ModTone Clean Boost

[BenjiJuanKenobi]

Anybody have any experience with this fairly new pedal? The ModTone Clean Boost claims to be a true bypass pedal that adds volume without changing the sonic "color" of your sound.

[musicman]

Personally I don't see how this is possible.
Any pedal that boosts the signal going into the preamp is going to change the tone simply by adding gain.
I have an Xotic RC booster that is a "clean" boost but it still adds gain.
Assuning you're not running the power amp section loud then the only way to achieve a clean "clean" boost is to boost the power amp.
Just my opinion.

[slowpokerhino]

musicman is right. A clean boost is possible by running it in the loop, provided of course that you haven't maxed out the headroom.

[DeanM]

i think people misunderstand what a "clean boost" is. of course boosting the signal will add gain from the amps preamp. but the boost itself is not adding gain, so is therefore a "clean boost". people misunderstand this and then they wrongly think they can boost the signal without any added gain.

clean boost means the booster does not add gain itself.

[musicman]

Not sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me there Dean - no worries either way.
You are correct - a "clean" boost doesn't add gain but boosts the signal & the pre-amp does the rest.

[DeanM]

Not sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me there Dean - no worries either way.
You are correct - a "clean" boost doesn't add gain but boosts the signal & the pre-amp does the rest.

oh no i wasn disagreeing. what you said was all true. i was just giving an additional opinion to take into account. kinda like a dif way to think about it that might make more sense for some people!

[BenjiJuanKenobi]

All banter and debate aside, does anybody on the forum have any experience with this relatively new pedal? I am curious about personal impressions on the results with a Vintage Modern.