I had a ThorpyFX The Dane and I loved what the boost did to a clean strat. I sold it though as I didnt use the drive side and it was a bit too much money for me to justify for just the boost. So my question is, will the other well known boosts out there such as TC Spark/spark mini, Keeley Katana/mini, Xotic, MXR etc etc all do the same thing broadly speaking, as what The Dane did? I see alot of boosts just advertising a +20db (or whatever number) max volume difference. Maybe thats all that The Dane did (ie;make it louder) but it certainly felt more than that? Put it like this, if I just turn my amp up, it doesnt sound like the Dane. I should maybe just dry my eyes and get The Heavy Water, but really just wanting to see if these other alternatives will give me the same thing. Realistically I wont be able to try any out
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The other boost probably won't have the same low frequency response, so will sound slightly different. Possibly the full-sized Spark will
The Heavy Water is bloody brilliant!
...fairly clean but fattens things up nicely.
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I like the MXR Micro Amp best of all the common clean boosts - it's not strictly clean though, it adds a little more midrange and slight grit when it's turned right up.
(Edit - 10 times the signal level, 100 times the output power... not enough coffee when I posted that .)
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Adds a nice bit of sparkle.
The Exotic EP is nice too.
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
My boost pedal works the opposite way ....... in the on position it attenuates the signal and switching it off bypasses the attenuation and therefore you get a boost. The light comes on when bypassed and off when engaged so your brain thinks of it as a boost even though it's actually an attenuator. What I like about this is it doesn't colour the sound at all.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.