Feature Product - SFX-01 Pickup Booster
Say you’ve got your tone totally dialed-in, but you just want more of it. You can turn up the volume of the amp or the guitar, but that can alter your tone dramatically. What do you do? We have the answer with our first entry into the foot effects market: the SFX-1 Pickup Booster™.
The Pickup Booster is the first effects pedal designed specifically to work together with the pickups in your guitar to achieve optimum gain and resonance for all tonal applications. The Pickup Booster's main feature is the Gain Control knob. By rotating it clockwise, you can add pure, flat-EQ gain, ranging from 6dB, all the way to an astonishing 25dB! Home studio enthusiasts will take advantage of the Pickup Booster's clean gain boost abilities to augment the recording levels of instruments and microphones. Acoustic guitarists and bassists will enjoy their ability to add a subtle volume boost (9 - 12dB) for solos. Electric guitarists will take the fullest advantage of the Pickup Booster's capabilities as they add everything from "punch" to a solo to over-the-top gain to a tube amplifier's front end - all with the simple twist of a knob!
One of the most exciting features is the Resonance Switch, which was designed specifically for electric guitarists who use single coil pickups. By setting the Resonance Switch to position "1," the resonant peak of a single coil pickup can be lowered 2-3kHz, making it sound similar to a vintage humbucker. Position "2," is marked by a 3-5kHz drop in resonant peak. Together with the added gain, this position can make a typical Strat pickup sound like a high-output humbucker. The switch is bypassed on position "0." The Pickup Booster features fully discrete Class A circuitry along with true bypass. It's housed in a heavy-duty steel chassis and runs on a single 9 volt battery or DC power supply.
Specs
Noise: -120 dB (referred to input with gain set at 25dB) Distortion: < 0.1% Gain range: 6 to 25 dB
Type of circuitry: Fully discrete, class A
Power: DC 9-12 V battery, or regulated DC adapter Current consumption: 3.5mA @ 9V
(when effect is "on") Input impedance: 500K (when effect is "on")
Output impedance: < 10k
Dimensions: 2.5" x 5" x 2" (W x L x H) (6.35cm x 12.7cm x 5.08 cm)
Weight: 1 lb. (0.45 kg)
Chassis material: Heavy duty 1.6 mm steel
