Truetone CSPT Pure Tone Buffer

I've got 9 pedals on by board:1. Donner mini Compression ( very good actually)2. Behringer TS clone (very good)3. Flamma Drive4. Boss Blues Driver5. Behringer Small Stone clone (vintage phaser.... Which is awesome. But not true bypass and sucks tone like nobody's business).Effects Loop:6. Behringer Ultra Tremolo7. MXR Carbon Copy8. Flamma FS02 Reverb (really decent)9. Mooer e-lady (nice but rarely use)10. Catalinbread Epoch boostAnyway... I only have the one buffer at the front of the chain, but it already makes a significantly positive audible difference. Mind you, I haven't used any other buffer for comparison, but given that this is at home, and the cable runs are a total of about 40 feet or more, including the loop, I doubt that a more robust buffer would make that much of a difference...But what do I know. I just know that it works well enough for me to keep it on the board, and am happy with it.

Excellent

I only used this as an output buffer, not an input buffer, so my review is based on using it as an output buffer.This is a great buffer! It's as good or better than any other. Dare I say, it's one of the best of you need simple! For the price, it's a stupid easy choice to make, unless you need additional features.It's fairly neutral, sounds good, does what it's supposed to, and it's cheap! Even if you don't "need" a buffer all the time, this is a great ubti to keep on your Toolbox for a rainy day.The only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that it does bump up your gain ever so slightly and therefore isn't perfect unity gain. It's a very small amount, but it alters a super specific tone of mine nonetheless. Perhaps on a super long cable run, that difference would be less. Whatever the case, for the vast majority of users, this would NOT be an issue and this buffer is a ridiculously good choice, while being affordable!For example, it beat out my Fortin as well as my Empress buffers.What I would recommend to make it better and earn 5 starts from me is to add a gain trimmer/boost like on a Mesa Clearlink Send, for small adjustments.Beyond that, as an input buffer, no one has yet made a 5m buffer that I know of, nor one that can be adjusted from 5m down to 500k ohms. The are pedals these days that have as high a a 5m input, and amps like the Peavey 5150 and overdrives like the Maxon OD808 have around a 500k input.I would go further still and have an output impedance control too. The only device that I know of that is capable of this is the Creation Audio Labs MW1, but it's a rack unit mean for re-amping, so it's overkill!

Wow I just put my guitar down to write this review. I am a tone Junky and I'm constantly searching for the best guitar tone my rig can give me. I was in search for something to boost the signal in my fx loop of my 6505 amp. I have two delays a chorus, and a reverb pedal that sounded very sterile when engaged and was loosing over all tone and volume. At first it tried an overdrive and then a boss cs3 comp sustainer. The signal was boosted but my cleans suffered. I read an online review that buffers will boost a signal help push a signal through long cables and effects pedals with out coloring or adding dirty gain to your sound. I found this for fifty something bucks and bought it. Before I set I in the fx loop, I decided to put it right behind my guitar like instructions suggested.Wow this thing just made my maxon od 9 and Keeley compressor ,that i had pushing the front of my amp, sound even better. Hey, it even fixed my fx loop problem to. What a simple and inexpensive fix! I am blown away by this thing.

This device works surprisingly well. I have about 6 effects pedals connected together, including a vintage Electro Harmonix Big Muff and an Electric Mistress. Before adding this to the chain, the sound coming out of the amp was terrible- really muddy and muffled, and changing the tone controls on the amp did nothing.I plugged this in at the beginning of the chain and the problem was solved. The clarity and brightness are back, and even better than it is when I plug the guitar into the amp directly. It is also really small, less than half the size of a Boss pedal, so it takes up very little space. I am very impressed at how well this works, especially for the price. I did a lot of shopping around, and there are only a couple of options out there for tone buffers, usually more expensive than this.I just want to make clear that I have no affiliation with this company, it is just a great solution to tone sucking pedals.

3 stars for being affordable.application: inserted in the front of guitar effects loop on Orange Rocker 32 stereo valve amp.results: totally balanced the volume drop when disengaging effects stomp boxes. HOWEVER, completely altered the tone coming from the pre-amp section.recommendations: If you DON'T play 'transparent' to moderate gain, you could still use this device. If you're fortunate enough to have a negative-db buffered effects loop in your amp circuit, you may not need this device. While I don't recommend this device, I may try a higher-quality buffer to see if it murders my tone like this device.Notes: I tried the device at the beginning of the signal chain like Truetone recommends (changed tone, didn't fix db drop from disengaged effects), I then inserted it at the beginning of the effects loop (fixed db drop, changed tone). In effect, using a buffer device will make your guitar signal sound like the buffer, not your guitar. happy hunting.

I had a buffer at the beginning of my chain (Bonafide in the Polytune) and it made a huge difference. I watched a YouTube video that recommended another buffer at the very end of the chain, and this was #2 on their list of good buffers. I can't say it made a huge difference, as I've reaches the point of diminishing returns. But, it did help, and it certainly didn't hurt. If you're in need of a buffer, this one is good.