Please Help!!!!

[shawsofhell]

I now have 5 effects pedals in my set up that are all true bypassed and I have started to notice that the sound is starting to get fairly muddy. Should I add a buffer some where? If so do I only need one and where do I place it/them? Also can you guys recommend a very high performance buffer?
Thanks for all your help

[Mark Hammer]

Do you mean that it gets muddy even though everything is bypassed?  If you are using a straight-wire mechanical bypass, that ought not to happen (and is indeed the very REASON why purists like to use mechanical bypass instead of solid-state switching).  The only thing I can think of is that your patch cords are eating up high end in some way or that your bypass isn't as "true" as you think.

[smoguzbenjamin]

Resistive patch cables maybe? Sounds wierd. I use a Boss EH-2 to drive long cables, it makes the sound a little nicer and crisper so I leave it on all the time.