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Boss FB-2 Feedbacker/Booster
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«  Transparency and power »

Published on 06/26/14 at 00:54
Specifications are you can more mundane:
- Input
- Output
- 9v battery power or transformer
- 4 knobs: level (boost), feedback, tone and character.
- Robust
- Feedbacker (simulator feedback)
- Boost gain or volume depending on the placement
- Not true bypass, buffered.

UTILIZATION

Its use is quite simple, as long as some attention a minimum.
The level is the amount or volume boost that you will inject the next signal the location of the pedal. Before distortion or overdrive for example, will boost the gain; after volume. The feedback is used to manage the amount of feedback, still pressing the pedal, whether on or off.
Tone, tone (easy!) and finally character character: where it gets interesting because you can boost or neutral way, with a flat or midrange EQ then to pierce the mix during a solo for example.

SOUND QUALITY

So the presence of a buffer, not a true bypass discouraged me a little at first because the buffets at Boss are quite uneven. Some literally eat up the high frequency, but in this case it is very light. The rendering is very musical, very lyrical.
So your basic sound is very slightly modified, removing the thin veil of acute enough to clean high frequencies. In my case it suits me.
The sound quality is difficult to describe, because this pedal does not produce sound, it boosts your so if your sound is beautiful, it will remain so.

OVERALL OPINION

In summary, this is a great boost, with a function feedbacker bonus.
This pedal will be discreet if you wish or be able to send you a healthy dose of mediums. Placed before an overdrive type TS9 we get a sound much more hard in winning without his reach metallesques, large hard rock if your microphones follow.
I do not regret my purchase, even if the feedback function leaves me skeptical, I do not use it so ..