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Clean boost?

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I've been using a catlinbread super chilli picosa for years.
I'm wondering about trying a different clean boost that doesn't have such a daunting 'treble' boost aspect to it.

Predominantly for surf sound. A little bit of grit is ok but generally want things to stay clean. As a boost for solos with my JM and as an always on for the jag to thicken up the sound a little.

There are a lot of options so would appreciate some advice. Also if anyone has something they are flicking then I'm in the market.

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I have a Silverpistol Judge I'm not using, may be slightly thicker than you're wanting. I believe bender had/has one so you're probably familiar.

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Yup. Still got it- great pedal!

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It might be a bit low rent for you but I have a joyo zip amp, their Xotic BB preamp and it can do clean boost really well, also has a switchable compression mode if you want to tighten things up, plenty of gain on tap if you want to get dirty too...
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Creation Audio Labs Mk 4.23.
Pure clean boost unity to +24dB

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Xotic RC. Top notch

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StrummersOfThunder wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:55 am I've been using a catlinbread super chilli picosa for years.
I'm wondering about trying a different clean boost that doesn't have such a daunting 'treble' boost aspect to it.

Predominantly for surf sound. A little bit of grit is ok but generally want things to stay clean. As a boost for solos with my JM and as an always on for the jag to thicken up the sound a little.

There are a lot of options so would appreciate some advice. Also if anyone has something they are flicking then I'm in the market.

Cheers
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I use a Pettyjohn lift. Pure clean boost with some EQ which could fatten up the tone. Haven’t tried that. Not cheap though

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I use a Philosophers Tone compressor sometimes as a boost. Compression set low and level high. Really thickens things up without compromising dynamics etc.
EQ pedals work great as boost also.

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Re: Clean boost?

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mule wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:03 am I have a Silverpistol Judge I'm not using, may be slightly thicker than you're wanting. I believe bender had/has one so you're probably familiar.
Great sounding pedal. I should give benders a whirl and get back to you. Cheers

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Re: Clean boost?

Post by StrummersOfThunder »

Cool thanks for the quick feedback. Barrows the field down a bit . Will do some reading today

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Re: Clean boost?

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I would be tempted into something like this - thrifty price for a USA pedal, and importantly has a tone control so you can dial out those highs to your suiting.

https://www.jimdunlop.com/mxr-booster-mini/

I've also been on the look out for another boost, and went with the Supro original circuit one. I'll review when I get it, but all the intawebs research I did suggested it had the tone I was after...not entirely colour free (I have a Walrus for for that).
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TC Spark for me - the Spark Mini is 100% clean and the full size Spark can provide a slight touch of grit. Plus you get high and low EQ shelves, making it a damn useful utility pedal.

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Boss GE-7.
It has a goodly volume boost on tap and you can tweak the eq any way you like.
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Re: Clean boost?

Post by StrummersOfThunder »

Hmm many great suggestions. If anyone has any of the suggested models up for grabs please DM me

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