IC BUFFER KIT

The Single IC Buffer complete kit: all the parts to build a simple, low-parts-count buffer on a small PCB that keeps a long signal chain sounding clear and full.

About this kit

Everything between your guitar and your amp, cables included, is part of your signal chain. As the chain grows with more pedals and patch cables, you can lose treble and end up duller than a guitar plugged straight into the amp. A small buffer fixes that. This IC-powered design comes from Jack Orman at AMZ, with improvements by Dirk Wacker at SingleCoil.com.

The kit can be used in a multitude of variations: as a standalone buffer box, in front of any unbuffered stompbox, or built into a splitter box or an A/B or A/B/Y switch box. Click here for more general information about the kits.

What you get

• All the parts to build a buffer on a small PCB, including the PCB
• Enclosure options: 125B, 1590B (smaller) or No Enclosure (just the parts to populate the PCB)
• Jack options: DC jack only, input and output jacks, input, output and DC jacks, or no jacks
• Foot switch options: with or without the foot switch (the instructions include a layout without a bypass switch)

Build resources

• Complete instructions for this kit
• IC Buffer instructions (PDF)
• Schematic (PDF)
• Parts layout and wiring diagram (PDF)
• Layout without bypass switch (PDF)