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Last week I posted about the T-Rex Luxury Drive. I’m not sure about the history of how it came from TC Jauernig to T-Rex (if you know, please comment or email me). A few of you asked if there were any differences, and some who were familiar with both had opinions (either T-Rex was better or the TC Jauernig was).

I found a video by Gearmanndude where he does a comparison between the two. I thought it was interesting so I’m posting that video below:

Which one did you think was better? If you’re looking to pick up the T-Rex Luxury Drive, it’s available for $149.00 at Amazon.com. If you’re liking the TC Jauernig Luxury Drive, you can find it via PedalNerd. You still may be able to purchase one direct from TC Jauernig’s web site as well.

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Today I wanted to bring up the T-Rex Luxury Drive. Originally The Luxury Drive was originally designed by TC Jaurenig (who also makes the Gristle King effects). I’m not sure what the deal if he sold the rights/circuit of the pedal to T-Rex or let’s them produce it.. not sure, since the Luxury Drive appears to be available at TC’s site still.

I’m a big fan of clean boosts. I love the simple concept / circuit, and loves what it does to tube amps and pedals in front of the boost.

Here is the official description of the T-Rex Luxury Drive:

Boosts your pedals and amp for a trebly, slightly compressed tone.

The T-Rex Engineering Gristle Luxury Drive is based on simplicity, durability, and most of all tone. This pedal is designed to serve as a boost to drive your overdrive/distortion pedals and your amp harder. The T-Rex Gristle Luxury pedal’s increase in signal offers you an added edge of “treble-licious” tone with a slight bit of touch-sensitive compression that won’t fail in the low end.

I found this video by wildbabydragon where he uses it as a boost on a gain channel (actually, how I would use it as well).

If you’re looking for a clean boost, this might be a great to check out. You can pick up the T-Rex Luxury Drive for $149.00 at Musician’s Friend.

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I just noticed that Musician’s Friend has a good deal on the BBE Boosta Grande Clean Boost. It lists at $129.99, and is usually available for $79.99, but is currently on sale for only $50.98. That’s 60% list price. This items also ships for free in the lower 48 States.

Here is the official description of the BBE Boosta Grande Clean Boost:

The Boosta Grande delivers up to 20dB of clean gain without changing the original signal’s sound. Use it to drive your preamp tubes to the max, or as a line buffer/driver if you’re experiencing degradation from other effects in the chain.

The Boosta Grande is built to last, and features hardwire bypass, single op-amp design, LED operation indicator, non-slip rubber bottom, and an easy-access 9V battery compartment. Includes AC power supply!

BBE Boosta Grande Clean Boost Effect Pedal Features:

* 20dB of clean gain boost
* Hard-wired bypass
* Single op-amp design
* LED indicator
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* Easy-access 9V battery compartment
* Includes external AC adapter

Here is a product video by BBETV:

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The other day before getting ready for shooting our next pedal review, I stopped over at a friends house, and we were talking gear. One of the pedals he had on the board was something I wasn’t too familiar with. It was the Keeley Electronics Katana Clean Boost. I’ve been talking with people about clean boosts and they’re a great tool to have in the pedal arsenal… especially if you’re playing through a tube amp. The basic concept is that it increases your input signal to the preamp of the amp, overdriving and saturating the tubes. This could be used to effect the overall guitar tone, or used to punch leads, or too overdrive specific pedals in the chain, etc.

I was familiar with the ZVex Super Hard On (SHO) and adjusting OD pedals to act similar (drive down and gain up) to achieve a similar effect.

Here is the official description:

The Katana guitar pedal by Robert Keeley is a fat, harmonically rich boost. It operates in pure clean and high gain modes. With the speedo knob pushed in, it’s a volume control that goes to 20. With the knob out, it’s a cutting boost with just a touch of gritty edge.

Keeley Katana Pre Amp Guitar Effect Pedal Features:

* 9-volt DC jack or battery operation
* Internal Power Supply Boost turns your 9 volts into 18
* JFET design – clean tones that are tube like when they overdrive or clip
* Push-Pull Speedo Knob side mounted so it can be adjusted with foot
* Metal film resistors and caps for ultra low noise
* Blue LED, a Keeley trademark!
* Silver soldered and teflon coated wire
* True-Bypass
* 5-year warranty

I wasn’t able to find a good demo on this pedal… which is unfortunate.. and surprising. I’ll keep my eye peeled, and might even put it on the ‘review’ list for the future.

