THE BOSS FEEDBACKER/BOOSTER FB-2
This is a special function pedal. I am actually very surprised it is not more popular. Often the only thing missing from some very excellent Overdrives is in order to solo with them they need the amp at a very high gain....as in f-ing loud to get some acoustic feedback.
Everyone including the audience get a buzz when a guitar note goes into dropping the fundamental of the note played and sails into nirvana with the singing of the harmonics of the note...turning the harmonics into a note itself soaring an octave or two higher then the note played.
Well this pedal can do just that. You can enhance the effect by narrowing the mids with the character mode. By widening the mids whole cords are constantly pushing out a punchy honk. Back off the feedback...and the overall tone acts and sounds like a Tube Screamer!
Well this pedal can do just that. You can enhance the effect by narrowing the mids with the character mode. By widening the mids whole cords are constantly pushing out a punchy honk. Back off the feedback...and the overall tone acts and sounds like a Tube Screamer!
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Current Price $99.00 USD |
The pedal also acts as a very nice sounding ...flat...clean boost.
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Boss were very smart to treat this as professionally as they could. Many players are spending more then this pedal just for a great clean boost. Morons like me have been encouraging it. I think of Xotics very nice but a bit pricey
EP Booster..at $109.00 USD.... vs. the
Boss FB-2 as low as $99.00 USD.
and never have to overload the front end of your amp
it lets both chords and solo notes easily sing
-You have a very nice Booster to go from your board to your amp.
- it instantly turns all your Overdrives into a soloing devices...you do not 'need' a distortion pedal.
-If you listen carefully there is a slight Klon like tone to the boost when used with a clean sound.
I will do a first for me. Return it...I wanted a POG anyway and was just deciding on which one.
Boss were very smart to treat this as professionally as they could. Many players are spending more then this pedal just for a great clean boost. Morons like me have been encouraging it. I think of Xotics very nice but a bit pricey
EP Booster..at $109.00 USD.... vs. the
Boss FB-2 as low as $99.00 USD.
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL
-You can get acoustic feedback at very, very low volumesand never have to overload the front end of your amp
it lets both chords and solo notes easily sing
-You have a very nice Booster to go from your board to your amp.
- it instantly turns all your Overdrives into a soloing devices...you do not 'need' a distortion pedal.
-If you listen carefully there is a slight Klon like tone to the boost when used with a clean sound.
NOTHING'S PERFECT
Great pedal but it has its faults...it appears to be put before the overdrive in pics showing both. But it is preferred to put a Booster pedal at the output of the overdrive...better still just before your amp
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OK...bottom line...It is a great FX...but not a substitute for natural acoustic feedback from your amps speaker.The biggest concern is that it probably needs to sample the note you wish to sustain...so there is a time lag between hitting a note and when the feedback starts...I note a very short but funny artifact just before it kicks in as well. I have noticed that all notes sustain well but do not always jump up to just playing the overtones? It works fairly well if you use the built in boost generously. I find if stacked with an overdrive that I love the sound of ...it takes over and kills that overdrives distinct sound. If you back off the boost the pedal seems to fall apart. It relies on that boost to smooth the sound out...and perhaps hide some of the glitches and stutters. I find small fret rattles and such seem to make it choke or even squeal. Using it with my big Fuzz pedal worked much better...cranking the boost into something already massively distorted works just fine.
I will do a first for me. Return it...I wanted a POG anyway and was just deciding on which one.
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