp box and am now able to crank my Peavey Classic 30 and not go deaf. Makes my overdrive pedal sound so much better at low amp volumes.

[@Jobster116]

Great vlogs, Josh! Simple yet really helpfull and down to earth! And the record time bonus is awesome everytime!!!!! Tnx!

[@Dan.Solo.Chicago]

Skateboarders figured out a long time ago that stickers are some of the best advertising.

[@shakerloops9424]

does a boss tuning pedal count as a buffer? if so, should it be after my fuzz pedal? Thanks

[@markslist1542]

Thank you. I needed this video severely. This resolved weeks of confusion.

[@jdcollins5076]

Funny enough in the water/wastewater field we sometimes use circuit terminology to describe how we handle flow. That analogy is really cool.

[@richfroiland2337]

You might want to check your water pressure.

[@joshuathompson151]

I have a boss tu-3 at the front of my board, and a hall of fame 2 with the buffer at the end of my board. But i dont use 5 pedal total. So I sandwhiched a small board. I assume that give me more power right?

[@blizzbee]

More peace of mind I guess.

[@GraphiteandCigars]

I found you today through that pedal show. Really great stuff. I will be ordering a Moonshine pedal soon. Thanks for all the great information. You earned my sub.

[@endofanera1983]

I remember the first time I used a buffer it amazed me at how much it cleared up my tone. It was everything I felt was missing from my sound. It’s like lifting a blanket off of your speaker cab to let the sound breathe.

[@AlexTsaler]

Its not a Russian egg)) its a doll, called матрёшка. Like matryoshka))

[@newgunguy4176]

So, are buffer pedals and boost pedals the same?

[@joshuapollack2921]

Hey man, I appreciate your honesty and being informative. Much respect!

[@jhonnydoe826]

That water hose analogy is so good! thanks for this videos Josh!

[@studieslessonstheoryetc141]

So now I’m confused. Currently, I’ve got my Boss TU-3 going into an always-on compressor > volume pedal > always-on EP Booster > Fuzz. Does this mean I need to have my Tuner after the Fuzz? And also don’t always-on pedals like my boost and compressor effectively act as buffers? My boosts and compressors are supposed to be after fuzz?

[@everychild9473]

good question dude! i would like to see an answer to this too!

[@studieslessonstheoryetc141]

Every Child I actually went ahead and did it. Sounds great. Only my pedals are a bit interesting, not standard fuzz. Anyway, I took my tuner out of my tone chain entirely, have it out the dedicated tuner jack of my volume pedal.

[@studieslessonstheoryetc141]

And yup, I have a distortion first (it’s a Caroline Wave Cannon and Phillipe from them told me the pedal wants to hear the guitar directly as first pedal or true bypassed through other pedals if the feedback switch is gonna work. I love that switch and liked the idea of being able to hit it and push it into the next pedal so it’s first after volume. Then Plasma Pedal. Then a chorus. Then a cleaner drive pedal. Then Chorus. Then EP Boost just for color. Then Conpression. And then on to a modulated delay and my time based stuff.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Coily cables are awesome. Just ask Brian May and Gearmanndude.

[@BarryCazan]

Great call on Hiss, Josh! They're incredible. If you like Heart Like A Levee, Hallelujah Anyhow picks up right where it left off--beautiful songs guaranteed to brighten your day. As MC Taylor, the frontman for HGM, put it: "I see the dark clouds. I was designed to see them. They’re the same clouds of fear and destruction that have darkened the world since Revelations, just different actors. But this music is for hope. That’s the only thing I want to say about it. Love is the only way out. I’ve never been afraid of the darkness; it’s just a different kind of light. And if some days that belief comes harder than others, hallelujah anyhow." Thanks for another great video! Keep 'em coming!

[@minuano08]

What a great description regarding buffering. Awesome job !!

[@Flomoviesdotcom]

Did you open the pedal? because maybe there is another pedal inside that pedal.

[@LeninVargasAvila]

Hello, I have a JHS Buffered Splitter and I would like to know what the input and output impedance are. I have checked the entire website, the manual, and the entire web, but there are no references. Thank you.

[@asharpbflat7179]

You could ask the same question under a current video, then they might read and answer it!

[@neryhernandez8275]

The best explanation of a buffer I've ever seen/heard. Great episode Josh. I

[@TheChadPad]

Relient K was a huge part of my childhood. Cool to find out he makes guitar pedals. Hist guitar work was really influential to me

[@0421072]

Albert Collins had a 100 foot cable so he could order pizza or mingle with the crowd! He is the Ice Man! Treble Master!

