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Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by Ydna » Mon May 30, 2011 4:01 am

Title explains it all.

What would be a good boost for a 45/100?

When my build is done, I'll be trying a modern day ehx lpb-1(it sounds really good when you crank the clean channel on my friend's TSL and boost), and I'll also be trying a Tube Screamer reissue.

Would the EP-PRE be a good plan?

I'll be having a boost pedal, that I need to figure out, then I'm going to build a germanium fuzz face, to get that hendrix thing goin on.

I also thought about maybe a Dallas Rangemaster clone.
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by Roe » Mon May 30, 2011 7:30 am

I like a rangemaster and a zentaurus/centaur
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by Ted B » Mon May 30, 2011 9:37 am

I highly recommend one of these:

http://www.homebrewelectronics.com/shop/germania

This unit does everything a Rangemaster does, but with far greater flexibility. It delivers a very pleasing sound with ample gain, and is remarkably quiet. I would not pay extra for the '44' version, as I didn't care for the sound of the OC44 as much as the standard Germania's AC128. It can be had for just over $100 from various outlets.

See a video review here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsPvAAHvBEw
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by ezs » Mon May 30, 2011 2:46 pm

I cloned the SHO, COT50, Brain Setzer, Uno Mos, AMZ mosfet, Landgraff, maybe 1 more. I like the SHO in low settings, UnoMos and Landgraff are rip offs of the AMZ, fat tone, COT is more middy replicating Plexish. Next build is a Fat Boost to try but hate knobs. They all have their shades. Im a SHO fan, 2nd is the Nocturne Brain Seltzer, very subtle.
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by stef » Mon May 30, 2011 7:10 pm

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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by yladrd61 » Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:28 pm

Germanium Fuzz Face :jimi:
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by Ydna » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:01 am

yladrd61 wrote:Germanium Fuzz Face :jimi:
Been planning that all along. That's a must have with a 45/100.
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by clinchfx » Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:01 am

Ydna wrote: Would the EP-PRE be a good plan?
Maybe not, because the EP-PRE has only a very small amount of boost. The EP+ would be a better choice, but it is a very clean boost and won't add any dirt.

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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by yladrd61 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:33 pm

Ydna wrote:
yladrd61 wrote:Germanium Fuzz Face :jimi:
Been planning that all along. That's a must have with a 45/100.

Yeah I have a Germanium and a Silicon Fuzzface in front of my 1970 Super Lead they give me all the boost I need for my Stratocasters If I want to clean up the sound I roll back the fuzz knob and the guitar volume but I usually keep the fuzz knob just short of all the way up :jimi:
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by Ydna » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:43 am

Alright. Just got an early 90s germanium NKT-275 dunlop fuzz face on ebay. Now I need to find the time to work on my amp.
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by AustinTx » Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:03 pm

My favs with 45/100 are:
1. Zendrive
2. Xotic AC Custom Shop
Both can be pretty transparent

The 45/100 midrange sounds so good...I want to hear the amp, not a pedal.
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by parkhead » Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:21 pm

there is no best boost

I have all of the ones you've described including all of the modded versions

having a storage tub full of overdrives never hurt anyone

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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by JimiJames » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:48 pm

Ydna wrote:
yladrd61 wrote:Germanium Fuzz Face :jimi:
Been planning that all along. That's a must have with a 45/100.
Ydna wrote:Alright. Just got an early 90s germanium NKT-275 dunlop fuzz face on ebay. Now I need to find the time to work on my amp.
Ydna. Is it that you settled on a FF for a boost or are you still looking for a boost? :scratch:
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by Ydna » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:29 pm

Oh, I use the fuzz face for fuzz, and I'm trying to put together a Weber rangemaster clone, but the transistor they gave me has a case ground, which isn't on the pcb, and it isn't labeled for base emitter and collector, nor can I find any info on it, so its on hold for a bit.

I tried a LPB-1, but it acted more as a really light fuzz, and kinda took the top end away.
~Current Amps~
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Re: Best Boost for a 45/100

Post by slagg » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:50 pm

Retrochannel-Fuzz,it kills
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