hillerheilman wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:20 pm
I know it’s not exactly a “clean “ boost, but has anybody here tried the Laney Tony Iommi boost? I’m considering it for the boost slot on my pedalboard. It could be really neat since I also use a significantly lower tuning, but I’m not sure how versatile it actually is.
I've messed with one as a boost into a dirty amp, and it was pretty great. Kinda the opposite of something like the Horizon Devices Precision Drive (though that one's more drive than clean boost), because it's big and fat and awesome. Stays pretty controllable and doesn't get boomy, but in Drop C (what I was using at the time) it sounded huge into a Friedman.
hillerheilman wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:20 pm
Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:52 pm
If I like it, I might make one myself. I can't stand the idea of giving money to JHS.
Can you clarify why you don’t like JHS?
I’ve ran across quite a bit of hate for them while researching pedals but I can’t quite understand it.
IIRC JHS has ripped off a bunch of indie designers/builders for stuff, which didn't go over well, but they're big enough that nothing ever came of it.
As far as clean boosts, I've been really digging the clean boost on my Analog Drive. It's got 3-band EQ with sweepable mids, which is nice, and it's more of a console pre-kinda thing, so it gets a bit compressy and ratty when you run the gain all the way up. I've been running it basically full-tilt into a crunchy amp, and with the treble bleed I stuck in my Mustang, I get a ton of flexibility from really bright and distorted with tone & vol all the way up, to really mellow and woody with both rolled down, and everything in between.