School me on boosts

[Dyllheaven88]

Building a smaller board for a new amp , need to gas the front end for more metal tones , anywhere from Metallica - meshuggah . Seems like there is about 900 million boosts out there . Any recommendations ?

 

[Steinmetzify]

EQD Plumes.

Hardcore, 3 settings, $99 fuckin dollars.

Do eet.

 

[Racerxrated]

Building a smaller board for a new amp , need to gas the front end for more metal tones , anywhere from Metallica - meshuggah . Seems like there is about 900 million boosts out there . Any recommendations ?

Man, so many choices…..recto style amp loves Maxon 808-TS types. Marshall style amp loves SD1 types. I like the Boss OD1X for everything. Thousands of more choices out there.
What amp are you getting?

 

[PDC]

I am a firm believer in the single knob Spark Mini if you have an amp that you love the tone and want minimal coloration. But it is a clean boost only - adds no grit or dirt to speak of. For a bit of OD in addition to signal boost plus some useful tone coloration and control, I am loving my TS-Mini.

 

[japetus]

Get a SD-1 and a TS and find out which one you like more and go from there

 

[napalmdeath]

Depends on the amp.

 

[RaceU4her]

Get a SD-1 and a TS and find out which one you like more and go from there

I’d say do this as well,

 

[crankyrayhanky]

recto style amp loves Maxon 808-TS types. Marshall style amp loves SD1 types.

THIS^

 

[Techdeth]

You have Hermansson Amps right ? The koko boost v1 is awesome at boosting them and not losing the amps sound in any way . That’s all I use with Hermanson

 

[DanTravis62]

I'm gonna go against the grain, Marshall amp with TC style or klone boost - not sd1 unless you're going for a butt rock type tone.

 

[headlessdeadguy]

Do what I did. Buy 80 of them and then notice which ones are still out when you’re done jamming. Lol. SD1, Barber Direct Drive, MXR Badass OD and a handful of cheap( Demon fix, Joyo) are usually the ones that are always out.

 

[ArrogantOwl]

I'm gonna go against the grain, Marshall amp with TC style or klone boost - not sd1 unless you're going for a butt rock type tone.

Timmy as well for Marshalls IMO.

 

[PhilC]

I use my xts modded GE7 more than anything. That and an 808 with my tremoverb. For some leads a unit 67 sometimes.

I second @japetus on getting a TS something and a sd1 and see what happens.

 

[psychodave]

I think an EQ is better than a boost. If you have to have a boost, I’m partial to the VFE Standout mainly because it has high and low pass filters.

 

[DeathbyButterslax]

You have Hermansson Amps right ? The koko boost v1 is awesome at boosting them and not losing the amps sound in any way . That’s all I use with Hermanson

That’s cool, I’m digging mine with a dirty tree surprisingly. It normally doesn’t like tight boosts but it works really well

 

[DragonCrestPC]

EQ or VFE standout.

 

[Findthetone1]

The Buxom Boost is pretty impressive and flexible with the option the remove the EQ section out of it.

 

[Spaceboy]

Guys, he’s clearly not asking about clean boosts.

 

[Racerxrated]

I think an EQ is better than a boost. If you have to have a boost, I’m partial to the VFE Standout mainly because it has high and low pass filters.

EQs are great. I had a GE 10 for a while. Problem is, when I dialed it in I sounded just like I did with my OD1X. Lol

 

[DanTravis62]

You have Hermansson Amps right ? The koko boost v1 is awesome at boosting them and not losing the amps sound in any way . That’s all I use with Hermanson

The Koko v1 is a fantastic boost ?