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I just found one of these for a good price used so i had to pick it up to try out! Possibly dumb question, once you plug it in is it always on? Or is the "normal" switch setting essentially bypass?

sovtekfuzz wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:32 pm I just found one of these for a good price used so i had to pick it up to try out! Possibly dumb question, once you plug it in is it always on? Or is the "normal" switch setting essentially bypass?

Not a dumb question at all!

The stock units will only draw power when the slide switch is in the boost position. There are a few exceptions to this where someone has requested true bypass switching but this is mainly on the units with a footswitch added.

The best way to know for sure is to crack it open and look for the red wire from the battery snap:

If it's going to the middle position on the switch = only on when the slide switch is in boost position (stock units).
If it's going to the middle position on the 1/4" input jack = only on when the jacks are plugged in (far fewer are wired like this).

Hope that helps, and feel free to PM me a pic if you need confirmation.

Edit to add: if you mean from a pure signal path point of view, they are not true bypass...unless it's one of the units that was requested on, again just PM me a pic and can let you know exactly what the set-up is.

Got a couple more Rangemasters done. Thought I would offer them up here before listing in the store.

Full blurb is here:
https://pigeonfx.com/collections/pedals ... pedal-oc44

These look so good

Bigfoot2000 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:58 pm These look so good

Thank you