DURHAM ELECTRONICS MUCHO BOOSTO.
The Mucho Boosto pedal was created by request of owners of the Sex
Drive. This pedal picks up on GAIN where the Sex Drive left off. The
Mucho Boosto IS based 100% around the Sex Drive circuit, with a few
changes in the Gain, Tone and Compression.
The GAIN is
obviously much higher. With the LEVEL up all the way, and the GAIN
down, you can achieve Sex Drive “style” clean boosting, on a limited
scale. The opposite, of course will give you the most gain all the way
to violin style singing.
The TONE circuit is much more active
than that of the Sex Drive, due to the more aggressive sound, and not
going for transparency. The compression, well there is no compression
setting, I opted for a NORM/FAT switch, to cover the tonal basis of all
guitars that might be used. If the NORM setting seems very thin to you,
try it on a hollow body guitar in the neck position, this should make
sense to you.
Features:
- Totally hand built/wired
- Teflon wire throughout
-
Not true bypass. Alan doesn't trust the quality of the switches: "as
soon as there is a TPDT switch made that can withstand the test of
time, I’ll put it in. You know what I’m talking about if you have some
of the boutique pedals on the market."
- Switch Craft jacks
- Carling switches
- Alpha full size potentiometers
- One year Manufacturer's Warranty
- Uses standard negative tip 9V DC supply (not included)
HARMONY CENTRAL USER REVIEWS:
Ease of Use: 10
Simple to use and easy to get great tones right out of the box, only three controls and a switch to fiddle with.
Sound Quality: 10
My
set-up is minimal, I've dumbed down my gear for live shows to a maple
neck telecaster-Mucho Boosto-66 Super Reverb or Germino Masonette amp.
I used to lug around a lot of pedals, but now I keep it simple. I'm not
a crazy tone purist but I've grown to prefer the tone of my guitar
straight into the amp. Unlike most of the drive pedals I had used
before now, this one doesn't drastically alter or color my tone. It is
not totally transparent but it sure is close. I set it for a mild
overdrive sound and the tone is excellent. The last reviewer said that
the pedal was inspiring and that is true. The Mucho Boosto makes me
want to play and I am more confident about my tone. I advise everyone
to go to a store and try one of these out. |
