Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster Pedal
A true-bypass pedal with class A, low-noise circuit design, Pickup Booster can be used to dial in the tone you need for every situation. It is exceptional at emphasizing a guitars natural tone while adding some muscle and fatness. The Gain control can be turned down to unity (0dB) with a discrete push-pull output stage for increased drive capability. So even with the Gain knob down at 0dB, your signal chain will sound cleaner -even with long cable runs- essentially acting as a buffer on your pedalboard.
Need a humbucker sound out of that vintage Strat? The Resonance Switch makes the pedal interact directly with your pickups, allowing your single-coils to emulate either a chunky humbucker sound perfect for classic rock or blues or a high-output tone for rip roaring solos. You can also use the Pickup Booster for a clean, buffered boost with more headroom and fatten up a humbucker for maximum saturation and sustain all with the flick of a switch.
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The model I purchased was the "Limited Edition Black Version" but the circuitry is the same as the red unit shown on this page (and same price).
I bought this to match the level of my Elite Strat to my Clapton Strat which has that built in 25db boost circuitry. My goal was to be able to switch guitars and not have to make large adjustments to my amp settings.
I tested it in store using a Boss Nextone amp, which is similar to my Katana 100 MKI (Guitar into the pedal and pedal into the amp input).
The level knob on this pedal allows you to increase the db's from zero to 25, so it gives you a wide range to work with. Nicely tapered volume increase and no big jumps in volume as you turn the dial.
The mini toggle has 3 settings and as the online forums and retailers said, position 1 works best for my Elite Strat. Position 2 is very muddy and dark for my Strat, but position 2 is designed for humbuckers, and if you use humbuckers you will see why.
NOTE:
When trying this pedal at the store, we initially used a Boss PSA power supply (power supply is not included with this pedal). The noise caused by the Boss power supply made it unusable. It had a shrill high pitched whine which only got worse as I turned up the gain or volume on the amp.
I was warned about this noise online and I mentioned that to the sales rep. I was expecting to have to engage the NS on the Katana to reduce it. Hard to do on the spot though as setting the Noise Reduction requires a laptop or tablet. I'm not sure why the Boss PSA introduced the high pitched whine with this pedal as it is dead silent with my ME-80.
However, the sales rep swapped it for a Truetone 1 Spot 9VDC/1700mA Adaptor and it was dead silent. So heads up if you run into the same issue when trying out this or any pedal. Big thank you to the sales rep at Edmonton South for his help fixing the power supply issue. Needless to say I purchased the 1 Spot power supply with this boost pedal.
Try before you buy always, and I hope this gives you a bit of insight into the workings of this boost pedal.
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
|---|---|---|
| Pickup Booster Pedal | 427956 |
