Which boost pedal: Atlas III vs Phat Phuk vs ???

Hi all,

So I’ve been doing a bit of reconfiguring of my pedalbord rig (currently an Amptweaker Pressurizer, Darkglass Alpha Omicron, Meris Polymoon and a Shift Line Olympic MkIII) and have recently taken out a Darkglass Vintage Microtubes and Vintage Ultra. Pressurizer into Olympic is my main tone and sounds great through headphones and into my amp. The Pressurizer has a boost function and boosting into the Olympic gives a lovely tube breakup/OD sound which I really like. Previously I’ve been getting this low gain OD sound from the Darkglass Vintage Pedals (kept switching between the standard and the Ultra) but I much prefer the sound of the Olympic being pushed.

While I’m getting a good sound from the Pressurizer boost in the Olympic I’d like to get a dedicated boost to replace the Darkglass pedals. As the Pressurizer does a decent clean boost I’m looking for something with a bit of character that’s still reasonably transparent.

Have been interested in the Phat Phuk for a while but not sure if that might add too much colour/breakup on its own. The Spaceman pedals interest me and the Atlas seems to be suited for what I want to do. I have got a germanium bass boost pedal on order from a local builder to try out as well, but looking for some opinions on what people suggest for a character boost pedal for a tube preamp.

Thansk!

 

Thanks smo!

I’ve tried out some Anarchy Audio stuff before (Gold Class OD & BeeBaa) which sounded good but didn’t fit my needs at the time. Just found that he’s done a run of unique germanium based pedals and one of them is a specific bass booster/od/preamp! I’ve placed an order for one and am hoping it will satisfy my itch for a characterful boost! The demos of it sounded great and seemed to be what I was looking for!

I’ve checked out the Dazatronyx Germanium Boost before but wasn’t sure how well it would work for Bass, glad to hear it works well!

 

So I picked up the Anarchy Audio pedal the other day, a germanium boost/preamp/OD/fuzz called the Big Bertha. Volume control, a germanium blend control and a switch to toggle between symmetrical and asymmetrical clipping.

Was hoping to use as a dirty boost to push my tube pre and Alpha Omicron. With the blend at minimum the pedal is very dirty, already starting to get into fuzz territory, so a bit too dirty for what I wanted to use it for! Had to turn the bass volume and the compressor output down quite a bit to get it to clean up and that effected the rest of my setup negatively. At my normal input volume with the blend cranked it’s actually a really nice, thick fuzz sound. Very full and articulate on the A, D & G strings but a little wooly on the E. Still a great sound and I might keep it aside to use when I want that sort of sound but it’s probablt not going to stay on my board.

So I’m back to where I started and looking at slightly dirty boosts again!

 

Thanks for the suggestions @sifrancis!

I’ve had the PPB on my mind for a while now and am thinking I should go ahead with it! The SGFX boosts have been quite appealing too, but not as easily available where I am!

 

Wondering if a Hudson Broadcast might fit the bill as well. Very similar price to the Phat Phuk B where I am.

 

Well, I just placed an order for a Phat Phuk B, should be here by Friday! It’s been calling my name for a while now and as much as I checked out so many other pedals, I kept coming back to wanting to try the PPB!

 

Good to hear!