Crunchy Chime CC-1B Booster

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A point worthy of special mention regarding FREE THE TONE Crunchy Chime CC-1B Booster compact effect pedal for guitar and bass, is its harmonic components. The boost circuit that generates such rich higher harmonics is the result of deep research on the harmonic components of vintage guitars and amplifiers.
One of the attractive features of vintage musical equipment is its abundant and brilliant harmonics. CC-1B was completed after various experiments and tests to learn the secrets of pleasant overtones that are never strident. You will feel greater vibrations from your strings and your guitar/bass will sound much livelier.

Every amplifier has different characteristics and there can be a problem such as a booster making the lower register sound dull. Actually, in the development stages, there was had difficulties with these ample harmonics sounding muddy on some of the amplifiers tested with, as unnecessary harmonic components conflicted each other to yield a harsh sound, etc. It was necessary to be able to adjust the frequency characteristics to match the gear being used and to get closer to an ideal sound. Specially developed equalization circuit creates a natural sound as if you were not using an equalizer for making tone adjustments for boost/cut. The characteristics become flat when both the TREBLE and BASS knobs are set to the 12 o’clock position.
A MODE switch to select frequencies is provided for the equalizer’s BASS control. This works well for the lower register of a 7-string guitar or bass guitar.