booster pedal

goin'_to_the_PS · 17-02-2005 9:03pm #1

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

Karl Hungus · 17-02-2005 9:09pm

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.

david · 17-02-2005 9:35pm

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

Doctor J · 18-02-2005 10:11am

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

Gandolf · 18-02-2005 10:22am

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.

feylya · 18-02-2005 12:54pm

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.

Doctor J · 18-02-2005 1:22pm

That's right.

eoin5 · 18-02-2005 3:59pm

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

feylya · 18-02-2005 4:06pm

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)

D!ve^Bomb! · 18-02-2005 4:10pm

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

feylya · 18-02-2005 4:15pm

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.

goin'_to_the_PS · 18-02-2005 9:25pm

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

feylya · 18-02-2005 9:37pm

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

goin'_to_the_PS · 18-02-2005 9:58pm

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

feylya · 18-02-2005 9:59pm

Ah, you want a treble booster.

goin'_to_the_PS · 18-02-2005 10:03pm

will the above work as treble booster

feylya · 18-02-2005 10:05pm

Not afaik.

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

D!ve^Bomb! · 18-02-2005 10:33pm

i'm that case

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

david · 18-02-2005 10:46pm

D!ve^Bomb! wrote:

i'm that case

Are you?

booster pedal

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