New boost day: VFE Focus

[godgrinder]

Saw moltenmetalburn recommending this one in a Fortin Grind thread, which piqued my interest. Tracked down an used one and recorded a little clip with it. To make a somewhat over the top example, I had it boosting a bass amp.

https://soundcloud.com/godgrinder666/vf ... -meatsmoke
First part is with the pedal off. Then for each repeat I gradually cut more bass on the pedal. Other settings on the pedal unchanged.

Guitar: ESP M1NTB w/ Lace Deathbucker
Preamp: Verellen Meatsmoke
Power amp: Fryette 2/90/2
Cab: Krank SST412
Speaker: Eminence V1216
Recorded with a Tascam DR-05

It's basically EQ pedal with just LPF and HPF functions, you can dial in the cutoff frequency and the slope. Has a pretty decent range and quite flexible. You can get it to work in a similar way as a Grind (slow bass rolloff from ~1kHz).

 

[glassjaw7]

Nice. I was looking for one of these but got the Rocket instead. Pretty similar layout

 

[Devilinside]

Looks like an awesome pedal. Can't seem to find anyone selling one

 

[godgrinder]

Looks like an awesome pedal. Can't seem to find anyone selling one

It's currently out of production, but will be reissued next year under a different name ("Standout"
http://www.vfepedals.com/custom.html

 

[Devilinside]

Looks like an awesome pedal. Can't seem to find anyone selling one

It's currently out of production, but will be reissued next year under a different name ("Standout"
http://www.vfepedals.com/custom.html

So exactly the same though?

 

[godgrinder]

So exactly the same though?

Supposedly wider frequency ranges on the LPF/HPF controls.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

Nice! Great pedal. I ordered the kickstarter, waiting for my standout and dragon to arrive then ill sell the focus. Mine is the same color scheme as yours.

I had an early rocket eq with boost. Maybe 5 years ago, was not that great. not sure how your rocket compares to the version i had but the focus is much better.

 

[godgrinder]

I ordered the kickstarter, waiting for my standout and dragon to arrive then ill sell the focus.

Would be keen to hear how you get on with the Standout. I'm quite interested in the 20V charge pump option. Tried the Focus with a 12V PSU and liked it better than using 9V.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

I ordered the kickstarter, waiting for my standout and dragon to arrive then ill sell the focus.

Would be keen to hear how you get on with the Standout. I'm quite interested in the 20V charge pump option. Tried the Focus with a 12V PSU and liked it better than using 9V.

I use mine at 12 also, 20 seems overkill but who knows.