V-boost! most usable pedal of the decade. perfect for jazz

**danihrabin** · 04-09-2015, 02:00 AM

In this video I demo the GREAT new boost by Mission Engineering. brilliant idea for a pedal!
Feel free to comment with any questions...

**Rob MacKillop** · 04-09-2015, 02:09 AM

Perfect for jazz? Hmm.

**jzucker** · 04-09-2015, 06:53 AM

sorry, the most useful pedal in decades is the atomic amplifire

**kris** · 04-09-2015, 07:24 AM

good for rock ...I think...not for arch-top hollow...:-)

**rickshapiro** · 04-09-2015, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by jzucker

sorry, the most useful pedal in decades is the atomic amplifire

Have you actually played with an atomic amplifire. I thought they were not released yet?

Regards,

Rick

**rickshapiro** · 04-09-2015, 10:00 AM

Man, so many new pedals out there these days, plus all the vintage ones................ So many claims of greatness.

**jzucker** · 04-09-2015, 10:04 AM

it's been out for a couple months. There's still a waiting list. I have not played one, just listened to them

**danihrabin** · 04-09-2015, 11:02 AM

Hey Guys,

Ok I checked out the Atomic thing and it looks cool and sounds good but the idea behind it is nothing new compared to the V-boost

the V boost is very simple but never been done before. It allows you to clime dynamically in a gradual way maintaining the sound of your guitar and amp intact and just push the front of the amp thus compressing and increasing volume. This is exactly what happens when a saxophonist pushed more air through his horn.
If you take a volume knob or pedal (which is what most of us do to control volume) it's more like throwing a blanket on a saxophonist and lifting it gradually.

The Vboost is extremely useful in any modern jazz setting where the music has moments when the drum set peaks and you need to ride the solo with it and keep it going up dynamically.

The atomic and most digital processors come from the mindset of recreating vintage and modern sounds and some get really close but I always feel like what they tell them selves while making that gear is:
"people dont like to carry amps. let's find a way to make something that sounds the similiar but lighter" or
"micing a cab is hard let's find a good way to go direct"

I just care about an amp that makes the guitar sound good and pedals that allow me to enhance and manipulate the amp.

Cheers,

Dani

**jzucker** · 04-09-2015, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by danihrabin

Hey Guys,

Ok I checked out the Atomic thing and it looks cool and sounds good but the idea behind it is nothing new compared to the V-boost
Dani

Come on man. I dig your playing and you do cool demos but come on. A boost pedal is unique and a modeling pedal that you can't differentiate from a real amp is nothing new?!? Morley did a variable (wah-type) pedal boost 20 years ago.

Boost is certainly not new and while I dig SRV, frankly in this forum, stevie ray vaughn examples are not the best to use for a claim that something is the most usable jazz pedal of the decade.

**danihrabin** · 04-09-2015, 12:31 PM

lol,

First, I'm glad you dig the playing and demos

The demo I made was not made for the jazz community that's for sure and I'm not into the modeling pedal thing personally. It's sci fi to me to think that a digital pedal can do what a 100 tube head can do but I also understand that other people like an Hybrid car over an Oldsmobile and that's cool.

I got the V boost and played two tours with it and found that it enhanced my dynamic range and overall playing. I was amazed that this kind of gradual control of gain is not more popular and available that's all. Didn't mean to offend the atomic thing and i'm sure it's going to make a lot of people very happy.

All I was saying is that people that don't have it (or another similar design of a gradual boost) might really enjoy the dynamic control.

Cheers,

Dani

**Woody Sound** · 04-09-2015, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by danihrabin

lol,

First, I'm glad you dig the playing and demos

The demo I made was not made for the jazz community that's for sure and I'm not into the modeling pedal thing personally. It's sci fi to me to think that a digital pedal can do what a 100 tube head can do but I also understand that other people like an Hybrid car over an Oldsmobile and that's cool.

I got the V boost and played two tours with it and found that it enhanced my dynamic range and overall playing. I was amazed that this kind of gradual control of gain is not more popular and available that's all. Didn't mean to offend the atomic thing and i'm sure it's going to make a lot of people very happy.

All I was saying is that people that don't have it (or another similar design of a gradual boost) might really enjoy the dynamic control.

Cheers,

Dani

Maybe it's just the title of your thread that casts a far-fetched appearance over the product. Almost like ad hyperbole.

**jzucker** · 04-09-2015, 12:46 PM

I think it's just the hype of saying it's the best pedal of the decade and then hearing you demo it with stevie licks. I'm a big SRV fan so I can totally dig where you're coming from but I think there is some steep competition for best pedal of the decade and some might argue that the Ethos pedal would trump a simple boost pedal with a wah-style control for gain.

Originally Posted by danihrabin

lol,

First, I'm glad you dig the playing and demos

The demo I made was not made for the jazz community that's for sure and I'm not into the modeling pedal thing personally. It's sci fi to me to think that a digital pedal can do what a 100 tube head can do but I also understand that other people like an Hybrid car over an Oldsmobile and that's cool.

I got the V boost and played two tours with it and found that it enhanced my dynamic range and overall playing. I was amazed that this kind of gradual control of gain is not more popular and available that's all. Didn't mean to offend the atomic thing and i'm sure it's going to make a lot of people very happy.

All I was saying is that people that don't have it (or another similar design of a gradual boost) might really enjoy the dynamic control.

Cheers,

Dani

**danihrabin** · 04-09-2015, 12:48 PM

I give up

lol

**Woody Sound** · 04-09-2015, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by jzucker

I think it's just the hype of saying it's the best pedal of the decade and then hearing you demo it with stevie licks. I'm a big SRV fan so I can totally dig where you're coming from but I think there is some steep competition for best pedal of the decade and some might argue that the Ethos pedal would trump a simple boost pedal with a wah-style control for gain.

Especially the best pedal OF THE DECADE FOR JAZZ.

**jzucker** · 04-09-2015, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by danihrabin

I give up

lol

you don't have to give up but when you post a demo, don't say it's the best ever and then proceed to demo something only tangentially related to the group you're posting in. When you do that, it comes across as insincere and one has the feeling that you're a shill for the manufacturer!

Especially when you only do drive-by postings of pedals you're using on tour.

**rickshapiro** · 04-09-2015, 01:01 PM

Nice playing, but not seeing or hearing anything revolutionary here. I like the idea of a heel-toe pedal on a boost, really not a bad idea. What I do for my rock gigs is just to put a rubber kick knob on my boosts, I just use my foot to turn the knob. Pretty cheap and can be used with a dozen of all ready great boosters out there. I am sure it is not as smooth as the heel-toe thing.

There as so many fantastic boosters out there, I can imagine it is hard for a company to find space and a unique value proposition.

And since modelers have been brought up, most of the good ones either have a heel-toe or allow for an external expression pedal to be connected and programmed to any parameter, including the boost volume. Just saying.

Regards,

Rick

**rickshapiro** · 04-09-2015, 01:29 PM

Dani,

Thank you for bringing this to this forums attention though.

Regards,

Rick

**fws6** · 04-09-2015, 01:45 PM

I though the Trio pedal was the most useful thing this year

it automatcally adds bass and drum to your playing

perfect if you cannot get along with anyone else !

**MarkRhodes** · 04-09-2015, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by fws6

I though the Trio pedal was the most useful thing this year

it automatcally adds bass and drum to your playing

perfect if you cannot get along with anyone else !

I like that add. Once upon a time, I would've been all over this. (4 track recorder, drum machine, lots of pedals, hours and hours alone in a room talking to myself and coming up with songs....)