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Boost pedals

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:50 pm
by James
I'm going to build myself a boost pedal, but I'm not sure which one. I plan on getting a few of the right sort of transistors or whatever and trying some out. But as a prelimnary to that, and as a bit of a push towards which pedals to get the parts in stock for I could do with some suggestions.

My initial thoughts lean to the SHO and the variants of it (slight variants they may be). I'm keeping the salt boost so preferably something a bit different to an LPB-1 style thing.

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:04 am
by benecol
Rangemaster clone - they are ace, and have about 3 components. DasMusikding do a good kit.

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:11 am
by Mike
Build the Jack Orman MOSFET Boost.

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:19 am
by Johno

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:19 am
by Mike
James don't need no kits. He's a stripboard builder like me.

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:30 pm
by ultratwin
While we're on the topic of boosters...

Question for those with smarts about impedance/practicality, etc...Because I don't know anything: Could a tone control/varitone circuit easily work with a simple MOSFET boost deal? I'm curious if something like a Snarling Dogs Very-Tone would be do-able in a homebuilt setup.

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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:41 pm
by Mike
Absolutely, you could totally build that into a booster.

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:35 pm
by Progrockabuse
i miss those snarling dogs effects. i used to have a couple. the tweed e dog and fuzz buzz were ace pedals.