Should RangeFinder go before a buffer like a fuzz does?

[Coach_McGuirk]

Pretty self explanatory. Does a rangefinder circuit react with the impedance (or whatever) of the pickups in the same way a fuzz or wah pedal does? Does it make any difference if it is behind a buffer?

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

If you want your RangeFinder to behave like a treble booster, then it should be driven by the guitar. If you want it to distort, then drive it with a buffer or other low-impedance source.

 

[mkstewartesq]

If you want your RangeFinder to behave like a treble booster, then it should be driven by the guitar. If you want it to distort, then drive it with a buffer or other low-impedance source.

This is the good, scientific explanation.

My unscientific explanation is: Rangefinder sounds good being fed directly by the guitar and before a buffer, and sounds like absolute shit after a buffer.

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[Coach_McGuirk]

So... which one should go first: fuzz or rangefinder?

 

[PedalBuilder]

Are you using both at once? If so, put the Rangefinder first. Otherwise it doesn't matter if they're both true bypass.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

My opinion, put the rangefinder first. Use it to tighten up the bass prior to the fuzz.

 

[Coach_McGuirk]

Are you using both at once? If so, put the Rangefinder first. Otherwise it doesn't matter if they're both true bypass.

Yeah, I meant both at the same time. Is the fuzz messed with at all by the rangefinder being on? (meaning the impedance or inductance or whatever)

Just curious.

 

[PedalBuilder]

Yeah, I meant both at the same time. Is the fuzz messed with at all by the rangefinder being on? (meaning the impedance or inductance or whatever)

Just curious.

The fuzz certainly sounds different, but some people (including me) like the sound of a Rangemaster into a fuzz. Give it a try and see what you think.

 

[Coach_McGuirk]

Yeah, I'm playing with it now and it sounds pretty sweet before my Sunflower Fuzz.

Still trying to figure out the biasing and might swap out some cap values at some point as well.

 

[Diynot]

Now you have a Sunlion

I think there was an order switch

 

[Coach_McGuirk]

Now you have a Sunlion

Ah, I'm reinventing the wheel over here.

I looked into it and it looks like this pedal does not have an order switch, although can be ordered with 4 jacks optional.

That suggests to me that analogman seems to think rangemaster goes better second.

 

[Diynot]

Meh. It goes where you think it sounds best. I personally like the rangemaster before, but that is only my opinion. Either way I treat the rangemaster the same as the fuzz face and run them both before buffers