BONAFIDE
BUFFER
This is perhaps the simplest,
most utilitarian pedal TC has ever
released. In fact, it might not even
really be a pedal (assuming that one
of characteristics that defines a pedal
is the existence of a switch). What
the BonaFide Buffer definitely is,
though, is a miniscule black box of
tonal sweetness, and a surprisingly
sophisticated one at that. Its job is
to bring life and vibrancy back to
your guitar signal after it has run the
gauntlet of your pedalboard and
the mess of cabling used to hook it
all together. In typical TC fashion,
the BonaFide accomplishes this task
with flair and grace. It will polish up
even the most degraded signal that
has passed through untold miles
of wire, and it will do so very, very
quietly, boasting a signal-to-noise
ratio of greater than 112dB. It also
sports a fail-safe intelligent bypass
relay, which automatically switches
it into true bypass mode in case of a
catastrophic event of some sort. This
is the kind of feature that just might
save your ass on stage someday.
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