You can pick up the Keeley Katana Pre Amp pedal for $199.00 at Musician’s Friend.

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I’m little hazy this morning. Ended up hanging out with the other guitarist in the band I’m in last night. PBR was flowing like wine as they say. But it was great just geeking out about gear. Conversation bounced around from guitars to cabs to speakers to amps.. and finally to effects.  He just picked up the Electro-Harmonix Nano LPB-1 Power Booster, and I was excited to check it out. I’m really into simple signal boosters that pushes the preamp of your amp, while NOT altering your signal. There are a few out there, but for the price, this is pretty hard to beat at only $39.00.  There are some interesting things you can do with this, use it to drive a pedal, use it to drive your input, use it in your effects loop, etc. Simple to use, one knob and go switch.

Here is the official description:

The Electro-Harmonix Nano LPB-1 Power Booster is a spot-on reissue of the original LPB-1 circuit that introduced overdrive in 1968. Put this little monster in line before any effect to provide boost and definition. Improves the gain and saturation of your amp. The Nano LPB-1 Power Booster gives your sound presence! Housed in a compact, die-cast box with rounded corners to save valuable pedalboard space. 9V DC power jack.

I found two videos that I’d like to include. The first is the official EHX video:

The second is by mordecai52005. He goes into the effects loop, etc.

Like I mentioned earlier, the price is cheap for this thing. You can pick up the Electro-Harmonix Nano LPB-1 Power Booster for only $39.00 at Musician’s Friend.

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Today I wanted to talk about the Devi Ever Year of the Rat.  Devi Ever is definitely pumping out a variety of cool fuzz pedals. This one is a little interesting since it’s a clean boost with fuzz.

Here is the official description of the pedal:

The Year of the Rat Boost guitar effects pedal from Devi Ever is a clean boost with a chunky fuzz undertone. With this boost pedal you can achieve some meaty blues tones that would sound great in a multitude of genres or musical projects. It works well with bass, guitar, vocals, synths, drums, and anything else you can run through it.

The Volume knob controls the outbound gain of the fuzz circuit, and there is a lot of gain on tap. Use the YOTR boost pedal loud to push an amp into overdrive or boost lead parts. Be careful though, it can get very loud on a clean amp. The control knob changes the effect pedal’s intensity and character, so you can control the level of fuzz pumping through your amp for a dirty fuzz tone that would suit the rodent in all of us.

I found this interesting demo by tdal1706:

You can pick up the Devi Ever Year of the Rat for $97.50 at Musician’s Friend.

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Yesterday @3volved on Twitter mentioned he recently picked up a Blackstar HT-Boost and was loving it. I’ve mentioned a few other Blackstar pedals, but not the HT-Boost, so thought I’d take a closer look. The HT-Boost, is a high voltage pedal (using 300V) which simulates adding two extra tube stages. Interesting.

Here is the official description:

The HT-BOOST Guitar Pedal’s high voltage gain circuit is like adding two extra hot tube stages to your amp so, unlike with inferior battery powered products, you don’t lose any precious dynamics or tone. Add to this an all-tube cut and boost tone section and a high level output which is specially designed to drive your tube amp hard and it all adds up to the ultimate boost pedal available.

The HT Range of tube overdrive pedals features true high voltage (300V) circuitry and are packed with innovations and tone. The revolutionary, patent-applied-for tone shaping feature ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) will redefine the tonal expectations of guitarists.

Add to this the no compromise speaker emulated output and you have the most cost effective way of getting real tube tones direct to disk or tape.

So whether you’re playing live or recording, with the HT Range of effect pedals by Blackstar you can finally get ‘the sound in your head’.

PURE TUBE BOOST
High voltage tube design for true tube dynamics and feel 100% all-tube gain just like adding two extra hot tube stages to your amp. tube ‘cut & boost’ tone circuit for musical equalization. Two separate outputs provide one level for guitar pedals and an extra dynamic high level for tube amps. High integrity bypass for silent switching and driving long cables.

Blackstar HT Series HT-BOOST Tube Boost Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

* Genuine tube design
* Operates at 300V HT
* Cascaded tube gain stages
* Hot rod your tube amp
* Silent switching operation
* All-tube tone control circuit
* Pedals or ‘hot’ tube amplifier outputs
* High integrity buffered bypass
* Power supply included
* Silent switching.

