Mike McLane
Active member
I recently built a Son of Ben. On clean to mid-gain end it puts a beautiful "jacket" on the tone, but I don't really need the high level of gain it puts out. Other FET boosters (Six String Singer, EP Booster, Katana) seem to impart this pleasing effect, but have limited EQ & gain flexibility. I was looking at building up a Wampler Black 65 from a vero layout cause it has the EQ and gain features like the SOB (but supposedly less gainy and more "Fendery", and I'm a Fender kinda guy). But in the end would it really be much of a departure from the SOB? I'm guessing not. Seems like playing with the FET biasing or sub'ing a part or two could make this guy a bit more of the sedate always-on type of pedal I would enjoy. Any suggestions?