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  • #81073
    Stormbringer
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    Say, in all the descriptions for most pedals, they usually list the term “true bypass’ in the features list. Pro Guitar shop does as well as several others, yet I see no description here for the Micro Pog or other pedals from from EHX. I have a custom pedal board that has several EHX effects which are in fact True Bypass. How do you know you say?

    Simple-unplug the AC source or remove the battery if powered as such. Step on the pedal once or twice, if no sound comes through your amp-its not true bypass. If it does, then it is! So, I tried this with my other pedals that definitely promote true bypass and they worked fine as well as my Holy Grail, Bassballs and Memory Boy, but not the Micro Pog. Why,when the others clearly are true bypass?

    #112915
    KartoonHead
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    I’m not sure what you’re asking here. Are you asking why the Micro POG isn’t true-bypass? There really isn’t an answer for that question, but I can confirm that you’re right about it not being true bypass.

    Maybe a 3pdt simply wouldnt fit into the case with everything else, or the manufacturing costs had to be kept under a certain amount and including true bypass would have resulted in a non-cost-effective product, don’t think we’ll ever know. Very few pedals with two outputs are true bypass (Marshall Echohead, EHX SMM with Hazarai, EHX Cathedral, and so on), so maybe it was a decision between having the wet/dry output option or having true bypass and EHX found that the two output option was the way forward.

    You could always buy an EHX Switchblade and put the microPOG in the FX loop, this would act as a true-bypass switch. Even better make your own, these are the easiest kind of pedals to make; no components in them whatsoever, just 4 jacks and a switch (assuming you’re not fussed about an LED).

    Hope this helps!

    EDIT: Just noticed the Switchblade is an ABY pedal, not a loop pedal, so ignore that bit. This is what I mean by loop pedal;
    http://superkingpedals.com/images/pedals/superlooper.png

    #112939
    electro-melx
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    Micropog isn’t, the reason it isn’t (probably) is so the dry signal when on can be identical to your dry signal when off…. ie if you turn the ‘dry’ up and leave the octaves right down on the pedal when you click the switch there will be no difference.

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    Micropog isn’t, the reason it isn’t (probably) is so the dry signal when on can be identical to your dry signal when off…. ie if you turn the ‘dry’ up and leave the octaves right down on the pedal when you click the switch there will be no difference.

    And that right there is the reason why I’m getting one this Christmas =3

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