Buffer question

[alparent]

I'm building a A/A B/B switch box for a friend.

Guitar A plugs in input A

Guitar B plugs in input B

Pedal board plugs into EFFECT IN and OUT

Then I have a A OUT (that will go to one track on the mixer)
and I have B OUT (that will go to another track on the mixer)

He as like 8 BOSS pedals on the board and the mixer is FAR away from the stage (This is at church)

Now my question.
I was reading up on Jack Orman's Super Buffer     http://www.muzique.com/lab/superbuff.htm
He say to put the buffer before the pedals if you have a lot and after if you have a long cord.

What if I have both? Lots of pedals AND a long cord! Do I need a buffer at both ends?

I wanted to incorporate this buffer in the switch box.

Any help appreciated...

[slacker]

I'd say the best place would be at the end to "drive" the long cable to the mixer. Jack's article talks about putting one in front if your pedals are true bypass and there's a lot of them. If they're standard Boss pedals I wouldn't bother, because the first pedal in the chain's buffer will do the same job.

[alparent]

Thanks for the response Ian.

OK just for the sake of argument.......
Lets say in this switch box I wanted to put 2 buffers, one before and one after the effects (So I would cover every possible situations).

Lets say I have a lot of True-Bypass effects with a long cord. Would that be OK?

And what would happen if I used the same double buffer switch box, but I only had 1 buffered effect and a short cord? Would that be bad? Can a line be TO MUCH buffered? Would it add noise?

I hope my explanation is clear?

[MarcoMike]

well, I think that wouldn't be the case... with 10 boss/ibanez/... pedals in a row your signal path would be somewhat "overbuffered"...
1 or 2 buffers are cool, for sure, no need to worry about it...