Why not just get a Southampton Fifth Gear V1 (there’s one in the TB classifieds right now) and a TCE Mini Spark Booster? Together they take up about as much space as a single standard pedal, cost maybe $150 tops for both, and give you everything you want. Plus more flexibility in your signal chain.
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OD/Boost Pedals
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Why not just get a Southampton Fifth Gear V1 (there’s one in the TB classifieds right now) and a TCE Mini Spark Booster? Together they take up about as much space as a single standard pedal, cost maybe $150 tops for both, and give you everything you want. Plus more flexibility in your signal chain.
Because I already have an Avalanche Run, FPTSD, Bananana Matryoshka and tuner running off of a Strymon Ojai with no plans on getting a bigger power supply.
Just get a cheap Godlyke or Trutone 1SPOT and daisy chain them. They’re not fussy pedals. You don’t need a super fancy PS for either of them.
Yeah, but it’s the exercise in discipline that I’m trying to maintain by only using the five outlets. My FPTSD is essentially a Fuzz with a boost switch so I figure an OD will be even better considering my experience into OD/Boost pedals lately. If I can get good sounds out of both sides of an OD/Boost then I’ll only use one power outlet and yeh.
just saw this review. this thing sounds really nice. i got close to this with my sa aftershock bass distortion. i used the editor to create a preset for the pedal. clean boost/ slight OD.
TC Electronic – Spark Booster REVIEWbass-pedals.com
TC Electronic – Spark Booster REVIEWbass-pedals.com
Fuzzrocious offers both a second distortion and a gated boost mod for the Demon and Cat Tail. For a bit more money, I'm thinking you could combine either with a LunaReclipe, which could function as your boost and also give you additional clipping options.
I was just thinking here. Since you have less of a need for pedals that color your tone, have you thought about a compressor with eq? I use an FEA Opti Fet and it boosts my signal pretty good. Now, there may be more powerful ones out there, but I love the extra bump in volume and fullness it offers. I mean, that's unless you're really after just the od tones. In that case, I'm no help because most of the boosts I've tried made my ears feel like they were going to bleed. lol
Like an Xotic BB. But of course, you can't do both simultaneously. Maybe get a BB and an RC--that's what I use. But that's TWO pedals---sorry! I go away now...
No, it was a one-off, but honestly it should be a stock pedal. I guess with the switch on the ATE now they've made one kind of like it, but even with that, you can't stack the two, which I can. Mine is literally two Fifth Gear V1s in a single 125B.
I've really been loving the catalinbread super chili picoso buffer/booster - put it anywhere in the chain and let it work it's magic. In front of your drive? Prepare for blast off!!!!
The brand new MXR Micro Boost seems perfect for this - apparently a Micro Amp and echoplex preamp in one tiny package. Thinking about picking one up.
Sounds pretty dreamy. The single-tailed V2 I’ve got stacks well with anything I’ve tried it with, so I’d guess it shouldn’t be surprising that a double scoop of the same works “mo’ better” as the phrase goes. I’ve got a ton of gain coming off the Broughton Alex-1 preamp Josh did for me. And combined with my Fifth Gear, it’s a very potent combination for rock.
Like the sound of that. My GF already has their Micro Amp. It finds a lot of uses in her rig. Really nice little booster in its own right. But that pedal above takes it up a notch doesn’t it? Nice!
Ok, grabbed a Glacial Zenith. Thanks for all of the suggestions guys!
I was about to sugest the Solidgold fx Beta Deluxe, because I really love the beta sound and you can place the boost before or after the OD.
But congratulations on your purchase.
But congratulations on your purchase.
