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Mike wrote:

PetZounds wrote:Let's try to perpetuate some rumors about true bypass.

A little known fact about the standard blue 3PDT switches is that, at moderately high volumes, the spring and the metal actuator contained within the switch can create phase-aligned sympathetic resonances, both sub-harmonic and super-harmonic. While you can't actually hear the dreaded "blue 3PDT resonance"-- a term coined in the early 1980s-- the frequencies do interact with frequencies in the audible range, resulting in unpredictable frequency cancellation.

This can be minimized during the switch manufacturing process by using a specific quantity and type of grease to lubricate the mechanical components of the switch. Unfortunately, near the end of the 1970s, international agreements were put in place that prohibited the use of that lubricant due to its high toxicity. A suitable substitute was found, however it is very heat-sensitive. Simply soldering the switch changes the viscosity of the lubricant, and that all but guarantees that you will experience the dreaded blue 3PDT resonance.

That is why your setup sounds good most of the time, but some days, it just doesn't sound right. Maybe it is dull, maybe it sounds like there is a blanket over the speakers, maybe it just sounds different than you remembered. That, my friends, is the dreaded blue 3PDT resonance. It stifles creativity, and must be avoided at all costs.

If you must use a bypass, buffered bypass is the only way to go. Anyone who uses true bypass is a fool.

zRobertez wrote:I find my tone is actually enhanced if I plug straight into the speakers

KaosCill8r wrote:

Achtane wrote:ATTN BUFFER FANS: EAT MY FUCK
YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THE TRANSPARENCY OFFERED BY MY HONDA SOUND WORKS "SPICE"

What the fuck!!!!!!!!! I'm sure it's super transparent. Does it work like a crystal lattice?

rfurtkamp wrote:Will your special run have the circuits...gooped with special sauces?

rfurtkamp wrote:Will your special run have the circuits...gooped with special sauces?

Gone Fission wrote:

rfurtkamp wrote:Will your special run have the circuits...gooped with special sauces?

NOS vintage switch lube?

Mike wrote:

PetZounds wrote:Let's try to perpetuate some rumors about true bypass.

A little known fact about the standard blue 3PDT switches is that, at moderately high volumes, the spring and the metal actuator contained within the switch can create phase-aligned sympathetic resonances, both sub-harmonic and super-harmonic. While you can't actually hear the dreaded "blue 3PDT resonance"-- a term coined in the early 1980s-- the frequencies do interact with frequencies in the audible range, resulting in unpredictable frequency cancellation.

This can be minimized during the switch manufacturing process by using a specific quantity and type of grease to lubricate the mechanical components of the switch. Unfortunately, near the end of the 1970s, international agreements were put in place that prohibited the use of that lubricant due to its high toxicity. A suitable substitute was found, however it is very heat-sensitive. Simply soldering the switch changes the viscosity of the lubricant, and that all but guarantees that you will experience the dreaded blue 3PDT resonance.

That is why your setup sounds good most of the time, but some days, it just doesn't sound right. Maybe it is dull, maybe it sounds like there is a blanket over the speakers, maybe it just sounds different than you remembered. That, my friends, is the dreaded blue 3PDT resonance. It stifles creativity, and must be avoided at all costs.

If you must use a bypass, buffered bypass is the only way to go. Anyone who uses true bypass is a fool.

jwar wrote:

rfurtkamp wrote:Will your special run have the circuits...gooped with special sauces?

Oh I'll make sure to put a mason jar full of goop in there.


Where's that picture?

goroth wrote:After reading about the Freakish Blues, I thought goop might help my toan. First I smeared it in my electronics, but while that increased the lettuce I couldn't really find the mids I wanted in a bedroom gig situation. So I gooped the entire fretboard, reasoning that if I can't see the electronics and it sounds better, it must sound even better if I can't see what I'm playing at all. Now there was a tangible improvement in my tone. It really felt alive, especially with minor pentatonics. But I found that major pentatonics weren't really jumping at me in the way that sends my wife straight into the arms of another man, so I thought what the fudge, if I'm going to get on the P&W team I've gotta go the whole hog. So I gooped my entire guitar. A little like the Manhattan Museum of Art in Ghostbusters II. I think I'm almost there, but I'm considering replacing my whole guitar with a lettuce of goop, and just running that direct into my 100 stack I've attenuated down to a half watt. What do you guys think?