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Less than 1K and doesn't depend by volume pot position.
It's always better to have smaller output resistance of any effect.

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I know that, but thanks any way.
My point: output impedance needs to be lowered, in this case? You found OI was "dangerously high"?
I mean, I understand "the lower, the better", but you don't mod every known circuit to get a lower OI if it's farly low, so that's my question again: OI was so higher to you?
I'm not an expert, but I like to learn from each explanation. :hug:

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Actually, this is my vision of electronics. For me this is better. There are nothing dangerous. Just a point of view.
Almost any pedal, effect, or electric guitar device have input and output reaction with the "world". If we speak for guitar pedals, best choice is high input impedance and low output impedance. This principle is used in a lot of pedals- check the schematics :) You can put any resistor in series of the output to become larger impedance which doesn't depend by level control - better, or put variable resistor (pot) to control output impedance. This is more correct. In this case volume pot will be exactly and only volume control. Not volume control + frequency control: low pass filter in some situations.

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Well explained! Thanks! :thumbsup

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