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by øøøøøøø » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:33 am
Buffer circuitry is trivial and inexpensive. While they can be made poorly, it's not much more difficult (or expensive) to make one well.
For this reason, I don't see much reason to have a dedicated buffer pedal in most cases--careful selection of a few buffered-bypass pedals, placed logically in your chain, will do the job.
On my last touring board (I won't say "current," because... well... no touring since March), the second pedal on my board is an overdrive with a very good buffer in bypass.
I use a Hilton volume pedal in the middle, which has another very good buffer.
And there's a delay at the end that also has a good buffer.
I have one vintage fuzz on there which really needs to see a naked, high-impedance guitar signal to perform its best. It is the first pedal in the chain specifically so that it precedes any and all buffers.
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While it is true that different cable technologies/brands have different amounts of capacitance per foot, I don't see this as the best avenue toward remediating the problem the OP has.
One of the lowest-capacitance cables on the market, George L, has a capacitance of 67pF/ft. An average number might look something like 100pF/ft. In terms of total capacitance, cable length is just as important as cable brand (but not nearly as lucrative for cable manufacturers and dealers!).
And, of course, once the impedance has been lowered (via a buffer), it won't have as much effect.