Treble boosters, how are you using them?

[blackba]

I have been playing around with my BYOC triboost on the Treble boost section. Here is what I am finding, so I am looking for some advice.

Into a clean amp, the treble booster sounds screechy and very trebley. Into R2 on my mark IV I get the same thing. Into the lead channel, I get a nice bump up of sustain and I like it pretty well. My Maxon OD-9 sounds better boosting R2 than the tribooster does.

I then tried the treble booster with my Vox AC30 and an overdrive and it sounded screechy too. The overdrive was before the treble booster.

So what am I missing/doing wrong....

 

[bill]

I had an HBE Germania and it was great with humbuckers into a low watt tube amp. I finally sold it for a more versitile pedal that could handle my Strat. You can try rolling the tone controls off some to help with the high end issue.

 

[JohnRageOn]

I have a BSM Fireball that I use sporadically on the 2nd channel of VH4 (crunch). I adjust the gain from the amp to be just a click before it starts to get real crunchy (half way). Once you engage the BSM you're in early 80's metal heaven.

 

[ratter]

You have to keep in mind the origins of the treble booster...a guy like Eric Clapton running an SG into the booster into a old marshall and getting what by todays standard would be called a pretty scratchy/ratty tone, unless he rolled the tone control on the guitar all the way off for the "woman tone" - IMO, treble boosters aren't as well-suited for modern amps and modern tones as straight clean boosts or OD pedals.

 

[Telephant]

I then tried the treble booster with my Vox AC30 and an overdrive and it sounded screechy too. The overdrive was before the treble booster.

Were you plugged into the normal channel or the top boost channel? If it was into the Top Boost channel, thats probably why it sounded like ass. Into the normal channel you should be able to get some Brian May/Rory Gallagher style tones.

FWIW, Kage's crispy cream sounded absolutely righteous in front of my Superbass.

Generally, I think treble boosters are best for kickin' an already overdriven amp into a full on assault.

 

[jkdsteve]

I have a Cooltron brit boost....sounds great into the Vox style module on my Randall MTS...sounds like ass on it's own...not so bad in 'full range' mode but meh.

It sounds extremely cool along with a tubescreamer type pedal into a high gain marshall(ish) module on the neck pickup...big sustaining lead sound with lots of bite/attack.....and two boosts = 10 years of talent so righteous

 

[daver101]

Generally, I think treble boosters are best for kickin' an already overdriven amp into a full on assault.

That's how I use my Ego Boost. Great pedal.

 

[degenaro]

I then tried the treble booster with my Vox AC30 and an overdrive and it sounded screechy too. The overdrive was before the treble booster.

Were you plugged into the normal channel or the top boost channel? If it was into the Top Boost channel, thats probably why it sounded like ass. Into the normal channel you should be able to get some Brian May/Rory Gallagher style tones.

FWIW, Kage's crispy cream sounded absolutely righteous in front of my Superbass.

Generally, I think treble boosters are best for kickin' an already overdriven amp into a full on assault.

Agreed, but I also dig it into the bright channel of a JMP...
like this...

Normal channel...

Flexi...

 

[blackba]

I then tried the treble booster with my Vox AC30 and an overdrive and it sounded screechy too. The overdrive was before the treble booster.

Were you plugged into the normal channel or the top boost channel? If it was into the Top Boost channel, thats probably why it sounded like ass. Into the normal channel you should be able to get some Brian May/Rory Gallagher style tones.

FWIW, Kage's crispy cream sounded absolutely righteous in front of my Superbass.

Generally, I think treble boosters are best for kickin' an already overdriven amp into a full on assault.

I tried it into both channels on my AC30CC1, but I see part of my problem, I was using a strat. And its rare I get most of my amps up to the point of natural overdrive

I will try throwing some ear plugs in and cranking my AC30CC and see what happens....