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booster pedal

  • 17-02-2005 9:03pm
    #1
    goin'_to_the_PS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 869 ✭✭✭


    Hey, i was thinking about getting a booster pedal. But i would much rather like to get a multi effects pedal that still could produce the same tone as a booster pedal could on my tube amp. Any advice


Comments

  • #2
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Seriously don't bother with multieffects pedals. Invest in a decent 3 channel amp, and you won't have need for boosters or the like.


  • #3
    david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,684 ✭✭✭david


    No multi's! The seymour duncan pickup booster or a tube screamer both can do a pretty good boost.


  • #4
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Multi effects are crap. Go with a good multi-channel amp.


  • #5
    Gandolf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Gandolf


    just got my new Hughes & Kettner Tubeman pre-amp last night, mainly for direct recording, but i reckon it'd go nicely into a basic 1 or 2 channel amp. Tone is straight from your fingers and gat so the rest is up to you. It might seem pricey at over 300 papers but i'm stoked with it.


  • #6
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Doctor J wrote:
    Multi effects are crap. Go with a good multi-channel amp.

    A good multi-channel amp costs way more than a multifx box.


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  • #7
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    That's right.


  • #8
    eoin5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,141 ✭✭✭eoin5


    Why not use (or abuse?) an eq pedal as a booster?


  • #9
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    I'm trying to figure out what he means by a booster pedal. A pedal to make yourself louder or to get more distortion from the amp?

    An eq would be perfect for the first application, a tubescreamer would be perfect for the second (assuming you've a tube preamp in your amp)


  • #10
    D!ve^Bomb!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭D!ve^Bomb!


    well i presume it's to make himself louder for stuff like solos etc, wouldn't a simple volume pedal do that?

    http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/thoiw6_ernie_ball_eb6165_prodinfo.html


  • #11
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    A volume pedal only decreases volume, no increase. If he was using one and he forgot to reduce the volume at the start of a song, he'd have no boost during the solo.


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  • #12
    goin'_to_the_PS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 869 ✭✭✭goin'_to_the_PS


    thinking of getting this
    http://www.bananas.com/productdetail.asp/pid_8314
    any advice


  • #13
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Well, what is it that you want to do in the first place?


  • #14
    goin'_to_the_PS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 869 ✭✭✭goin'_to_the_PS


    sorry, i want to produce a brian may sound for solos


  • #15
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Ah, you want a treble booster.


  • #16
    goin'_to_the_PS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 869 ✭✭✭goin'_to_the_PS


    will the above work as treble booster


  • #17
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Not afaik.

    BTW, a treble booster doesn't just crank the treble of the guitar. At least, I don't think it does :confused:


  • #18
    D!ve^Bomb!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭D!ve^Bomb!


    i'm that case

    http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/thoiw6_artikel-176002.html


  • #19
    david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,684 ✭✭✭david


    D!ve^Bomb! wrote:
    i'm that case

    Are you? biggrin.gif


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