Empress Buffer & Buffer+

An Overview of the Empress Effects Buffer and Buffer+. Also, a quick education on why a buffer can be important to your rig.

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[AlexZ7guitarist]

Yes, I own old Fulltone 70 fuzz ant it sounds bad after the great Lehle buffer I have so I need to start from Wah, Fuzz and only then use buffer.

How about this one?

[aaron e]

I first started using buffers a few years ago, they really do make a difference with larger pedal boards and long cable runs. The only problem is some fuzz pedal placement

[themetallicat86]

Some people may enjoy what a long cable does to their sound, but some may not. It's just another tool to possibly use.

[veers0r]

What's the point of another buffer before sending the signal to the amp? It's already low impedance and the buffer should theoretically run at unity.

[wavydaveeverett]

the grateful dead were the first to run their instruments at low impedance, this made it possible to be loud but have no distortion, i would imagine this device works well to arrive at this

[Scott Wilder]

I think the old school solution to this problem was to grab the eq and crank the high end. But cranking the eq has its own issues.

[AlexZ7guitarist]

Nice! How about using vintage fuzz pedals in you buffer's loop? Thanks.

[wavydaveeverett]

wonderful & all well & good, but as far as i know guitarists havent had such a device before and have done fine using a range of pedals and all & still having a sound that blows peoples minds, is such a pedal really needed ?