[@seank.2589]

Like a redstone repeater in Minecraft!

[@michaelchicolabarbera5071]

Appreciate your knowledge and your delivery. Grazie! 🌴

[@ISpinsir]

Dude, I love your channel! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and ideas with us.

[@DandySummer]

Great videos, thanks. :) One request : when your video contains a "Record Time" section, could you include the name of the band and album in the description?

[@briane1116]

Denis Diaz Heart Like a Levee by Hiss Golden Messenger. What a wonderful record! He’s got a more recent one called Hallelujah Anyhow that’s just as good.

[@DandySummer]

Thanks, I appreciate it. :) The reason for my request is that, on some videos, it's hard to tell what record is recommended.

[@sotiriskordas1072]

So if all BOSS pedals have good buffers, does that mean that the Behringer models who are made to copy them also have buffers?

[@MsAmigo1990]

I am also curious.

[@PauloFerreira8]

Thank you Josh. Putting the buffer at the end of chain really make a huge difference. like a new set of strings, as you perfectly said.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Gorgeous looking pedal. Great explanation. Sounds fantastic too.

[@lukegrbin48]

I got a question! The only way I can get my wah (cry baby GCB-95) to sound good with my fuzz face (FFM3) is to run it before the fuzz, with a buffer between them (Boss TU-3). However, the buffer messes with the sound of the fuzz, and also makes it so it doesn't clean up when I roll off the guitar volume. The fuzz face sounds best when it has nothing in front of it, but if I put the wah after it, the effect is ear-splitting. Anyone got advice for me?

[@woodchucksquirrel]

wah

[@aaronbabcock9127]

@@woodchucksquirrel What a crybaby

[@woodchucksquirrel]

@@aaronbabcock9127 :(

[@jaxonjordan4835]

Hey! if you hadn't figured it out yet, usually putting the impedance sensitive pedals like a wah first, then a buffer, then any dynamic pedals, and then onto distortion pedals usually fixes tone best!! the higher the gain on the distortion pedals (fuzz, ect.) the closer you want it to the guitar, and the lower the further ect. could also be if you only have one buffer, having another output buffer pedal at the end of the chain cleans it up a bunch. hope this helps!

[@jaxonjordan4835]

try checking out the signal chain video from vertex too!

[@sebastianb.2385]

So everything is okay if I use a Boss Tuner and a Flint?

[@music_works]

My first and last as well lol

[@AlvaroLugosi]

i think I've just learned more on this 9 min video than in the 6 hs at high school today. I actually love your records recommendations btw

[@aidanherring5799]

Very cool! Probably gonna pick up a little black buffer at some point now. Thanks Josh!

[@OtherJesus]

If BOSS Tuners have a buffer… and my BOSS Tuner is first… should I move the tuner after my fuzz pedals? And by Fuzz, do you also include distortion and drives in that category? Thanks! 🤘🏻

[@untitleduser666]

try both! some fuzz circuits sound different with a buffer before them, some don't. Distortion and overdrive pedals typically aren't effected by a buffer in the same way fuzzes are. Fuzz-face style circuits are notorious for sounding different with a buffer before them.

[@OtherJesus]

@@untitleduser666 Thanks for the reply!

[@thomasanahory]

It is related with Impedance Inputs and Outputs. Fuzz (vintage ones), pedals normally tend do gave low Impedance input signal and high impedance output signal related to the germanium capacitors. So I t will need a buffer right next (after) it. Boss fuzzes are the opposite, they have High Impedance inputs and low impedance outputs, so you can maintain the tuner first on you pedal chain

[@bartdwmusic1212]

my chain starts with a TU3 and ends with a BD2 going into the amp, in theory I should not need an extra buffer, right?

[@johndiloreto3738]

Correct

[@jeffreybedrosian4935]

You have a beautiful pace and style. I've watched 10+ episodes and now subscribe. I'm a 40 year + player/ teacher. Thank you ..Jeff Bedrosian

[@blaiseshultz6640]

Love your videos. Always very informative and interesting.

[@jaykemper]

I just had a lightbulb moment. A buffer "buffs" the signal. I'm a software developer and a buffer is a temporary space to hold data, or space buffer. I was wondering what the hell that had to do with a guitar signal and why you would ever want to do it. Isn't that what delay is for? SMH...

