![]() ![]() This is the pedal that sparked this entire article - from possibly the most famous proponent of Treble Boosters of all time. Pedals are listed alphabetically by brand as usual: These Pedal Effects are often considered an essential for brightening and gaining up darker Vox AC-30 and early Marshall amps - but require some significantly more clever implementation within a clean pedal-platform type setup! Fryer Amps of Australia / Greg Fryer has also done a number of official Brian May Treble Boosters over the years, but I don't really like any of the current crop - while there are older versions that I'm still tempted by. At the top of my wishlist for this genre are the Tony Iommi and Brian May signature pedals. My own acquisitions are usually based on price, availability and desirability. The classic Dallas RangeMaster is/was a Germanium Transistor type (OC44) Treble Booster which the majority here are too (Germanium that is!). ![]() But there should be something for everyone here really. There are a number of the usual suspects here, with some outliers, and including a few which are sort of discontinued or hard to get a hold of. These pedals variously have between 1 and 4 dials, and I feel there is probably a pedal or two yet to come which does something even more clever with this genre. Of course the Dallas (Arbiter) RangeMaster was originated in the UK, and it is also fitting therefore that there is a significant British contingent here - or 5 all told. For this selection I sought out to find the very best Treble Boosters available at the compact enclosure format size - and it's very fitting that the selection includes both Signature Brian May and Tony Iommi pedals - which are also probably my leading contenders for acquisition and at different ends to the pricing scale.
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