Well.
I went down... only Malcolm and I were around.
Had a Toneczar Dove and a Gries 35 and some good cables on hand. We tried using my C-8 with EMG808s... and to a lesser degree, one of Malcolm's strats with true blue singles.
Short story - the Boosty can't do the Flying Dragon. The Flying Dragon (obviously; it only has 1 knob) can't do the Boosty.
The FD has adds a nice depth and 3D-ness to the tone... I kind of get the idea that the mids are being "expanded" or something. Its not really an increase in mids... just... wider, deeper? That's about the only EQ change. Nothing touched the treble or bass apparently.
Interestingly, I tried the FD post-gain... it did not mud up anything. I was expecting perhaps the low end to like mud up since there was no bass cut... nope. Everything just went to 11 with great clarity. Very natural feeling and sounding.
The Boosty can be EQ transparent... needed quite a bit of tweaking. Most of the time, it seemed to thin the sound a little. It sounded a little "plain" for lack of a better word. Has all the benefits of 4 knobs - EQ and that gain knob. The gain knob is nice for adding a bit of presence or bite. Obviously, the boosty can be used posted gain and shaped whatever way you prefer it to be.
So - pros and cons.
I guess if you wanted a clean booster with EQ capabilities - go for the Boosty. If you just want it all clean, just MORE... then the Flying Dragon does it.
The way I see it, that 3D-ness of the Flying Dragon would be the main thing people want it. Heard that many users have it as a on-all-the-time pedal.
I went down... only Malcolm and I were around.
Had a Toneczar Dove and a Gries 35 and some good cables on hand. We tried using my C-8 with EMG808s... and to a lesser degree, one of Malcolm's strats with true blue singles.
Short story - the Boosty can't do the Flying Dragon. The Flying Dragon (obviously; it only has 1 knob) can't do the Boosty.
The FD has adds a nice depth and 3D-ness to the tone... I kind of get the idea that the mids are being "expanded" or something. Its not really an increase in mids... just... wider, deeper? That's about the only EQ change. Nothing touched the treble or bass apparently.
Interestingly, I tried the FD post-gain... it did not mud up anything. I was expecting perhaps the low end to like mud up since there was no bass cut... nope. Everything just went to 11 with great clarity. Very natural feeling and sounding.
The Boosty can be EQ transparent... needed quite a bit of tweaking. Most of the time, it seemed to thin the sound a little. It sounded a little "plain" for lack of a better word. Has all the benefits of 4 knobs - EQ and that gain knob. The gain knob is nice for adding a bit of presence or bite. Obviously, the boosty can be used posted gain and shaped whatever way you prefer it to be.
So - pros and cons.
I guess if you wanted a clean booster with EQ capabilities - go for the Boosty. If you just want it all clean, just MORE... then the Flying Dragon does it.
The way I see it, that 3D-ness of the Flying Dragon would be the main thing people want it. Heard that many users have it as a on-all-the-time pedal.
