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  • September 1, 2021 at 4:30 pm #185279
    kjub
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    Hi everybody! My first post here, nice to have a dedicated EHX forum.

    Let me jump straight into the matter if I may. I bought a Bass9 pedal some time ago as a bass simulator for looping and practising guitar in a band-like environment. Great tool for these purposes but when I started using it as an octaver to blend with dry signal to spice up solos or single-string riffs, I ran into a major pedalboard placement problem. When Bass9 is switched off its buffer gets in the way of some pedals I’d like to have after it, namely wah and vibe. The vibe especially suffers – it becomes shrill and loses it’s “chew”.

    Is there a way to disable the buffer, either altogether or just to make the pedal true bypass? I realise the buffer may be essential for the pedal’s sound so I’d be happy with TBP only.

    Any ideas will be much appreciated!

    Cheers,
    Kuba

    September 2, 2021 at 1:50 pm #185283
    EHX STAFF
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    Hi Kuba
    Well there is no way to switch to un buffered out and I cant talk about mods.
    But you could use a loop selector pedal and leave the Bass9 on and switch it in and out with the passive loop selector.
    Cheapest one is see is listed below.
    You could also use a more costly Switch Blade pro or the supper switcher.
    Keep in mind switching passively with any pedal can produce pops.

    Cheap selector (I have never used it) Its at Amazon

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