krock Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Please embellish. I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. As far as I understand it, pedals that are true bypass won't or shouldn't color your sound, just not sure what you mean by passive. hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Marshall pedals for instance, they say they have passive bypass but it is not true bypass. I also do not know what that means and never cared to look since my Marshall pedals don't seem to color sound noticeably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 What pedal is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 It can. Anytime your signal passes through another medium (capicitor, resistor, tube, even wire actually) it can and does to a certain degree change your sound. The question then becomes is it enough for you to hear the difference. I don't think my ears are that sensitive, but I've know musicians who could hear the grass growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Another factor if you're using tube amps is whether the pedal significantly lessens the amplitude of the signal to the amp. If you're trying also to get some overdrive on the amp... yeah, it would lessen that and you'd have to mess with that angle involved in your sound. But otherwise, as has been said, anything else should be minimal if the pedal has a true bypass. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 I was looking into the Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Guitar Effects Pedal, Passive Attenuator. Im not sure but I think passive means it doesnt need batteries to work. Dont hold me to that though. So would it colour the sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I was looking into the Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Guitar Effects Pedal, Passive Attenuator. Im not sure but I think passive means it doesnt need batteries to work. Dont hold me to that though. So would it colour the sound? I believe that EH is trying to say that it won't color your sound, but IMO all amps sound differently when an attenuator is used at least most in a price range I could look at. Some of the really high end boutique stuff doesn't change it that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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