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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm in the midst of replacing my 3pdt pedals with either soft switch or boss pedals...
It has apparently had the one flaw of the SD-1 fixed - the bleed-through of dirt into the bypass signal. Whether that (and the extra mode) justifies tripling the price, I'm not sure...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Running it after another buffered pedal does stop it, but that doesn't help if you want to run it first in line or with only true-bypass pedals before it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
How does a buffer stop it out of interest?
It's because the output impedance of the buffer before it is low enough to suppress the very faint (but annoyingly audible!) amount of bleed, which otherwise leaks in because the input buffer of the SD-1 is high impedance.
The actual cause of the bleed is the 'half' switching which leaves the pedal circuit amplifying the signal even when the pedal is off, feeding back into the input buffer via the power supply. All other (apart from the OD-1 I think) Boss pedals turn off the input to the effect circuit as well, so they don't do it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Ive had both ghecstandard and the Waza, loved them both, I did use the custom setting on the Waza, but honestly for the £70?? Extra quid, I'd just go standard.
Since 1981. Yes, you really would think they would fix it - although they haven't fixed the equally notorious noise problem of the GE-7 either, and that's not fixed by running it with other Boss pedals either.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Have there been different incarnations of the GE7? Because mine is only slightly noisy when you max the level control. There's no sticker on the baseplate so I've got no way of knowing where it was made and I'm fairly sure it's not been modified.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Gotta say Boss stuff always looks so nice when it arrives. The black boxes they have these days are smart and the pedals just look professional and reassuringly rugged.
As for the sound... it's perhaps a little aggressive, But maybe that because it's at very low volume right now. Will be trying it into my pleximan at next rehearsal. If successful, step 1 in the reduce the value of my board effort.
That's why I prefer it, to me it cuts better when you're adding it to boost an amp in a band context.
If you're using a single coil guitar into a Fender clean then the TS can be a better choice for some people, but I love the crunch from using an SD1 into an already driving amp. It's one of those things that just works in context IME
I can't wait to try it in in the band - I think it's a 1 trick pony, but the trick could be a good one. I use p90's which are that bit darker, so I have high hopes that an aggressive OD into my plexi will be a sound to behold. My Jrad GT is a bit too smooth.