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That's good to know, and I'll put that in my "memory bank".

However, in my case it was through either an analogue amp sim or a solid state amp (Roland Blues Cube) and at the time I had a dedicated buffer as well.

Of course not knowing then what you stated above, I just assumed "bad pot". I changed it and the problem was solved!

Which reminds of a story from back in the 70's when I had a different experience involving "bad pot"...