Empress Effects Support

The noise filter only reduces high-frequency noise in the buffer+'s loop. If your guitar or amp is noisy, there's nothing the buffer+ can do to help...

Generally, the buffer+ should be the first and last thing in your effects chain. Guitar --> Buffer+ guitar in --> buffer+ loop out --> effects pe...

Fuzz pedals, germ drives, and wah-wahs, especially vintage ones and retro designs, historically had a very low input impedance which naturally rolls off a l...

Looking for the buffer+ manual?  Here it is!  (download below)

The input loading knob is mainly for adjusting the Buffer+ to your pickups. Having that knob fully clockwise will give you the full range of sound. Turning ...

Our standard Buffer (not Buffer+) is just a single input buffer. There is no buffer at the loop in. The loop in and amp out jacks are simply there for ...