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Here is a little back-story.
As a gigging guitarist I had been searching for my perfect guitar tone for many years and came to the conclusion, like so many, that the old ways are the best. For me this meant a Gibson Les Paul and a Marshall 100W non-channel-switching valve amp (JCM-800 2203). After finding my perfect tone I unleashed it on the public, and every night came the same comment from my friends in the audience – “great guitar sound, couldn’t hear your solos though”.
I tried various pedals to get that extra boost – compressors, overdrives, equalizers – they solved the volume issue but did awful things to my tone. After visiting various internet guitar and amp forums I decided the thing I needed was a good clean boost pedal. I found one such pedal from a boutique manufacturer in the USA – 5 star reviews across the board, NO LOSS OF TONE. I quickly spent the £90 or so plus shipping and before too long it arrived in the post. Pretty crude looking and not very user friendly, but I plugged it in and it sounded magic! Really drove my valve amp into a classic creamy overdrive, just as I wanted.
Before too long I realised that I liked the tone of the pedal so much that I didn’t want to switch it off. Now I had the same problem as before; if I was using my boost pedal for my crunch rhythm sound where did I go from there? -(insert Nigel Tufnel quote here)- Surely I needed a pedal with 2 switchable boost settings. So I went back to the Internet to search for one. After many hours of searching I gave up, such a pedal didn’t exist. At the very same time a guitarist friend of mine had come to that same conclusion – that a 2 channel clean boost was the only thing that would do the job, and asked me if I knew how to make one. I soon learned that the circuit in the pedal is a very commonly used Mosfet booster, and I could have picked any number of boutique boost pedals that used this circuit. I decided that seeing as so many pedal makers used the same Mosfet circuit that sounded so good I could do the same, and then add another switchable channel. I found the circuit diagram (freely available on the internet) and my engineer father and I set about buying the components and making one.
Our unit did the job I wanted just as I’d planned, and although it was at least as good as the pedal I’d paid ninety-something pounds for in terms of build quality (or any of the other boutique pedals I’ve seen for that matter) we were certain we could do better and make it more user friendly in the process – true-bypass, on-off switch, better battery access – and surely there must be a market for that?
So after many months of refining the design and getting our stainless steel casings and circuit boards made we are now ready to launch our pedal aimed at the guitarist whom, after spending the time and money getting the right guitar and the right amp, will surely want the best pedal for their boost needs. We think you’ll agree that the TwinStomp Booster with its purpose designed stainless steel case, unique Patent-applied-for battery access design, 2 switchable channels, on-off function and handwired circuit is the absolute cream of the crop when it comes to clean boosts.
See what Guitarist Magazine said about the TwinStomp Booster here (PDF download) - http://www.twinstomp.com/Guitarist%20Review%20Nov%2007%20trimmed%20with%20date.pdf
or here online (www.musicradar.com) - http://www.musicradar.com/gear/all/guitars/fx/overdrive/booster-127391/review
You can also download the Performing Musician review here (PDF) - http://www.twinstomp.com/Performing%20Musician%20Review.pdf
All pedals are built and handwired in England by me, and receive a sound check, full functional test and final inspection before shipping.
Adam Betts
http://www.twinstomp.com
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