Your favorite Clean pedal, go:

[Dan0h]

Lots of us use a boost or always on pedal to either warm up or massage our clean tone into perfection. I’m curious what are some of the favorites around here. Or do you just let your amp do the work.

 

[szukalski]

Chop Shop, Simulcast, gain down low both work for me.

Aion Meridian is also pretty good with the exciter part of it.

Or any low gain pedal with the guitar volume down.

 

[Dan0h]

Sweet, I have the chop shop almost complete. Excited to hear it. Love the simulcast as a clean pedal.

 

[benny_profane]

EQ.

 

[Cvoxdog]

I really like the fender engager boost.

 

[spi]

I use the Secret Preamp. I bought it long before ppcb offered it, but now you can get it as the Clandestine.

 

[Big Monk]

Boss CS-2 or Powerboost/Overdriver with the gain off.

 

[Passinwind]

Lots of us use a boost or always on pedal to either warm up or massage our clean tone into perfection. I’m curious what are some of the favorites around here. Or do you just let your amp do the work.

Yep.

 

[Alan W]

Robert didn’t name it Transcendence for nothin…

About as close to transparency, in all the ways, (if that’s really what you want) as I’ve found.

 

[jimilee]

uhhmm tuner?

 

[Alan W]

Although I feel ^^that way about the Transcendence, I’ve been noticing that sometimes with mod pedals, if I want the sound as ”clean” as possible, I prefer the Andromeda Deluxe, with very low drive, to it. (This is with mod pedals after them.)

 

[JamieJ]

BD2 with the gain down. Pick lightly and it’s lovely and clean but set it so that it breaks up a bit when you dig in. I keep trying to take it off my board but it just works too well for me.

 

[scheffehcs]

Similar to the BD-2, the OD-3 sounds great with the gain down. Recently built the Aion, hope to see a PPCB board too.

 

[BuddytheReow]

Buffer. Cleanest tone ever.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Guitar volume rolled way down but bring the level back up with a full range (not treble boost) rangemaster type circuit

 

[Dan0h]

Buffer. Cleanest tone ever.

I am experiencing that even though buffers don’t make tone they sure do change the tone of pedals downstream from them. Specifically today, my Pro-10 came to life drastically after putting a 2n5088 type buffer in front of it vs the Klon buffer I had in front of it. I need to do a rabbit hole dive on how different buffers cause differences down stream. It can’t be 100% about impedance which such drastic changes.

 

[iamjackslackof]

Guitar volume rolled way down but bring the level back up with a full range (not treble boost) rangemaster type circuit

I've never thought about doing this. How do you use it in practice, since it seems like it would restrict how you can use your volume pot. I'm gonna have to try this sometime.

 

[MichaelW]

About 10 different boosts that I've built that make my rotation hahaha. Currently my absolute fave is my Echo Foxtrot booster.

 

[almondcity]

Call me crazy but I use the EQD White Light at very low gain as a slight enhancer

 

[Harry Klippton]

I've never thought about doing this. How do you use it in practice, since it seems like it would restrict how you can use your volume pot. I'm gonna have to try this sometime.

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking