Sunday, August 7, 2022

BOOSTER- AREA 51 The Alienist ... unique booster becomes one with the amp

AREA 51 THE ALIENIST
$270.00 USD
The company is simply Dan Albrecht somewhere in Australia with a couple
of Wah pedals and this booster. 
The booster is came out 5 years ago. It is meant to compliment a tube amp. It does add dirt but has a transparent quality is so much as this pedal melts into the amps sound and simply seems part of it. Something 
I have only heard a few tube pre's do.
The layout is volume with a 6 position voicing selector and a choice of low gain NOS silicon or germanium transistors.The secret sauce seems to me his Inductor based resonant filter circuit. To my ear it gives the vibe of the below 9 O'clock 'real' Klons booster circuit.
CONCLUSION
What's not to like. The tone is incredibly rich and totally organic.
Yes you pay a lot if you want exquisite subtly.





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