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GOLDEN BOY OVERVIEW

"The bluesbreaker circuit has been my favorite overdrive
circuit forever. I have a collection of clones that I love. The
Golden Boy takes that classic tasteful circuit adds some 3D
depth, marries it with the modern ideas of Brad Jackson and
turns it into an absolute Swiss Army knife for just about any
pedalboard." - Joey Landreth

The GOLDEN BOY is a very flexible overdrive with 4 presets for clipping options,
an innovative gain adjustment feature that we call GAIN CYCLE, and a 3 band
active EQ for maximum tonal flexibility. To top it off, we added a boost circuit
which is the same type of MOSFET boost circuit found on our top
selling 

 Preamp pedal.

BOOST OVERVIEW

The boost circuit is in its own true bypass loop which means it can be used
independently of the DRIVE circuit. The boost circuit in the GOLDEN BOY is a
MOSFET based boost much like the AMP MODE found in our best
selling 

 Preamp pedal. To activate/deactivate the boost circuit simply press

the BOOST footswitch.

One of the things that makes the boost in the GOLDEN BOY different from other
boosts on the market is that it has 4 presets available. Each preset is EQ’d slightly
differently to allow it to alter how it interacts with the overdrive circuit in the
GOLDEN BOY or any other pedal you may have in your rig

PRISM

PRISM

Preset 1

 – YELLOW LED: Bright Boost.

Very useful for creating a thinner sound
or when boosting a thick sounding
overdrive.

Summary of Contents for GOLDEN BOY

Page 1: ...T boost circuit found on our top selling Preamp pedal BOOST OVERVIEW The boost circuit is in its own true bypass loop which means it can be used independently of the DRIVE circuit The boost circuit in...

Page 2: ...ars natural tone To select a boost preset press and hold the BOOST footswitch for more than 1 second and boost program mode will become active When in this mode the BOOST led will flash to indicate th...

Page 3: ...e a very noticeable crackle when their boost knobs are rotated We fixed this issue in the GOLDEN BOY and our boost is perfectly silent when the boost knob is rotated The only downside to our fix of th...

Page 4: ...With four gain settings at your feet while you play you can use the GOLDEN BOY as an always on tone shaper a low gain transparent overdrive a mid gain drive or a high gain solo drive all without bendi...

Page 5: ...you want to use press and hold the DRIVE footswitch for more than 1 second and clipping program mode will exit Preset 1 GREEN Classic Screamer Two symmetrical silicon diodes give the classic drive an...

Page 6: ...y the difference that you hear between the clipping modes will be because of the difference in how those clipping diodes sound and not because your volume is jumping all over the place as it does with...

Page 7: ...le through the gain My goal with the GAIN CYCLE feature is to allow guitarists to easily ramp their gain up without having to bend down and change it or try to adjust it with the edge of their foot wh...

Page 8: ...o grade EQ that gives tremendous tonal flexibility to the GOLDEN BOY Based on the legendary Baxandall EQ that is featured in countless studio EQ s the GOLDEN BOY EQ takes this circuit and tailors it f...

Page 9: ...no exception We always want to make sure that our pedals are as easy to integrate into complex rigs as they are into simple rigs and MIDI makes that happen CABLE INFORMATION In order to use MIDI on th...

Page 10: ...verified it by counting the flashes simply release the DRIVE footswitch and the pedal will save this MIDI Channel to the internal EEPROM on the microprocessor and reboot MIDI DETAILS Accessing the ne...

Page 11: ...BOOST value of 2 MID BOOST value of 3 TAILORED BOOST value of 4 FULL BOOST VOLUME Acts as a master volume for the overdrive circuit BOOST BASS The 12 00 position is totally flat with 12dB boost cut o...

Page 12: ...imensions 2 7 x 4 875 Sets the amount of boost when the BOOST footswitch is engaged GAIN Sets the maximum gain for the overdrive circuit The 12 00 position is totally flat with 12dB boost cut on eithe...

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