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    • begmas2000
      begmas2000 last edited by

      Hi everyone! I've noticed the following problem with bias head.
      When I connect guitar (passive pickups) to the head through pedal with buffered bypass (guitar-boss pedal-head) and the pedal is in bypass the signal is fine.
      But when I connect same guitar by the same cable to head directly (guitar-amp) I can clearly hear the high frequencies loss.
      Am I doing anything wrong or there is no input buffer? Because this does not make sense that having more connections makes signal better.

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      • Liam
        Liam last edited by

        What pedal is it? Is it possible the pedal could be adding the top end rather than the guitar losing it when plugged direct?

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        • begmas2000
          begmas2000 last edited by

          Actually any pedal with buffered bypass! So I'd advice everyone who has passive pickups try putting pedal with buffered bypas in front of amp, it really makes a difference, much more clarity in the sound. Tried with several guitars and pedals, the result is consistent!

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          • pipelineaudio
            pipelineaudio A2 last edited by

            Thats both disturbing and heartening. It means some pickups are being treated extremely optimally by Bias Head (probably) while the rest are "getting the shaft"

            Youtube Video

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            • madmarcus1960
              madmarcus1960 last edited by

              I have a Comp(Xoitic), a JHS Muffeletta, a Tumnus, and a JHS Bonsai going into the front end of a Mini and I don't have and different hi end as when I've gone direct with no pedals. Interesting.

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              • info 0
                info 0 last edited by

                Noticed the same thing.
                I ended up programming an eq (in a multi fx pedal) that sounds the same as my direct in signal. This way I can tweak the amp any way I like and have the same sound when playing with fx!.

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