Good buffer to place at the beginning of pedalboard

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I would put a good buffer to the beginning of the sequence of pedals
I thought the "Amz JFET transistor BUFFER" but wanted to build on stripboard.

've Looked schemes stripboard but found none so with good feedback ...

What do you advise??

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I'm using a Klon buffer, built from a kit that this guy sells: http://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/Klown_Buff ... 46591.aspx

I had a Boss tuner at the start of my chain but swapped it for a TC Polytune Mini which is true bypass....the buffer works well, actually colours the sound a little bit but in a nice way.

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I just use the black toast buffer at the start of my board.
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Because I wanted was the most appropriate to start the chain of pedals.
opamp vs jfet

opamp version is capable of giving lower output impedance (Z) and unity gain (gain = 1), Whereas the jfet's output impedance will be higher and slightly less than unity

which to choose? many people advises the jfet.

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Gain is fairly irrelevant unless it's a massive drop because it will always be on.

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This is one of the JFET buffers shown on the AMZ site, the one with the 1/2 supply voltage divider:

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IvIark You think it's a good buffer transparent to the beginning of the chain of pedals?
What I want is something to put the correct impedance and does not color the sound.

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I haven't experimented with different types for quite a while, but if transparency is most important to you I'd probably recommend a generic opamp buffer. I thought the JFET buffers did colour the sound more.
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Already try this vero layout? if yes what kind of color it gives?

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Purple.
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I did what you are doing with this layout (not vero sorry, but shouldn't be hard for you to make one?)
https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic ... 36#p174536
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FiveseveN wrote:Purple.

Very funny :P

Well someone was making Veroboard jfet scheme, this pcb here:
http://www.muzique.com/tech/buffer.htm
Or even Veroboard this PCB

rocklander wrote:I did what you are doing with this layout (not vero sorry, but shouldn't be hard for you to make one?)
https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic ... 36#p174536
This baja is like Amz?



I do not understand, but nobody uses buffers at the beginning of the chain of pedals??

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Roast7 wrote:I do not understand, but nobody uses buffers at the beginning of the chain of pedals??
Plenty do, in one way or another. I have onboard buffers in my guitars (JFET, like the one above). If you want to explore the kind of differences people think they hear just build a bunch of options (BJT, JFET, op amp) and compare them. It's $2 in parts.
If you're interested in best performance and not "color", whatever that means, build an op amp buffer with the biggest supply voltage you can muster (e.g. ±15 V, though 9 V is probably plenty for usual pickups).
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rocklander wrote:I did what you are doing with this layout (not vero sorry, but shouldn't be hard for you to make one?)
https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic ... 36#p174536
This baja is like Amz?
never built the AMZ.. the pure sound of the black toast was good so I just used it
Roast7 wrote: I do not understand, but nobody uses buffers at the beginning of the chain of pedals??
yes.. many, as did I .. as posted in that link.
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Roast7 wrote:Because I wanted was the most appropriate to start the chain of pedals.
opamp vs jfet

opamp version is capable of giving lower output impedance (Z) and unity gain (gain = 1), Whereas the jfet's output impedance will be higher and slightly less than unity

which to choose? many people advises the jfet.
Personally I would employ a tube buffer like this, but running with less high voltage:

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I think this diagram is similar to VHT/Fryette valvulator or Coopersonic tube cleaner.

Cheers,
Jose

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Why? That has absolutely none of the advantages of a 50 cent modern buffer.
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ppluis0 wrote:
Roast7 wrote:Because I wanted was the most appropriate to start the chain of pedals.
opamp vs jfet

opamp version is capable of giving lower output impedance (Z) and unity gain (gain = 1), Whereas the jfet's output impedance will be higher and slightly less than unity

which to choose? many people advises the jfet.
Personally I would employ a tube buffer like this, but running with less high voltage:

Image

I think this diagram is similar to VHT/Fryette valvulator or Coopersonic tube cleaner.

Cheers,
Jose
I would love one myself :)

12v tubes are still possible to buy. 12U7 (dual triode) seems to be perfect candidate to become a base for battery powered friendly tube buffer

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I wanted something simple just to maintain the equal sign and good and transparent because the pedals are all in True Bypass.

That's why I thought the AMZ, because they say it all.
but I wanted to build myself and preferably in Veroboard.

Maybe I'll do it, like build a IvIark put here (jfet), and another with opamp, then choose.

Advice for other projects in stripboard, in addition to the layout IvIark posted???

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