Build Your Own Buffer!

VERTEX, a company that SELLS products and absolutely has every right to be secretive of how to do stuff, but instead the owner teaches you how to DIY things that could potentially impact his company revenues. You sir, are a class act! Fantastic how you are willing to teach and empower everyone. 👏🏻

i was told if i have at least one Boss pedal on my pedalboard i dont need a buffer. True?

I built the dual mono buffer. I noticed the diagram shows the green wire (ground) from the buffer to the leads on the guitar jack. It should be revised to show the brown wire (input) from the buffer to the leads on the guitar jack. I checked all the diagrams they are all the same. Am I mistaken?

What if I’m using an amp in a box pedal like the UA Ruby or WA ACS1? What amp output do I need?

I'm looking over the parts list and following the links to purchase.

The buffer supplier doesn't show a buffer with the 100ohm input buffer. So we use to 1 meg buffers?

Would you use 1meg buffer as the minimum for a SS amps also?

What about 10 MEG in for Acoustic Basses ?

can I also use a single amp with the stereo buffer or do i loose the chorus ? delay FX ?

👍🙉🙊🙈

Thanks for the video. What model is the Neutrik jack you use?

Love the outward focus on making us all sound better, know more and enjoy more. Simply… thanks MM.

@Vertex Effects I reviewed your drawings, but wasn't clear on this point - Do you recommend grounding the input jack to the enclosure but keeping the outputs all insulated/plastic? What if this were a passive device, like a junction or splitter, would you ground any of the jacks to the enclosure in that case?
THNX!

@Vertex Effects Where does this go on the pedal board chain since this is a I/O buffer?

Any advice on where to get parts for this in the UK?

I've been using my DIY buffer interface for a year now and I love it. I varied the design a little to include 5 input/outputs so that I can run my SA Collider in stereo into a Komet Ambikab for a wet/dry split. One suggestion... would you be open to sharing the volume pedal schematic similar to what you have with your boost pedal? I don't have the pedalboard real estate for the boost, but it would be awesome and extremely useful to be able to apply the same volume pedal concept directly to the junction box and keep the same footprint. Just a thought. Thank you for all the great rig resources!

Hi i have a Zoom G5xn. Do i need a buffer if im placing my amp in a iso booth? The distance is around 10m

Could the 4-wire version be used to obtain a 1M ohm impedance when using a passive effects loop? For instance, in the Matchless DC-30, could it be used to get the 1M ohm for both channels' effects loop at the same time?

You rock brother, thank you Dr.

I was hoping you talked a bit about the transformer seen in the thumbnail. I guess that's an add-on for fuzzes to sound good when working with buffers. Can you do a video about that?

I have just build this DIY Buffer Interface with the four cable method and I love it! Thank you for the fantastic video! That was something I was looking for for a long time.
I would love to add a green status LED to the buffer interface. But since I am new to this, I wanted to ask if you could tell me what parts I need and how I can add it to the circuit?

Great video. One question. All buffers are set to 1meg. Shouldn’t the output (running to amp) be 100ohms? The BOM says 3x 1meg. I want to try your recommendation of 1meg input and 100ohm output. Thanks for creating all this info. Very helpful. 👍

I like this, but there’s no way I’m spending $44 for each pre-soldered board. I’m on the search for a schematic to build my own board.

What about DI for a bass??? This one will work!!!!

So I noticed you put one of these on the small ms-3 rig you built in one of your videos with a stereo out. Was that just to have the convenience of the stereo out in an accessible spot (as opposed to fiddling to access the back of the ms-3 for it)? I ask because I'm wondering if there's an advantage to using a buffer in such a small rig? Is there any benefit to using a buffer there, or just for convenient jack access? Thanks.

Ty for everything. You're a huge help.

Great DIY film. But what about buffers and fuzzes ? I heard that fuzzes "don't like" buffers ;)

Hello Mason
Can’t I just buy one from you ? 🙏🏻

Hello Mason,
I donr think the links in your description work ?

Thanks!

Seen a few comments concerning it getting to crowded to do all the power in the 4CM box to the one buffer. Could you not chain them? - so 1st buffer power wires go to second, and then the 2nd goes to the 3rd, and finally the 3rd go to the DC jack, that way the dc jack is still clean and only has two wires going to it and you've not had a mess of wires converge on any single point?

Outstanding video! Thank you for sharing this with us!

I didn't even know buffers were a thing until discovering your channel, thanks for all the tips. I am making my own buffer using your parts/diagrams and I'm a little confused on what you're doing with the green wire that is connected to the guitar input jack. Are you looping it through/around the bottom hole (in the diagram) and then soldering it to the middle/second loop-pole thing?

Just starting to build and have all the parts.
But, the guitar input wiring looks backwards. Brown goes to what looks like the sleeve.
The from pedals looks like the green is the sleeve.
Help me out.
How wrong am I?
channel

50$?? Again Mr. Vertex Effects, your channel is full of shit.

Hey Mason, thanks for the vid! I'm curious, what are your thoughts on using a buffer like this with pedals that traditionally seem to prefer being first-in-chain?

There are some obvious examples like germanium fuzz, but I'm actually more curious if you have any experience with devices like the Digitech FreqOut or even a noise suppressor like the NS-2, which generally seem to work best if they can get the direct signal from your guitar. Do you think these will perform just as well after the buffer, or would you place pedals like those first, then buffer second?

Is there any reason you use the tip shunt switchcraft jack rather than a standard mono jack?

It's too bad the 3x Creation Audio circuits are $44 each. Ouch.

Thank you so much for this video! Mine is put mostly put together, but...how do you get these 1/2" caps to fit the 15/32" holes?

Nice work! Can i use this to make piezo preamp/buffer/impendance matcher?

Any chance there’s a diagram for a mono input buffer and stereo output buffers?

Your DIY power cables link is broken. Is that referencing a an IEC cable?

Hey brotha I have an active bass and want to have a xlr out for the FOH. Would I just replace the amp out or is that completely different process?

Quick Q: not sure if you covered this. Maybe I missed it. If I don’t apply power to the buffer, does signal still go through? If so, is it what you would consider a true bypass?

Any troubleshooting hints post-build? I built the version with the FX loop jacks as well (3 buffer jacks) but it is not working. The most challenging solder joint was where you have to daisy chain the power from two of the buffers to the third. Any hints on doing the soldering there?

Hey Mason! I've watched many of your vids, and I've learned a lot, so thanks! I'll be building the 4 cable version for use with my FX loop. I use a Boss TU-3, so where should that sit in the chain? Between my guitar and the buffer? Or after the buffer?

Hey doc! do you know any alternative to the bufffer that I can get in Canada? I reallyy would love to build my interface

Great vid! One thing I was wondering, are you able to do this as an a/b box to different destinations and or switch the buffer on or off as needed?

Thank you for your videos! I’m a beginner just getting into Pedals and you’ve help me tremendously! I have a question on building the 4 Cable Method.

I’m looking at running my Volume pedal after Boost/EQ (following your Signal Path Video). If I have Wah/fuzz/treble boost going into the buffer along with running Chorus and Trem through an effects loop do I need to run 2 buffers or can I simply add another buffer to the 4 cable box and solder it to the buffer output? The new buffer would be the input for the volume pedal.

Don’t know if this makes sense. Your help is truly appreciated!