OBViouS™ Boost/OD Black

Designed and hand-built (by Mario) in Canada.

Update Nov. 3, 2024: Since enough people have asked, I have decided to do a limited run of 10 pedals. These will only be available on a pre-order basis. Pay now and wait! When all 10 are sold — I will order parts, build, and ship. These 10 pedals will have upgraded aluminum knobs, as pictured.

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The OBViouS™ Boost/Overdrive is a transparent and straightforward, lower gain pedal, that's meant to push an already overdriven tube amplifier. The pedal's stimulus was the beloved Marshall® plexi style of amps, which when pushed, benefit greatly from the design's ability to sculpt and fine-tune, tightened and tailored, bass and treble frequencies for a hot-rodded transparent response.

Even though the pedal impetus was a certain style of amps, the OBViouS™ Boost/Overdrive can be used to push other tube amplifiers, with equally great results. When pushing most tube amplifiers, including a beloved Marshall®, more than a single “boost control” is a great asset because human hearing is highly nonlinear, and guitar amplifiers are only slightly better in their linearity. In addition to the pedal’s OBViouS ability to garner transparent tones, it can also be used to drive your sound to the edge via its gain knob and three position clip toggle switch.

The pedal’s circuit design is a fusion of our buffers, line-drivers, custom boosts, a popular dual buffer tuner mute and boost pedal that we designed for a MEGA company which is now part of a Gigantic corporation, and a couple other boost and overdrive pedals that we have long been fans of.

• Level, Gain, and Treble knobs
• Three position clip select toggle switch
• Three position bass response toggle switch
• Blue LED with Relay True-Bypass Switching
• Top mounted input, power, and output jacks
• Height of Aluminum Knobs: 0.630inch / 16mm
• Dimensions: 4.77 x 2.58 x 1.60inch / 121 x 65.5 x 40.7mm
• Power Requirements: 9VDC & 100mA via a 2.1 x 5.5mm barrel plug with a negative centre pin (like Boss pedals). Adapter is not included and there is no 9V battery snap.

User Manual

Obvious adjective [ob·vi·ous]

Easily seen (or heard), recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge. Synonyms; clear, evident, apparent, transparent, straightforward, unambiguous, and unmistakable.
[Reference Merriam-Webster Dictionary]

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