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FDP Forum / Miscellaneous and Non-Fender Topics / Clean boost or volume knob?

Rick Knight Contributing Member ********** ********** *** St Peters, MO USA Busy doing something close to nothing	Jul 5th, 2019 09:11 AM   Edit   Profile   Bass player here, thinking about guitar stuff. I’m interested in knowing how many use a clean boost vs just the guitar volume knob.
ejm usa	Jul 5th, 2019 10:43 AM   Edit   Profile   If your guitar full up doesn't have enough juice into the amp that you have, and the amp doesn't have enough drive of its own, and you need more, then a clean boost will/can come into use. I think that's the reasoning as to why most people use one. That was the reason for the LPB-1. Of course there are many mutations of this, but I think that's where it starts.
Doc Sarvis Contributing Member ********** ********** ********** ********** USA/Salt Lake City Tuned Strings and Tight Lines	Jul 5th, 2019 11:03 AM   Edit   Profile   A good clean boost pedal will make a Fender Princeton Reverb sound like its volume is set to 6-7 when it’s actually set to 4. The pedal volume pot gives added volume control. With that said, the amp volume needs to be set high enough to realize the benefits of the effect.
Pinetree Moderator Emeritus (with many stars) P90's, 11's... Volume set to "Stun".	Jul 5th, 2019 02:54 PM   Edit   Profile   Put me down for volume knob.
hushnel Contributing Member ********** ********** ** North Florida A Friend of Bill W.	Jul 5th, 2019 03:18 PM   Edit   Profile   Both, generally I’m using the vol knob to tweak ambient sound pressure, with my bass plugged into the EQ pedal. I’ve got it set to slightly increase the volume and tweaked for a lower bottom the tone control can’t achieve.
Peegoo Contributing Member ********** ********** ********** **** If irritation occurs discontinue use.	Jul 5th, 2019 04:31 PM   Edit   Profile   Volume ka-nob. I used to use an RC Boost in my gigging days, but I like to keep things as simple as possible now.
LeftyMeister Contributing Member ********** ** Buckeye Country, USA Tone is in the lingers	Jul 5th, 2019 05:40 PM   Edit   Profile   I use a Keeley BD-2 set slightly about unity gain and an Ernie Ball Jr to adjust volume. Occasionally, depending on the guitar, I'll adjust the volume knob for texture.
DrKev Paris, France It's just a guitar, not rocket science.	Jul 6th, 2019 10:03 AM   Edit   Profile   A little of both. I have pedals that do clean boost, light bluesy overdrive, and more full-on overdrive but I'll sometimes use the volume knob to adjust texture and dynamics with each of those.
Doc Sarvis Contributing Member ********** ********** ********** ********** USA/Salt Lake City Tuned Strings and Tight Lines	Jul 6th, 2019 10:42 AM   Edit   Profile   I'll add that the clean boost is always activated for my large and small pedal boards. A volume pedal is handy but not the total answer for me.
archiestone Contributing Member ********** **** El Californio	Jul 6th, 2019 10:54 AM   Edit   Profile   I'm in kind of a treble boost phase right now. it seems to make the cleans... well, cleaner.
walshb Contributing Member ********** ********** Manchester, TN Ask me how I know!?	Jul 6th, 2019 11:46 AM   Edit   Profile   Depends on the situation and the song. I use my guitar's volume and tone knobs a lot, but don't always have my amp set for a nice sustaining overdrive, so sometimes a boost works better.
willie Too Near Atlanta GA Amp Tech Emeritus	Jul 6th, 2019 02:55 PM   Edit   Profile   One of the things I love most about the Roland Blues Cube Artist are the tone boost functions you can activate for both clean and crunch...amazing effect on tonal texture as well as perceived volume. w
Mick Reid Contributing Member ***** Australia American-made in Oz!!	Jul 6th, 2019 11:14 PM   Edit   Profile   willie, you got the GA-FC for all the functions? I keep meaning to get one for my BCA, but I tend to use a full pedalboard so, I kind got everything there already. Sorry for the side track...
mroulier Contributing Member ********** ** Suburban MD. You DESERVE an Ibanez Iceman!	Jul 8th, 2019 10:32 AM   Edit   Profile   If I'm playing and singing at the same time, I can't be turning up and down and making sure the "down" gets back to the place I started the song. Clean boost all the way...
hushnel Contributing Member ********** ********** ** North Florida A Friend of Bill W.	Jul 8th, 2019 10:50 AM   Edit   Profile   “I like to keep things as simple as possible now.” I do too but I’ve really gotten used to the floor tuner, not at home when I’m just putzing around, I have the old Sabine and the built in mic is great for ambient volume both electric and acoustic. At rehearsal and the odd gig now and then, I’m using the floor tuner, might as well hook up the bass DI while I’m at it. I use it on a couple tunes per set. I’m probably the only one that can hear it “o)
wittyusername USA	Jul 14th, 2019 08:30 PM   Edit   Profile   Both.
Roger Ball Contributing Member ********** ******** Canada New guitars and old amps, baby!	Jul 14th, 2019 09:22 PM   Edit   Profile   Both as well. I use a Morley JD-10 preamp going into a Vibrolux Reverb. I've figured out the settings so I can go from clean chords to a nice lead tone with lots of sustain just using the volume and tone controls on my Tele.
5Strats Contributing Member ********** ********** **** Edmond/OKC GospelBilly!	Jul 15th, 2019 05:20 AM   Edit   Profile   It depends on the style of music. For alt country, rockabilly and blues, I use the volume knob to go between rhythm and solos. For hard rock, I use a clean boost for my solos.
DanL Northern CT - USA "We're not University material."	Jul 30th, 2019 02:44 PM   Edit   Profile   Been playing for over 40 years, and I never thought I'd ever use a clean boost pedal. But over the past few years I've acquired a few of them (Xotic EP and Xotic RC Booster are my favorites). I play in a Beatles Tribute band so I'm playing clean about 80% of the time. When it's time for a "George" solo, I gotta have something to step on to boost my volume but keep my tone clean.

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