Need a little boost advice

[Surgeon]

Re: Need a little boost advice

...forgot to mention the SHO on my short list, looks a bit pricey but id rather buy one pedal once.

Just so you know: lots of folks building clones of this one for a lot less money if you're the kind of guy who doesn't disapprove of cloning. If you are, then your argument makes a lot of sense to me: it's a very cool pedal (IMHO) and better buy a cool pedal once than swap and trade for a while...

[IM4Tone]

Re: Need a little boost advice

Another vote for the MXR micro amp AND do try the JOYO Sweet Baby, an extremely mild OD (almost clean) boost for $38 to $40. Little risk here.

[Securb]

Re: Need a little boost advice

* Twilight; You need SEVERAL boosts? WTF?!?!?!?!

I have 4 and sometimes use two at a time. I have my BBE Freq Boost, MOOG MF Boost, Morley PWB and a TWA Triskelion. The TWA and the BBE sound fantastic together. The BBE Freq Boost is often overlooked and can be found still on Ebay dirt cheap.

[PFDarkside]

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Keeley Katana.

Big fan myself. Everything sounds better with it on! Also a great way to account for Gibson/Fender output difference.

[Boogie Bill]

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The secret weapon on my pedal board is DOD FX10 preamp. It's mostly always on, with just a slight boost.. I also have a Boost Grande but haven't integrated it into my set-up.

Bill

[Matt42]

Re: Need a little boost advice

Another vote for the MXR micro amp AND do try the JOYO Sweet Baby, an extremely mild OD (almost clean) boost for $38 to $40. Little risk here.

I love my Sweet Baby. Not sure if I'd use it as a boost or not, but it stacks very well with my OCD clone.

[Laughing Kookaburra]

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Great thread. Been using the Electro Harmonix LPB-1 as a solo boost. Very simple, works well, but certainly isn't the last word in boost pedals.

I did want super simple, so it was down to the EH and the MXR Micro Amp. Still may check out the Micro, although after gigging with the EH, I can see how having adjustable treble might be a good thing.

[VinceT]

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So many! I have an Xotic EP on all the time set at unity, first in line from the guitar - it's just such a nice tone shaper. I didn't like it nearly as much when I tried it as a dedicated booster. My dirt and drive generally come from Fulltone OCD and Plimsoul (a wonderful pedal!), and I recently added an Xotic BB Mid Booster as the last pedal in my chain, specifically as a lead boost over and above everything else (the mid pot really helps here - I don't use the pedal's gain, just the volume near-max). This setup works really nicely with all my amps (I'm an EL84 boy) - and I put them all in front of the preamp, though do plan to experiment with the booster in loop.


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