boosting gain
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the Blackstone MOSFET overdrive is great at that.
Or Subdecay's Liquid Sunshine.
No tubescreamer type would do what you ask for... TS tend to smoothen out the tone and depending on the eq, add a variable level of mids (mid hump) due to bass & treble cut.
BUT. Something that MIGHT have been similar to a TS has done a great job before - Pro Analog's Dirt Royale w/cheeze with its very interesting "Feed" knob that alters the way the pedal feels.
Fuzz Faces, the silicon variety, are nice for adding this woolly-ness to the low end - think GROWL - and just bumping up the whole gain factor... imparts a nice organic looseness. Try the MJM London Fuzz...
Wait, what's your budget?
Or Subdecay's Liquid Sunshine.
No tubescreamer type would do what you ask for... TS tend to smoothen out the tone and depending on the eq, add a variable level of mids (mid hump) due to bass & treble cut.
BUT. Something that MIGHT have been similar to a TS has done a great job before - Pro Analog's Dirt Royale w/cheeze with its very interesting "Feed" knob that alters the way the pedal feels.
Fuzz Faces, the silicon variety, are nice for adding this woolly-ness to the low end - think GROWL - and just bumping up the whole gain factor... imparts a nice organic looseness. Try the MJM London Fuzz...
Wait, what's your budget?
fgl
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if u dont mind onboard intsllation try the emg spc or afterburne ... they are basically active tone pots that alter gain from max 6db (spc) to 20db (afterburner). Minimum retro installation and space taken up iwth serious gain boost. Best part is that they work with both active and passive pick ups.
A TS doesn't necessarily muddy up.
I find it actually TIGHTENS the sound up.
The traditional TS has a bass cut and treble cut. The bass cut prevents muddying up and the treble rounds off the sizzle a little. Then there's a good serving of compression. This is why strat (or single coil) players love the TS effect.
Go to TyMusic to try the Liquid Sunshine. Ebenex has the Blackstone and MJM fuzzes.
I don't if you enjoy how a Fuzz Face works with your tone but I really enjoy it and even though does change the character of your sound & feel (but less than a TS) I think its a very natural change.
Note that if you play high gain, the characteristics of the boosting pedal don't effect the original tone so much.
niteblade
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eh im planning to place in front of my gain pedal yeah?
ooh the eh lpb1. i heard about it before. i can get it from you right?
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niteblade
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ooh youre talking about all variations of the ts?
haha im not really a high gain player. probably medium gain i would say
edder
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haha... unfortunately no stock! maybe after chinese new year i dunno... anyways this is not the place for me to "sell" stuff.
For what it is worth, the LPB1 is a low cost solution to boost signals. Relatively cheap, relatively loud, relatively clean.... and if you don't like it you can easily sell it off at a relatively low damage to the wallet.
If along the way you wanna mess around with electronics, you can easily reuse the hardware and build an AMZ Mosfet booster for very little money and there you go... Hifi-ish NON-"CRACKLE OK" gain knob that boost your speakers to damnation.
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