Gigrig Quatermaster

dean111music · February 2018

Chris_J said:

dean111music said:

mal1971 said:

I use the quartermaster 8 on my main board. Two reasons. Firstly if a pedal or patch goes down I only lose that pedal, secondly it limits the cable run. I use a Pete Cornish p1 and tuber/mute before the switcher so I have the buffer from the p1 always in the chain. I double up on some loops. For example, my cornish g2 and ss3 live on the same loop which means I can bring either or both in to play together.

Nice!

i was thinking about this and getting a tuner like this at the start of the chain before going into the quatermaster

https://www.tcelectronic.com/Categories/Tcelectronic/Guitar/Tuners/POLYTUNE-3/p/P0D5Z

Not sure what the buffer is like? Say compare to a boss? Pete Cornish have great buffers don’t they?

my reasons are the same as yours. If a pedal goes down or lead you can identify it and pure tone!

That's exactly what I do, going into a qmx6.

Polytune3 in buffer mode (they come set to true bypass), then the Quartermaster with compression, drive, modulation and delay in the loops, then out into my Flint set to buffer and finally a Ditto looper.

The buffer in the polytune is the same as the bona-fide buffer pedal they put out a year or so ago. https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/tc-electronic-bonafide

Yeah that sounds like a good idea!

however this comparison boss sounds better? But the 35ft cable is going to the pedals then a patch cable into the amp. Isn’t the buffer meant before a long length if cable? Ie the start of the chain or the end before a long length going back

https://youtu.be/d5W4-17q0V0

After experimenting today I actually prefer the buffer to be placed after overdrives before modulation.

Chris_J · February 2018

Tbh honest it's all personal preference really. Some people prefer curly/ long cables and no buffer to shave off top end. I wanted a buffered tuner and prefer the polytune display to the boss one so that's what I got. Do what feels right for you, or pick an option and see how you get on

lukedlb · February 2018

It might help comparing the qmx options to the midi8 and the G2 on a post I did last year:
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/99893/gigrig-g2-vs-midi8-which-switch-unit-for-you#latest

dean111music · February 2018

Just received my Quatermaster 6!

Can't wait to get the board built.

Exciting!

Thanks for all your help

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