Who could put a buffer in my tuner?

Lebarque

Love my Turbo Tuner, but wish it had a buffer. Any recommendations for someone this side of the pond who could fit one? Cheers

paulnb57

Ive got a buffer pedal that I built from a kit somewhere, which is really small, yours if you want it, might be easier/better than having to mod your tuner?

Lebarque

paulnb57 said:

Ive got a buffer pedal that I built from a kit somewhere, which is really small, yours if you want it, might be easier/better than having to mod your tuner?

That's very kind, Paul, cheers. I've actually got a separate buffer myself, but am thinking about an ultra-compact board.

hywelg

Bigger pedals are small enough to fit under a board. I have one made by a guy on here, forget who though. 

Keefy

hywelg said:

Bugger pedals are small enough to fit under a board. I have one made by a guy on here, forget who though. 

Niche product!

hywelg

Keefy said:

hywelg said:

Bugger pedals are small enough to fit under a board. I have one made by a guy on here, forget who though. 

Niche product!

Hah....always chuck your spilling 

EricTheWeary

Bright Onion do a micro buffer that's about 2" by 1.5". Does need power and has an LED but might fit under a board?  

Lebarque

The stand-alone buffer I've got is very small, but I'm looking at a Pedaltrain Nano, which has very limited space underneath. I'd also prefer not to power it and use extra cables. I'm going for very minimalist. The other option is to get a TU3 Waza which has a buffer, but I do love my Turbo Tuner...

I think Analogman will mod pedals to include his buffer, but I'd rather not look across the pond.

TJT1979

Fuzzdog sells a PCB for just the buffer from a Klon. The PCB itself is pretty small, but I don’t know if there’s much extra space inside the Turbo? If you have the larger model you could put it in the battery area, assuming you use a power supply. 

I’m hoping to get a TT soon. They look awesome!

Lebarque

TJT1979 said:

Fuzzdog sells a PCB for just the buffer from a Klon. The PCB itself is pretty small, but I don’t know if there’s much extra space inside the Turbo? If you have the larger model you could put it in the battery area, assuming you use a power supply. 

I’m hoping to get a TT soon. They look awesome!

Great tip, cheers.

normula1

The Fuzzdog buffer works well

chromatuna

Adding a buffer to a pedal in say in the battery compartment is relatively easy if it hand stand alone jacks but more complex if they are connected directly to the PCB, you would probably need to cut tracks. I don’t know how the Turbo is made

You can fit one of these under a Nano, I know cos that’s what I have done. Away at the moment so can’t share a pic though

https://www.fredric.co.uk/klon-corn-buffer-clone

(mine’s actually the Klon only one but same size)

tanihhiavlt

No surprise the gearpage have had this discussion before: 

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/mod-a-pedal-to-be-buffered-bypass-turbo-tuner.1309517/

if that's the same tuner you've got, then you can run another pcb from the power going to the led and put a fuzzdog klon buffer (or similar) between the input's hot and the footswitch.

If you want someone else to do it for you, 

The pcb and components will cost around £12 
The building of, testing of and mounting will probably be upward of £50 
Post and packing on top of that

Modding the pedal will decrease it's value, but a good electronics guy should be able to make it reversible for a small up-charge.

  

Danny1969

You can build a buffer into a patch cable, that way it doesn't need to be big enough to accept jacks etc. I've actually done one in a jack plug before but that was fiddly. 
A small potting box could be used, in this guitar cable I built  the box contains a stereo headphone amp with a 3.5mm breakout and a stereo volume control for IEM's ...  so a simple unity gain buffer with no controls could easily be built in a smaller box and just sit between the pedals halfway  in a patch cable. For power just use a female end of a 9V extender.

BigMonka

tanihhiavlt said:

No surprise the gearpage have had this discussion before: 

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/mod-a-pedal-to-be-buffered-bypass-turbo-tuner.1309517/



  

That gearpage thread has a great response by @timhulio (I think the man behind Fredic Effects) so it might be worth dropping him a message if you're looking for someone to do it for you.

prowla

I'd get a separate buffer and put it before the tuner and on the underside of the pedalboard, rather than inside the tuner.

Lebarque

prowla said:

I'd get a separate buffer and put it before the tuner and on the underside of the pedalboard, rather than inside the tuner.

Bit difficult to plug the guitar cable into it if it's under the board, non?

Lebarque

BigMonka said:

tanihhiavlt said:

No surprise the gearpage have had this discussion before: 

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/mod-a-pedal-to-be-buffered-bypass-turbo-tuner.1309517/



  

That gearpage thread has a great response by @timhulio (I think the man behind Fredic Effects) so it might be worth dropping him a message if you're looking for someone to do it for you.

Thanks. I've emailed him, but he hasn't got any of the boards left. Just his stand-alone buffer.

Lebarque

Danny1969 said:

You can build a buffer into a patch cable, that way it doesn't need to be big enough to accept jacks etc. I've actually done one in a jack plug before but that was fiddly. 
A small potting box could be used, in this guitar cable I built  the box contains a stereo headphone amp with a 3.5mm breakout and a stereo volume control for IEM's ...  so a simple unity gain buffer with no controls could easily be built in a smaller box and just sit between the pedals halfway  in a patch cable. For power just use a female end of a 9V extender.

Thanks, but seems like overcomplicating things.

robinbowes

@Lebarque I could do this for you. DM me?

R.

prowla

Lebarque said:

prowla said:

I'd get a separate buffer and put it before the tuner and on the underside of the pedalboard, rather than inside the tuner.

Bit difficult to plug the guitar cable into it if it's under the board, non?

Mais non!

If you put it at the edge, or use a patch panel it's easy.

Doing that also means you can be more flexible with your above-board layout, as your tuner doesn't have to be physically rightmost.