[@loicrechard]

a buffer in effect pedals is just an amp with unity gain, changing the impedance of the signal because e guitars have a very high impedance, which is not good to drive long cables and to enter effect section

[@iNFlecTi0n]

So if all Bosses have a buffer, and I’m running a GE-7 before a fuzz, is that problematic?

[@nicrueth2056]

Not problematic. I'm just not sure why you'd EQ your guitar tone before it gets to the fuzz, as you'll have less diversity. You're better off EQing the tone after, and if you keep the Boss EQ at the end of your chain to EQ everything, you're getting a buffer there.

[@outofthemappodcast7674]

I was just asking myself this morning if I need a buffer. Impeccable timing. Thank you!

[@jhspedals]

I knew.... 👁👁👁

[@petestewart2701]

Thanks Josh, very interesting. Prompted me to do some rig testing. Although it led me back to where I started, my understanding has increased for future reference and it means I don't have to wonder about buying a buffer (for now). If it helps anyone else, here are my findings: The board is 18ft from my Marshall amp & consists of 6 true bypass pedals & a Boss DD7. The guitar straight to amp compared to thru the 6 t/b pedals in front of the amp reveals a bit of volume loss (10%, maybe) but, happily, the tone shape/character is retained with only a tiny loss on the very low & high ends. I put the DD7 on the end of the chain to see what happened and found that it took a little bit from the low end: not in bad way/deal breaker, per se, but the I preferred the actual delay effect when it was in the fx loop. With the DD7 back in it's original place (and the signal passing thru 36ft of extra cable) I compared the tone with the fx loop on/off and found that having it on boosts the low end slightly. So the net effect of 7 pedals and a bunch of cable is a slight loss of treble, which, given that I set amp with the bass at 10 and the treble at zero, is something I can live with!

[@c.picker1672]

I’m sure somebody has to have asked this, but why aren’t amp makers building a buffer into the input jack? Or are they? 🤔

[@diegorhoenisch62]

The amplifier can only amplify what it receives. If signal is lost(e.g. the high frequencies get reduced) between the guitar and the amp, the amplifier can't magically renew the signal. Buffers help prevent signal loss; they don't cure it. I hope that helps. Cheers, Alan Tomlinson

[@c.picker1672]

@@diegorhoenisch62 I thiiiiiiink you’re missing the point. A. You could put a buffer in front of the amp jack and it could conceivably do the exact same thing as putting a buffer on the backside of an amp jack. I completely understand that the amplifier is only amplifying what comes through the jack, but that shouldn’t negate the ability to put a buffer in-line between the input jack and the rest of the amplifier. If the purpose of a buffer is to improve the signal and reduce loss, including it at the very tail end of your chain seems like it would be accomplishing exactly what it is supposed to do at a very logical spot. B. If what Josh (and most) say is true, and there is signal loss at the end of a 15 or 20 foot cable instrument cable, why don’t we see more buffers at the tail end of “out” signal chain? I can’t think of a single time I’ve seen a buffer sitting on top of an amp, or in-line with the amp jack. You’re talking to a guy who has two buffer pedals inside his pedal board, so I’m not like I’m anti-buffer, but some of the hot sports opinions on buffers seem to contradict each other IMO.

[@opensourceq]

what do i do with my boss fuzz pedal

[@Raccoon1400]

If you are referring to what he said about not putting a buffer before a fuzz, the buffer in your boss isn't on unless the effect is off anyway.

[@sam4667]

Nice to have it confirmed that the 4 Boss pedals currently on my board are helping cuddle my signal along. Reassuring.

[@fishypaw]

Monsieur, with these informative videos, you are really spoiling us.

[@Tony-Jabroni]

A pump on a long run of pipe is a better representation for a buffer

[@joeyravage4798]

4:00 ... how many tries did that take.......

[@erniesfo2022]

Best explanation - and demonstration of - Buffers ever!!!!!

[@DrChocolateChip]

sorry if i didn't comment on the last vlog you did, thought that was well said in one video about things that everyone who is a guitar nerd (likewise). and thanks for adding and explain some of those interesting circut terminology. always very informative and interesting. \m/ can't wait to watch the next vlog

[@bradsims7089]

I bought 2 JHS pedals this week. I'm not making any points, just bragging.

[@jhspedals]

you still get the points

[@jerryrobertson7300]

You have crappy water pressure. Great video tho

[@zippittydoodah]

That water faucet example, reminds me of my bladder & prostate! 💧😉🙄

[@pessinieminen4341]

what

[@abihuzarate4232]

Amazing video as always, thanks for doing this!