TR: I think the question on everyone’s
mind is: what’s the deal with all those
effects loops?
JB: When I did my original product
suggestion button on our website, I found
that people were asking for all kinds of
pedals with combinations of two effects—
delay/reverb, overdrive/boost, and so on.
So I thought about it and realized that what
they really wanted was to be able to hit one
switch and get both sounds together. So I
decided that rather than build every
combination of two effects you could think
of, I decided to put an effects loop on the
back so you could patch your favorite delay
in with my distortion for a one-click system.
After discussions on some forums where
guys mentioned effects that would work
better in front of the distortion than after, I
came up with a switch that moves the loop
before or after the distortion in my pedal.
So you can patch a clean boost or EQ in
front or you can patch a delay or reverb
after. Whatever is in that loop can be left on
and when you turn my pedal on, you hear
both, or when you turn my pedal off, the
added effect is bypassed too, so effects in
the loop become dedicated to the pedal.
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