Duesenberg Gold Boost

For the most part, boosts are very simple to build.

Nonetheless, they are often the most versatile and most important component on a pedal board. This is especially true of the 100% analog Gold Boost, because of its high input impedance (ca. 4.7 MOhm), which activates even the guitars most outlying  and perhaps even forgotten  treble regions. Many liken this effect to pulling away a curtain that had been hanging in front of the amplifier.

With its super linear frequency path, however, the Gold Boost can also be engaged as a pure buffer. All it takes is striken counterclockwise the pedals one pot. This transforms the instrument signal with high impedance into an output signal with significantly lower impedance all at the most sophisticated level of sound. The signal meanwhile retains total transparency, strength and dynamics, as well as its full tone even with long cable pathways and complex effects setups. At higher boost levels (above the 12 clock pot setting), trebles are dampened slightly, which will noticeably improve the sound of an overdriven (tube) amp.

Controls:

• LEVEL: controls the output volume

Specifications

• True Bypass Circuitry
• EH Electronics (USA)
• Neutrik connectors
• Epoxy PCB boards
• Select brand name parts
• Pots and switches freely wired, not on the board
• Electrical power via 1x 9V block battery or 9V DC power supply