RedPlate PBBB Operations Guide
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PANEL:
Input Jack
– Connects directly to your instrument or another effect unit’s output.
Output Jack
– Connects to your amplifier or another effect unit’s input.
Send Jack
– Connects to the input of the effects unit that needs to be “true bypassed”. Can
also be used as a send to your tuner or another amplifier.
Return Jack
– Connects to effects unit’s output. No connection makes the PBBB act as a dual
boost.
Input Boost Level
– Sets the amount of gain when using Boost 1.
Output Buffer Level
– Sets the output signal level of the PBBB when not in Bypass mode.
Boost Footswitch
– Toggles the Boost1 to on or skipped.
Bypass Footswitch
– Toggles the Output Buffer (Boost 2) to on or bypass. Bypass also skips
the Send and Return jacks so the effect(s) connected are true bypassed.
TYPICAL OPERATION
The main purpose of the PBBB is to provide
a way to “true bypass” effects in your pedal chain
that suck tone.
Let’s say you have a wah and a fuzz that are both crappy digital pedals that change
your tone even when
not active. Connect the PBBB send jack to the wah’s input, the output of the
wah into the fuzz’s input, and the output of the fuzz into the return jack. For songs that do not need
those devices you can step on the Bypass Footswitch and remove them from the signal path and
it’s like you’re plugged straight into your amplifier. Of course you can also improve the effectiveness
of those example pedals by engaging the Boost and sending a hotter signal out to them. If you also
have some quality effects that you want to keep out of the PBBB’s loop you can place them before
the PBBB input or after the PBBB’s output. Hint: Always best to keep effects that are time based
like chorus, flange, echo, reverb etc. located last in the chain (better yet in the amplifiers effects
loop).