Thoughts on tone — Onboard guitar buffers
Onboard guitar buffers - how they work and their benefits
There aren't that many classic players famous for their tone that used onboard guitar buffers. Jerry Garcia is the biggest one I can think of. So if you are looking to emulate classic rock tones with classic gear, you can probably stop reading here. There are however a number of very good, scientifically sound reasons you may want to buffer your guitar's signal. Mitigating high frequency tone loss from guitar cables is one. Take your guitar's cable - just a normal 1/4" guitar cable. This has two electrically conductive pieces (wire) separated by insulation (a dielectric) - that is more or...