I Like Big Boosts and I Cannot Lie.

I have a very early yellow DOD 250 that is still the late 70’s grey circuit on the inside. I haven’t used it much and have been thinking of sending it to Analog Mike to get a few upgrades including the DOD, Distortion +, and Micro amp switch mod. I hate to mod a vintage pedal, but I think the mods would get it a ton more use on my boards. This thread may push me off the fence.
 
A Vox Valvenergy Tone Sculptor arrives from Canada on Monday. $114 plus shipping. Interested in how it performs as a booster in addition to as a finishing tool. The Vox Smooth Impact compressor was quite stunningly good.
 
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Tonight I tried a new one that just came in. The Strymon Sunset. Wow. It’s pretty loaded with two stackable sides with 3 choices on each.

Germ, TS, treble booster, JFET boost and two higher gain options. Stacking two sides in to a Panama was pretty sweet as long as you manage all the gain stages. My favorite was the TS->JFET->Panama then on to a sweet new tape delay I won’t mention. I don’t want to trigger anybody.

Jokes aside, it’s very versatile and cheap when you consider how many pedals it can replace with midi presets. And it sounds really good to me. No noticeable latency or feeling disconnected. I’m surprised it isn’t lauded more frequently. Looks super sharp too. Nice color and layout. I’d like to go on and describe it more but I’m beat after playing a while after 10 hours working.
 
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