a question about input and output buffers

[ulysses]

hey guys

i made a stompbox version of an input and output buffer and you "patch" your stompbox into it.

the idea was to remove any influence the pickups may have on any given stompbox and any influence the amp may have on any given stompbox. the main reason i decided to test this was becasue i thought my amp was not 'getting on' with quite a few of my stompboxes without buffers.

so far with my testing i have seen some pedals sound a lot better. ie, tone bender MKII has a lot more bass.

i was wondering why people dont include output buffers on all their designs? is it purely to reduce parts? and what do people consider to be the "best input buffer for guitar" & "best output buffer for guitar amp"

cheers
ulysses

[petemoore]

i was wondering why people dont include output buffers on all their designs?
  Boss and other companies do, if only for the bypass switching costs/reliability.
  is it purely to reduce parts?  That'd be one reason, another would be a FF is no longer a 'FF' [w/input buffer], whatever it is might sound 'better' with a buffer. If a buffer were on every single one of my PB's effects, that'd be 20-28 buffers in my case].
    and what do people consider to be the "best input buffer for guitar" & "best output buffer for guitar amp"
  Simple answer would be tube, Ge, Jfet, Opamp, Mosfet and bipolar Si.
  If you don't like Opamp, try Jfet, or tube or
  Ge's probably not worth the trouble.
  Having 4.5v bias supply might help figure which is best enough.
  Read AMZ labs notebook on buffers, and super-buffer..
  You have to figure impedance to figure out where a buffer might help to better the situation, so 'best' is always going to be guided by scenario.