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Benson Amps Germanium Boost
kr. 1.799,00
Beskrivelse
When designing the temperature controlled fuzz, we tried some weird approaches. One of the things we tried was utilizing a voltage controlled error correcting circuit to bias a single germanium transistor. It ultimately didn’t work for the fuzz, since that circuit is comically sensitive to transistor gain attributes. We did find a place for it though.
It turns out it was PERFECT for achieving a germanium clean boost that, (like our fuzz) is impervious to component drift, leakage, and temperature….moreso in fact. We also fixed a couple other issues preventing the germanium transistor from being used as a convincing linear boost…we increased the input headroom (even a normal guitar signal will drive a germanium transistor into unwanted input distortion without some tweaks) and increased the input impedance (a BJT transistor would normally thin out bass frequencies and interact neg- atively with whatever flows into it).
The result is a germanium clean boost where you can utilize a germanium transistor WITH- OUT the weird artifacts that were previously accepted as part of the deal…temperature sen- sitivity, drift, and suboptimal input impedance and headroom.
It takes about 10 seconds when the boost is first powered up for the error correction circuit to bias the germanium transistor. After that it gets interesting….we can hear how it makes guitar signals sound more musical…even when set at the same volume as the bypassed tone. It seems to bring out the attack of the guitar while simultaneously smoothing out notes, like a compressor but different. It’s hard to describe. It appears to cut the bad parts of a signal and enhance the good. It’s killer on bass. It helps acoustic guitar pickups sound more natu- ral. And of course it’ll push your amp into a frenzy.
POWER SUPPLY
This pedal is for use only with a 9vdc Boss style center negative power supply. There is space for a battery which is activated when a cable is plugged into the input, and there is no power supply plugged into the DC jack.
Please do not subject this pedal to more than 9vdc or the pedal or power supply could be destroyed.
Yderligere information
- Pedal type: Boost
Om Benson Amps
Benson Amps er et boutique-forstærkerfirma, der har markeret sig som en velrenommeret producent af guitarforstærkere til toneentusiaster og professionelle musikere. Firmaet blev grundlagt af Chris Benson i Portland, Oregon, og ved at kombinere traditionelt håndværk og høj byggekvalitet med innovative designprincipper producerer de en række unikke forstærkere, der skiller sig ud med hensyn til både lyd og udseende.
En af de mest fremtrædende træk ved Benson Amps er deres fokus på enkelhed og musikalitet. I stedet for at fylde deres forstærkere med mange funktioner fokuserer de på at perfektionere den grundlæggende lyd. Dette gør Benson-forstærkere ideelle for musikere, der søger en ren og dynamisk tone, som reagerer aktivt på deres spilleteknik.
Forstærkere som Monarch, Vinny og Chimera er kendt for deres alsidighed og evne til at dække alt fra sprød, ren lyd til kraftig overdrive. Hver Benson-forstærker er håndbygget med førsteklasses komponenter og et stort fokus på detaljer, der sikrer både enestående lyd og holdbarhed.
Designet er også bemærkelsesværdigt. Benson Amps kombinerer vintage-inspireret æstetik med moderne farver og materialer, hvilket gør deres forstærkere til rene kunstværker på scenen eller i studiet.
Benson Amps tilbyder noget særligt for musikere, der værdsætter tone, kvalitet og en ægte håndværksmæssig tilgang til musikudstyr.
