Impedence issue, but not the one you think. (I think...?)

[daveaphotopod]

So I was watching this older video of Jason, which is actually already outdated because of a firmware update from line 6, but I had what is hopefully a simple question

He mentioned that "auto" doesnt work in this case, because if you disable the fuzz, it's not true bypass. He does provide a workaround, and again, line6 addressed this. But is this not an option on the POD GO? (I didn't see it, but I don't have mine turned on right now as I type this) 

 

And even if the "auto" setting sets it to 10k so that the fuzz sounds good (as it should, at least), are we screwed as POD GO users if we bypass it and screw up the impedence going to the amp by doing so? I know that this would happen in the real world, but in the real world we can put buffers after the fuzzes haha

 

If I missed something, please let me know! 

 

 

[rarellano]

 

[daveaphotopod]

On 1/13/2025 at 7:51 PM, rarellano said:

 

Well, that's the impendence issue going into the POD GO, which appears to hae been resolved on newer units and was formerly (and maybe currently, in some cases) fixed by putting a pedal in front of the POD GO. 

But the issue he is showing in that video is that when he adds the fuzz, and even with it turned off but still in the chain, it affects how the amp sounds. It sounds different than with the amp and the fuzz not added. 

Basically all of this comes down to this: I am concerned that if I add the Arbitrator Fuzz, then turn it off, with my amp sound different than if I had never added the fuzz to the chain at all? In the video, he shows that it sounds duller with it turned off, but still in the chain, on the Helix