about SD's NAMM demo setup ...

[tone4days]

can anyone relay info about the duncan demo of the SFX-03 and two pickup boosters ? ... what was the purpose of the pre and post boost? ... what kinda guitar/pickups/amp were used? ... what kinds of sounds was it getting?

could scott miller come on this thread and give us the low down?

evan, can you fill us in?

will there be a video on the website of this demo for us to see/hear?

cheers
t4d

[JacksonMIA]

I'm interested, too. Especially about the pre/post pickup booster.

[the guy who invented fire]

I have seen the pics I think you guys are talking about...there is a SFX-03, an SFX-02, a wah, and a pair or SFX-01's as well as some other Boss unit...here is the deal (I think!).

Having an SFX-01 both before AND after the SFX-03 is a grea idea...the boost BEFORE the SFX-03 will provide more actual crunch by puching the front of the SFX-03 harder while the boost AFTER the SFX-03 won't provide anymore crunch it will just give a clean volume boost.

That is me assuming thats how the set up is, set up...I often do this at home with an SFX-01 and a graphic EQ pedal...I actually need another SFX-01!

[ErikH]

Makes sense, especially if there is no output buffer on the SFX-03.

Using the SFX-01 after makes it act like a buffer to bump up the signal from any loss during travel through the SFX-03. Again, this is assuming there's no output buffer in it.

Slamming the front of an amp is a common thing so demonstrating that with the SFX-01 is a cool thing.

[Pierre]

The SFX is cleverly, and not so cleverly at the same time (in the eyes of a marketeer student ) marketed as not a clean boost. However I tried it as one once and it really has a good amount of boost to boast (hahah). It's fairly transparent and really can OD an amp while making it sound purely better. SD says it acts on the pickups, which in a way is true as it's also designed to 'transform' sounds coming from them, however I think they should also advertise and put forward this clean boost capability. It's a decently priced GREAT boost I think. More versatile than the MXR microamp for instance, and I feel it's just better.

[Zhangliqun]

I've got the Pickup Booster (clean boost) and it seems to add some lows and mids even in the neutral "0" position.

[Curly]

the 03 had a different tone with the Booster pre or post effect. If I understood correctly, Scott was trying to show the difference in tone, depending on how some people set up their rigs, or if they used an FX loop

sorry, that's about as good of an explanation as I can give you

[the guy who invented fire]

I've got the Pickup Booster (clean boost) and it seems to add some lows and mids even in the neutral "0" position.

the SFX-01 is a pure flat/clean boost...any change in tone you hear is from your preamp getting pushed harder

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

All boosters with no exception colours your signal some, there is no help for that, cannot change the components nature.

[aleclee]

I didn't get to try the pedals and was quite frankly disappointed in the way the SD booth was laid out.

It seemed a lot more oriented towards getting people autographs than getting people to demo their products. That might work with pickups but if SD is branching out beyond that core product line, it would be nice if the booth were more amenable to sampling the wares.

It's hard for an interested retailer to make the decision to order stompboxes when it's not convenient to check them out. Maybe they would take a couple sight-unseen but it seems like a lost opportunity to me.

[Scott Miller]

Okay Dudes---here is the low-down.

I ran the SFX-03 into a Fender Super Reverb that was set clean and dry. If you have a good clean-tone to start with, the SFX-03 can turn that into a 3-channel pretty rockin' set-up. (Amps's clean sound + two channels of the SFX-03).

The Booster pedal works very well with the SFX-03 in a couple of different ways, and so I brought two of them to demonstrate that.

If you put the Booster in FRONT of the SFX-03, it will kick up the saturation, and give you a thicker distortion (in a very useable way).

If you put the Booster AFTER the distortion, you will get an actual increase in volume without changing the tone.

I would probably never use two Boosters that way at the same time, but I needed them at the show for demo purposes.

Also---to the little bee-och that stole my fuzz & delay pedals on at the show on Sunday: Karma will get you. I hope you are reincarnated as a roll of toilet paper that I can use after I eat a gnarly jalapeno-riddled burrito and drink a dozen shots of Tequila.

Miller---OUT.

[Pierre]

Wow... stealing guitar pedals at NAMM. That is seriously LOW. I hope you find them Scott. Thanks for the lowdown

[the guy who invented fire]

Okay Dudes---here is the low-down.
I ran the SFX-03 into a Fender Super Reverb that was set clean and dry. If you have a good clean-tone to start with, the SFX-03 can turn that into a 3-channel pretty rockin' set-up. (Amps's clean sound + two channels of the SFX-03).
The Booster pedal works very well with the SFX-03 in a couple of different ways, and so I brought two of them to demonstrate that.
If you put the Booster in FRONT of the SFX-03, it will kick up the saturation, and give you a thicker distortion (in a very useable way).
If you put the Booster AFTER the distortion, you will get an actual increase in volume without changing the tone.
I would probably never use two Boosters that way at the same time, but I needed them at the show for demo purposes.
Also---to the little bee-och that stole my fuzz & delay pedals on at the show on Sunday: Karma will get you. I hope you are reincarnated as a roll of toilet paper that I can use after I eat a gnarly jalapeno-riddled burrito and drink a dozen shots of Tequila.
Miller---OUT.

Thats what I thought! BTW...that sucks that your stuff got ripped off but maybe they will come back as that roll of TP!

[Curly]

here's another shot of Scott's demo rig:


he got a lot of tones out of a few effects, and Scott can RIP!

(sorry to hear 'bout the pedals, Scott)

[fretburner]

here's another shot of Scott's demo rig:


he got a lot of tones out of a few effects, and Scott can RIP!

(sorry to hear 'bout the pedals, Scott)

A Volume pedal and 2 pup boosters?

[the guy who invented fire]

A Volume pedal and 2 pup boosters?

yes...this whole thread was about the 2 pickup boosters...

[ArtieToo]

Sorry to hear about the theft Scott.

It is cool that the first pedal appears to be "dimed" though.

[fretburner]

yes...this whole thread was about the 2 pickup boosters...

what are the advantages of pup boosters over EQs?

[the guy who invented fire]

what are the advantages of pup boosters over EQs?

a SD booster has nothing to do with an EQ...as for the advantage of running 2 pickup boosters, it's explained in post number 11 by Scott Miller himself.

[fretburner]

a SD booster has nothing to do with an EQ...as for the advantage of running 2 pickup boosters, it's explained in post number 11 by Scott Miller himself.

yeah, but can't i get same results using an Boss GE-7 setting it all flat and then up the boost slider?