SD Pickup Booster?
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WARRENLEELYNCH
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they are great for pushing the front end of a ,
J.LaGrassa
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The SD Booster ckt actually works nicely but the parts used seem kind of cheap, I went through 2 of them. For about $20 more you can get a Barber Launch Pad which is what I ended up getting. Very Solidly built with a clear sounding boost.
If you do get the SD Booster you can be happy with its Boost function I just feel it wont last very long, Maybe they will come out with the SD Booster II to correct some of the minor Issue's!
If you do get the SD Booster you can be happy with its Boost function I just feel it wont last very long, Maybe they will come out with the SD Booster II to correct some of the minor Issue's!
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
The Booster does just what the name says: makes the output of the guitar LOUDER. Some people use it to fatten up their tone, others use it to make the preamp go into overdrive. I use a boost pedal for a volume boost going into solos. I use the Fulltone Fat Boost, tho.
J.LaGrassa
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If you use a booster before a distortion pedal or an already distorted amp it will fatten up your drive, The SD Booster can do that when you run it as a flat boost. If you place any booster after a distortion pedal or place it your fx loop you will just make youre tone louder
Luke Duke
PRSlustologist
I have a SD booster pedal and it is FANTASTIC! I figured more people here would have them but only a few of us do, I think it's due to the fact that there are no sound clips showing what it is capable of. As far as it being built well it's heavier built than any boss ibanez pedal. I haven't had any issues with it except for the noise of it moving when my amp is cranked.
I use my for a solo boost when my amp is cranked...however when I'm at bedroom volumes I use it all the time to increase the thickness, harmonics, sustain, and overdrive of my amp.
This thing doesn't color sound in the least it just gives you more of the same. I don't like using a TS9 or od-1 or 3 they DO color your sound in my opinion.
Don't hack it till you try it.
If you have any questions about it shoot I'm all ears.
Luke
I use my for a solo boost when my amp is cranked...however when I'm at bedroom volumes I use it all the time to increase the thickness, harmonics, sustain, and overdrive of my amp.
This thing doesn't color sound in the least it just gives you more of the same. I don't like using a TS9 or od-1 or 3 they DO color your sound in my opinion.
Don't hack it till you try it.
If you have any questions about it shoot I'm all ears.
Luke
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Luke Duke said:
I don't think ANYONE was hacking it; just the majority of us have already thrown $300 into our Fulltone Overdrive pedals!
M
Miles
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Hi all,
I recently purchased a Pickup Booster and works great to boost my solos, improve my single coil pickup sound or just increase the volume level of my guitar.
I have a question related to the place it should occupy in my pedal effect chain. My setup is:
COMPRESSOR=>WAH=>DISTORTION=>SANSAMP TRI-AC=>CHORUS.
I realised I must place it after compression to avoid it cancelling the boost effect. I've also noticed the Pickup Booster only works with the clean channel of my TRI-AC, but not with the overdriven ones.
Any comments onto this will be much appreciated. Thanks!
I recently purchased a Pickup Booster and works great to boost my solos, improve my single coil pickup sound or just increase the volume level of my guitar.
I have a question related to the place it should occupy in my pedal effect chain. My setup is:
COMPRESSOR=>WAH=>DISTORTION=>SANSAMP TRI-AC=>CHORUS.
I realised I must place it after compression to avoid it cancelling the boost effect. I've also noticed the Pickup Booster only works with the clean channel of my TRI-AC, but not with the overdriven ones.
Any comments onto this will be much appreciated. Thanks!
on a clean amp youll get a volume boost, if you run it into a overdrive youll get more drive, only a little more volume. just like using low output pups vs high.
plug a guitar with low output pups into a 2 channel amp, then with the some settings plug in a guitar with hot pups, on the clean channel the high output pups will produce more volume than the low output ones. on the dirty channel the hot pups will only boost the volume a little but there will be more distortion.
if you want it to be a volume boost, put it after your distortion pedals.
plug a guitar with low output pups into a 2 channel amp, then with the some settings plug in a guitar with hot pups, on the clean channel the high output pups will produce more volume than the low output ones. on the dirty channel the hot pups will only boost the volume a little but there will be more distortion.
if you want it to be a volume boost, put it after your distortion pedals.
Evan Skopp
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M
Miles
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Re: SD Pickup Booster?
Thank you jeremy for the fantastic explanation.
Thanks for the notice about Peter Stroud's words too.
Thank you jeremy for the fantastic explanation.
Thanks for the notice about Peter Stroud's words too.
rockerdaveuk
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Re: SD Pickup Booster?
On my SFX-01 Pickup Booster the #2 Humbucker setting is good but I can't hear any difference between #0 and #1 setting. Has anybody else found this or is mine faulty ?
Thanks for any ideas
On my SFX-01 Pickup Booster the #2 Humbucker setting is good but I can't hear any difference between #0 and #1 setting. Has anybody else found this or is mine faulty ?
Thanks for any ideas
