Clean boost with eq in or out, so straight boost or boost with eq to tailor whatever tones you're after.acidvoodoo":1ewhbrxl said:Whats the deal with this pedal? Is it a straight up boost or amp in a box type pedal? The name is a little confusing.
I will let you know how it works with my Small Box when the pedal gets here next week. I sure it will be perfect for boosting the amp.Marco 2073":1ek86ym4 said:Anyone try it with the SmallBox ?
John 14:6":3esae3ug said:I will let you know how it works with my Small Box when the pedal gets here next week. I sure it will be perfect for boosting the amp.Marco 2073":3esae3ug said:Anyone try it with the SmallBox ?
JerEvil":3v7obovl said:Just got mine today but won’t be able to dig in til the weekend.
I've just got one and it's awesome. The thing that surprised me the most was that just by dial the boost knob clockwise is like having a Smallbox with more gain on tap. It doesn’t sound like you added an overdrive or boost pedal. The added gain really sounds like it’s coming out of the Smallbox itself. To explain how good the Buxom Boost is I can tell you the following thing: I’ve had a mail conversation with Dave himself about having him modifying my Smallbox by adding the HBE-switch, C45 and SAT-switch, but now I don’t feel there’s a need for it anymore. By using the Buxom Boost to boost my Smallbox makes it sound as big and aggressive as the BE100 but with the vintage touch of the Smallbox.John 14:6":1tv0mzzp said:I just ordered a Buxom Boost. Anyone have one yet and have suggested settings for hitting my Small Box with it to give it a little more juice but without really changing the tone?
I also talked to Dave about modding my Small Box into the three channel version but decided against it because I truly do love my amp the way it is. I use overdrive pedals if I want more gain for something. I agree with everything you said and now that I have the Buxom Boost there is no need for a mod. This pedal actually gives me more versatility than a mod could have done for me. Too many possibilities. The thing is like a magic box.MrFlexx":58pyolip said:I've just got one and it's awesome. The thing that surprised me the most was that just by dial the boost knob clockwise is like having a Smallbox with more gain on tap. It doesn’t sound like you added an overdrive or boost pedal. The added gain really sounds like it’s coming out of the Smallbox itself. To explain how good the Buxom Boost is I can tell you the following thing: I’ve had a mail conversation with Dave himself about having him modifying my Smallbox by adding the HBE-switch, C45 and SAT-switch, but now I don’t feel there’s a need for it anymore. By using the Buxom Boost to boost my Smallbox makes it sound as big and aggressive as the BE100 but with the vintage touch of the Smallbox.John 14:6":58pyolip said:I just ordered a Buxom Boost. Anyone have one yet and have suggested settings for hitting my Small Box with it to give it a little more juice but without really changing the tone?
There’s one more thing making the Buxom Boost extremely versatile, and that is that if you dial the boost knob counter clockwise it will actually lower the gain of the Smallbox without destroying the tone. This means that you can dial in the Smallbox with the gain on 10 of the BE channel and then engage the Buxom Boost and have a low gain sound but with the BE character. So there’s loads of variations making a 2-channel amp like the Smallbox a multi-channel monster of amp. And I haven’t even mentioned the Tight Knob or EQ of the Buxom Boost. The sound palette is huge.
The settings of the Buxom Boost that works best on the Smallbox for my taste is:
EQ: OFF
Tight: 10:30-11:00 - clockwise
Boost: 10:30-11:00 -clockwise