Good Treble Booster?

Kromwarp · #1 04-01-2009, 09:14 AM

I'm looking for the Cliff Burton/ Chris Squire tone. I can't afford a Rickenbacker, but I'd like to get a treble booster. I know of the Electro- Harmonix Screaming Tree, but those are hard to find. Any other good treble boosters out there?

stflbn · #2 04-01-2009, 09:17 AM

You could just dial back bass and mids rather than boosting treble...

You could look at the Steel Leather pedal or there's always the rare Valnüt pedal that's seems fantastic at stripping out all remnants of a decent tone.

Kromwarp · #3 04-01-2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by stflbn

You could just dial back bass and mids rather than boosting treble...

You could look at the Steel Leather pedal or there's always the rare Valnüt pedal that's seems fantastic at stripping out all remnants of a decent tone.

I did look at the Steel Leather. I think I might just go that route.

Thanks for the advice

EHX · #4 04-01-2009, 09:31 AM

fwiw, the Screaming Bird is "coming soon" -- I can't say more than that, but keep an eye on EHX.com

TimmyDX · #5 04-01-2009, 10:00 AM

failing that most eq pedals should be fine

i find the best place to boost treble is at the bass itself as thats the least noisy and provides a really hot signal that you can tweak later

cutting frequencies isn't a fantastic idea at the amp as i personally don't find it specific enough, boostings cool but with cutting it's better to be selective with an eq rackmount or pedal at least 7 bands.

FreaqyFrequency · #6 04-01-2009, 10:00 AM

MI Audio Boost'n'Buff. Serves as a clean boost, treble boost, and high-impedance buffer when bypassed.

Kromwarp · #7 04-01-2009, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by EHX

fwiw, the Screaming Bird is "coming soon" -- I can't say more than that, but keep an eye on EHX.com

Excellent!

maybe · #8 08-31-2009, 04:33 AM

Has anyone used a Screaming Bird on bass? Is it worth it?

gnasher1993 · #9 08-31-2009, 04:45 AM

I've not tried it. It boosts treble. If you want to boost treble then the Screaming Bird will do the job. If you'll use it, it's worth it...

smo · #10 08-31-2009, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by FreaqyFrequency

MI Audio Boost'n'Buff. Serves as a clean boost, treble boost, and high-impedance buffer when bypassed.

Beat me to it.

....about the best beast out there for this.

MAMMOTHvolume · #11 08-31-2009, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by maybe

Has anyone used a Screaming Bird on bass? Is it worth it?

these pedals work by cutting all the low end out of your signal, i've tried it on guitar and it wasn't very nice so i'm assuming its gonna be terrible on bass!

you don't needa rickenbacker to get that sound, get a bass with some single coils and wack some new strings on it

Ric5 · #12 08-31-2009, 07:43 AM

http://www.east-uk.com/

Mark Olson · #13 08-31-2009, 11:43 AM

As far as I know, Cliff Burton and Chris Squire didn't use treble boosters. A treble booster is a kind of circuit that originated in the 60's that applied a rather large boost, specifically in treble, to push a tube amp. First off if you're not playing a tube amp, they're pretty useless. Second off, most treble boosters will cut out your bottom end severely. But if it's still a treble booster you want, Analogman makes a Bass Beano Boost, a bass treble booster, I own one and it is a fantastic pedal. Glorious treble boost WHILE keeping the low end, which other treble boosters won't do for you. I've owned other treble boosters and for bass, if it's a treble booster you want, the Analogman Bass Beano Boost is the only way to go.

JanusZarate · #14 09-08-2009, 11:05 PM

Cliff Burton's normal tone was anything BUT trebly. His solo tone, however, was very bright, and that's solely because of the Morley Power Wah that he used.

Also, a treble booster isn't going to help you get close to the tones you're aiming for. Spend some time with your amp's EQ and try brighter strings. Try roundwounds if you're not using them now, and if you are... try stainless steel roundwounds.

serein2j · #15 09-08-2009, 11:08 PM

Screaming bird/Mole/Steal Leather?

JanusZarate · #16 09-08-2009, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Olson

First off if you're not playing a tube amp, they're pretty useless.

I wouldn't call them useless (as they can be useful for driving other pedals, especially overdrive pedals and filters), but it's certainly a job which is best performed by other kinds of pedals.

I do think that a treble booster is the wrong way to go about getting a Squire-esque tone, and even more inappropriate for trying to cop a Burton-esque tone.

On an off-topic note: it always amazes me how many people fail to read the OP, and usually respond to the thread title. It's rare that a thread starter can accurately capture their real question within the context of a simple thread title. Only a few of us actually seem to read the original posts nowadays...

Mark Olson · #17 09-09-2009, 01:21 PM

So far as I know I'm the only person here to really use a Treble Booster, let alone the only one to use it to push dirt pedals, and even with dirt pedals a Treble Booster is pretty useless unless the dirt pedal specifically responds exactly like a tube amp. Even Tubescreamers, for example, you put a treble booster in front of one and it does almost nothing. Of all of the numerous dirt pedals I've owned and tried, there have only been two that responded to a treble booster, so it's not really worth mentioning. Other than that, even into a hybrid amp, a Treble Booster can't do it's job and generally just sounds bad.

groooooove · #18 09-09-2009, 01:49 PM

analogman makes one..

http://www.analogman.com/beano.htm

theres a short video if you scroll down of whatshisname from moe playing one on bass.