Fender V/T wt TS-9

Garry Vanderlinde · Post by **Garry Vanderlinde** » 11 May 2006 7:48 am

When I try to use a Ibanez TS-9 distortion pedal in line before a Fender volume/tone pedal the up/down volume works fine but the side/side tone doesn't work at all. Does anyone know why?

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 11 May 2006 8:55 am

Garry, it's probably an impedance issue. The output of the enabled Tubescreamer is low and also actively buffered. The passive tone control in the Fender V/T pedal wants to "see" a pickup for it to act as a tone control. It's the nature of a passive, guitar-type tone control. See if that's the case.

Brad

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 11 May 2006 11:06 am

I've discovered that a Fender V/T Pedal will not effect the Tone if it follows any effect containing a Buffered Pre~Amp., such as an Izzy+ or Kleen~Kick or Goodrich Match Box or Rack-Components.

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Garry Vanderlinde · Post by **Garry Vanderlinde** » 11 May 2006 9:55 pm

Yes, I also found a similar problem when using a Super-Bro dobro simulator in front of a Bigsby Tone/Volume pedal.
The Super-Bro didn't work at all, like it was not plugged in. Totally transparent.
It only worked when placed AFTER the V/T pedal. And then of course the Super-Bro didn't function properly.
BUT, when I used a Fender V/T pedal in the normal position after the Super-Bro, in place of the Bigsby, the Super-Bro functioned normally. The Fender V/T functioned normally also.
So why didn't the Fender pedal work the same as the Bigsby?
Are the Bigsby and the Fender V/T different Impedance?

Garry Vanderlinde · Post by **Garry Vanderlinde** » 11 May 2006 10:10 pm

Is there a way to change the Impedance of a stomp box?<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Garry Vanderlinde on 11 May 2006 at 11:21 PM.]</p></FONT>