I found a short but sweet demo of this pedal by pedaltoneshop:

You can pick up the Blackstar HT Series HT-BOOST Tube Boost for $179.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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I’ve been interested in these Lovepedals lately, and I came across the Lovepedal Eternity Fuse Overdrive.  This is three pedals in one. You can get overdrive, treble boost or clean boost via 3-way toggle switch. Has three knobbies.. Level, Glass and Drive. I like how they went with ‘glass’ vs. ‘tone’.

Here is the official description:

The Lovepedal Eternity can be 3 pedals in one—Overdrive, Treble Booster and Clean booster—depending on where you set the dials. You can also blend these 3 factors. It has a socketed IC so you can swap out different ICs (extra ICs are not included). It’s a treble boost instead of a normal tone control. The Lovepedal Eternity Fuse Overdrive pedal provides darker tones, brighter tones with an unorthodox control.

It is a very smooth type of overdrive as well. The Eternity Fuse pedal can go from nothing at all to very warm-sounding vintage overdriven tube sound, a clean flat booster or a treble booster, or even a tweed amp.

Turn the toggle switch to the right for a strat-sounding wail. The toggle set at the middle gives a clean boost, with a warm, classic tube-driven vibe. Turn it to the left for screaming classic overdrive, ideal for blues, rock, or a multitude of other music styles. And with the treble boost all the way off, the overdrive pedal gives you warmer tone than most tube amps.

The Lovepedal Eternity overdrive pedal always stays true to what’s coming out of your guitar no matter how hard you drive it, so you never turn into the pedal. It also breaks up the harder you dig into the strings, which sounds killer.

I found a great video by gearmanndude. He’s playing a ‘black’ version. Not sure if there are any differences between that and the ‘gold’ one.

You can pick up the Lovepedal Eternity Fuse Overdrive for $214.75 at Musician’s Friend.

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I’ve been sorta into clean boosts lately and this one caught my eye. I saw that Lovepedal Amp 50 overdrive was on Joe Perry’s pedalboard, so I wanted to learn more about this.

Here is the description of the pedal:

Lovepedal’s Amp 50 overdrive effect pedal is the most compact version of the Church Of Tone series. The circuit has been modified to give cleaner tones at the bottom of the gain/bias sweep and dirtier tones at the top. It can function as a clean boost, dirty boost, stand alone OD or gnarly fuzz box depending on the amplifier used, guitar vol. adjustment and gain/bias control setting. This Lovepedal overdrive effect will also stack unbelievably well with other drive units leading to increased sustain, tone and overall dynamics.

Lovepedal Amp 50 Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

* 9VDC input
* External Gain Bias Control
* Relay Switching
* True Bypass
* LED Status
* Super Compact Diecast Aluminum Case
* 3-5/8″D x 1-1/2″W x 1-1/4″H

Here is a video by seanmichael252

You can pick up the Lovepedal Amp 50 Overdrive for $129.00 at Musician’s Friend.

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I’ve been hearing some talk about the Xotic EP Booster. Been seeing it on a few Pedal Line Friday submissions, and I wanted to take a closer look. Xotic makes some great pedals, and are really creating a giant name for themselves.  Looks like the EP Booster is modeled after the preamp side of the Echoplex EP-3.  Apparently, the circuit is quite different than the actual Echoplex (since the Echoplex’s preamp had additional requirements, etc). In a nutshell, this is a clean boost, but with more sparkle and definition.

Here is the official description:

What do the tones of renowned guitarist such as Page, EVH and Johnson have in common? They all used the legendary echo machine EP-3 as a pre-amp.
We’ve captured that magic in a new Xotic Effects pedal, the EP Booster.

We’ve used the highest quality parts available with a discrete FET design and low impedance output, the EP Booster provides up to +20dB of unadulterated boost with multi-dimensional, shimmering highs and lows, and no ear fatigue. The internal DIP switches let you choose the boost frequencies, and EQ settings.

Housed in a small 3.5″x 1.5″ x 1.5″ case with blue LED and transparent knob, the EP Booster can be powered by 9-volt up to 18-volts.

A simple pure boost that pays reverence to the magical EP-3 and captures the celebrated tones of the world’s most famous players.

Here is a video by XoticGuitars:

You can pick up the Xotic EP Booster EQ Effects Pedal for $116.00 at Fat Tone Guitars.

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