True Bypass

[yyz2112]

A single-loop bypass box would cost you about $15 in parts, and take 10 minutes to solder. It's so easy to do, and there really is zero mojo...it's 4 jacks, a switch and a few inches of wire.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Those kick butt.

are you speaking from experience?

Nope.  Never heard of them before your link, but very functional and custom.  Multiple versions of the same thing that are different sizes or application specific.

 

[Strat Avenger]

As long as one of your pedals is buffered (not true bypass), all the rest of the pedals in your signal chain can be true bypass with no problem.

Personally, I think True Bypass is overrated.

 

[dmraco]

I have some serious GAS right now....just placed an order...it will have a master bypass, tuner mute/output, and a switchable buffer in the mix....

 

[Patrick from Davis]

True bypass is very helpful for certain pedals.  Fuzzes and Wahs at the front of the signal path are quite sensitive to your playing.  A Buffered pedal before them cancels all of that interplay.  Some do not notice, some do.  There is much hoopla made about true bypass, like it is the next reincarnation, but that is marketing.  As has been noted, it has its place and is good when used appropriately.  For homebrew pedals, it is a heck of a lot easier to wire.  For production pedals it is way too expensive for the switch, and the buffered transistor version is much cheaper.  As for what is true bypass, it is truly the switch that is on or off with the pedal.  There are various shades of gray for intermediate versions of the switch (the Millenium bypass for example) that use electronics to do the same thing.  I don't get the whole over/under rated concept, but if you know what your bypass setup is and where it is appropriate to use the different versions, it will guide you on getting the most out of your gear.
Patrick

 

[pabloman]

I built a true bypass looper only because I liked the idea of having all of my pedal switches right in front all in a row. I put a tuner mute and an a/b/y and amp switches, it was definately a pain to wire up. The switches cost me around $80. Probably another $10 in LEDs and housings. I had the teflon wire and silver solder. The chassis I had custom made here in town for $25 bucks. It came out cheaper than buying one and I did it myself. It came out great. Again though I did it just for convenience. When you have a size 13 boot you can change switch all kinds of things if you aren't careful. Besides that when I ordered my pedalboard from rooster I felt very inadequate while checking out his site.