braintheory
Well-known member
I’ve actually had this for months now and am super impressed with it! I’ve owned over 100 different pedals over the years for boosts, even though this is technically not a pedal. I’ve pretty much tried them all (including the ones that get mentioned on here) and have always had between 8-12 at a time since they’d each have something different to offer, but since getting this PQ-3, it’s sent everything I’ve had packing except for just my original klon centaur, Chandler Limited Germanium Drive, coppersound broadway and Darkglass B7K Ultra. Other than those pedals, it not only could match, but even outdo all the other pedals I had before at their own things. Many of them almost sounded like toys in comparison. The Furman has this inherent warmth to it that older equipment tends to have and obviously has so many different sounds to offer with all its knobs. There’s a learning curve to dialing it in, but once I got a feel for it, it started sending those other pedal packing pretty fast.
It can be dialed in to be tighter than anything I’ve had including the vfe standout, while sounding bigger, warmer and just better or it can just as easily do the opposite and get a huge, thick sound that beat out my lazy j cruiser and many other sounds including very midrangey ones like a tube screamer. It’s very versatile and that’s why I only have now those few other boost pedals I mentioned. If it had a Germanium mode it could’ve possibly dethroned some of my other keepers as well
I’ve heard some guys complain that these are too noisy, but if you set it more moderately (like not boosting any frequency a ton or have the output super high) it’s not too bad imo, but I’m admittedly not as fussy about that as some can be. It can though get some pretty awesome and radical sounds with certain extreme settings and yes it will be crazy noisy in that scenario, but more moderate settings was enough for it to capture and outdo what I liked about the pedals it’s dethroned for me. Obviously, this unit won’t be practical for everyone, but for pure quality of tone it’s one of the best boosts I’ve tried along with my other keepers
For what it’s worth, I’ve sold my 2 standouts, Timmy V1, Buxom Boost, Golden Pearl, Spaceman Mercury IV, Ethos TLE, Lazy J Cruiser and 1981 Inventions DRV since getting this. I just got a 2nd one at a great price, so now I have a backup. I’m curious now to compare this to an old TC Electronic 1140 if I get the chance, although one of my friends who’s had both said it didn’t have the warmth or character of the Furman, but it was a bit clearer, more hi-fi sounding, but more clinical sounding. Curious to find out for myself. He has pretty good ears
It can be dialed in to be tighter than anything I’ve had including the vfe standout, while sounding bigger, warmer and just better or it can just as easily do the opposite and get a huge, thick sound that beat out my lazy j cruiser and many other sounds including very midrangey ones like a tube screamer. It’s very versatile and that’s why I only have now those few other boost pedals I mentioned. If it had a Germanium mode it could’ve possibly dethroned some of my other keepers as well
I’ve heard some guys complain that these are too noisy, but if you set it more moderately (like not boosting any frequency a ton or have the output super high) it’s not too bad imo, but I’m admittedly not as fussy about that as some can be. It can though get some pretty awesome and radical sounds with certain extreme settings and yes it will be crazy noisy in that scenario, but more moderate settings was enough for it to capture and outdo what I liked about the pedals it’s dethroned for me. Obviously, this unit won’t be practical for everyone, but for pure quality of tone it’s one of the best boosts I’ve tried along with my other keepers
For what it’s worth, I’ve sold my 2 standouts, Timmy V1, Buxom Boost, Golden Pearl, Spaceman Mercury IV, Ethos TLE, Lazy J Cruiser and 1981 Inventions DRV since getting this. I just got a 2nd one at a great price, so now I have a backup. I’m curious now to compare this to an old TC Electronic 1140 if I get the chance, although one of my friends who’s had both said it didn’t have the warmth or character of the Furman, but it was a bit clearer, more hi-fi sounding, but more clinical sounding. Curious to find out for myself. He has pretty good ears
